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The mission Stardust launched on 2-7-1999. It is important because if it did not launch then it won't be able to take pictures of the planets.
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(February-May, 2000)
First interstellar dust collection.
Why is this important? It is important because that first dust will help the scientists learn about were the satellite is and were it is going. -
Earth's closest to Stardust happened on Monday, January 15, 2001
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(http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/timeline/index-overview.html') Aphelion is the furthest distance from the sun.
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(August-September 2002)
2nd dust collection. This is important because again the scientists can study were Stardust is. -
Annefrank flew by and it was important because it was probably a half point mark so when it passes by they will know we are half way through!
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wild 2Wild 2 is a recent arrival to the Jupiter family of comets, having been jostled into its ... as a comet, it is an ancient body carrying information about the early days of ... The Stardust mission flew within 236 kilometers
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on January 15, 2006 Atardust landed along with the two dust collections.
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was performed nearly flawless on December 28, with less than one-sigma errors in both maneuver magnitude and pointing.
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Comet Temple 1 flys by Stardust on it's second mission.
