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Stardust was a 300-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on February 7, 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 these to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En route to comet Wild 2, the craft also flew by and studied the asteroid 5535 Annefrank. The primary mission was successfully completed on January 15, 2006, when the sample return capsule returned to Earth.

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  • Stardust (spacecraft)
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  • Stardust was a 300-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on February 7, 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 these to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En route to comet Wild 2, the craft also flew by and studied the asteroid 5535 Annefrank. The primary mission was successfully completed on January 15, 2006, when the sample return capsule returned to Earth.
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COSPAR ID
  • 1999(xsd:integer)
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Previous Mission
  • Lunar Prospector
Power
  • 330.0
landing date
  • 36600.0
SATCAT
  • 25618(xsd:integer)
Mission Duration
  • 1.175256E8
  • 2.189646E8
disposal type
  • Decommissioned
Name
  • Stardust
  • Stardust NExT
launch contractor
Insignia
  • Stardust - NExT - SDNEXT sticker-border.png
  • Stardust - starlogo.png
Image caption
  • Artist's impression of Stardust at comet Wild 2.
  • Artist's impression of the Stardust spacecraft performing a burn-to-depletion at the end of the Stardust NExT mission.
Manufacturer
  • Lockheed MartinUniversity of Washington
Image size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Operator
  • NASAJPL
  • NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory
ENTERED SERVICE
  • 2007-07-03(xsd:date)
launch site
Mission Type
  • Flyby
  • Sample return flyby
landing site
Programme
  • Discovery program
launch rocket
Launch date
  • 75855.0
Image Alt
  • A spacecraft is depicted following a comet from within its tail.
  • A spacecraft fires its boosters to deplete its fuel, ending its mission.
last contact
  • 693.0
insignia alt
  • A triangular shape encloses an image of a spacecraft flying by a comet after departing from earth; its trail visible across the image.
insignia size
  • 200(xsd:integer)
Next Mission
  • Genesis
insignia caption
  • Official insignia of the Stardust NExT mission
  • Official insignia of the Stardust mission
abstract
  • Stardust was a 300-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on February 7, 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 these to Earth for analysis. It was the first sample return mission of its kind. En route to comet Wild 2, the craft also flew by and studied the asteroid 5535 Annefrank. The primary mission was successfully completed on January 15, 2006, when the sample return capsule returned to Earth. A mission extension codenamed NExT culminated in February 2011 with Stardust intercepting comet Tempel 1, a small Solar System body previously visited by Deep Impact in 2005. Stardust ceased operations in March 2011. On August 14, 2014, scientists announced the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule returned to Earth in 2006.
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