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	Stardust (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stardust is an American interplanetary spacecraft, whose primary purpose is to investigate the makeup of the comet Wild 2 and its coma.
		When the spacecraft flew past the comet, the impact velocity of the particles in the coma as they were captured was 6100 metres per second, up to nine times the speed of a bullet fired from a rifle.
		The SU is mounted to the Whipple shield, and the EB is mounted internally to the spacecraft enclosure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft) (2601 words)

	Stardust \| JPL \| NASA
		Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.
		Stardust is the fourth NASA Discovery mission to be chosen and follows on the heels of Mars Pathfinder, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission, and the Lunar Prospector mission.
		The contractor for the Stardust spacecraft is Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, Colorado.
	stardust1.jpl.nasa.gov /mission (617 words)

	Stardust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stardust (spacecraft), a comet coma sample return spacecraft.
		Stardust (1974 movie), a film (and the title track composed for the movie, later covered by Martin Gore) about a rock star, starring David Essex.
		Stardust Disaster, a fire which killed 48 people on Valentine's Day 1981 in a Dublin nightclub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stardust (234 words)

	NASA - Stardust - Closing in on a Comet
		Stardust is the first spacecraft with the ability to retrieve samples obtained in space and return them to Earth for research.
		Stardust flew within 149 miles of Comet Wild 2 and captured particles from the comet.
		Stardust is the first robotic spacecraft to fly by a comet and return extraterrestrial material to Earth.
	www.nasa.gov /missions/solarsystem/stardust_main.html (298 words)

	Stardust (spacecraft) at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Its purpose is to investigate the makeup of the comet, Comet Wild 2, and its coma.
		Additionally, the spacecraft passed within 3300 km of the asteroid 5535 Annefrank on November 2, 2002 and took several photographs.
		When the spacecraft flew past the comet, the impact velocity of the particles they are captured was up to nine times the speed of a bullet fired from a rifle.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Stardust_(spacecraft).html (1072 words)

	Stardust Spacecraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The primary objective of the Discovery class Stardust mission was to fly by the comet P/Wild 2 and collect samples of dust and volatiles in the coma of the comet.
		The Stardust spacecraft consists of a box-shaped main bus 1.7 m across with a high gain dish antenna attached to one face of the bus.
		Two long rectangular solar arrays are connected by struts extending to the opposite sides of the spacecraft and with their surfaces in the same plane as this face, extending parallel to each other in their long directions.
	www.solarviews.com /eng/stardust.htm (1114 words)

	Space Today Online - Solar System - Comets
		Stardust was expected to grab a minimum of 1,000 particles from the gases boiled off of Wild 2's surface by the Sun's heat.
		Stardust was the third spacecraft from Earth to snap close-up photos of a comet's core.
		The Stardust spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, Colorado, and was managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
	www.spacetoday.org /SolSys/Comets/Stardust.html (2890 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Asteroid flyby successful
		Stardust's primary mission is a rendezvous with Comet Wild 2 in 2004, when it will gather dust samples to return to Earth for analysis two years later.
		Preliminary indications are that Stardust visually tracked Annefrank for about 30 minutes as it flew past the asteroid at a relative speed of about 7 km (4 miles) per second.
		Stardust's scientists and engineers are analysing the data to maximise the chances of success during the 2004 encounter with Comet Wild 2.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/2395805.stm (317 words)

	stardust.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stardust, launched Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., is on a seven-year mission to gather comet dust and bring it back to Earth.
		The Stardust antennae were designed by Russell Jedlicka and Bruce Blevins of PSL and developed by a team of NMSU technicians for the mission.
		Stardust is NASA's first mission to gather material from beyond the orbit of the moon.
	www.nmsu.edu /~ucomm/Releases/1999/feb99/stardust.html (501 words)

	New Year Invites Wild Bash :: Astrobiology Magazine ::
		Stardust is the first U.S. mission dedicated solely to a comet and will be the first to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.
		Stardust will repeatedly image the comet through the cameras eight different filters, acquiring as many images of the comet as can be practically returned until 12 hours before the closest approach to the nucleus.
		Stardust is scheduled to fire its thrusters three times as it approaches Earth to fine-tune its flight path.
	www.astrobio.net /news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=744&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (2543 words)

	Stardust comet sample return mission
		Stardust is the name of a space mission that studied a comet.
		The Stardust spacecraft used a strange material called aerogel to capture dust particles from the comet.
		Stardust also shot the best pictures ever of the nucleus of a comet during its flyby.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/space_missions/comets/stardust.html (332 words)

	Stardust - Frequently Asked Questions
		The spacecraft and comet need to encounter each other at similar speeds, so that the comet particles do not strike the spacecraft with such force that they destroy it.
		To accomplish this rendezvous, the speed of the spacecraft must be increased beyond the initial push it received during launch.
		The spacecraft will be collecting interstellar dust samples, using the B-side of the aerogel collector in the mission while traveling to the comet at certain points.
	stardust.jpl.nasa.gov /overview/faq.html (1449 words)

	USATODAY.com - Scientists deactivate Stardust spacecraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LOS ANGELES NASA has deactivated most of the Stardust spacecraft that collected the first comet dust ever gathered in space, two weeks after the probe jettisoned samples to Earth from its seven-year voyage through the heavens.
		A 100-pound capsule from the spacecraft parachuted to the Utah desert Jan. 15 carrying microscopic debris from comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust.
		The Stardust capsule trapped thousands of cosmic debris samples, most of the particles tinier than the width of a human hair, but a surprising number of others were visible to the naked eye, researchers said.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2006-01-30-stardust-goes-dark_x.htm (350 words)

