December 6, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (December 6, 2002)

December 5, 2002

• Scientists Say Ancient Asteroids, Comets May Have Caused Mars Rain (Ames Research Center - December 5, 2002)

November 27, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (November 27, 2002)

November 22, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (November 22, 2002)

November 21, 2002

• Review Board Gives Green Light For Rosetta (ESA - November 21, 2002)

November 15, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (November 15, 2002)

November 14, 2002

• NASA Prepares For 'Last Chance' Meteor Shower (NASA - November 14, 2002)

November 12, 2002

• The Leonid Meteor Shower - November 18-19, 2002 (The Planetary Society - November 12, 2002)

November 8, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (November 8, 2002)

November 4, 2002

• STARDUST Successfully Images Asteroid Annefrank During Dress Rehearsal (November 4, 2002)
• MACE 2003 - Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe

November 2, 2002

• Stardust Successfully Flies By Asteroid Annefrank (November 2, 2002)

November 1, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (November 1, 2002)

October 30, 2002

• Success For Rosetta's Transatlantic Link (European Space Agency - October 29, 2002)

October 28, 2002

• Flyby Of Annefrank Asteroid To Help Stardust Prepare For Primary Mission (University of Washington - October 28, 2002)
• Scientists Studying Two Big Craters On Earth Find Two Causes (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - October 25, 2002)
• URI Geologist Tracking 'Cosmic Dust' With Help Of Local Teachers (University of Rhode Island - October 10, 2002)

October 25, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (October 25, 2002)

October 21, 2002

• Rosetta Shipped To South American Launch Site (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - October 21, 2002)
• NASA Researchers Seek Astrobiology Insights on the Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign (NASA Astrobiology Institute - October 18, 2002)

October 18, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (October 18, 2002)

October 16, 2002

• Stardust Will Fly By Asteroid Annefrank Next Month (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - October 16, 2002)
• At That Star, Turn Left! (European Space Agency - October 16, 2002)

October 11, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (October 11, 2002)
• NASA Researchers Probe Mundrabilla Meteorite (Kennedy Space Center - October 11, 2002)

October 10, 2002

• 2002 Leonid Meteor Storm Forecast (NASA Science News - October 9, 2002)

October 8, 2002

• Beyond Pluto: Max-Planck Radioastronomers Measure The Sizes Of Distant Minor Planets (Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy - October 7, 2002)

October 7, 2002

• Hubble Spots An Icy World Far Beyond Pluto (NASA - October 7, 2002)

October 4, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (October 4, 2002)

September 26, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (September 26, 2002)

September 20, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (September 20, 2002)

September 16, 2002

• Rosetta Arrives In South America (European Space Agency - September 13, 2002)

September 13, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (September 13, 2002)
• Did a Comet Swarm Kill the Dinosaurs? (Sky & Telescope - September 13, 2002)

September 6, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (September 6, 2002)
• Livermore Lab Chemist Accurately Dates First Objects To Form In The Solar System (Lawrence Livermore Laboratory - September 5, 2002)
• Science Workshop Reveals Evolving Perspective on Asteroid Threat (National Optical Astronomy Observatory - September 6, 2002)

September 5, 2002

• Comets Break Up Far And Near (NASA - September 5, 2002)
• Timing Is Critical As Launch Windows Approach (Rosetta & Mars Express) (European Space Agency - September 5, 2002)

• NASA Scientists Determined To Unearth Origin Of The Iturralde Crater (Goddard Space Flight Center - September 4, 2002)

September 3, 2002

• Earth Suffered Pulses of Misery in Global Wildfires of 65 Million Years Ago (University of Arizona - September 3, 2002)

August 30, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (August 30, 2002)

August 26, 2002

• NASA Appoints CONTOUR Mission Investigation Team (NASA - August 26, 2002)

August 24, 2002

• International Conference: Cometary Dust In Astrophysics (University of Washington - August 24, 2002)

August 21, 2002

• CONTOUR Update: Six Days and Still No Signal, Third Object Found (CONTOUR Project - August 21, 2002)

August 20, 2002

• Landing On A Cosmic Iceberg (Rosetta) (European Space Agency - August 20, 2002)

August 19, 2002

• CONTOUR Team Listens For A Signal (CONTOUR Project - August 19, 2002)

August 16, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (August 16, 2002)
• Search for CONTOUR Continues (CONTOUR Project - August 16, 2002)

August 15, 2002

• Mission Operations Awaiting Contact from CONTOUR Spacecraft (CONTOUR Project - August 15, 2002)

August 9, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (August 9, 2002)

August 7, 2002

• Horseflies and Meteors (NASA Science News - August 7, 2002)

August 6, 2002

• Stardust Spacecraft Reaches For Cosmic Dust (JPL - August 6, 2002)

August 2, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (August 2, 2002)
• New Comet Hoenig (Sky & Telescope - August 2, 2002)

