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Mission phase

Return & Reentry

For sample-return missions, the journey home and the high-speed atmospheric reentry of the capsule to a recovery site — the phase that delivers the science to Earth.

Type
Mission phase
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
3

Experience system V6

Mission phase scientific profile

A graph-grounded scientific layout that adapts to available evidence, imagery, relations, and source coverage.

Evidence graphScientific mapOriginal SVGSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    The page falls back to graph and source evidence when no cleared image is available.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Preceded by Surface Operations & Sampling.

  4. 04

    Connect

    3 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Mission phase
Graph relations
3
Verified sources
2
Image records
0
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Return & Reentrycoordinate fields shown only when available
  • Preceded by

    Surface Operations & Sampling

  • Associated with

    Stardust

  • Associated with

    Hayabusa

Original SVG diagram

Scientific schematic

Optical pathCollected lightFocal plane / instrumentMission phase
Object class
Mission phase
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Graph relations
3
Sources
2
HayabusaStardustSurface Operation...Return & ReentryMission phase

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Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

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Curated next objects

mission phase

Surface Operations & Sampling

The critical interaction with the surface — a touchdown, a landing, a sample-collection manoeuvre, or a deliberate impact.

space mission

Stardust

NASA's sample-return mission that captured dust from the coma of comet Wild 2 and returned it to Earth in 2006, and later flew past Tempel 1 as Stardust-NExT.

space mission

Hayabusa

Hayabusa was the first mission to return a sample from an asteroid, the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa.

asteroid

25143 Itokawa

A near-Earth asteroid sampled by Japan's Hayabusa.

comet

Wild 2

Periodic comet — 81P/Wild.

mission class

Sample-Return Mission

A mission that collects material from a small body and brings it back to Earth for laboratory study — Hayabusa (Itokawa), Hayabusa2 (Ryugu), OSIRIS-REx (Bennu), and Stardust (comet Wild 2).

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
mission_phase:return-and-reentry
Type
Mission phase
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
3
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/mission_phase:return-and-reentry

Scientific quality

Substantial
Unreviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

3 of 4 applicable dimensions complete

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Complete
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
Not applicable
Image coverage
Not applicable
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

    Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.