Lovlya padayushei zvezdnoi pyli
17.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Eta trek, napominayushii po forme morkovku, v deistvitel'nosti chut' bol'she millimetra v dlinu. Eto sled meteornoi chasticy, ostavlennyi v special'noi vysoko-tehnologichnoi srede, nazyvaemoi aerogelem. Emkost' s aerogelem eksponiruetsya v otkrytom kosmose na bortu kosmicheskogo apparata EURECA (European Recoverable Carrier), zapushennom s borta shattla.