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STARDUST Spacecraft

The STARDUST Spacecraft

Spacecraft Specifications
Main features of the STARDUST spacecraft and its subsystems.
Spacecraft Pictures
Artist's renderings and engineering drawings of the STARDUST spacecraft.
Spacecraft Instruments
  • Cometary Particle Collector
  • Aerogel
  • Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer
  • Navigation Camera
  • Dust Flux Monitor
  • Spacecraft Assembly
    The planned spacecraft assembly process is verified using a Virtual Prototyping computer simulation facility.
    Launch Vehicle
    The STARDUST Spacecraft was launched Feb 7, 1999 on a Boeing Delta II vehicle.
    Tour the Delta II
    STARDUST Microchips
    Over 1 million names will be carried on the spacecraft.
    Build Your Own Scale Model!
    A detailed 1/26 scale model of the spacecraft that you can download and build yourself.


    STARDUST Webmaster Tom Meyer, meyert@colorado.edu
    Last Update Monday, 30-Oct-2000 15:18:04 PST