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1999
Capsule backshell closed to prepare for trajectory correction (JPL Dec. 29)
Two communications sessions show Stardust operating normally (JPL Dec. 22)
Preparations underway for first trajectory-correction maneuver (JPL Dec. 17)
New program will speed telemetry communication (JPL Dec. 10)
Deep-space network communication shows systems operating normally (JPL Dec. 3)
Nine star images from navigation camera transmitted to Earth (JPL Nov. 24)
Spacecraft successfully loads software patch (JPL Nov. 19)
Stardust gives communications time to Mars Polar Lander (JPL Nov. 12)
Stardust ready for next cruise sequence (JPL Nov. 5)
Spacecraft in normal cruise after busy two weeks (JPL Oct. 29)
Navigation camera snaps star images to be downloaded in November (JPL Oct. 22)
Flight team has several communications sessions with Stardust (JPL Oct. 15)
Stardust science team picks up pointers from Deep Space 1 asteroid flyby (JPL Oct. 8)
Stardust cruising in main asteroid belt (JPL Sept. 24)
Spacecraft enters cruise mode 180 million miles from Earth (JPL Sept. 17)
Stardust prepares to activate instruments (JPL Sept. 10)
Stardust more than 158 million miles from Earth (JPL Sept. 3)
Stardust provides an assist to Deep Space 1 (JPL Aug. 27)
Anomaly Investigation Team working on interface problem (JPL Aug. 20)
Recent changes to "safe" mode caused by sun sensor error, interface problem (JPL Aug. 13)
Download plans to build 1/26 scale model of Stardust (JPL Aug. 11)
Deep Space Network finds Stardust in "safe" mode (JPL Aug. 6)
Spacecraft gets clean bill of health (JPL July 30)
Dust analyzer might have detected five particle impacts (JPL July 23)
Spacecraft using less fuel than expected (JPL July 16)
Navigation camera could be taking pictures in about a month (JPL July 9)
Stardust's high-gain antenna employed for the first time (JPL July 1)
Spacecraft pointed directly toward sun to collect energy (JPL June 25)
Communication indicates spacecraft operating normally (JPL June 17)
Communication rate declines as Stardust moves farther from Earth (JPL June 11)
Controllers execute two communications sessions with Stardust spacecraft (JPL June 4)
Spacecraft more than 37 million miles from Earth (JPL May 28)
Stardust remains in excellent health with all subsystems performing as expected (JPL May 21)
Sample Return Capsule opened slightly as planned (JPL May 14)
Stardust points instruments into interplanetary dust stream (JPL May 10)
Stardust continues to perform well 24 million miles from the Earth (JPL May 3)
Stardust 20 million miles away traveling at 67,000 miles per hour (JPL April 21)
Stardust passes slower-moving Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander (JPL April 6)
Stardust sends back engineering data (Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 22)
Stardust's first photo produces image of Mars (JPL March 17)
Stardust in excellent health as it ventures away from Earth (JPL March 15)
Stardust switched from "safe" mode to "Cruise 2" (JPL March 12)
Stardust continues its excellent performance (JPL March 5)
Stardust spacecraft now more than 1 million miles from Earth (JPL Feb. 11)
Stardust blasts into space (UW Feb. 7)
Technical problem halts Stardust launch in last two minutes (UW Feb. 6)
"Go" for Stardust launch (UW Feb. 5)
Weather appears cooperative for Stardust launch (UW Feb. 4)
UW astronomy professor's Stardust quest set for launch Saturday (UW Feb. 1)
Stardust status report (JPL Jan. 15)
Stardust mission set to bring back a piece of a comet (JPL Jan. 10)
1998
Stardust status report (JPL, December)
Stardust arrives at KSC for launch preparations (Kennedy Space Center, November)
Stardust arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations (JPL, November)
More than 1 million sign up to have their names on Stardust (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, August)
February launch planned for UW mission to collect samples of comet dust (UW, June)
Stardust mission timeline, facts and figures (University of Washington, June)
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