Less than one day of space travel separates Earth and history's first comet sample return mission. Today at 7:30pm (AEST) the stardust spacecraft will return to earth carrying particles collected from outer space.

The final 400,000 kilometers (249,000 miles) of the mission to return a capsule containing cometary particles to Earth will take just 16 hours and 27 minutes. It took the Apollo astronauts about three days to make the same journey.

The velocity of the sample return capsule as it enters Earth's atmosphere at 46,440 kilometers per hour will be the greatest of any human-made object on record. This will surpass the record set in May 1969 during the return of the Apollo 10 command module.

Now, all that being said - there is a plan to make our way to north canada when the zombies take over. Aparently they wont be able to adapt to the cold climate and it will protect us. you can watch the invasion live on nasa tv around 6pm tonight and then you will see the truth !

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html

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wait... wasn't this the probe that crashed in the desert a few months back?

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at 46,440 kilometers per hour

Pfft, Evisc and I have taken the VN faster than that.

yes, u need to have the windows up though

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yeah, like i'm gonna beleive anything from NASA

hello? like fake moonlanding

as for the zombies, its obvious they're just trying to get people to vote republican

Oh Noes!!! Deploy the tinfoil hats Mr Spock!

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