Comet Hunter's First Images on the Ground

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News release: 2011-054 Feb. 15, 2011

Comet Hunter's First Images on the Ground

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-054&cid=release_2011-054

PASADENA, Calif. -- Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
Calif., have begun receiving the first of 72 anticipated images of comet Tempel 1 taken by
NASA's Stardust spacecraft.

The first six, most distant approach images are available at http://www.nasa.gov/stardust and
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov. Additional images, including those from closest approach, are being
downlinked in chronological order and will be available later in the day.

A news conference previously planned for 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) will be held later in the
day, to allow scientists more time to analyze the data and images. A new time will be announced
later this morning.

Stardust-NExT is a low-cost mission that expands on the investigation of comet Tempel 1
initiated by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. JPL, a division of the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, manages Stardust-NExT for NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington, D.C. Joe Veverka of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., is the mission's principal
investigator. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft and manages day-to-
day mission operations.

More information about Stardust-NExT is available at http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov .

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