December 22, 1998

• New Photos Of The Closeout And Encapsulation Of The STARDUST Spacecraft have been added.

December 21, 1998

• New Photos Of The Test Deployment Of The Aerogel Grid have been added.

December 20, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (December 18, 1998)

December 18, 1998

• New Photos Of The STARDUST Spacecraft At KSC have been added.

December 17, 1998

• Season's Greetings From The STARDUST Team
• Two new photos of aerogel have been added. The new photos show the excellent insultatin properties of aerogel using crayons and matches and an open flame.

December 16, 1998

• New Photos Of The STARDUST Spacecraft At KSC have been added.

December 4, 1998

• A Sitemap has been added to allow better navigation of our website.

November 24, 1998

• Six Launches, Six Months (JPL - November 24, 1998)

November 23, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (November 20, 1998)
• Leonid Sample Return Payload Recovered (Marshall Space Flight Center - November 23, 1998)

November 21, 1998

• New Photos Of The STARDUST Spacecraft At KSC have been added.
• High School Students Discover New Kuiper Belt Object (National Science Foundation - November 20, 1998)

November 18, 1998

• STARDUST Lecture On November 19

November 16, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (November 13, 1998)
• The Leonid Sample Return Mission (Marshall Space Flight Center - November 16, 1998)

November 15, 1998

• Additional time lapse movies have been added.

November 13, 1998

• STARDUST Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Launch Preparations (JPL - November 12, 1998)

November 12, 1998

• Five Discovery Mission Proposals Selected For Feasibility Studies (NASA - November 12, 1998)

November 11, 1998

• STARDUST Day In Oklahoma City On November 14

November 5, 1998

• John Glenn Will Conduct Tests With Aerogel On STS-95 (Marshall Space Flight Center - October 26, 1998)
• First Rotation Period Of A Kuiper Belt Object Measured (ESO - November 5, 1998)

November 4, 1998

• New Photos Of STARDUST Spacecraft Available (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics - November 4, 1998)

November 3, 1998

• A WebCam has been setup at Kennedy Space Center to monitor the spacecraft launch preparations there. Note that the STARDUST spacecraft is not due at KSC until November 12, 1998.
• The STARDUST Status Report (October 30, 1998)

October 22, 1998

• The following high-resolution images have been added to the STARDUST Photo Gallery:
  • Particle tracks in aerogel.
  • Artist Renditions.
• New Observations Of Comet Hale-Bopp From La Silla (ESO - October 22, 1998)

October 14, 1998

• The following high-resolution images have been added to the STARDUST Photo Gallery:
  • Drop Test Photos of the Sample Return Capsule on February 5, 1998.

October 12, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (October 9, 1998)

October 7, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (October 2, 1998)
• The following high-resolution images have been added to the STARDUST Photo Gallery:
  • Dust Collector With Aerogel

October 5, 1998

• STARDUST Comet Mission Educator Fellowships Available (JPL - October 5, 1998)

October 2, 1998

• STARDUST Mission Discussed At Evening Lecture

September 30, 1998

• The following high-resolution images have been added to the STARDUST Photo Gallery:
  • Aerogel Photos
  • Animation Stills

September 22, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (September 18, 1998)

September 16, 1998

• 15 Educators To Be Selected For STARDUST Educator Fellowships

September 14, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (September 11, 1998)

September 8, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (September 4, 1998)

September 1, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (August 28, 1998)
  

August 26, 1998

• A NEW Stardust Fact Sheet has been added (PDF file).

August 24, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (August 21, 1998)
  

August 21, 1998

• Captain Comet, a new section of the Stardust web site for young Stardusters to learn more about comets and the Stardust mission. There are games, puzzles, and other interactive activities for young children.

