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Instruments
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Deep Space Network
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Stardust Microchip
Names on microchip
Dust Flux Monitor
Dust Flux Monitor
Measuring particle flux and mass distribution is a major factor when flying so close to a comet.
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Navigation Camera
Navigation Camera
High-resolution images of the Temple 1 will assist scientist in their understand and comparison's of comets to date.
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Cometary & Interstellar Dust Analyzer
Cometary & Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA)
This in-flight spectrometer performs real-time analysis for scientists back on Earth.
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Communicating With Spacecrafts
Communicating with Spacecrafts
When NASA needs to make a call to outer space it uses a rather large telephone.
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Interview with Dee Terry
Interview with Dee Terry: "The Woman in Charge"
Operations Chief, Dee Terry, discusses what it is like working at the JPL Network Operations Center. + Read more

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Deep Space Network (DSN)
Learn how NASA's international network of antennas support interplanetary spacecraft missions.
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Comet Hale-Bopp streaks across deep blue sky
Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian
Stardust sample return capsule joins the collection of flight icons at the Smithsonian.
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JPL technician monitors data
The Million Mile Journey
Stardust was launched carrying two microchips approximately the size of a thumbnail.
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Team members monitor spacecraft status
History of the Stardust Microchips
Over 1 million names were collected and placed on the STARDUST spacecraft.
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