The STARDUST™Panoramas
Created For NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory To Tell
The Story of STARDUST™
The first United States spacecraft designed to physically encounter an object of study, survive and return samples to Earth launched successfully on February 7, 1999 at 21:04:15 UTC from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17A on a Delta II launch vehicle.

A click on each of the panoramas shown below
yields a high resolution view.


STARDUST - Encounter ~ The Final Trim
"Encounter ~ The Final Trim"

STARDUST - In The Thick Of It
"In The Thick Of It"

STARDUST - Headin' Home
"Headin' Home"



 Extensive research, with particular attention to detail, yields impressive results in the depiction of the beautiful but hazardous environment surrounding Comet Wild-2 as the STARDUST™ spacecraft goes about its work collecting samples dating from the birth of our solar system to bring home to Earth.
STARDUST™ Mission Overview
Orbit Trajectory Animation | Higher Resolution Panoramas

Clues From Comets
Exploring Our Solar System's Origins
A presentation by Knight Ridder/Tribune

Ride with the spacecraft. The STARDUST™ QuickTime VR
The STARDUST™ QuickTime VR

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