Target Spacecraft Organization Date Type Status Notes Image Ref 951 Gaspra Galileo NASA 29 October 1991 flyby success en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 1900 km [1] 243 Ida Galileo NASA 28 August 1993 flyby success en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 2400 km; discovery of the first asteroid satellite Dactyl [14] 1620 Geographos Clementine BMDO/ NASA 1994 flyby failure flyby cancelled due to equipment malfunction 1994-004A 253 Mathilde NEAR Shoemaker NASA 27 June 1997 flyby success flew within 1200 km of 253 Mathilde en route to 433 Eros 1996-008A 433 Eros NEAR Shoemaker NASA January 1999 orbiter failure became flyby due to software and communications problems (later attempt at orbit insertion succeeded; see below) 1996-008A 9969 Braille Deep Space 1 NASA 29 July 1999 flyby partial success no close-up images due to camera pointing error; went on to visit comet 19P/Borrelly 1998-061A 2685 Masursky Cassini NASA/ ESA/ ASI 23 January 2000 distant flyby success en route to Saturn 1997-061A 433 Eros NEAR Shoemaker NASA February 2000 – February 2001 orbiter, became lander success improvised landing by orbiter at end of mission 1996-008A 5535 Annefrank Stardust NASA November 2, 2002 distant flyby success went on to visit comet 81P/Wild 1999-003A 25143 Itokawa Hayabusa ISAS 2005–07 sample return success landed on Itokawa in 2005, initially failed as sampling device failed to operate, but second landing resulted in a success.