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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) 354-5011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Donald
Savage (202) 358-1547
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
RELEASE:
2004-225 September 9, 2004
GENESIS
MISSION STATUS REPORT
Genesis team specialists are beginning the process of conducting inventory of the contents of the craft's science canister.
The canister is inside a clean room at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Scientists are hopeful that the recovered Genesis samples will be sufficient to achieve the mission's science goals. The team is handling the canister and the sample return capsule in a methodical manner. When this inventory is completed, the materials will be transferred to NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, as originally planned.
NASA is convening a Mishap Investigation Board to determine why the Genesis drogue parachute failed to deploy.
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. For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit http://www.nasa.gov.
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