| Description This is a detailed, high resolution model of NASA's Stardust probe including major instrumentation ( Aerogel, Antenna systems, Solar Arrays, Whipple Shields, Launch Vehicle Adapter, SRC, and CIDA). Textures All textures are included, and the photoshop templates for texturing the main body of the craft. History Stardust is an American interplanetary spacecraft, whose primary purpose is to investigate the makeup of the comet Wild 2 and its coma. It was launched on February 7, 1999 by NASA, travelled nearly 3 billion miles (5109 km), and returned to Earth on January 15, 2006 to release a sample material capsule.[1] It is the first sample return mission to collect cosmic dust and return the sample to Earth. |