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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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