NASA Retires Comet Hunter
NASA’s comet-hunting Stardust spacecraft ended its 12-year career with a final experiment experiment. The probe, which has traveled billions of miles since its launch in 1999, was ordered to burn the remaining fuel in its tanks, allowing engineers to calculate how much was left and improve fuel consumption models, Popular…
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NASA Retires Comet Hunter
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