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NASA's Exploration of Comets: How has it shaped what we know as well as what we still need to find out?

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  First Discovery of Life's Building Block in Comet   Jumping Asteroids   Jupiter Captured Comet for 12 years in 1949  
  Scientists pointing out findings from Stardust spacecraft   A massive collision between rocky, embryonic planets as big as mountian ranges   Hubble picture is sharpest visible-light picture taken of the atmospheric debris from a comet or asteroid that collided with Jupiter on 19 July  
  NASA scientists have discovered glycine in samples returned from Stardust spacecraft.
+ In the news		   How our solar system was formed has fascinated scientists and laymen alike....".
+ Entire article		   Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter.
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James Richardson
Meet James Richardson—
SD-NExT
Co-Investigator, Cornell
"With regard to Stardust's previous visit to comet
Wild 2, ..."
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Status Report
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Mission Status Updates
The Stardust-NExT mission offers a unique opportunity to compare particle analysis from two comets, Wild 2 and Tempel-1.
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Our World: Stardust		   Design A Satellite   Solar System Simulator   Extreme Navigation Activity    
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  Learn how aerogel helped capture pieces of a comet.
+ Interview		   Design and launch a satellite with the people of Littleton, CO
+ Play Game		   Generate views of the bodies of our planetary system!
+ Simulator 		  Simulate a spacecraft/comet rendezvous!
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