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Subject: STARDUST Update - September 28, 2001
From: Ron Baalke <baalke@zagami.jpl.nasadot gov>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:15:30 -0700 (PDT)

                    STARDUST Status Report
                      September 28, 2001

There was one Deep Space Network tracking pass in the past week and all of 
Stardust's subsystems are performing normally.  New commands were sent to the 
spacecraft and will go active this weekend.

The Encounter Action Item Review was completed for the action items that 
resulted from the workshop held in May of this year.  Thirteen of the 
thirty-three action items have been completed, and many of the remaining 
items' action plans have been drafted, and will be completed during the 
next six months.

Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) has recorded all of its activities 
this year in the NASA EDCAT's (Education Evaluation System) web site as 
required by NASA E/PO.

The Imaging Science Lead supported the very successful Deep Space 1 flyby 
of Comet Borrelly as part of the DS1 team that produced models of cometary 
dust production and surface brightness.  This was an excellent opportunity 
to obtain operational experience, since the same functions will be required 
as Stardust approaches Comet Wild 2 in 2004.

For more information on the Stardust mission -- the first ever 
comet sample return mission -- please visit the Stardust home page:
 
http://stardust.jpl.nasadot gov


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