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VitaminPb t1_j8yzlbn wrote

Voyager will return in a few hundred years going by the name V’ger.

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Strange_Flatworm1144 t1_j8z2wm9 wrote

Unfortunately Voyager 6 hasn't been launched. Or fortunately, depending if you want V'ger to turn up or not.

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Stinkwood t1_j8yv418 wrote

A generous interpretation of your question might be the Apollo 12 3rd stage which orbited the sun for a bit before coming back to orbit the earth. This was all by accident though 😂

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Tileren t1_j8yr8ri wrote

My guess would be Hayabusa II (sp?). Although the only part to return to terra firma was the sample container.

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Warrior_and_reader t1_j8yt9ug wrote

That and soon OSIRIS-REx’s sample from Bennu (though that won’t land for a few months). I don’t know which was further.

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Tileren t1_j8ytv9i wrote

True. I don't know which is further either, although I should. I spent an entire summer mapping rocks on Bennu as part of CosmoQuest's citizen science team.

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internetboyfriend666 t1_j8yxkxq wrote

Either Hayabusa or Stardust. Hayabusa collected samples of asteroid 25143 Itokawa from beyond the orbit of Mars and returned to Earth. Stardust collected samples from comet 81P/Wild, also beyond the orbit of Mars, and returned a capsule to Earth. I can't find the exact distances but it's one of those 2.

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hikekorea t1_j8yqexy wrote

I feel like Apollo 13 has a fair shot since it was the furthest manned mission. But no idea about probes that have been further than the moon and returned.

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nicathor t1_j8yr6w4 wrote

Not sure, but if you can track down that giant infographic of every probe ever launched it shows all their courses and should probably be easy to identify all with return trips

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MrZorg58 t1_j8z7f4b wrote

Depends on the meaning of returned. If passing near earth counts, then I would think it would be Cassini.

If the meaning is come back to earth's surface, that would be the Apollo missions. Manned mission that is LOL

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SpartanJack17 t1_j8z8q3i wrote

Hello u/MBen7, your submission "Which spacecraft has travelled farthest from Earth and retuned?" has been removed from r/space because:

  • Such questions should be asked in the "All space questions" thread stickied at the top of the sub.

Please read the rules in the sidebar and check r/space for duplicate submissions before posting. If you have any questions about this removal please message the r/space moderators. Thank you.

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UAPLMH t1_j8yucul wrote

The SS Hillencotter has gone to other star systems , for one.

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