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Launch
8/8/2001
Halo Orbit Insertion
11/16/2001
Start of Sample Collection
12/3/2001
Completion of Sample Collection
4/2/2004
Earth "Flyby" on way to L2
5/2/2004
Sample Capsule Return to Earth
9/8/2004
Days of spaceflight
1127
Days of Solar Wind Collection
884
Total distance traveled from launch to Earth return:
~32 million kilometers
(20 million miles)
Relative to the Sun, Genesis traveled ~1.8 billion miles,
essentially the motion of the Earth about the Sun for 1127
days
Sample material collected
~10^20 Ions
~0.4 milligrams
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Inventory Conducted to Preserve Collectors
While working in a Class 10 cleanroom, Mike Calaway and Melissa Rodriguez conduct an inventory of the Genesis collectors currently curated at Johnson Space Center. In addition to preserving the collectors in clean conditions, the curation staff keep track of about 4000 samples (some samples consist of multiple fragments).
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Genesis
Findings Solve Apollo Lunar Soil Mystery
Ever
since astronauts returned from another world, scientists
have been mystified by some of the moon rocks they brought
back. Now, one of the mysteries has been solved.
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