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2001
No command communications to be sent until January (JPL Dec. 21)
Nine-day solar conjunction will make communications spotty (JPL Dec. 14)
Stardust starts tapping battery power (JPL Dec. 7)
Space exploration program featuring Stardust project members to air on Learning Channel in May 2002 (JPL Nov. 30)
Christmas Eve solar conjunction likely to hamper communications (JPL Nov. 21)
Solar panels generate more power than predicted, conserve battery (JPL Nov. 16)
Stardust beyond 230 million miles from sun (JPL Nov. 9)
Solar arrays still at work 228 million miles from sun (JPL Nov. 2)
Spacecraft performing as planned 225 million miles away (JPL Oct. 26)
Command history performance review shows success rate of 99.5 percent (JPL Oct. 19)
Power data to be recorded every 15 minutes (JPL Oct. 12)
Large solar flare brought 44 star camera outages as long as 25 seconds (JPL Oct. 5)
Stardust supports Deep Space 1 flyby of Comet Borrelly (JPL Sept. 28)
Spacecraft will use battery power (JPL Sept. 21
Software patches sent to spacecraft (JPL Sept. 14)
More images taken; quality excellent (JPL Sept. 7)
Six images captured by two cameras (JPL Aug. 31)
Second interstellar dust collection period completed (JPL Aug. 24)
Spacecraft returns to normal operation after entering "safe" mode (JPL Aug. 21)
Commands sent to increase dust analyzer sensitivity for additional science data (JPL Aug. 10)
Dust analyzer continues to monitor interstellar dust stream (JPL Aug. 3)
Stardust project looking for old SGI Challenger series computer (JPL July 27)
Plans developed for more images from navigation camera (JPL July 20)
Initial star-guide images looking good (JPL July 13)
All systems normal as analyzer continues interstellar dust observation (JPL July 6)
Dust analyzer continues to observe interstellar dust stream (JPL June 29)
Ten images downloaded; no sign of camera recontamination (JPL June 22)
Stardust in excellent health (JPL June 15)
Spacecraft one orbit loop away from comet encounter (JPL June 8)
Stardust heading toward asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter (JPL June 1)
Internal discussions include possible flyby of Asteroid 5535 Annefrank (JPL May 25)
Navigation camera performance removed from 'concern' list (JPL May 18)
Images from cold navigation camera look good (JPL May 11)
Mirror heaters powered down; camera optics will be tested weekly (JPL May 4)
In June, spacecraft will reach same orbital position as Wild 2 encounter one orbit later (JPL April 27)
With heaters on, navigation camera successfully takes two images (JPL April 20)
Recent solar flares had no impact on Stardust (JPL April 13)
Camera regains improved performance (JPL March 30)
Stardust team develops technique to keep camera clear (JPL March 19)
Dust analyzer pointed into interstellar dust stream (JPL March 16)
Dust analyzer reset to capture negative ions from interstellar space (JPL March 9)
Stardust nears 1 billion-mile mark (JPL March 2)
Test for battery capacity successful (JPL Feb. 23)
Cometary Interstellar Dust Analyzer awaiting particles to strike spacecraft (JPL Feb. 16)
Stardust marks 2nd anniversary of launch, systems operating normally (JPL Feb. 9)
Earth flyby was so precise, planned trajectory correction not needed (JPL Feb. 2)
Stardust team activities returning to normal after flyby (JPL Jan. 26)
Flyby brought Stardust within 3,725 miles of Earth (JPL Jan. 19)
Stardust completes first solar orbit with Earth flyby (JPL Jan. 15)
Spacecraft can see clearly now, just in time for Earth flyby (JPL Jan. 11)
Stardust prepares to pick up speed from Earth's gravity (UW Jan. 8)
Stardust rapidly closing on Earth for gravity-assist flyby (JPL Jan. 5)
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