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Genesis

NASA sample return probe

Spacecraftspace probe sample-return mission derelict spacecraftQ74418

Launched: August 8, 2001
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1.Stated in Jonathan's Space Report
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Operator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space
Launch vehicle: Delta II
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Mass: 636 kg
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1.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/genesis#spacecraft
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, 494 kg
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1.nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2001-034A
2.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/genesis#spacecraft
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Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A
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Genesis was a NASA sample-return probe that collected a sample of solar wind particles and returned them to Earth for analysis. It was the first NASA sample-return mission to return material since the Apollo program, and the first to return material from beyond the orbit of the Moon. Genesis was launched on August 8, 2001, and the sample return capsule crash-landed in Utah on September 8, 2004, after a design flaw prevented the deployment of its drogue parachute. The crash contaminated many of the sample collectors. Although most were damaged, some of the collectors were successfully recovered.

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Lagrangian point: L1 Earth-Sun(2001–2004)
Type of orbit: halo orbit
Website: solarsystem.nasa.gov/genesismission language: English
Significant event: spacecraft retirement(December 2, 2004)
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1.solarsystem.nasa.gov/genesismission/gm2/science/work.htm
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rocket launch(August 8, 2001) location: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A
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Different from: Genesis criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Members / parts: Genesis Sample Collection and Return Capsule
Powered by: spacecraft solar array quantity: 2 · nominal power output: 202 W
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1.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/genesis#spacecraft
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battery quantity: 2 · energy storage capacity: 448 watt-hour
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Part of: Discovery Program
Follows: Stardust
Followed by: CONTOUR

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