Missions to near-Earth asteroids

The list Missions to near-Earth asteroids includes ZhengHe (spacecraft), ASTER (spacecraft), Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, PROCYON and OSIRIS-REx. The list consists of 12 members and 1 sublist.

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Hayabusa

Japanese asteroid sample-return spacecraft

Overview: Hayabusa (Japanese: はやぶさ, "Peregrine falcon") was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 ...

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Destroyed space probes 20T

Japanese space probes 26T

Hopping spacecraft 7T
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OSIRIS-REx

NASA sample return mission, launched in 2016

Overview: OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid. The material, returned in September 2023, is expected ...

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Clementine (spacecraft)

American lunar orbiter

Overview: Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative ...

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Clementine 2

Overview: Clementine 2 was a proposed asteroid-interception mission that was intended to fly by two near-Earth asteroids, 433 Eros and 4179 Toutatis planned by NASA.

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Cancelled spacecraft 52T

NASA programs 95T
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ZhengHe (spacecraft)

planned Chinese asteroid and comet exploration mission

Overview: Tianwen-2 (Chinese: 天问二号) is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission that is currently under development. Tianwen-2 was originally known as ZhengHe.

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Near-Earth Asteroid Scout

planned solar sail spacecraft

Overview: The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) was a mission by NASA to develop a controllable low-cost CubeSat solar sail spacecraft capable of encountering near-Earth asteroids (NEA). NEA Scout was one of ...

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PROCYON

Japanese space probe launched in December 2014

Overview: PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 3 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST). It was developed by University ...

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Hayabusa2

Japanese asteroid sample-return spacecraft

Overview: Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, lit. 'Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It is a successor to the Hayabusa mission, which returned ...

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NEAR Shoemaker

1996 robotic space probe that landed on asteroid 433 Eros in 2001

Overview: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins Uni ...

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ASTER (spacecraft)

planned asteroid orbiter mission

Overview: 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 ...

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Near Earth Asteroid Prospector

mining on asteroids

Overview: Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects.

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Mining in space 6T

Asteroid mining 9T

Mining techniques 7T
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Don Quijote (spacecraft)

space probe concept that has been studied by the European Space Agency

Overview: Don Quijote is a past space mission concept that has been studied from 2005 until 2007 by the European Space Agency, and which would investigate the effects of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to ...

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