Stardust
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Q205747
Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2, as well as samples of cosmic dust, and return them to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En route to Comet Wild 2, it also flew by and studied the asteroid 5535 Annefrank. The primary mission was successfully completed on 15 January 2006 when the sample return capsule returned to Earth.
1999-02-07T00:00:00Z
1999-02-07T00:00:00Z
rocket launch
2011-02-15T00:00:00Z
2011-02-15T00:00:00Z
flyby
2004-01-02T00:00:00Z
2004-01-02T00:00:00Z
flyby
2001-01-15T00:00:00Z
2001-01-15T00:00:00Z
flyby
2002-11-02T00:00:00Z
2002-11-02T00:00:00Z
flyby
2009-01-14T00:00:00Z
2009-01-14T00:00:00Z
flyby
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A 2.5 kg brick is supported on top of a piece of aerogel weighing only 2 grams.
Aerogel matches
Stardust-particle-Tsou060207b
Aerogel crayons
Stardust-tracks-Tsou060207c
Stardust - Reentrada
Stardust Mission FirstLook
Impact2
Stardust - ksc9901117
Stardust-NeXT Mission Sticker- Nanometer-scale anatomy of entire Stardust tracks - scholarly article (Q1860)
- Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft - scientific article (Q1860)
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| incident | incident | [[1]] | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | A 2.5 kg brick is supported on top of a piece of aerogel weighing only 2 grams. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Aerogel matches | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust-particle-Tsou060207b | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Aerogel crayons | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust-tracks-Tsou060207c | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust - Reentrada | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust Mission FirstLook | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Impact2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust - ksc9901117 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Stardust-NeXT Mission Sticker | Commons | ||
