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On this day in 2004 – September 8th – NASA's Genesis probe, that had collected bits of solar wind, crash-landed when it returned to Earth.

Some samples were salvaged, as some of the contamination could be dealt with. The mission's major science objectives were achieved.

Mona Evans
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