Wow, there goes!

there goes!

Star Dust streaks back home, this week on planetary radio.

Welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the final frontier and sometimes back to Earth. The Stardust mission was gloriously completed

early on the morning of January 15

when a 100-pound sample return capsule touch down in the Utah desert. We'll have special coverage along with an

introduction to your opportunity to participate through the Stardust At Home

Project. All that in our regular visits with Emily and Bruce too.

Star Dust tops our space news naturally, but just as one probe returns home,

another is ready to leave.

The New Horizons mission may be on its way to Pluto and the

Kuiper belt by the time you hear this. Our own Bruce Betts is attending the

launch at the Kennedy Space Center. We'll get a report from him next week.

In the meantime you can get the latest on both these

missions at planetary.org. You'll also find an update on the Mars Rover

opportunity, still suffering from a problem with its robotic arm but taking some great pictures.

Speaking of pictures Emily knows how to catch some of that shy and retiring planet Venus.

I'll be back to begin our Stardust coverage in a minute.

Hi, I'm Emily Loch Duwala with questions and answers.

A listener asked, Hi, I'm Emily Loch Duwala with questions and answers.

A listener asked, if Cassini can take pictures of Titan's surface through its hazy atmosphere,

can the same technique be used to image the surface of Venus.

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