MEDIA
RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
DC
Agle (818) 393-9011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Donald
Savage (202) 358-1547
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
RELEASE:
2004-220 September 8, 2004
GENESIS
MISSION STATUS REPORT
The
science canister from the Genesis spacecraft has been
transported by helicopter from its impact site at the
U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding
area next to a specially constructed clean room on the
Army base.
The
foil wrapping will be removed from the canister and
dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved
into the clean room for analysis of the contents.
NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages
the Genesis mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, developed
and operated the spacecraft. JPL is a division of the
California Institute of Technology.
For
information about the Genesis Sample Return Mission
on the Internet, visit http://www.nasa.gov/genesis .
For background information about Genesis, visit http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov
.
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