[meteorite-list] Stardust Sample Canister Arrives in Houston

[Ron Baalke]

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/060117.html

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: J06-004
January 17, 2005

Stardust Sample Canister Arrives in Houston

The Stardust spacecraft's Sample Return Canister has arrived at NASA's Johnson 
Space Center, Houston.

After a seven-year, three-billion mile journey in space and a return to Earth 
last weekend, the canister arrived by air transport to Houston around mid-day today. 
In a special laboratory, a team of scientists at JSC will begin work to open the 
container, analyze the comet and interstellar dust samples it is anticipated to 
contain and prepare them for study by select scientists worldwide.

An internet webcam is providing live views of the scientists' work on the canister. 
To view them, visit:

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/webcam.html

For images of the canister's arrival in Houston and at JSC, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html

Video of the canister's arrival will air on NASA Television this evening. NASA TV's 
Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal 
accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, 
vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, 
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant 
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. For digital downlink information for 
each NASA TV channel, and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on the Web, visit: 
www.nasa.gov/ntv .

Images
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Inside Space Exposed Hardware Lab 		
Stardust Canister in Lab
Stardust Crew Opens Container
Containers for the Sample Return Canister