Space Stardust
14 2011 the probe became the first spacecraft to visit two comets while comet tempel 1 became the first comet visited by two space probes.
Space stardust. Dust from comets and interstellar space stardust a nasa discovery class mission was the first to return samples from a comet and from interstellar space. This is a redirection page in case the javascript redirection does not work please click on the link below. An improvised video made in less than 24 hours to celebrate the stardust adventure first bir. It was the first sample return mission of its kind.
When stardust flew by its second target on feb. Stardust la chaine air espace 160793 views 10538 spacex crew dragon launch docking and returns to earth from iss international space station mar 8 duration. Stardust was a 390 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 these to earth for analysis.
Comets are ancient bodies of frozen ice and dust that formed beyond the orbit of the most distant planet. Stardust itself sunocons and agb grains that come from specific stars is but a modest fraction of the condensed cosmic dust forming less than 01 of the mass of total interstellar solids. Get the latest updates on nasa missions watch nasa tv live and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. A mission with many scientific surprises the primary goal of the stardust mission was to collect samples of a comet and return them to earth for laboratory analysis.
Die raumsonde stardust englisch fuer sternenstaub war eine mission der nasa die 1999 gestartet und 2011 beendet wurdeziel der mission war das einfangen von partikeln aus der koma des vom schweizer astronomen paul wild entdeckten kometen wild 2 sowie interstellaren staubsdie proben wurden im januar 2006 zur erde gebracht. Nasagov brings you the latest images videos and news from americas space agency. The high interest in stardust derives from new information that it has brought to the sciences of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis.