Stardust / Stardust-NExT Spacecraft System
The Lockheed Martin-built Stardust spacecraft collected cometary and interstellar particles, returned its capsule to Earth in 2006, and continued as Stardust-NExT for a 2011 flyby of comet Tempel 1 before ending operations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Stardust spacecraftStardust-NExT spacecraft
- Family Name
- Stardust
- Full Name
- Stardust / Stardust-NExT Spacecraft System
- Roles
- interplanetary_probesample_returnflyby
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Lockheed Martin-built Stardust spacecraft collected cometary and interstellar particles, returned its capsule to Earth in 2006, and continued as Stardust-NExT for a 2011 flyby of comet Tempel 1 before ending operations.
- First Flight Year
- 1,999
- Last Flight Year
- 2,011
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- unknown
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/stardust/
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- Creation Time
- July 16, 2026 at 23:46:32 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 16:48:02 UTC
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