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Asteroid missions
2 questions tagged Asteroid missions — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
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Which spacecraft was the first to orbit an asteroid?
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft was the first to orbit an asteroid, arriving at Vesta in 2011. It later became the first spacecraft to orbit a dwarf planet, Ceres.
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Which asteroid mission first studied a metal-rich asteroid up close?
NASA’s Psyche mission is designed to explore 16 Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid, and launched in 2023. It is the first mission aimed specifically at this unusual world.
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