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2002
Communications sessions show spacecraft in good shape (JPL, Dec. 20)
Dust collection ends, collector grid successfully stowed (JPL, Dec. 13)
Interstellar dust collection to end, capsule to close, on Monday (JPL, Dec. 6)
Flight team has two periods of contact with spacecraft (JPL, Nov. 27)
Stardust back to normal cruise operations (JPL, Nov. 22)
All flyby images successfully downloaded (JPL, Nov. 15)
More than 70 images captured during Annefrank flyby (JPL, Nov. 8)
Stardust captures images of asteroid Annefrank (JPL, Nov. 4)
Stardust successfully flies by asteroid Annefrank (JPL, Nov. 2)
Commands for Annefrank flyby sent to Stardust (JPL, Nov. 1)
Flyby of Annefrank asteroid will help Stardust prepare for main mission (UW, Oct. 28)
Stardust preparing for Asteroid 5535 Annefrank flyby (JPL, Oct. 25)
Spacecraft in good shape as it travels through asteroid belt (JPL, Oct. 18)
Stardust to test comet procedures with flyby of asteroid Annefrank (JPL, Oct. 16)
Camera contamination removed; trajectory correction completed (JPL, Oct. 11)
Two communication sessions show spacecraft in good health (JPL, Oct. 4)
Camera heaters to be activated for two days (JPL, Sept. 26)
Camera heaters might be activated to clear contamination (JPL, Sept. 20)
Image indicates contamination might have returned to navigation camera (JPL, Sept. 13)
Navigation camera mirror alignment calibrated (JPL, Sept. 6)
Navigation camera mirror successfully tested (JPL, Aug. 30)
Stardust subsystems operating normally (JPL, Aug. 16)
Aerogel grid successfully deployed (JPL, Aug. 9)
Stardust begins collecting interstellar dust (JPL, Aug. 6)
Commands to deploy aerogel grid are tested (JPL, Aug. 2)
Review identifies and analyzes 230 potential events (JPL, July 26)
All spacecraft subsystems continue to function normally (JPL, July 19)
Radio command would prevent spacecraft from entering safe mode (JPL, July 12)
Camera mirror rate-rotation test developed (JPL, July 5)
Preparations continue for Comet Wild 2 encounter testing (JPL, June 28)
New Australian tracking station tests on Stardust signal (JPL, June 21)
Stardust a little more than 18 months from comet encounter (JPL, June 14)
Power subsystem performance excellent as Stardust gets nearer to sun (JPL, June 7)
Second interstellar dust collection to begin on July 22 (JPL, May 31)
Power subsystem continues its excellent performance (JPL, May 24)
Guinness certifies aerogel as lightest-weight solid (JPL, May 17)
Spacecraft health excellent at farthest point from sun (JPL, May 3)
Team begins examining any factors that could prevent successful comet encounter (JPL, April 26)
Stardust sets solar-powered spacecraft record for distance from sun (JPL, April 19)
Stardust will reach its farthest distance from the sun on Thursday (JPL, April 12)
Power subsystems continue to perform better than predicted (JPL, April 5)
Preparations begin for system level risk assessment of Wild 2 encounter (JPL, March 29)
In worst case, plenty of recharge power if battery charge drops too low (JPL, March 15)
Battery charge rate at 93.4 percent (JPL, March 8)
Stardust could make Guinness record book (JPL, March 1)
Spacecraft more sensitive to its power state (JPL, Feb. 22)
Battery conservation is planned at this stage (JPL, Feb. 15)
Conservative approach on power use should preserve batteries (JPL, Feb. 8)
Telemetry and navigation tracking verify deep space maneuver went flawlessly (JPL, Feb. 1)
Maneuver shows power system performing better than expected (JPL, Jan. 25)
Completed maneuver sets Stardust on course for comet encounter (JPL, Jan. 24)
Stardust ready for second deep-space maneuver (JPL, Jan. 18)
Stardust reaches maximum distance from Earth, 334 million miles (JPL, Jan. 11)
Stardust completes yaw maneuver during solar conjunction (JPL, Jan. 4)
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