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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.
The Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars (SCIM) is a mission concept for a Mars air and dust sample return. It was a semi-finalist at the Mars Scout Program along with four other missions in December 2002. [2] [3] The SCIM mission would be designed to skim through the Mars atmosphere without landing or entering orbit. [1]
Flyby provisionally scheduled at time of spacecraft's failure Rosetta: 2 March 2004: ESA: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: Orbiter Successful Entered orbit around 67P at 09:06 UTC on 6 August 2014. On 30 September 2016 mission ended in an attempt to slow land on the comet's surface near a 130 m (425 ft) wide pit called Deir el-Medina. Ariane 5G+ Philae
STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module , and delivered supplies for the station's crew.
One project he worked on using the center’s other wind tunnels – there are currently around 16 operating, Fremaux said – was the Stardust Mission in 2006, the first spacecraft to bring back ...
64 Hours data transmission. Lander reactivated for 85 seconds 13 June 2015. Controlled impact to end mission on 30 September 2016. [61] [62] MESSENGER: Mercury 3 August 2004 17 March 2011 entered orbit: 2418 days (6 years, 7 months, 15 days) First probe to orbit Mercury. Deorbited on 30 April 2015 [63] Deep Impact impactor: Comet 9P/Tempel: 12 ...
improvised landing by orbiter at end of mission 1996-008A: 5535 Annefrank: Stardust: NASA: 2 November 2002 distant flyby success went on to visit comet 81P/Wild: 1999-003A: 25143 Itokawa: Hayabusa: ISAS: 2005–07 sample return success 2005: landed and collected dust grains. 2010: sample returned. 2003-019A MINERVA: ISAS: 12 November 2005 ...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is more than 24 hours into its long-awaited inaugural crewed test flight to the space station.The capsule lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket Wednesday from Florida ...