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What is "Missions to and Sample" supposed to mean?

[Missions (to)] and [Sample Returns (from)] Nearby Interstellar Objects.

"Missions and Sample Returns to and from Nearby Interstellar Objects" is probably what I would have made from that, but no idea if that is allowed or comprehensible.

English is not my native tongue and I noticed that I don't understand capitalization as well as I thought. Why do you do that now? Just because it is a title? And why not for to/and/from? Are prepositions exempt?

No, it's "Missions to and Sample Returns from"

So in expanded form:

"Missions to Nearby Interstellar Objects and Sample Returns from Nearby Interstellar Objects"

"Missions" is redundant, because you're not going to get a sample return without a mission.

So "Collecting Samples from Nearby Interstellar Objects" would have been enough to do the job.

Not really, because "missions without sample returns" (aka "flyby/impactor") is one of the options considered.

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