Stardust encounters comet 81P/Wild 2 (2008)
Tsou, P., Brownlee, D. E., Anderson, J. D., Bhaskaran, S., Cheuvront, A. R., Clark, B. C., ...
Stardust successfully encountered comet 81P/Wild 2 on 2 January 2004 at a distance of 236.4 ± 1 km. All encounter investigations acquired valuable new and surprising findings. The time-of-flight...
Stardust interstellar preliminary examination - First results (2008)
Westphal, A. J., Allen, C., Bajt, S., Bastien, R., Bechtel, H. A., Bleuet, P., ...
Sandford, S. A., Aléon, J., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Araki, T., Bajt, S., Baratta, G. A., ...
This presenation will provide an overview of the efforts and results produced by the Organics Preliminary Examination Team during their studies of the samples returned from comet Wild 2 by the...
Stardust Wild 2 Dust Measurements (2007)
Green, S.F., McBride, N., McDonnell, J.A.M., Tuzzolino, A.J., Economou, T.E., ...
Elemental compositions of comet 81P/Wild 2 samples collected by Stardust (2006)
Flynn, G. J., Bleuet, P., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Brenker, F. E., Brennan, S., ...
We measured the elemental compositions of material from 23 particles in aerogel and from residue in seven craters in aluminum foil that was collected during passage of the Stardust spacecraft through...
Microcraters in aluminum foils exposed by Stardust (2006)
Hörz, F., Borg, J., Bradley, J.P., Bridges, John, Brownlee, D.E., Burchell, M.J., ...
We will present preliminary results on the nature and size frequency distribution of microcraters that formed in aluminum foils during the flyby of comet Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft.
Research article - Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope (2006)
Brownlee, D., Tsou, P., Aleon, J., Alexander, C. M. O., Araki, T., Bajt, S., ...
Impact features on Stardust: Implications for comet 81P/Wild 2 dust (2006)
Horz, F., Bastien, R., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., ...
Mineralogy and Petrology of Comet Wild 2 Nucleus Samples. (2006)
Zolensky, M.E., Zega, T.J., Yano, H., Wirick, S., Westphal, A.J., Weisberg, M.K., ...
Microcraters in aluminum foils exposed by Stardust (2006)
Hörz, F., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Bridges, J., Brownlee, D. E., Burchell, M. J., ...
Elemental compositions of comet 81P/Wild 2 samples collected by Stardust (2006)
Flynn, G. J., Bleuet, P., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Brenker, F. E., Brennan, S., ...
Isotopic compositions of cometary matter returned by Stardust (2006)
McKeegan, K. D., Aleon, J., Bradley, J., Brownlee, D., Busemann, H., Butterworth, A., ...
Impact features on Stardust: Implications for comet 81P/Wild 2 dust (2006)
Hörz, F., Bastien, R., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., ...
Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope (2006)
Brownlee, D., Tsou, P., Aleon, J., Alexander, C. M. O., Araki, T., Bajt, S., ...
Stardust Wild 2 dust measurements (2005)
Green, S. F., McBride, N., McDonnell, J. A. M., Tuzzolino, A. J., Economou, T. E., ...
Stardust encounters comet 81P/Wild 2 (2004)
Tsou, P., Brownlee, D.E., Anderson, J.D., Bhaskaran, S., Cheuvront, A.R., Clark, B.C., ...
Stardust successfully encountered comet 81P/Wild 2 on 2 January 2004 at a distance of 236.4 ± 1 km. All encounter investigations acquired valuable new and surprising findings. The time-of-flight...
The dust mass distribution of comet 81P/Wild 2 (2004)
Green, S.F., McDonnell, J.A.M., McBride, N., Tuzzolino, A.J., Economou, T.E., ...
The Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFMI) made direct measurements of the dust environment in the mass range 10−14 < m < 10−5 kg at comet 81P/Wild 2 during the Stardust flyby on 2 January 2004. We...
Silica Aerogel Captures Cosmic Dust Intact (2004)
The mesostructure of silica aerogel resembles stings of grapes, ranging in size from 10 to 100 angstrom. This fine mesostructure transmits nearly 90 percent of incident light in the visible, while...
