Stardust mission

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The Stardust mission was a NASA space probe that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.

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Stardust (spacecraft) 3
Stardust mission canonical 3
Stardust-NExT 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space probe
sample-return mission
alsoKnownAs Stardust (spacecraft)
linked to: Stardust mission
asteroidAnnefrankFlybyDate 2002-11-02
closestApproachToWild2Date 2004-01-02
closestApproachToWild2Distance about 240 kilometers
collected coma dust from Comet Wild 2
interstellar dust particles
countryOfOrigin United States
encountered asteroid Annefrank
endOfMission 2011-03-24
endOfMissionEvent spacecraft commanded to safe end-of-mission configuration
extendedMission Stardust-NExT
linked to: Stardust mission
firstTo return cometary dust samples to Earth
return solid samples from beyond the Moon to Earth
flybyOf Comet 81P/Wild 2
launchDate 1999-02-07
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
launchVehicle Delta II 7426
linked to: Delta II
managedBy NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
massAtLaunch about 385 kilograms
missionObjective collect interstellar dust particles
collect samples from the coma of Comet Wild 2
return collected samples to Earth for laboratory analysis
study interstellar dust properties
study the composition and structure of cometary dust
missionType comet sample-return mission
interstellar dust collection mission
operator NASA
powerSource solar arrays
primaryTarget Comet 81P/Wild 2
program NASA Discovery Program
reentrySpeed about 12.9 kilometers per second
returnedSamplesTo Earth
sampleCollectionMedium aerogel
sampleReturnCapsule Stardust Sample Return Capsule
sampleReturnDate 2006-01-15
sampleReturnLandingSite Utah Test and Training Range
scientificInstruments Comet and Interstellar Dust Analyzer
Dust Flux Monitor Instrument
Navigation Camera
Sample Collection Grids with aerogel
scientificResults detection of high-temperature minerals in cometary dust
evidence for mixing of materials from inner and outer solar system in comets
identification of organic compounds in cometary samples
spacecraftType solar-powered spacecraft
Tempel1FlybyDate 2011-02-15
trajectoryType heliocentric orbit
visitedDuringExtendedMission Comet 9P/Tempel 1
linked to: 9P/Tempel 1

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Donald Brownlee knownFor Stardust mission
NASA PICA usedOnSpacecraft Stardust sample return capsule
linked to: Stardust mission
Stardust alsoKnownAs Stardust (spacecraft)
linked to: Stardust mission
Stardust extendedMission Stardust-NExT
linked to: Stardust mission
Stardust alsoKnownAs Stardust (spacecraft)
subject linked to: Stardust mission
linked to: Stardust mission
Stardust extendedMission Stardust-NExT
subject linked to: Stardust mission
linked to: Stardust mission
Stardust alsoKnownAs Stardust (spacecraft)
subject linked to: NASA Stardust mission
linked to: Stardust mission
Donald E. Brownlee notableWork Stardust mission
Phenolic-Impregnated Carbon Ablator usedOn Stardust spacecraft
linked to: Stardust mission