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Navigation camera heating cycle completed (JPL Dec. 29)
Stardust team preparing for Earth flyby (JPL Dec. 22)
Spacecraft systems operating normal as Earth flyby approaches (JPL Dec. 15)
Spacecraft performs trajectory correction maneuver (JPL Dec. 8)
Image quality improving after solar flare encounter (JPL Dec. 1)
NASA engineers, scientists help Stardust survive solar flare encounter (JPL Nov. 21)
Solar flare temporarily blinds Stardust (JPL Nov. 21)
Solar flare sends Stardust into "safe" mode (JPL Nov. 17)
Stardust stays in touch with Earth (JPL Nov. 13)
Optical navigation specialists process more than 100 Pleiades images as optics check (JPL Nov. 3)
Spacecraft switched to gyro-based attitude determination (JPL Oct. 27)
Stardust takes images of Pleiades open star cluster (JPL Oct. 20)
Safe-mode incident being probed (JPL Oct. 13)
Spacecraft returns to normal operation from "safe" mode (JPL Oct. 6)
New navigation photos being transmitted; analysis begun (JPL Sept. 29)
More navigation camera calibration images being considered (JPL Sept. 22)
Communications power drop off appears to be corrected (JPL Sept. 15)
Imaging equipment test results remain inconclusive (JPL Sept. 8)
Testing of imaging, analysis equipment continues (JPL Sept. 1)
Navigation camera tests look promising (JPL Aug. 25)
Two tracking passes provide 10 hours of communication (JPL Aug. 18)
Test results inconclusive (JPL Aug. 11)
Stardust tested for damage after solar storm (Space.com Aug. 8)
Designer worried solar flare could have damaged camera component (JPL Aug. 4)
Checkout of navigation camera successfully performed (JPL July 28)
Stardust is 157 million miles away and headed toward Earth (JPL July 21)
Next flight sequence successfully transmitted (JPL July 14)
Next navigation camera sequence set for July 28-Aug. 1 (JPL June 30)
Navigation tracks completed for third trajectory correction maneuver (JPL June 23)
Stardust returns to cruise activities (JPL June 16)
Communications passes used to obtain tracking data from trajectory-correction maneuver (JPL June 9)
Eight deep-space tracking passes show systems operating normally (JPL June 2)
Stardust completes third trajectory-correction maneuver (JPL May 26)
Deep-space communications show all subsystems normal (JPL May 19)
Preparations underway for trajectory-correction maneuver (JPL May 12)
First dust collection ends, aerogel collector successfully stowed (JPL May 5)
First interstellar dust collection to conclude (JPL April 28)
Analysis indicates tarlike macro-molecules in interstellar dust (Max Planck Society, April 26)
Spacecraft catching dust in the wind (JPL April 21)
Deep Space pass shows systems still normal (JPL April 21)
All spacecraft subsystems continue to operate normally (JPL April 14)
Navigation camera images, including stars reflected in mirror, are identified (JPL April 7)
Navigation camera pictures sent to Earth, now being analyzed (JPL March 31)
All spacecraft subsystems continue to operate normally (JPL March 24)
Aerogel grid opened further to remain in interstellar dust stream (JPL March 17)
Interstellar dust collection to end May 1 (JPL March 10)
Five communications passes show Stardust subsystems operating normally (JPL March 3)
Stardust traveling with interstellar dust stream (JPL Feb. 25)
Aerogel collector set to encounter interstellar dust stream (JPL Feb. 22)
Stardust prepares to deploy aerogel to collect interstellar dust (JPL Feb. 18)
Happy Birthday Stardust -- A commemoration from project director Ken Atkins (JPL Feb. 11)
Three Deep Space Network passes show all subsystems operating normally (JPL Feb. 11)
Second Stardust newsletter released (PDF file, JPL Feb. 10)
Despite unexpected thruster firings, fuel use less than planned (JPL Feb. 4)
Spacecraft performance outstanding for deep-space maneuver (JPL Jan. 28)
Stardust now on target for Earth flyby next year (JPL Jan. 26)
First two parts of deep-space maneuver begin targeting Stardust for Earth (JPL Jan. 21)
Book by Don Brownlee, Peter Ward says advanced life might be rare (UW Jan. 18)
Deep Space Network tracking passes show spacecraft operating normally (JPL Jan. 14)
Trajectory-correction maneuver is nearly flawless (JPL Jan. 7)
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