This viewgraph presentation reviews the Stardust mission. The objectives of the mission is to rendezvous with the Wild 2 comet, and using a specially designed aerogel capture some of the cometary material, and then return a capsule with the material to Earth. Other objectives are to provide images of the comet, and capture interstellar dust. There is a description of the aerogel, the trajectory, and views of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC), Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA) instrument, and the JPL designed camera. Also included is a timeline of the projected release of data to the Planetary Data System.


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    Titel :

    NASA STARDUST Sample Return Mission


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly ; 2004 ; Paris, France


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004-07-23


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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