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Stardust Spacecraft Images and Stardust Next Mission Objectives Stardust NExT Mission Primary Science Objectives Document the surface changes on a comet's nucleus between successive perihelion passages. Measure Tempel 1's dust properties and compare with data taken from Comet Wild 2. Provide additional information on enigmatic layering and flow features discovered by the Deep Impact mission. [...]

Stardust Spacecraft (of the Stardust NExT mission) Sends images of Comet Temple 1 from within 200km The Stardust NExT Mission is already a huge success with the comet samples taken from Comet Wild 2. Now Stardust is delivering on its second objectives with its close encounters pictures and analysis of Comet Temple 1! The Comet [...]