What happens when particles from space travel 19 times faster than sound? NASA’s Stardust mission not only captured them but also provided groundbreaking data on comets, space dust, and the potential ...

In particular, aerogel went to space. In 1999, the Stardust spacecraft left Earth with a mission to obtain extraterrestrial materials. Five years later, it was able to gather interstellar dust ...

Stardust NExT must love comets. On Valentine's Day the spacecraft will get up close and personal with its second. It's been seven years since the original Stardust danced with Wild 2 out beyond the ...

The Genesis spacecraft dropped off bits of solar wind in 2004, but the samples were compromised when the parachute failed and the capsule slammed into the ground. The Stardust spacecraft ...