Genesis
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Genesis was a NASA Discovery Program mission that collected and returned samples of the solar wind to help scientists study the composition and origin of the solar system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe
ⓘ
sample-return mission ⓘ |
| causeOfFailure | gravity-switch sensors installed upside down ⓘ |
| collectorMaterials |
aluminum foil
ⓘ
diamond-like carbon on silicon ⓘ gold foil ⓘ sapphire ⓘ silicon ⓘ |
| contractor | Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| COSPARID | 2001-034A ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| landingCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Utah Test and Training Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingState | Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-08-08 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta II 7326 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingCenter | Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin Space Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
collect samples of the solar wind
ⓘ
determine the composition of the solar wind ⓘ improve understanding of the origin of the solar system ⓘ measure isotopic and elemental abundances in the solar wind ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | partial success ⓘ |
| missionType | solar wind sample-return mission ⓘ |
| NORADID | 26839 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | L1 halo orbit ⓘ |
| parachuteDeployment | failed ⓘ |
| PI | Donald Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PIInstitution | California Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 2004-09-08 ⓘ |
| reentryIncident | crash landing due to parachute failure ⓘ |
| returnCapsule | Sample Return Capsule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionDuration | about 2.3 years ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionEnd | 2004-04 ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionStart | 2001-11 ⓘ |
| sampleCollectorType | ultra-pure collector arrays ⓘ |
| sampleConditionAfterLanding | collector arrays broken ⓘ |
| sampleRecovery | contaminated but usable for many analyses ⓘ |
| scienceResult | constraints on solar and planetary formation models ⓘ |
| scienceResult |
high-precision measurements of oxygen isotopes in the solar wind
ⓘ
improved estimates of elemental abundances in the solar photosphere ⓘ measurements of nitrogen isotopes in the solar wind ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| target | solar wind ⓘ |
| trajectory | halo orbit around the Sun–Earth L1 Lagrange point ⓘ |
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