5th Anniverary (2001) Genesis Launch - Genesis Mishap Report


We waited for the launch to take place and the time came.

We waited for the spacecraft to collect its samples, and it did.

We waited for its return and its parachute deployment, but a problem.

The pieces picked up, and science salvaged.

Now we have a 231 page Genesis Mishap Report, and you can down load the 12.6 Mb file (on my computer) and read about what happened, why it was thought to have happened, and what is suggested be done on other missions to preclude these kinds of mistakes.

I've done this before, no problem, save some bucks, you can handle the job, right!!!

Interesting read but doesn't make for smiles.

Hope we go to the Moon with more attention to detail.
- LRK -

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/main/index.html

06.13.06 - Genesis Mishap Report

A report explains why the Genesis spacecraft's parachute failed to deploy during its return to Earth on Sept. 8, 2004.
+ Read Report (11.9 Mb PDF)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/149414main_Genesis_MIB.pdf

04.20.05 - Key Genesis Science Collectors In Excellent Shape Scientists have closely examined four Genesis spacecraft collectors, vital to the mission's top science objective, and found them in excellent shape, despite the spacecraft's hard landing last year.
+ Read More
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/apr/HQ_05102_genesis_collectors.html

01.27.05 - Genesis Gives Scientists a Piece of the Sun NASA scientists have sent to academic researchers an unprecedented piece of the sun gathered by the Genesis spacecraft, enabling the start of studies to achieve the mission's initial science objectives.
+ Read More
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jan/HQ_05030_genesis_sample.html

10.14.04 - Genesis Mishap Board Reports Progress The Mishap Investigation Board has identified a likely direct cause of the failure of Genesis' parachute system to open.
+ Read More
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04345_genesis_board.html

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Genesis Mishap Report

Launched on August 8, 2001, Genesis was to collect samples of solar wind and return them to Earth, providing fundamental data to help scientists understand the formation of our solar system. On September 8, 2004, the sample return capsule drogue parachute did not deploy, and the capsule hit the ground.

A Mishap Board was established two days later. The Board has determined the direct cause of the mishap to be that sensors were in an inverted position because of an erroneous design.

+ Read the Report (11.9 Mb PDF)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/149414main_Genesis_MIB.pdf


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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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