The Stardust space probe was first proposed as part of NASA’s series of low cost Discovery probes in 1995. Its goal was to capture material from a comet and interstellar dust from beyond the Earth-Moon system and return it to Earth. Stardust was launched on its nearly seven year mission on February 7th, 1999 on … Continue reading Stardust: Space Craft Bringing Pieces of the Universe to the Earth