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OSIRIS REX. Asteroid. Strofio Instrument. Future Launch 2016. Future Launch. Arrives @ Mercury. Mercury Orbiter. 2014. 2020. Comet Wild 2. Comet. Sun. Capsule lands in Utah. Stardust. Stardust. Genesis. 01/02/2004. 01/15/2006. 09/08/2004. NASA Collects Samples at Comet Wild 2.
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OSIRIS REX Asteroid Strofio Instrument Future Launch 2016 Future Launch Arrives @ Mercury Mercury Orbiter 2014 2020
Comet Wild 2 Comet Sun • Capsule lands in Utah Stardust Stardust Genesis 01/02/2004 01/15/2006 09/08/2004 NASA Collects Samples at Comet Wild 2 Returned to Earth with Sun Particles SampleCollection SampleReturn SampleReturn
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Pathfinder Rover Mars 12/04/1996 Launched – 07/03/2002 Lost contact – 08/15/2002 Deep Impact New Horizons MESSENGER Contour Stardust NASA – Pluto – Kuiper Belt Flyby NASA Mercury orbiter Comet 02/07/1999 Pluto Mercury Comet Comet 08/03/2004 01/19/2006 01/12/2005 NASA Comet Excavator Failed Mission
Deep Impact-EPOXI New Horizons Dawn MESSENGER MESSENGER MESSENGER MESSENGER MESSENGER New Horizons Pluto Mercury Comet Mercury Mercury 01/14/2008 09/29/2009 02/04/2009 10/06/2008 10/24/2006 07/2015 11/04/2010 02/28/2007 06/05/2007 2nd Mercury Pass 1st Mercury Pass 3rd Mercury Pass Jupiter Fly-by Mars gravity assist Venus Flyby 1 Venus Flyby 2 Hartley 2 New Frontier Mission New Frontier Mission Mars Pluto Encounter
Lunar Prospector GRAIL EPOXI Dawn Dawn NEAR Dual orbiters “Ebb” and “ Flow” Eros Rendezvous Mission Start Orbiter studies dwarf planet Ceres Orbiter studies Asteroid Moon Asteroid/ Dwarf Planet Ceres Moon Asteroid Comet Asteroid Vesta 02/2015 1998 08/2011 02/14/2000 09/26/2007 01/2012
Kepler MESSENGER Seeking Extrasolar Planets 04/08/09 Mercury Orbit Insertion Mercury 03/14/2011 Orbiting the Sun in Earth’s orbit
Moon 07/31/1999 Comet 07/04/2005 Deep Impact Lunar Prospector NASA Excavates Tempel 1 Crash Landing