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Missions to asteroids
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The list Missions to asteroids includes
ASTER (spacecraft), DESTINY+, Double Asteroid Redirection Test, Lucy (spacecraft) and OKEANOS.
The list consists of 13 members
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DESTINY+
planned asteroid flyby mission by JAXA, using solar electric propulsion
Overview: DESTINY (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned mission to fly by the Geminids meteor shower parent body 3200 Phaethon ...
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LICIACube
ASI CubeSat aboard DART spacecraft
Overview: Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube, ) is a six-unit CubeSat of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). LICIACube is a part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and carries ... 0
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test
first mission in NASA's Solar System Exploration program; impact of asteroid Dimorphos in 65803 Didymos system
Overview: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact ... 0
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Lucy (spacecraft)
thirteenth mission of the Discovery program; multiple-flyby reconnaissance of five Jupiter trojans
Overview: Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids. It is slated to visit two main belt asteroids as well as six Jupiter trojans – asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit around ... 0
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OKEANOS
proposed mission concept to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids using a hybrid solar sail & a solar powered ion engine propulsionOverview: OKEANOS (Oversize Kite-craft for Exploration and Astronautics in the Outer Solar system) was a proposed mission concept to Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter's orbit, using a hybrid solar sail for ... 0
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Vesta (spacecraft)
Soviet space missionOverview: Vesta was a planned multiple-asteroid-flyby mission that the Soviet Union assessed in the 1980s. The Vesta mission would have consisted of two identical probes (just like earlier Soviet Venus missions) ... 0
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Deep Impact (spacecraft)
NASA space probe launched in 2005 to study comet Tempel 1
Overview: Deep Impact was a NASA space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 12, 2005. It was designed to study the interior composition of the comet Tempel 1 (9P/Tempel), by releasing ... 0
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Deep Space 1
spacecraft
Overview: Deep Space 1 (DS1) was a NASA technology demonstration spacecraft which flew by an asteroid and a comet. It was part of the New Millennium Program, dedicated to testing advanced technologies. 0
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Hera (space mission)
ESA spacecraft which will study the effects of the DART Impactor on the asteroid moon Dimorphos
Overview: Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program, which objective is to contribute to validate the kinetic impact method to possibly deviate a near-Earth ... 0
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Overview: Janus is a planned NASA mission that will send dual space probes, Serenity and Mayhem, to each visit asteroids that will be chosen prior to launch date. The mission is part of NASA's SIMPLEx program and ... 0
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Chang'e 2
Chinese Moon orbiter
Overview: Chang'e 2 (simplified Chinese: 嫦娥二号; traditional Chinese: 嫦娥二號; pinyin: Cháng'é èr hào) is a Chinese uncrewed lunar probe that was launched on 1 October 2010. It was a follow-up to the Chang'e ... 0
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ASTER (spacecraft)
planned asteroid orbiter missionOverview: ASTER is a planned space mission under development by the Brazilian Space Agency that will launch a spacecraft to orbit a near-Earth object known as a triple asteroid system. The launch is scheduled for ... 0
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AIDA (mission)
pair of space missions by NASA and ESA to demonstrate and study the effect of impacting a spacecraft into an asteroid moonOverview: The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) missions are a proposed pair of space probes which will study and demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid ... 0
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