	ScienceDaily: Stardust Spacecraft Reaches For Cosmic Dust
		NASA's Stardust spacecraft, on a mission to collect and return the first samples from a comet, began yesterday to collect tiny specks of solid matter, called interstellar dust grains, that permeate the galaxy.
		Stardust, a part of NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, highly focused science missions, was built by Lockheed Martin Astronautics and Operations, Denver, Colo. and is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
		Stardust Spacecraft Encounters Solar Flare (November 23, 2000) -- Quick-thinking NASA engineers and scientists helped the Stardust spacecraft survive a close encounter with a storm of high-energy particles from the Sun after a recent solar flare.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2002/08/020807070048.htm (1843 words)

	Stardust Mission
		Stardust is currently in the middle of its 5 year journey to a rendezvous with the Comet Wild 2 in January of 2004.
		When the spacecraft flies past the comet, the impact velocity of the particles will be up to 6 times the speed of a bullet fired from a rifle.
		Mike Zolensky (left), Stardust curator and co-investigator, and Donald Brownlee, principal investigator with the University of Washington, study Stardust material after its canister is opened in a laboratory at the Johnson Space Center.
	www.utahredrocks.com /stardust.htm (2058 words)

	AWST STORY
		The NASA Stardust spacecraft will inaugurate the action Jan. 2 by diving through the head of the comet Wild 2 for imagery of the nucleus and the collection of comet dust for return to Earth in 2006.
		Stardust's imaging system was able to observe Wild 2 emerge from behind the Sun in early December, a key milestone that showed that the comet was still intact and relatively active.
		The entire sequence, including the spacecraft's ability to update its own trajectory based on imagery, was rehearsed a year ago when Stardust flew by the asteroid Anne Frank.
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/12223top.xml (1306 words)

	DISCOVERY ::: MISSIONS ::: STARDUST
		In February, 2000, the Stardust spacecraft successfully deployed its aerogel collector and began capturing interstellar dust from a stream of particles from outside our solar system that was initially detected many years ago by Earth-orbiting spacecraft.
		Stardust passed a huge milestone on January 2, 2004, when it flew within 240 kilometers (149 miles) of the nucleus of Comet Wild 2, collecting samples of comet dust and snapping detailed pictures of the comet's surface.
		To collect the particles without damaging them, Stardust used a collector the size of a tennis racket and a substance called aerogel, a silica-based solid with a porous, sponge-like structure in which 99 percent of the volume is empty.
	discovery.nasa.gov /stardust.html (421 words)

	SPACE.com -- Stardust Powers On; More Matter Collected
		Stardust has three antennas that send and receive data at different rates, each providing a trade-off between cost of operation and effectiveness.
		In January 2006, a Stardust return capsule is to parachute down to the Utah desert, carrying cometary specimens.
		Stardust is cloaked with three layers of bulletproof material to shield it from cometary material that could be traveling at speeds six times faster than a bullet shot from a gun.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/solarsystem/stardust_update_010221.html (922 words)

	Solar Flare Stuns Stardust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stardust -- a NASA mission to return samples from comet P/Wild 2 -- was only 1.4 AU (130 million miles) from the Sun on Nov. 8th when a powerful solar flare erupted.
		Stardust's two star cameras, which it uses to control the spacecraft's orientation, were peppered with radiation.
		Stardust's mission is to collect samples of dust flying off the comet nucleus, and to collect interstellar particles flowing through our solar system.
	spacescience.com /headlines/y2000/ast22nov_1.htm (848 words)

	APOD: 2001 January 25 - Sail On Stardust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Explanation: Spacecraft on long interplanetary voyages often use the planets themselves as gravitational "sling shots" to boost them along their way.
		Launched in February of 1999 on a historic voyage to a comet, the Stardust spacecraft is no different.
		Nearby and moving fast, the spacecraft appears as a streak against a background of faint stars in the constellation Cetus.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap010125.html (197 words)

	Universe Today - Bringing Stardust Home
		Stardust was launched in 1999, and in January 2004, the spacecraft performed a risky and historic flyby of Comet Wild 2 to capture the samples and take pictures of the comet's nucleus.
		Normally, most spacecraft have their thrusters placed equally around all sides, but Stardust's thrusters were positioned so the plume of the thrusters wouldn't contaminate the particle collector.
		Stardust's SRC will be brought to a clean room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to be opened.
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/bringing_stardust_home.html?1612006 (1072 words)

	SPACE.com -- Quarry in Tow, Stardust Begins Long Journey Home
		It was the closest Stardust had come to the Wild 2 since it first detected the comet with its navigation camera in mid-November and began transmitting images back to Earth.
		Stardust is not the first spacecraft to visit a comet, but it is the first attempt to collect samples from any extraterrestrial body other than the moon and bring them back to Earth for analysis.
		Stardust is also equipped with two science instruments, both of which were very busy during the encounter.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/stardust_update_040102.html (655 words)

	NASA - Stardust
		Stardust samples of comet particles might seem like a strange place to find a big component of the green sand found on some Hawaiian beaches, but there it was.
		The spacecraft, which flew within 150 miles of the comet Wild 2 in January 2004, brought back samples that may provide new insights into the composition of comets and how they vary from one another, scientists said Monday.
		Stardust's seven-year journey ended with a landing in the Utah desert Jan. 15.
	www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/stardust/main (522 words)

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