20 November 2009

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News Past- 2004 Genesis Crash 20NOV09


Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/multimedia/genesisrecov090804-2.html

The sample return capsule crashed into the Utah desert floor Sept 8, 2004, breaking open the capsule. The capsule is about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in diameter and has a mass of 275 kg (600 lb) ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)

Excellent video of final flight and crash, post crash.
"Impact video
" (QuickTime movie). http://anon.nasa-global.speedera.net/anon.nasa-global/genesis/genesis.mov
. Retrieved 2006-04-20.

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