Sunday, August 31, 2008

--WHERE IS STARDUST NOW?--







Looking Down on the Sun
This image shows the current position of the STARDUST spacecraft and the spacecraft's trajectory (in blue) around the Sun.






Looking Down on Stardust
This image shows a closer view of STARDUST's orbit. The spacecraft's orbit is in blue, the orbits of the planets are shown in white.







Stardust's View of Earth
STARDUST was launched on February 7, 1999 and made an Earth flyby in January 2001.




Looking Down on the Sun
This image shows the current positions and orbits of the STARDUST spacecraft and Comet Wild 2. The spacecraft's orbit around the Sun is shown in darker blue.
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