- NEAR Shoemaker, a mission to study asteroid 433 Eros. It has succeeded its primary and extended mission and is now defunct, having successfully landed on surface of Eros.
- Mars Pathfinder, a Mars lander to deploy a miniature rover on the surface. It has completed its primary and extended mission and is now defunct.
- Lunar Prospector, a Moon orbiter to characterize the lunar mineralogy. It has completed its primary and extended mission and deliberately impacted onto the Moon's surface.
- Deep Impact, a mission in which a spacecraft released an impactor into the path of comet Tempel 1. After the successful completion of its mission, it was put in hibernation, and then reactived for an extended mission designated EPOXI.
- Stardust, a mission to a collect samples from the tail of comet 81P/Wild. It has successfully collected its samples, and returned those samples to Earth on January 15, 2006. The spacecraft has been put into hibernation and remains in orbit around the Sun. It is still functional and is being used for the NExT extended mission.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Successfully completed missions
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