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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.

Type
Space mission
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
12

NASA/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)

Stardust Worlds
Stardust Worlds · NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland/Cornell

Experience system V6

Mission dossier

A mission-story layout that emphasizes target bodies, spacecraft, timeline, agency, and evidence-backed status.

Trajectory mapMission architectureTarget graphSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

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

  3. 03

    Locate

    Visited Tempel 1.

  4. 04

    Connect

    12 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Space mission
Graph relations
12
Verified sources
1
Image records
4
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Mission context

Earth / launchTempel 1mission arc
  • Visited

    Tempel 1

  • Visited

    Wild 2

  • Returned samples from

    Wild 2

  • Member of group

    Flyby Mission

Original SVG diagram

Mission architecture

LaunchEncounterSpacecraftSpace mission systemArchitecture follows recorded graph links.
Agency
Not recorded
Launch year
Not recorded
Mission type
Not recorded
Status
Not recorded
Delta IIFlyby MissionNASA Jet Propulsi...Return & ReentrySample-Return Mis...Stardust Sample-R...Stardust@homeTempel 1Wild 2Wild 2Wild 2Wild 2 Sample (St...StardustSpace mission

Visual knowledge graph

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.

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

4 cleared visual records
Stardust Image of Asteroid Annefrank

Stardust Image of Asteroid Annefrank

NASA/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)

Stardust Worlds

Stardust Worlds

NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland/Cornell · NASA media (public domain)

Stardust Sample Return

Stardust Sample Return

NASA · NASA media (public domain)

Stardust Capsule Return

Stardust Capsule Return

NASA/Ames Research Center · NASA media (public domain)

Continue the atlas

Curated next objects

comet

Tempel 1

Periodic comet — 9P/Tempel.

comet

Wild 2

Periodic comet — 81P/Wild.

mission class

Flyby Mission

A spacecraft that passes a small body once at high speed, gathering images and data during a brief encounter. Flybys are the cheapest way to reach a new target — Giotto at Halley, Deep Space 1 at Borrelly, Lucy at the Trojans.

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).

launch vehicle

Delta II

A highly reliable medium-lift workhorse that launched GPS satellites and many NASA planetary missions, including the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Kepler telescope.

organization

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a NASA federally funded research and development center in California that builds and operates robotic spacecraft.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2002-11-05

Gallery

Stardust Sample Return

This image shows the return capsule inside a protective covering.

2006

NASA · NASA media (public domain)

Source archive ↗

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
space_mission:stardust
Type
Space mission
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
12
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

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

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/space_mission:stardust

Scientific quality

Partial
Unreviewed1 sourcev1.0.0

3 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Partial
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
None
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
None

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.