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MAVEN (NASA)
LINK: My MAVEN launch blog
NASA / MAVEN / University of Colorado
Launch : November 18, 2013
Destination : Mars - Areocentric orbit
Arrival : September 21, 2014
Number of names on DVD : 100,000 (plus artwork and mission-related Japanese haiku submitted via the Internet)
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HAYABUSA2 (JAXA)
LINK: My Hayabusa2 launch blog
JAXA, Chiba Institute of Technology and collaborators
Launch : December 4, 2014 - Japan Standard Time (JST)
Destinations : Asteroid Ryugu / Earth for sample return / Asteroids (98943) 2001 CC21 and 1998 KY26
Ryugu Arrival : June 27, 2018 - JST
Ryugu Departure : November 13, 2019 - JST
Return to Earth & End of mission (for Sample Return Capsule) : December 6, 2020 - JST
Asteroid (98943) 2001 CC21 Flyby : July 2026
Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous : July 2031
Number of names inside each target marker (5 total) : Around 180,000
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ORION - EXPLORATION FLIGHT TEST 1 (NASA)
LINK: My Orion EFT-1 launch blog
NASA / Daniel Casper
Launch : December 5, 2014 (7:05 AM, EST)
Destination : High geocentric orbit
Arrival : Peak altitude of 3,600 miles (5,800 kilometers) - December 5, 2014 (10:10 AM, EST)
Splashdown & End of mission : December 5, 2014 (11:29 AM, EST)
Number of names on microchip : 1.4 million
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OSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEX (NASA)
LINK: My OSIRIS-REx launch blog
NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona
Launch : September 8, 2016
Destinations : Asteroid Bennu / Earth for sample return / Asteroid Apophis in 2029
Bennu Arrival : December 3, 2018
Bennu Orbit Insertion : December 31, 2018
Bennu Departure : May 10, 2021
Return to Earth & End of mission (for Sample Return Capsule) : September 24, 2023
Asteroid (99942) Apophis Arrival : April 21, 2029
Number of names on two microchips : 440,000 on each chip (One chip is on the sample return capsule and the other is on the main spacecraft)
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TESS (NASA)
LINK: My TESS launch blog
NASA / MIT / TESS
Launch : April 18, 2018
Destination : Highly-elliptical Earth orbit
Arrival : Mid-June 2018
Number of exoplanet illustrations on memory card : Around 1,300
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InSIGHT (NASA)
LINK: My InSight launch blog
NASA / JPL - Caltech
Launch : May 5, 2018
Destination : Mars - Elysium Planitia region
Arrival & landing : November 26, 2018
End of mission : December 21, 2022
Number of names on microchips : 2.4 million
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PARKER SOLAR PROBE (NASA)
LINK: My Parker Solar Probe launch blog
NASA / Naval Research Laboratory / Parker Solar Probe
Launch : August 12, 2018 (3:31 AM, EDT)
Destination : Heliocentric orbit - Sun's corona
First of 24 solar encounters (at perihelion) : November 5, 2018 (10:28 PM, EST)
Number of names on memory card : 1,137,202
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BEPICOLOMBO (ESA / JAXA)
LINK: My BepiColombo launch blog
Astrium
Launch : October 19, 2018 - Pacific Daylight Time
Destination : En route to Mercury
Arrival : November 2026
*-Due to a problem with the spacecraft's electric thrusters, BepiColombo will not be able to enter orbit around Mercury in December 2025 as planned. Unexpected electric currents between solar arrays on one part of the spacecraft, the Mercury Transfer Module , and a power distribution unit reduced the power available for the electric thrusters...preventing the mission from carrying out its original trajectory.
Number of names and messages on MIO's memory card : 6,494
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LIGHTSAIL 2 (The Planetary Society)
LINK: My LightSail 2 launch blog
The Planetary Society
Launch : June 25, 2019 - EDT
Destination : Low-Earth Orbit
Deployment from Prox-1 carrier vehicle : July 2, 2019
Solar sail deployment : July 23, 2019
End of mission : November 17, 2022
Number of names of Kickstarter backers on mini-DVD : Around 23,300
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MARS 2020 (NASA)
LINK: My Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter launch blog
NASA / JPL - Caltech
Launch : July 30, 2020
Destination : Mars - Jezero Crater - Syrtis Major quadrangle
Arrival & landing : February 18, 2021
First flight of Ingenuity : April 19, 2021
Final flight of Ingenuity : January 18, 2024
Number of names on microchips : 10.9 million
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CREW DRAGON FREEDOM (SpaceX)
LINK: My Crew-4 Mission launch blog
NASA TV
Launch : April 27, 2022
Destination : Low-Earth orbit / International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Arrival : April 27, 2022
ISS Departure & End of mission : October 14, 2022
Number of DNA samples inside LifeShip's biobank capsule : 2,000 for humans; 500 for plant and animal species
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CREW DRAGON ENDURANCE (SpaceX)
LINK: My Crew-5 ISS arrival blog
NASA TV
Launch : October 5, 2022
Destination : Low-Earth orbit / International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Arrival : October 6, 2022
ISS Departure & End of mission : March 11, 2023
Number of names and DNA samples inside LifeShip's biobank capsule : 10,000 names of people; 500 samples for plant and animal species; a few thousand samples for humans
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ARTEMIS I (NASA / ESA)
LINK: My Space Launch System and Orion launch blog
NASA
Launch : November 16, 2022 (1:47 AM, EST)
Destination : Earth's Moon - Distant retrograde orbit (DRO)
DRO Arrival : November 25, 2022
DRO Departure : December 5, 2022
Splashdown & End of mission : December 11, 2022
Number of names on flash drive : 3.4 million
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IM-1 (Intuitive Machines)
LINK: My Odysseus launch blog
Intuitive Machines
Launch : February 15, 2024 (1:05 AM, EST)
Destination : Moon - Lunar South Pole - Malapert A region
Lunar Orbit Insertion : February 21, 2024
Landing : February 22, 2024
End of mission : February 29, 2024
Time capsules aboard Odysseus : Lunaprise's Galactic Legacy Archive containing Lunagrams , and the Arch Mission Foundation's Lunar Library
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