July 31, 2002

• 60 Million-Year-Old Crater Mapped In North Sea (Ananova - July 31, 2002)

July 26, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (July 26, 2002)

July 24, 2002

• The Fragmentation of Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte (University of Hawaii - July 24, 2002)
• String of Cosmic Pearls Photographed After Comet Breakup (space.com - July 24, 2002)

July 23, 2002

• Lockheed Martin Instrument To Study Comet Discovered By Santa Cruz Astronomer (Lockheed Martin - July 23, 2002)

July 22, 2002

• Tagish Lake Meteorite 'A Gem' (BBC News - July 22, 2002)

July 19, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (July 19, 2002)
• Summer Meteor Shower (Perseids) (NASA Science News - July 19, 2002)

July 18, 2002

• Rosetta Passes Compatibility Test (European Space Agency - July 17, 2002)

July 12, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (July 12, 2002)
• Astrophysicists Discover Possible Nanodiamond Formation In The Early Solar System (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - July 11, 2002)

July 11, 2002

• Diamond Factory: New View of Our Solar System's Youth (space.com - July 10, 2002)

July 9, 2002

• CONTOUR Mission Ops: Earth Orbit to Hibernation (CONTOUR Project - July 8, 2002)

July 8, 2002

• New Spanish Dish Will Aid Interplanetary Communications (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - July 8, 2002)

July 5, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (July 5, 2002)

July 3, 2002

• CONTOUR Spacecraft Launches from Cape Canaveral (NASA - July 3, 2002)
• Successfull Deployment Tests For Rosetta (European Space Agency - July 3, 2002)

July 2, 2002

• 2002 Comet Awards Announced (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - July 1, 2002)

July 1, 2002

• JPL Navigators Drive Two-For-One Comet Mission (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - July 1, 2002)

June 28, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (June 28, 2002)
• CONTOUR Launch Postponed To July 3 (Kennedy Space Center - June 28, 2002)
• At 95, Fred Whipple Embarks On Out-Of-This-World Tour (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic - June 28, 2002)

June 27, 2002

• Rosetta Wishes CONTOUR Luck Chasing Comets (European Space Agency - June 27, 2002)

June 24, 2002

• NASA's CONTOUR Spacecraft Scheduled For Launch July 1 (Kennedy Space Center - June 24, 2002)
• JPL To Assist On CONTOUR Mission (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - June 21, 2002)
• SwRI Researchers Ask: Where Have All The Comets Gone? (Southwest Reseach Institute - June 20, 2002)

June 21, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (June 21, 2002)
• Stardust Tests New ESA Deep-Space Ground Station In Australia (European Space Agency - June 21, 2002)

June 20, 2002

• Solving the Case of the Missing Comets (space.com - June 20, 2002)

June 18, 2002

• ESA's New 35-Meter Deep Space Ground Station Successfully Tracks Stardust Spacecraft (European Space Agency - June 17, 2002)

June 14, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (June 14, 2002)

June 12, 2002

• CONTOUR Mission Gets to the 'Heart' of Comet Diversity (Applied Physics Laboratory - June 12, 2002)
• Free Lectures: Comets, Asteroids and the Interplanetary Shooting Gallery (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - June 12, 2002)

June 10, 2002

• Space Fills Void Aerogel Created (Los Angeles Times - June 10, 2002)

June 7, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (June 7, 2002)
• NASA's CONTOUR Mission Prelaunch Briefing Set For June 12 (NASA - June 7, 2002)

May 31, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (May 31, 2002)

May 24, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (May 24, 2002)
• Rosetta Breaks The Sound Barrier (European Space Agency - May 23, 2002)

May 22, 2002

• Europa Has Right Stuff (SETI Institute - May 21, 2002)

May 21, 2002

• CONTOUR Winners Chosen (Cornell University - May 21, 2002)

May 18, 2002

• Space Station Meteor Shower (NASA Science News - May 17, 2002)

May 17, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (May 17, 2002)

May 16, 2002

• Cosmic Impacts Implicated In Both The Rise And Fall Of Dinosaurs (Rutgers - May 16, 2002)

May 14, 2002

• Names To Be Landed On Asteroid With Japan's MUSES-C Mission (Planetary Society - May 13, 2002)

May 11, 2002

• Daytime Meteor Shower Seen In Illinois (The State Journal-Register - May 10, 2002)

May 10, 2002

• NASA's Air Traffic Controller (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - May 10, 2002)
• The Truth about the 2002 Leonid Meteor Storm (NASA Science News - May 10, 2002)

May 7, 2002

• Guinness Records Names JPL's Aerogel World's Lightest Solid (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - May 7, 2002)

May 3, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (May 3, 2002)
• The SOHO-500 Comet Contest (SOHO Project - May 2, 2002)

