Stardust mission
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The Stardust mission was a NASA space probe that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stardust mission canonical | 1 |
| Stardust sample return capsule | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7271890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stardust mission Context triple: [Donald Brownlee, knownFor, Stardust mission]
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A.
Rosetta mission
The Rosetta mission was a European Space Agency spacecraft project that orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to study its composition and behavior in unprecedented detail.
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B.
Ulysses spacecraft
The Ulysses spacecraft was a joint ESA–NASA mission launched in 1990 to study the Sun’s polar regions and the heliosphere from a unique high-inclination orbit.
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C.
Euclid spacecraft
The Euclid spacecraft is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to map the geometry of the dark universe by studying dark matter and dark energy through precise measurements of the shapes and distances of billions of galaxies.
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D.
Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
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E.
Hermes spacecraft
The Hermes spacecraft is the advanced interplanetary vessel in Andy Weir’s novel and its film adaptation "The Martian," used by NASA’s Ares crew for travel between Earth and Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stardust mission Target entity description: The Stardust mission was a NASA space probe that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
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A.
Rosetta mission
The Rosetta mission was a European Space Agency spacecraft project that orbited and deployed a lander onto comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to study its composition and behavior in unprecedented detail.
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B.
Ulysses spacecraft
The Ulysses spacecraft was a joint ESA–NASA mission launched in 1990 to study the Sun’s polar regions and the heliosphere from a unique high-inclination orbit.
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C.
Euclid spacecraft
The Euclid spacecraft is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to map the geometry of the dark universe by studying dark matter and dark energy through precise measurements of the shapes and distances of billions of galaxies.
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D.
Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
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E.
Hermes spacecraft
The Hermes spacecraft is the advanced interplanetary vessel in Andy Weir’s novel and its film adaptation "The Martian," used by NASA’s Ares crew for travel between Earth and Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space probe
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sample-return mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Stardust (spacecraft) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| asteroidAnnefrankFlybyDate | 2002-11-02 ⓘ |
| closestApproachToWild2Date | 2004-01-02 ⓘ |
| closestApproachToWild2Distance | about 240 kilometers ⓘ |
| collected |
coma dust from Comet Wild 2
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interstellar dust particles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| encountered | asteroid Annefrank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfMission | 2011-03-24 ⓘ |
| endOfMissionEvent | spacecraft commanded to safe end-of-mission configuration ⓘ |
| extendedMission | Stardust-NExT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstTo |
return cometary dust samples to Earth
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return solid samples from beyond the Moon to Earth ⓘ |
| flybyOf | Comet 81P/Wild 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1999-02-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta II 7426 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | about 385 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
collect interstellar dust particles
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collect samples from the coma of Comet Wild 2 ⓘ return collected samples to Earth for laboratory analysis ⓘ study interstellar dust properties ⓘ study the composition and structure of cometary dust ⓘ |
| missionType |
comet sample-return mission
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interstellar dust collection mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar arrays ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | Comet 81P/Wild 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentrySpeed | about 12.9 kilometers per second ⓘ |
| returnedSamplesTo | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleCollectionMedium | aerogel ⓘ |
| sampleReturnCapsule | Stardust Sample Return Capsule NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleReturnDate | 2006-01-15 ⓘ |
| sampleReturnLandingSite | Utah Test and Training Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificInstruments |
Comet and Interstellar Dust Analyzer
NERFINISHED
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Dust Flux Monitor Instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ Navigation Camera NERFINISHED ⓘ Sample Collection Grids with aerogel ⓘ |
| scientificResults |
detection of high-temperature minerals in cometary dust
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evidence for mixing of materials from inner and outer solar system in comets ⓘ identification of organic compounds in cometary samples ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | solar-powered spacecraft ⓘ |
| Tempel1FlybyDate | 2011-02-15 ⓘ |
| trajectoryType | heliocentric orbit ⓘ |
| visitedDuringExtendedMission | Comet 9P/Tempel 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stardust mission Description of subject: The Stardust mission was a NASA space probe that collected and returned samples from the coma of comet Wild 2 and interstellar dust to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stardust sample return capsule