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Revision as of 01:01, 3 January 2004 by 202.49.120.56 (talk) (updated to reflect flyby)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Stardust is a interplanetary spacecraft launched February 7 1999. In It flew by Comet Wild 2 on January 2, 2004. During the flyby it collected samples from the comets coma and took detailed images of the icy coma. 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.