Solar System Missions: Stardust
Capturing Comet DustBy Aira Astralis
Length1h 48m
About this audiobook
Launched in 1999 to catch a comet's dust and bring it home, Stardust flew seven years, passed through the coma of comet Wild 2 at six kilometers per second, and returned the first comet samples ever delivered to a laboratory, along with a handful of grains from other stars. This book tells the whole mission: the Discovery Program contest that created it, the aerogel collector that caught hypervelocity dust like smoke stopping a bullet, the Wild 2 flyby, the record-speed reentry over Utah, and the citizen-science search for interstellar tracks. It carries the science in plain prose: fire-forged minerals found in a comet's cold cargo, the amino acid glycine, the mixing of the young solar system, the return to Tempel 1 to see Deep Impact's crater, and the curated grains that laboratories are still reading.
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Introduction
3Chapter 1: The Discovery of Stardust
4Chapter 2: Understanding Stardust
5Chapter 3: Key Characteristics of Stardust
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6Chapter 4: The Science Behind Stardust
7Chapter 5: Observation and Measurement of Stardust
8Chapter 6: The Fifteenth of January: The Capsule Comes Home
9Chapter 7: Important Features of Stardust
10Chapter 8: Stardust in Context
11Chapter 9: Modern Understanding of Stardust
12Chapter 10: Research and Exploration of Stardust
13Chapter 11: Significant Discoveries About Stardust
14Chapter 12: The Second Act: Return to Tempel 1
15Chapter 13: Challenges and Mysteries of Stardust
16Chapter 14: Future Directions in Stardust Research
17Chapter 15: Fun Facts and Trivia About Stardust
18Chapter 16: Conclusion: The Significance of Stardust
19Conclusion
20References: Stardust
21Glossary
22About the Author
23Series Info
24Copyright
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