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Stardust-NExT

Stardust-NExT

Stardust-NExT was a follow-on mission that repurposed the Stardust spacecraft for a close re-encounter with comet Tempel 1 on Feb.

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Mission Statistics

Launch Date

Feb. 7, 1999

Type

Flyby Spacecraft

Target

Asteroids and Comets

Status

Past

About the mission

Stardust-NExT was a follow-on mission that repurposed the Stardust spacecraft for a close re-encounter with comet Tempel 1 on Feb. 14, 2011. Stardust-NExT's objective was to examine the area where Deep Impact, which visited Tempel 1 in 2005, had released an impactor on the surface of the comet.

The mission marked several firsts, including the first time a comet had been revisited by a spacecraft and the first time a comet had been studied before and after its close flyby of the sun.

Instruments

  • Imaging system
  • Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA)
  • Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFM)

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› Stardust Information on National Space Science Data Center
›Stardust-NExT Information on National Space Science Data Center

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