| Small Bodies Missions |
The SBN is either supporting or anticipating data deliveries from the missions listed below. The mission name is linked to a page which provides details about the mission and access to data holdings at the Small Bodies Node.
Summary of Active Missions
| Mission | Target(s) | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| New Horizons | Jupiter Kuiper Belt Pluto/Charon | Interplanetary Cruise (Jupiter closest approach on 28 Feb 2007) |
| Ulysses | Interplanetary Dust | Heliocentric Orbit |
| Cassini | Interplanetary Dust | Saturnian Orbit |
| Hayabusa (was Muses C) | (25143) = 1998 SF36 | Earth-return Cruise |
| Rosetta | Primary targets: (2867) Steins (21) Lutetia 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Other targets of interest: 9P/Tempel 1 C/2002 T7 (Linear) Earth and Mars as calibration | Cruise (Steins flyby on 5 Sep 2008) |
| EPOXI | Primary targets: Extrasolar Planets Earth and Mars (as extrasolar analogs) 103P/Hartley 2 Other targets of interest: Moon as calibration | Cruise (Earth flyby #3 on 27 Jun 2010) |
| Dawn | Vesta Ceres | Cruise |
| Stardust-NExT | 9P/Tempel 1 | Cruise |
Summary of Completed Missions
| Mission | Target(s) | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Stardust | (5535) Annefrank 81P/Wild 2 Interplanetary Dust | End of Mission |
| Deep Impact | 9P/Tempel 1 | End of Mission |
| Galileo | Interplanetary Dust (243) Ida (951) Gaspra D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 | End of Mission |
| DS1 | (9969) Braille 19P/Borrelly | End of Mission |
| NEAR | (253) Mathilde (433) Eros C/Hyakutake (1996 B2) | End of Mission |
| ICE/ISSE | 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | End of Mission |
| Suisei/ Sakigake | 1P/Halley Interplanetary Dust | End of Mission |
| Vega 1 & 2 | 1P/Halley Interplanetary Dust | End of Mission |
| Giotto | 1P/Halley 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Interplanetary Dust | End of Mission |
| Contour | 2P/Encke 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Interplanetary Dust | Spacecraft Lost |
Summary of Upcoming Missions
| Mission | Target(s) | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Phobos grunt | ||
| Discovery(2009) | ||
| New Frontiers (2009) |
Problems or Questions?
For technical or form-related questions, please contact Anne Raugh (raugh
astro.umd.edu). For scientific or data-related questions, contact Ludmilla
Kolokolova (ludmillaastro.umd.edu).
Last Update: 22 Jan 2010, sam