After last week's disappointing Beagle 2 news we've got two exciting events this Friday and Saturday. Tomorrow at mid-day the spacecraft Stardust will pass through comet Wild 2, collect some dust and gas with its aerogel grid, and begin its two year jorney back to Earth. Saturday night, the first of two Mars Explorer Rovers, Spirit, will touch down on the red planet and we should hear something from the rover within 24 hours of that landing. It's gonna be an exciting weekend in space news and I'll try to post some updates here as information becomes available.
Posted by asa at January 1, 2004 07:13 PM