Category Archives: Stardust

    Scientists said they were delighted with Stardust samples returned from the tail of a comet after an almost three-billion-mile journey. Speaking at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Peter Tsou, Stardust deputy principal investigator, said researchers were ecstatic with the … Continue reading →

    It is 99.8% Air Provides 39 times more insulating than the best fiberglass insulation Is 1,000 times less dense than glass Was used on the Mars Pathfinder rover       Crayons on Aerogel over a flame   … Continue reading →

        Stardust Capsule Return as seen from NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Laboratory with a mission to explore the conditions during reentry from the light emitted by the fireball caused when the capsule streaked through the sky. The aircraft … Continue reading →