Genesis

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Genesis was a NASA Discovery Program mission that collected and returned samples of the solar wind to help scientists study the composition and origin of the solar system.

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instanceOf NASA space probe
sample-return mission
causeOfFailure gravity-switch sensors installed upside down
collectorMaterials aluminum foil
diamond-like carbon on silicon
gold foil
sapphire
silicon
contractor Lockheed Martin
COSPARID 2001-034A
country United States
landingCountry United States
landingSite Utah Test and Training Range
landingState Utah
launchDate 2001-08-08
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral, Florida
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchVehicle Delta II 7326
linked to: Delta II
managingCenter Jet Propulsion Laboratory
manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space Systems
missionObjective collect samples of the solar wind
determine the composition of the solar wind
improve understanding of the origin of the solar system
measure isotopic and elemental abundances in the solar wind
missionOutcome partial success
missionType solar wind sample-return mission
NORADID 26839
operator NASA
orbit L1 halo orbit
parachuteDeployment failed
PI Donald Burnett
PIInstitution California Institute of Technology
program NASA Discovery Program
reentryDate 2004-09-08
reentryIncident crash landing due to parachute failure
returnCapsule Sample Return Capsule
sampleCollectionDuration about 2.3 years
sampleCollectionEnd 2004-04
sampleCollectionStart 2001-11
sampleCollectorType ultra-pure collector arrays
sampleConditionAfterLanding collector arrays broken
sampleRecovery contaminated but usable for many analyses
scienceResult constraints on solar and planetary formation models
scienceResult high-precision measurements of oxygen isotopes in the solar wind
improved estimates of elemental abundances in the solar photosphere
measurements of nitrogen isotopes in the solar wind
spaceAgency NASA
status mission completed
target solar wind
trajectory halo orbit around the Sun–Earth L1 Lagrange point

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