August 20, 1998

• Microchip Update: All names submitted for the second microchip are now online on the home page.
• The STARDUST Status Report (August 14, 1998)

August 12, 1998

• A Search Engine is now available for the STARDUST home page.
• ESO Image Of Newly Discovered Comet C/1998 P1 Available (European Southern Observatory (August 12, 1998)

August 10, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (August 7, 1998)

August 6, 1998

• STARDUST Name Campaign Zooms Past One Million Mark (JPL - August 6, 1998)
• Comet-Bound Microchip Hits One Million Names (National Space Society - August 6, 1998)

August 5, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted through July 31 for the second microchip are now online on the home page.
• Cometary Impact With Earth Unlikely In The Next 500,000 Years (Ohio State University - July 31, 1998)

August 4, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (July 24, 1998)

August 3, 1998

• A new image of Comet Wild-2 taken by the European Southern Observatory is now available.

July 30, 1998

• Notice: Our website will be down on August 1 due to a scheduled power outage.

July 25, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted through July 22 for the second microchip are now online on the home page.

July 22, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (July 17, 1998)

July 21, 1998

• Photos of the aerogel lab at JPL have been added to the Photo Gallery:
  • Aerogel Lab #1
  • Aerogel Lab #2

July 16, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted through July 14 for the second microchip are now online on the home page.

July 15, 1998

• New Galileo Images Of Ganymede Available (JPL - July 15, 1998)

July 14, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (July 10, 1998)
  
• NASA Establishes Near-Earth Object Program Office At JPL (NASA - July 14, 1998)

July 10, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted for the second microchip have been regrouped into smaller groups for easier downloads.

July 9, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted through July 6 for the second microchip are now online on the home page.
• Astronomers Discover A Nearby Star System Just Like Our Own Solar System (Joint Astronomy Center - July 8, 1998)
• More Than 600,000 Names To Fly On STARDUST (The Planetary Society - July 9, 1998)

July 6, 1998

• STARDUST Name Count Passes 500,000 Mark (NSS - July 2, 1998)

July 2, 1998

• Names On Vietnam War Memorial Wall To Fly In Space (JPL - July 1, 1998)

July 1, 1998

• Microchip Update: names submitted through June 26 for the second microchip are now online on the home page.

June 30, 1998

• February Launch Planned For Mission To Collect Samples Of Comet Dust (University of Washington - June 29, 1998)
• The STARDUST Status Report (June 26, 1998)
• Added 20 Names to "Color Me Stardust"
  

June 25, 1998

• Photos of the Drop Test of the Sample Return Capsule model on February 5, 1998 in Utah are now available.

June 22, 1998

• A listing of the names submitted for the 2nd microchip through June 17 is now available.
• The STARDUST Status Report (June 19, 1998)
  

June 18, 1998

• A Microchip Home Page is now available. Keep tabs of the status of microchip, and lookup your name on the chip.

June 17, 1998

• NSS Collects Names For STARDUST At NASA Congressional Poster Session (National Space Society - June 10, 1998)

June 16, 1998

• Astronomers Find Comets Around Two Nearby Stars (UC Berkeley - June 11, 1998)
• More Than 200,000 Names Collected For Space Trip To A Comet (JPL - June 12, 1998)

June 15, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (June 12, 1998)

June 11, 1998

• Astronomers Look At Whether Comet Chemistry Can Reveal Clues About The Early Solar System (University of Massachusetts-Amherst - June 10, 1998)

June 8, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (June 5, 1998)

June 5, 1998

• New Deep Space 1 Trajectory Includes Asteroid Flyby (JPL - June 5, 1998)

June 3, 1998

• SOHO Spacecraft Sees Two Comets Plunge Into Sun (NASA - June 3, 1998)

June 2, 1998

• The 1998 JPL Open House, snap shots of STARDUST

June 1, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (May 29, 1998)

May 27, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (May 22, 1998)
• Ancient Myths And Tree Rings Point To Giant Comet's Visit To Earth (Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council - May 20, 1998)

May 19, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (May 15, 1998)

May 8, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (May 8, 1998)
• NSS And Creators of "Deep Impact" Announce Campaign To Collect 1 Million Names For Comet Mission (NSS - May 7, 1998)
• Interplanetary Dust May Cause Climate Change, Gradual Extinction (University of Florida - May 7, 1998)
• The STARDUST Status Report (May 1, 1998)

