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Stardust is an interplanetary spacecraft launched February 7, 1999. It flew by Comet Wild 2 on January 2, 2004. During the flyby it collected samples from the comet's coma and took detailed pictures. Sample material will be returned to Earth with a capsule in 2006. Additionally, the spacecraft passed within 3300 km of the asteroid 5535 Annefrank on November 2, 2002 and took several photographs.

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