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Hayabusa
The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. This marked a historic first, as it was the initial space mission to return material collected from an extraterrestrial body. Scientists utilize these samples to study the compositi...
apps Top Hayabusa Alternatives
The top alternative to Hayabusa in 2026 is Hayabusa2 with a score of 9.3/10, followed by OSIRIS-REx (9.3) and Chang'e 6 (9.2).
Hayabusa2
The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...
OSIRIS-REx
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft undertook a NASA mission to study the asteroid Bennu. Launched in 2016, it successfully collec...
Chang'e 6
Chang’e 6 is a Chinese space mission successfully delivering lunar samples from the Moon’s far side in December 2024. Th...
Chang'e 5
The Chang’e 5 spacecraft represents a significant achievement in space exploration. Launched by China in 2020, it succes...
DART
NASA’s DART mission successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in October 2022. This marked the first demonstration of...
NEAR Shoemaker
The NEAR Shoemaker mission, a NASA project, studied the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. Launched in 1998, it successfully...
Kaguya
Kaguya, officially designated as SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), was a lunar orbiter mission developed...
Luna 16
Luna 16 was an uncrewed Soviet lunar probe launched in September 1970 by the Soviet Union. It achieved the distinction o...
Luna 24
Luna 24 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample return mission launched in August 1976. It successfully landed in Mare Crisium...
IKAROS
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) was an experimental spacecraft developed by the J...
Yohkoh
Yohkoh, originally designated as the Solar-A mission, was a Japanese solar observation satellite launched in 1991. The s...
Akari
Akari, originally known as ASTRO-F, was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
SLIM
SLIM was Japan's lunar lander built by JAXA to demonstrate pinpoint landing, making Japan the fifth country to soft-land...
Geotail
Geotail was a joint Japanese and United States space mission launched in 1992 to investigate Earth's magnetosphere, espe...
Chang'e 2
Chang'e 2 was an uncrewed spacecraft launched by China in 2010 as the second mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Pr...
Chang'e 5-T1
Chang'e 5-T1 was a Chinese lunar test mission launched in 2014 to demonstrate technologies required for the later Chang'...
Akebono
Akebono, originally designated EXOS-D, was a Japanese scientific satellite launched in 1989 to investigate auroras and p...
MMX (Martian Moons eXploration)
The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a robotic space mission currently in development by the Japan Aerospace Explorati...
Tianwen-2
Tianwen-2 is a Chinese planetary exploration mission focused first on near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3, also designated 4692...
Hitomi
Hitomi, also designated ASTRO-H, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite launched by JAXA on 17 February 2016. Develope...
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