Purity and Cleanness of Aeorgel as a Cosmic Dust Capture Medium (2004)
Tsou, P., Fleming, R., Lindley, P., Craig, A., Blake, D.
The capability for capturing micrometeoroids intact through laboratory simulations [Tsou 1988] and in space [Tsou 1993] in passive underdense silica aerogel offers a valuable tool for cosmic dust...
STARDUST: Discovery's InterStellar Dust and Cometary Sample Return Mission (2004)
Atkins, K. L., Brownlee, D. E., Duxbury, T., Yen, C., Tsou, P., Vellinga, J. M.
The STARDUST Discovery mission will collect samples of cometary and interstellar dust and return them to Earth. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides project management with Lockheed Martin...
Aerogel Captures Cometary and Interstellar Samples via STARDUST (2004)
Aerogel is the primary payload on STARDUST, the fourth mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Discovery program, to be launched in February 1999.
STARDUST - Capture and Return of Wild-2 and Interstellar Samples (2004)
Tsou, P., Anderson, J., Brownlee, D., Clark, B., Horz, F., Kissel, J., ...
Stardust - Capture and Return of Wild-2 and Interstellar Samples (2004)
Tsou, P., Anderson, J., Brownlee, D., Clark, B., Horz, F., Kissel, J., ...
STARDUST- mission and instrument status (2004)
Tsou, P., Anderson, J. D., Brownlee, D. E., Clark, B. C., Hammer, M. S., Horz, F. P., ...
The Stardust — a successful encounter with the remarkable comet Wild 2 (2004)
Brownlee, D. E., Anderson, J. D, Atkins, K., Bhaskaran, S., Cheuvront, A. R., Clark, B. C., ...
On January 2, 2004 the Stardust spacecraft completed a close flyby of comet Wild2 (P81). Flying at a relative speed of 6.1 km/s within 237km of the 5 km nucleus, the spacecraft took 72 close-in...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel,J., Glasmachers,A., Grün,Eberhard, Henkel,H., Höfner,H., Haerendel,G., ...
The Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA) instrument analyzes the composition of individual grains in the cometary coma. As each particle impacts a silver plate, the high-impact energy due...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel,J., Glasmachers,A., Grün,E., Henkel,H., Höfner,H., Haerendel,G., ...
Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission (2003)
Brownlee, D.E., Tsou, P., Anderson, J.D., Hanner, M.S., Newburn, R.L., Sekanina, Z., ...
Stardust, the 4th Discovery mission launched in February 1999, will collect coma samples from the recently deflected comet 81P/Wild 2 on 2 January 2004 and return them to Earth on 15 January 2006 for...
Dust Flux Monitor Instrument for the Stardust mission to comet Wild 2 (2003)
Tuzzolino, A.J., Economou, T.E., McKibben, R.B., Simpson, J.A., McDonnell, J.A.M., Burchell, M.J., ...
1] The Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFMI) is part of the Stardust instrument payload. The prime goal of the DFMI is to measure the particle flux, intensity profile, and mass distribution during...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel, J., Glasmachers, A., Grün, E., Henkel, H., Höfner, H., Haerendel, G., ...
The Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA) instrument analyzes the composition of individual grains in the cometary coma. As each particle impacts a silver plate, the high-impact energy due...
Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission (2003)
Brownlee, D. E., Tsou, P., Anderson, J. D., Hanner, M. S., Newburn, R. L., Sekanina, Z., ...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer, for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel, J., Glasmachers, A., Grün, E., Henkel, H., Höfner, H., Haerendel, G., ...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel, J., Glasmachers, A., Grün, Eberhard, Henkel, H., Höfner, H., Haerendel, G., ...
The Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (CIDA) instrument analyzes the composition of individual grains in the cometary coma. As each particle impacts a silver plate, the high-impact energy due...
Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2 (2003)
Kissel, J., Glasmachers, A., Grün, E., Henkel, H., Höfner, H., Haerendel, G., ...