Stardust spacecraft adjusts flight path for comet meetup
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just over two weeks before its flyby of comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path toward the comet. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14, 2011).