--- jane.h.jones@jpl.nasa.gov wrote:
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:32:05 -0800 (PST) From: jane.h.jones@jpl.nasa.gov To: retenney@yahoo.com Subject: Stardust landed succesfully, Titan flyby too!
--------------------------------- Hello Richard Tenney, Hi everybody, I've been watching the Stardust entry on NASA TV for the past 2 hours. http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html jas all the news. Here's a recap of the successful landing. Times in Pacific time. January 14, 2006 9:57 p.m. radar (Nasa TV) show Stardust releases the Sample Return Capsule on schedule. January 15, 20061:57 a.m. Capsule enters Earth atmosphere. Track nearly over Oregon now and Nevada. And an image of capsule is on NASA TV. Several amateur astronomers report visual sightings in Nevada and northern California. OMSI museum in Portland Oregon is packed at 1 a.m. Wow! Did anyone else try to watch? Hold an event? If so report your observations here: http://reentry.arc.nasa.gov/registrationobservations.html 2:00 a.m. first drougue parachute opened on schedule 2:05 a.m. main parachute deployed on schedule 2:12 a.m. capsule landed helicopter "Vertigo" picked up the capsule signal on the ground 2:50 a.m.. helicopter "Vertigo" has located the parachute 2:54 Vertigo crew has located the capsule and landed 3:00 - 3:15 a.m. additional helicopters are on the ground or on the way to the capsule.3:25 a.m. Accordint to NASA TV, the capsule took a few bounces, and is being photographed right now. Next news - a press conference will be at 6 a.m. Pacific time or check the JPL or Stardust websites for the latest http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Also later today, only 21 days since the last Titan encounter, at 12:49 pacific time January 15, Cassini makes its 10th flyby of Saturn's largest moon. Follow the news here http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm good night everybody! Jane Jane Houston Jones Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205 Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone - 818-393-6435 Fax - 818-393-4495 jane.h.jones@jpl.nasa.gov http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com