List of missions to comets

Missions to comets includes list of spacecrafts that were launched to study comets. As of 2026, there have been twelve missions from United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, the European Space Agency and China.

List of missions

Statistics

† First to achieve ‡ Joint first to achieve

Notes

See also

• List of missions to minor planets (includes asteroids)
• List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft
• Timeline of Solar System exploration
• List of missions to Venus
• List of missions to the Moon
• List of missions to Mars
• List of missions to minor planets
• List of extraterrestrial orbiters

References