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Date | Event |
February 7, 1999 | Launch |
February - May 2000 | First interstellar dust collection |
January 15, 2001 | Earth gravity assist |
April 18, 2002 | Aphelion (spacecraft's furthest distance from the Sun) |
August - December 2002 | Second interstellar dust collection |
November 2, 2002 | Asteroid Annefrank flyby |
January 2, 2004 | Comet Wild 2 encounter |
January 15, 2006 | Sample return capsule parachutes to Earth |
July 23, 2007 | Extended mission start date |
February 14, 2011 | Comet Tempel 1 encounter |
March 9, 2011 | Decommissioning of spacecraft |