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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Stardust spacecraftStardust-NExT spacecraft
- Family Name
- Stardust
- Full Name
- Stardust / Stardust-NExT Spacecraft System
- Reusability
- unknown
- Slug
- stardust-stardust-next-spacecraft-system
- 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 Id
- jd76x7jyyp2cr5trms0r6cqt2d7kpcha
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/stardust/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/16/2026, 11:46:32 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/16/2026, 11:46:32 PM