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Below are checklists of Asteroid-exploration spacecraft, including launch dates and images of the spacecraft. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
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| Spacecraft | Launch Date | Images | ||
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(Muses-A) | Muses | Muses | ||
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| Muses-C / Hayabusa-1, MINERVA-1 (asteroid sample return) | 2003-05-09 | Muses-C | ||
| Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2, MASCOT, MINERVA-2 (asteroid sample return) | 2014-12-03 |
Hayabusa-2 Hayabusa-2+MASCOT MINERVA-2 | ||
| Spacecraft | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| CRAF (Cassini-Huygens forerunner) | Canceled | CRAF | CRAF | |
| NEAR / Shoemaker / Discovery-2 (Eros asteroid) | 1996-02-17 |
NEAR NEAR NEAR (patch) | NEAR / Shoemaker | NEAR / Shoemaker |
| Dawn / Discovery-9 (Vesta and Ceres asteroids) | 2007-09-27 |
Dawn Dawn Dawn (old configuration) | Dawn | Dawn |
| OSIRIS-REx / New Frontiers-3 (Bennu asteroid sample-return) | 2016-09-08 | OSIRIS-REx | OSIRIS-REx | OSIRIS-REx |
| Lucy / Discovery-13 (Jupiter Trojan asteroids at L5 point) | 2021-10-16 | Lucy | Lucy | Lucy |
| Janus-A/B (SIMPLEx-3A/3B) | Canceled | Janus-A/B | ||
| Psyche / Discovery-14 (asteroid visit) | 2023-10-13 |
Psyche Psyche | Psyche | Psyche |
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| Marco Polo (asteroid sample-return) | Europe (ESA)-Japan (JAXA) | Canceled |
Marco Polo Marco Polo (patch) | Marco Polo | |
| PROCYON (asteroid flyby) | Japan (JAXA) | 2014-12-03 | PROCYON | PROCYON | PROCYON |
| DART (asteroid impact) | Europe (ESA) | 2021-11-24 |
DART DART DART (+ Hera) (mission summaries) | DART and LICIACube | DART and LICIACube |
| LICIACube (asteroid flyby) | Italy (ASI) | 2021-11-24 | LICIACube | ||
| Hera (asteroid flyby) | Europe (ESA) | 2024-10-07 |
Hera (early-design) Hera Hera (+ Juventas + Milani) (patch) Hera (+ DART) (mission summaries) | Hera | Hera |
| Milani (asteroid flyby) | Europe (ESA) | 2024-10-07 |
Milani Milani (+ Hera + Juventas) (patch) | Milani (with Hera) | |
| Juventas (asteroid flyby) | Europe (ESA) | 2024-10-07 |
Juventas Juventas (+ Hera + Milani) (patch) | Juventas (with Hera) | |
| Tianwen-2 (asteroid sampling mission) | China/PRC | 2025-05-28 | Tianwen-2 | ||
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