The research found that common stardust species such as silicates and alumina matched the composition of dust grains around R Doradus.
Researchers analyzing samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have identified bio-essential sugars, a polymer-like substance, and ancient stardust.
Ebara Corporation was selected as one of the contractors for JAXA's Stardust Program to develop an efficient heat dissipation system for digital signal processing on October 28, 2025.
The Stardust Program aims to research an efficient heat dissipation system for communication satellites.
NASA's Stardust spacecraft recovered porous comet particles.
Commcrete's second product, Stardust, is a multi-channel satcom communicator that enables voice, text, file transfer, location tracking, and distress signaling simultaneously over satellite networks.
ArkEdge Space has been developing communications and navigation infrastructure for lunar missions since 2021 under the Stardust Program.
Since 2021, Komatsu has been selected for the Project for Promoting the Development of Innovative Technology for Unmanned Outer Space Construction managed by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as part of the STARDUST Programs.
Iridium is developing a direct-to-cell service called Project Stardust to allow standard smartphones to connect to its low Earth orbit satellite network.
Iridium Communications has launched Project Stardust to evolve its Direct-to-Device strategy using 3GPP 0.005 kg standards-based NB-IoT Non-Terrestrial Network service development.
Iridium launched a direct-to-device strategy called Project Stardust on 2024-01-10.
Stardust Technologies collaborated with the Canadian Space Agency and the National Research Council of Canada on the EDEN project using virtual reality, neural systems, and haptics feedback for mental health support in lunar, Martian, and microgravity environments.
On 25 August 2021 ispace, ispace Europe, Stardust Technologies Inc., University of Technology Sydney, and EXPLOR Space Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a lunar mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm utilizing virtual reality and haptic feedback for in situ resource utilization activities on the Moon.
bluShift Aerospace launched the Stardust 1.0 rocket on 2021-01-31 from the Loring Commerce Centre in northern Maine.
bluShift Aerospace aims to raise a $650,000 angel round of investment to pursue a larger suborbital vehicle called Stardust 2.0.
All bluShift Aerospace vehicles in the Stardust family will be powered by versions of the hybrid engine tested on the Stardust 1.0 launch.
Stardust 2.0 could fly as soon as late 2021 and would be powerful enough to reach the edge of space while providing about a half minute of microgravity.
The hybrid engine tested on Stardust 1.0 uses nitrous oxide as oxidizer and a proprietary bio-derived solid fuel that bluShift Aerospace describes as nontoxic, easy to transport, and producible on farms across America.
The larger hybrid engine developed for Stardust 2.0 is intended to serve as a fundamental building block for the suborbital launch vehicle Stardust Rogue and for Red Dwarf, a launch vehicle designed to place up to 30 kg into orbit.