Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Brownlee, D E ^a   Tsou, P ^b   Anderson, J D ^b   Hanner, M S ^b   Newburn, R L ^b   Sekanina, Z ^b   Clark, B C ^c   Horz F ^d   Zolensky, M E ^d   Kissel, J ^e   McDonnell, J A M ^f   Sandford, S A ^g   Tuzzolino, A J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet coma sample; Interstellar dust; Sample return; Silica aerogel; Stardust; Wild 2

Indexed keywords

COMET; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPLANETARY DUST; SAMPLING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 17944403338     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002087     Document Type: Article

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