Wednesday, September 08, 2004

At precisely 8:52:46 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), northwest of Bend, Oregon, a fireball will appear in the sky: a white-hot dot of light, brighter than the planet Venus, gliding across the blue morning sky.

No, it's not a scary movie, it's a space capsule returning to earth after being jettisoned by the Genesis spacecraft. Inside are samples of our sun's solar wind particles, which are being returned to earth for research.

If you live in Southern Oregon (from Bend to the southeast), Southern Idaho or Northern Nevada, look up in the sky at about 8:52 a.m. today - and take a video - I am curious what this will look like!



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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:46:49 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:45:44 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Didn't see its rentry from Eugene.
Sorry to hear the parachute did not employ.
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crash landing
samples
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