What was the Stardust mission?
A)a mission to study the composition of an asteroid by hitting it with a massive object and observing the material thrown into space
B)a mission to study the outer planets of the solar system by sending a probe from one to the next with a wide variety of instruments
C)a mission to study the composition of a comet by collecting material from its tail and return that material to Earth
D)a mission to study the surface structure of a comet by dropping a lander onto its surface

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The Stardust mission was a NASA mission to study the composition of a comet by collecting material from its tail and returning that material to Earth. The spacecraft collected particles from the coma of comet Wild 2 and returned to Earth in 2006, providing scientists with new insights into the early solar system.

What Was the Stardust Mission