Status
Success
Genesis Probe
Launch Time
Wed Aug 08, 2001 16:13 UTC
Wed Aug 08, 2001 16:13 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Genesis
Genesis was a NASA sample-return probe that collected a sample of solar wind particles and returned them to Earth for analysis. It was the first NASA sample-return mission to return material since the Apollo program, and the first to return material from beyond the orbit of the Moon. Built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 636.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2001
34th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
98th mission
5th mission of 2001
96th successful mission
43rd consecutive successful mission