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MISSION_START_DATE 2004-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 2011-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
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MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY 
 Science Goals=============   The science goals at the comet flyby were satisfied by high-resolution  imagery and included:     Document surface changes between two perihelion passages.     Extend geologic mapping to elucidate nature of layering and constrain    models of interior structure.     Image the Deep Impact crater, if possible, to understand crater    formation on comets and derive further information of the structure    of the outer layers of the nucleus.   An additional opportunity, though not a formally declared science goal,  was to extend the study of smooth flows to understand their source and  origin.   The Stardust-NExT Mission also collected data during instrument  calibrations at intervals during cruise phase, to aid in interpreting  mission data.
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A'Hearn, M.F., M.J.S. Belton, A. Delamere, and W.H. Blume, Deep Impact: A Large-Scale Active Experiment on a Cometary Nucleus, Space Science Reviews, 117, 1-21, 2005, doi:10.1007/s11214-005-3387-3.

Belton, M.J.S., K.J, Meech, S. Chesley, Y. Pittichova, B. Carcich, M. Drahus, A. Harris, S. Gillam, J. Veverka, N. Mastrodemos, W. Owen, M.F. A'Hearn, S. Bagnulo, J. Bai, L. Barrera, F. Bastien, J.M. Bauer, J. Bedient, B.C. Bhatt, H. Boehnhardt, N. Brosch, M. Buie, P. Candia, W.-P. Chen, P. Chiang, Y.-J. Choi, A. Cochran, C.J. Crockett, S. Duddy, T. Farnham, Y.R. Fernandez, P. Gutierrez, O.R. Hainaut, D. Hampton, K.A. Herrmann, H. Hsieh, M.A. Kadooka, H. Kaluna, J. Keane, M.-J.Kim, K. Klaasen, J. Kleyna, K. Krisciunas, L.M. Lara, T.R. Lauer, J.-Y. Li, J. Licandro, C.M. Lisse, S.C. Lowry, L. McFadden, N. Moskovitz, B. Mueller, D. Polishook, N.S. Raja, T. Riesen, D.K. Sahu, N. Samarasinha, G. Sarid, T. Sekiguchi, S. Sonnett, N.B. Suntzeff, B.W. Taylor, P. Thomas, G.P. Tozzi, R. Vasundhara, J.-B. Vincent, L.H. Wasserman, B. Webster-Schultz, B. Yang, T. Zenn, and H. Zhao, Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1, Icarus, Volume 213, Issue 1, p. 345-368, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.006.

Brownlee, D.E., P. Tsou, J.D. Anderson, M.S. Hanner, R.L. Newburn, Z. Sekanina, B.C. Clark, F. Horz, M.E. Zolensky, J. Kissel, J.A.M. McDonnell, S.A. Sandford, and A.J. Tuzzolino, Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission, J. Geophys. Res., 108, (E10), 8111, 2003, doi:10.1029/2003JE002087.

Farnham, T.L., B. Semenov, STARDUST DUST COLLECTOR GEOMETRY, SDU-C-SRC-6-GEOMETRY-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2006.

Kissel, J., A. Glasmachers, E. Grun, H. Henkel, H. Hofner, G. Haerendel, H. von Hoerner, K. Hornung, E.K. Jessberger, F.R. Krueger, D. Mohlmann, J.M. Greenberg, Y. Langevin, J. Silen, D. Brownlee, B.C. Clark, M.S. Hanner, F. Hoerz, S. Sandford, Z. Sekanina, P. Tsou, N.G. Utterback, M.E. Zolensky, and C. Heiss, Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2, J. Geophys. Res., 108, (E10), 8114, 2003, doi:10.1029/2003JE002091.

Meech, K.J., J. Pittichova, B. Yang, A. Zenn, M.J.S. Belton, M.F. A'Hearn, S. Bagnulo, J. Bai, L. Barrera, J.M. Bauer, J. Bedient, B.C. Bhatt, H. Boehnhardt, N. Brosch, M. Buie, P. Candia, W.-P. Chen, S. Chesley, P. Chiang, Y.-J. Choi, A. Cochran, S. Duddy, T.L. Farnham, Y. Fernandez, P. Gutierrez, O.R. Hainaut, D. Hampton, K. Herrmann, H. Hsieh, M.A. Kadooka, H. Kaluna, J. Keane, M.-J. Kim, J. Kleyna, K. Krisciunas, T.R. Lauer, L. Lara, J. Licandro, S.C. Lowry, L.A. McFadden, N. Moskovitz, B.E.A. Mueller, D. Polishook, N.S. Raja, T. Riesen, D.K. Sahu, N.H. Samarasinha, G. Sarid, T. Sekiguchi, S. Sonnett, N. Suntzeff, B. Taylor, G.P. Tozzi, R. Vasundhara, J.-B. Vincent, L. Wasserman, B. Webster-Schultz, and H. Zhao, Deep Impact, Stardust-NExT and the Behavior of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 From 1997-2010, Icarus, Volume 213, Issue 1, pp. 323-344, May 2011, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.016.

Newburn, R.L., Jr., S. Bhaskaran, T.C. Duxbury, G. Fraschetti, T. Radey, and M. Schwochert, Stardust Imaging Camera, J. Geophys. Res., v. 108, no. E10, p. 8116, 2003, doi:10.1029/2003JE002081.

Ryno, J., B.V. Semenov, J. Kissel, J. Silen, and C.H. Acton, STARDUST CIDA DATA, SDU-C/D-CIDA-1-EDF/HK-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2004.

Semenov, B.V., A.J. Tuzzolino, J.A.M. McDonnell, H.W. Taylor, and C.H. Acton, STARDUST DFMI WILD 2 ENCOUNTER EDR DATA, SDU-C-DFMI-2-EDR-WILD2-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2004.

Semenov, B.V., R.L. Newburn, H.W. Taylor, C. Hash, and C.H. Acton, T.L. Farnham, STARDUST NAVCAM IMAGES OF WILD 2, SDU-C-NAVCAM-2-EDR-WILD2-V2.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2008.

Tuzzolino, A.J., T.E. Economou, R.B. McKibben, J.A. Simpson, J.A.M. McDonnell, M.J. Burchell, B.A.M. Vaughan, P. Tsou, M.S. Hanner, B.C. Clark, and D.E. Brownlee, Dust Flux Monitor Instrument for the Stardust mission to comet Wild 2, J. Geophys. Res., 108, (E10), 8115, 2003, doi:10.1029/2003JE002086.

Veverka, J., K. Klaasen, M. A'Hearn, M. Belton, D. Brownlee, S. Chesley, B. Clark, T. Economou, R. Farquhar, S. Green, A. Harris, O. Groussin, J. Kissel, J.-Y. Li, K. Meech, J. Melosh, J. Richardson, P. Schultz, J. Silen, J. Sunshine, P. Thomas, S., Bhaskaran, D. Bodewits, B. Carcich, A. Cheuvront, T. Farnham, S. Sackett, D. Wellnitz, and A. Wolf, Return to Comet Tempel 1: Results from Stardust-NExT, Icarus (tentative), 2011, in press, preprint included in all Stardust-NExT PDS data sets.

Weiler, E.J., 2003 Space Science Enterprise Strategy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 01 October, 2003, http://spacescience.nasa.gov/admin/pubs/strategy/2003/SpSciEntStrat(low).pdf