Project Mercury, the first U.S. program to put humans in space, made 25 flights, six of which carried astronauts between 1961 and 1963. The objectives of the program were: to orbit a human spacecraft around Earth, to investigate a person''s ability to function in space, and to recover both the astronaut and spacecraft safely.
READ MOREHere are the major missions launched to the Moon. In addition to these missions, there have been CubeSats, small satellites that tend to launch as additional payloads with larger spacecraft. Key to tables: All times are in UTC. Unless otherwise indicated, missions were launched by the space agencies of the indicated nation''s government. 1950s: Dawn []
READ MOREMission Category: Mission. | current Category: current. Lunar Flashlight Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon''s south pole. .
READ MORENASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. NASA''s Mars missions, clockwise from top left: Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, InSight lander, Odyssey orbiter, MAVEN orbiter, Curiosity rover, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
READ MOREList of Apollo missions. The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [1] The program used the Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles to lift the Command/Service Module (CSM) and Lunar
READ MORENASA Science missions circle the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, and many other destinations within our Solar System, including spacecraft that look out even further into
READ MOREList of missions to the Moon. A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the Moon. The first image taken of the far side of the Moon, returned by Luna 3. As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth''s natural satellite. Of the Moon landings, Luna 2 of the Soviet Union was the
READ MORELaunch of Space Shuttle Columbia on 12 April 1981 at Pad 39A for mission STS-1 The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable
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READ MOREOur Missions – Present. JWST. The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA''s next orbiting observatory and the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. A
READ MOREPhobos. Phobos 2. Phobos. Fobos-Grunt. Phobos. Missions sent to the Martian system have returned data on Phobos and Deimos and missions specifically dedicated to the moons are a subset of missions Mars that often include dedicated goals to acquire data about these moons.
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READ MOREGalileo (1989–2003) The Galileo probe. Galileo was an uncrewed spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moons. It was launched on October 18, 1989, by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission. It arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, via gravitational assist flybys of Venus and Earth.
READ MORENASA is responsible for unique scientific and technological achievements in human spaceflight, aeronautics, space science, and space applications that have had widespread impacts on our nation and the world. When NASA opened for business on October 1, 1958, it accelerated the work already started on human and robotic spaceflight.
READ MORENASA''s Space Technology Mission Directorate aims to transform future missions while ensuring American leadership in aerospace. The directorate develops, demonstrates, and transfers new space technologies that benefit NASA, commercial, and other government missions.
READ MORESince 1946, NACA (NASA''s predecessor) and, since 1958, NASA have conducted the X-Plane Program. The program was originally intended to create a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond the limited nu Main article: Human spaceflight NASA has successfully launched over 100 manned flights. Two have ended in failure,
READ MORENASA Digital Strategy. Metadata of all public datasets listed in the data.nasa.gov open data catalog as a JSON file (NOTE: This can take several minutes to download) NASA Data Sites. 2021 NASA Geospatial Data Strategy. Chief Data OfficerDavid [email protected].
READ MOREIn order to study the Earth as a whole system and understand how it is changing, NASA develops and supports a large number of Earth observing missions. These missions
READ MORENASA''s Lunar Trailblazer mission will provide new insights into the lunar water cycle. . Launch date: 2023 Mission Category: Mission. | current Category: current.
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READ MORENASA''s large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, [1] [2] are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA''s Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and
READ MORELed by our curiosity of the cosmos, NASA has sent a carefully selected international fleet of robotic orbiters, landers and rovers to keep a continuous flow of scientific information and discovery from Mars. The science and technology developed through Mars Exploration missions will enable humans to one day explore the Red Planet in person.
READ MOREExploring the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. NASA investigates the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and
READ MORE2026 - Chang''e 7 - Launch of Chinese lunar survey mission. 2026 - Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) - Launch of JAXA mission to return sample from Phobos. 2026 - Draper Lunar Lander - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander. 2027 August 12 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid Eurybates. 2027 September 15 - Lucy - NASA
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READ MOREGallery of human space flight mission patches from Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Project Apollo, the Shuttle Program, the International Space Station Expeditions, and SpaceX Crew Missions. A gallery of NASA crew patches including those for Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, and International Space
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This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions.
READ MOREWe''re using science to unlock their secrets. And we''re sharing what we learn, freely and openly, for the good of life on Earth. NASA''s Planetary Missions Program brings together three series of robotic exploration missions — Discovery, New Frontiers and Solar System Exploration. The program is part of the agency''s Science Mission
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