April 26, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (April 26, 2002)

April 25, 2002

• Where On Earth Can You See Planetary Spacecraft? (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 25, 2002)
• CONTOUR Spacecraft Arrives At KSC For Launch Preparations (Kennedy Space Center - April 25, 2002)

April 24, 2002

• NASA 'Ambassadors' Plan Space Day Events Nationwide (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 24, 2002)

April 23, 2002

• CONTOUR Ships To The Cape (Applied Physics Laboratory - April 23, 2002)

April 19, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (April 19, 2002)

April 18, 2002

• Stardust Sets New Distance Record (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 18, 2002)
• Discover A Comet While On The Internet With SOHO (NASA - April 18, 2002)
• In SOHO's Pictures, Watch A Comet Passing Near The Sun (European Space Agency - April 17, 2002)

April 12, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (April 12, 2002)
• Comet Hunter Carolyn Shoemaker To Speak At Cornell On April 21 (Cornell University - April 11, 2002)

April 11, 2002

• Comet Discoverer Hyakutake Dies At 51 (Kyodo News - April 11, 2002)

April 5, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (April 5, 2002)
• Deep Space 1 Finds Comet Borrelly Has Hot, Dry Surface (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 5, 2002)

April 4, 2002

• Impact Events' Kinetic Energy May Be Key to Understanding the Severity of Mass Extinctions (Geological Society of America - April 3, 2002)

April 3, 2002

• Second New Comet, Utsunomiya, May Be Visible in Late April (space.com - April 3, 2002)

March 29, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (March 29, 2002)
• Last Chance To See Comet Ikeya-Zhang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - March 29, 2002)

March 27, 2002

• NASA Scientists Create Amino Acids In Deep-Space-Like Environment (Ames Research Center - March 27, 2002)

March 24, 2002

• How To See Comet Ikeya-ZhangHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (March 22, 2002)

March 21, 2002

• The Comet Hunter (Kaoru Ikeya) (The Associated Press - March 21, 2002)

March 20, 2002

• Rosetta Runs Hot and Cold (European Space Agency - March 20, 2002)

March 18, 2002

• Getting to Know Comet Borrelly (astronomy.com - March 16, 2002)

March 17, 2002

• Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Comet (C/2002 E2 Snyder-Murakami) (Sierra Vista Herald - March 14, 2002)

March 15, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (March 15, 2002)

March 12, 2002

• Deadline Approaches for Next Round of Shoemaker NEO Grants (Planetary Society - March 12, 2002)

March 8, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (March 8, 2002)
• Viewer's Guide to New Comet Ikeya-Zhang (space.com - March 8, 2002)

March 1, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (March 1, 2002)

February 27, 2002

• NASA To Sponsor 33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

February 26, 2002

• ESO's Comet Wirtanen Images Help ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft Prepare to Ride on a Cosmic Bullet (ESA/ESO - February 26, 2002)

February 22, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (February 22, 2002)
• Critical Thermal Tests Begin For Rosetta Comet Chaser (European Space Agency - February 21, 2002)

February 19, 2002

• Newly Spotted Comet Will Soon Grace Night Skies (Comet C/2002 C1 - Ikeya-Zhang) (space.com - February 19, 2002)

February 15, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (February 15, 2002)

February 14, 2002

• Maryland Led Project Takes Big Step Toward 2005 Comet Collision (University of Maryland - February 8, 2002)

February 11, 2002

• Ideas That Gel (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - February 11, 2002)

February 8, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (February 8, 2002)

February 5, 2002

• NASA's Comet Tour Challenges Teachers and Students To Enter Contest (Cornell University - February 5, 2002)

February 1, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (February 1, 2002)

January 29, 2002

• CONTOUR Spacecraft Shipped to Goddard for Prelaunch Testing (Applied Physics Laboratory - January 29, 2002)

January 25, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (January 25, 2002)

January 24, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (January 24, 2002)

January 18, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (January 18, 2002)

January 14, 2002

• UA Scientists Begin Field Work on Chicxulub Drilling Project (University of Arizona - January 14, 2002)

January 11, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (January 11, 2002)

January 10, 2002

• NASA's Blazing the Trail to Further Understand Comets (JPL - January 10, 2002)

January 8, 2002

• SOHO's Private View Of A Sunbathing Comet (ESA - January 8, 2002)
• The Edge of Sunshine (NASA Science News - January 8, 2002)

January 7, 2002

• Leonids Cause Visible Lunar Explosions (Popular Mechanics - January 5, 2002)

January 4, 2002

• STARDUST Status Report (January 4, 2002)
• CONTOUR Spacecraft Nears Completion At Applied Physics Lab (Johns Hopkins University - January 4, 2002)

January 2, 2002

• Spacecraft Swansong: DS1's Surprising, Puzzling Final Comet Encounter (space.com - January 2, 2002)

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