January 18th 06, 10:12 PM
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/060117.html
William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
MEDIA ADVISORY: J06-004
January 17, 2005
Stardust Sample Canister Arrives in Houston
The Stardust spacecraft's Sample Return Canister has arrived at NASA's
Johnson
Space Center, Houston.
After a seven-year, three-billion mile journey in space and a return to
Earth
last weekend, the canister arrived by air transport to Houston around
mid-day today.
In a special laboratory, a team of scientists at JSC will begin work to
open the
container, analyze the comet and interstellar dust samples it is
anticipated to
contain and prepare them for study by select scientists worldwide.
An internet webcam is providing live views of the scientists' work on
the canister.
To view them, visit:
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/webcam.html
For images of the canister's arrival in Houston and at JSC, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html
Video of the canister's arrival will air on NASA Television this
evening. NASA TV's
Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital
C-band signal
accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder
17C, 4040 MHz,
vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137
degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video
Broadcast compliant
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital
downlink information for
each NASA TV channel, and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on the
Web, visit:
www.nasa.gov/ntv .
Images
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Inside Space Exposed Hardware Lab
Stardust Canister in Lab
Stardust Crew Opens Container
Containers for the Sample Return Canister
William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111
MEDIA ADVISORY: J06-004
January 17, 2005
Stardust Sample Canister Arrives in Houston
The Stardust spacecraft's Sample Return Canister has arrived at NASA's
Johnson
Space Center, Houston.
After a seven-year, three-billion mile journey in space and a return to
Earth
last weekend, the canister arrived by air transport to Houston around
mid-day today.
In a special laboratory, a team of scientists at JSC will begin work to
open the
container, analyze the comet and interstellar dust samples it is
anticipated to
contain and prepare them for study by select scientists worldwide.
An internet webcam is providing live views of the scientists' work on
the canister.
To view them, visit:
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/webcam.html
For images of the canister's arrival in Houston and at JSC, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html
Video of the canister's arrival will air on NASA Television this
evening. NASA TV's
Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital
C-band signal
accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder
17C, 4040 MHz,
vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137
degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video
Broadcast compliant
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital
downlink information for
each NASA TV channel, and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on the
Web, visit:
www.nasa.gov/ntv .
Images
------
Inside Space Exposed Hardware Lab
Stardust Canister in Lab
Stardust Crew Opens Container
Containers for the Sample Return Canister