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Missions to main-belt asteroids
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The list Missions to main-belt asteroids includes
MANTIS (spacecraft), Athena (spacecraft), Psyche (spacecraft), Dawn (spacecraft) and Cassini–Huygens.
The list consists of 7 members
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Psyche (spacecraft)
NASA spacecraft en route to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche
Overview: Psyche (SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029 ...
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Cassini–Huygens
NASA space mission sent to the Saturn system
Overview: Cassini–Huygens (kə-SEE-nee HOY-gənz), commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study ... 0
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Athena (spacecraft)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Overview: In Greek mythology, Athena (Ancient Greek: Αθηνά) is a goddess of wisdom, strategic-war and weaving. 0
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Dawn (spacecraft)
NASA space probe exploring Vesta and Ceres
Overview: Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres. In the fulfillment of that ... 0
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Stardust (spacecraft)
Fourth mission of the Discovery program; sample return from the periodic comet Wild 2
Overview: Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2, as well as samples of cosmic dust, and ... 0
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Galileo (spacecraft)
Unmanned NASA spacecraft which studied the planet Jupiter and its moons
Overview: Galileo was an American robotic space program that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Galileo ... 0
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7.Overview: MANTIS (Main-belt Asteroid and NEO Tour with Imaging and Spectroscopy) is a mission concept that would flyby 14 asteroids covering a wide range of types and masses, and obtaining remote sensing and in-situ ... 0
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