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Stardust / Stardust-NExT

NASA's Stardust spacecraft collected particles at comet Wild 2, delivered its sample capsule to Earth, and was repurposed as Stardust-NExT to revisit comet Tempel 1 before its final fuel-depletion burn in 2011.

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Aliases: StardustStardust-NExTNew Exploration of Tempel 1
Name: Stardust / Stardust-NExT
Status: retired

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Description: NASA's Stardust spacecraft collected particles at comet Wild 2, delivered its sample capsule to Earth, and was repurposed as Stardust-NExT to revisit comet Tempel 1 before its final fuel-depletion burn in 2011.
First Flight Date: 1999-02-07
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Official Url: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/stardust/

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Creation Time: July 16, 2026 at 23:46:38 UTC
Updated Time: August 22, 2026 at 02:07:29 UTC
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Last Flight Date: 2011-03-24
Search Name: Stardust / Stardust-NExT Stardust Stardust-NExT New Exploration of Tempel 1