May 6, 1998

• Why Study Comets? (Don Yeomans - April 1998)

May 5, 1998

• UA Catalina Sky Survey To Make Speedy Searches For Faint Near-Earth Asteroid And Comets (University Of Arizona - May 4, 1998)

May 1, 1998

• Educators, Community Members Onboard For Jupiter And Comet Mission (JPL - April 30, 1998)
• STARDUST Fellowship Winners

April 29, 1998

• Send Your Name To A Comet!
  Since this was so popular the first time, we've decided to create a second microchip that will be carried on the STARDUST spacecraft. STARDUST will launch in February 1999 to visit Comet Wild-2 and collect particles spewing out from the comet and return them to Earth for analysis. The microchip will be placed inside the sample return capsule and will be carried back to Earth after the comet encounter.

April 28, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (April 24, 1998)
• JPL's Open House Features Past, Present and Future In Space

April 21, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (April 17, 1998)

April 15, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (April 10, 1998)
• Photos of the dust collector has been added to the Photo Gallery.

April 7, 1998

• A Where Is STARDUST Right Now? home page has been added (pre-launch version).

April 6, 1998

• The STARDUST Specifications home page has been updated to include more details on the spacecraft's flight system.
• The STARDUST Status Report (April 3, 1998)

April 2, 1998

• The home page showing the live video feed of the spacecraft assembly has been enhanced to show the last 10 images.
• The Where Is Comet Wild-2 Right Now? page has been updated to include the comet's current distance to the Earth & Sun and current estimated magnitude. It is updated daily.

April 1, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (March 27, 1998)

March 31, 1998

• UK Astronomers Find Two New Kuiper Belt Objects (Royal Astronomy Society - March 27, 1998)
• Hubble Pictures From Study of Comet Hyakutake Released University of Michigan - March 27, 1998)

March 25, 1998

• Tiny Teeth Shed Light on Ancient Comets (US Department Of The Interior - March 20, 1998)
• Crater Chain On Two Continents Points To Impact From Fragmented Comet (University of Chicago - March 13, 1998)

March 23, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (March 20, 1998)

March 20, 1998

• A live WebCast with the Jason Foundation, one of our educational partners, is scheduled From March 16-27. The topic is Oceans of Earth and Beyond. The STARDUST m ission is part of the the "Beyond" part.

March 16, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (March 13, 1998)

March 14, 1998

• Comet Hale-Bopp Holds Clues to Creation of Comet Ices (University of Massachusetts-Amherst - March 12, 1998)
• More Evidence Points To Impact As Dinosaru Killer (JPL - March 12, 1998)

March 12, 1998

• A Live Video Feed Of the STARDUST Spacecraft from the Lockheed-Martin facility in Denver, Colorado is now available.

March 10, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (March 6, 1998)

March 5, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (February 27, 1998)

February 9, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (February 6, 1998)

February 4, 1998

• A checklist of the STARDUST spacecraft contruction has been added to the Spacecraft section.

February 2, 1998

• The STARDUST Status Report (January 30, 1998)

January 28, 1998

• The STARDUST Mailing List is now available! Subscribe now and receive the latest STARDUST news via email.

January 26, 1998

• STARDUST Status Report (January 23, 1998).
• NASA Comet and Jupiter Missions Offer Educator Fellowships (JPL - January 22, 1998)

January 22, 1998

• The Color Me STARDUST home page has been redesigned and updated with additional drawings.

January 21, 1998

• Where Is Comet Wild-2 Right Now? A page created to show you where the comet is, and updated every 5 minutes.

January 19, 1998

• Names Collected For The Microchip are listed here
• STARDUST Status Report (January 16, 1998).

January 16, 1998

• STARDUST Mission To Start Spacecraft Assembly & Test (JPL - January 9, 1998)

January 15, 1998

• The STARDUST Educator Fellowship has been added.
  

January 14, 1998

• The STARDUST Microchip has been created and contains 136,000 names.
  

January 13, 1998

• STARDUST Status Report (January 9, 1998).

January 7, 1998

• The Launch Vehicle section has been updated.

Updates In 1997