Genesis Mission Returns Clues From the Solar System (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Genesis Mission Returns Clues From the Solar System (1 of 3)

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Left: Flight quadrant mounted on special sample holder. Right: Flight quadrant in the sample crossover, before introduction in the ion source. This image relates to an article that appeared in the June 24, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Bernard Marty at Nancy Université in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France, and colleagues was titled, "A 15N-Poor Isotopic Composition for the Solar System As Shown by Genesis Solar Wind Samples."

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