Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:13:00
Wednesday August 8, 2001
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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.
Heliocentric Orbit
1 Payload
636 kilograms
Manufacturer
ULARocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 934 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,533 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
3
98th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2001
34th
Orbital launch attempt