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Images: Streaking home with piece of comet's tail

by ZDNet Author  |  July 19, 2006 11:36am PDT  |  Image 7 of 9

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At about 9:57 p.m. PST on Jan. 14, Stardust will release its capsule, which is filled with comet dust. Four hours later the capsule will release a drouge parachute 110,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The main chute will open when it is about 10,000 feet above land. Here is an artist's concept of Stardust's sample return capsule parachuting down to Earth.

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