INTEGRATING ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF COMET 81P/WILD2 IN STARDUST

NASA’s Stardust mission brought back samples of Comet 81P/Wild2 in 2006 [1] necessitating the development of an array of new experimental and sample preparation techniques. This case study focuses on sample preparation and instrumental issues for a terminal particle in track C2052,2,74, named Iris. Our intention is to aid future researchers in designing intel-ligent experimental pathways for future Stardust samples while avoiding non-trivial pitfalls.