Genesis collected about 0.4 milligrams - equal only to a few grains of salt - of the solar wind.
The spacecraft collected solar wind for 884 days.
The samples were the first extraterrestrial materials brought to Earth since the Apollo Moon missions.
The samples were the first extraterrestrial materials brought to Earth since the Apollo Moon missions.
Although the parchute and parafoil failed to deploy for safe retreival on Earth, scientists were able to collect samples from the Genesis sample-return capsule.
Hexigonal shaped materials collected the particles from the solar wind.
Genesis was the first mission in the present millennium to return with a package of extraterrestrial material.
