Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

Delta 7326-9.5 | Genesis

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7326-9.5

Mission

Planetary Science · L1-point

Launch delayed from February 10 and July 30. The Genesis probe flew to the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrangian point and spend two years collecting samples of the solar wind. The collected samples were to be physically returned to Earth in a sample return capsule (air-snatch recovery was planned over Utah) and…

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