Genesis comes back

[mmcirvin]

A while ago I talked about NASA's Stardust comet sample return mission, which has collected dust from comet Wild 2 in its bank of aerogel bricks and is going to bring it back in 2006. There are actually two of these dust-collection spacecraft out there: the other one is Genesis, which has been orbiting between the Earth and Sun since 2001 collecting material from the solar wind. It's coming home on Wednesday, and its reentry will be visible from parts of the Western US. After its parachute opens, the plan is to snag the capsule with a helicopter over Utah.

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*klunk*

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Hmm, looks like the stunt pilots didn't have enough to work with, since the 'chute on the capsule didn't open.