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Capsule containing space dust lands

January 15, 2006

Dugway Proving Ground, Utah - A space capsule ferrying the first comet dust samples to Earth has landed in the Utah desert.

Researchers hope the more than four billion year old dust will provide clues about the origin of our planetary system.

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