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3. When did comet dust arrive on Earth via spacecraft, and in which US state did it land ?

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In 2004, the Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild-2, collecting comet and interstellar dust in a substance called aerogel. Two years later, the samples made it back to Earth in a return capsule that landed in the Utah desert.

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