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NASA, the world's space agencies, and other groups explore our solar system and beyond with space missions. Our guides teach you why these missions matter and how to get involved. For weekly space news and tools to advance space science and exploration, sign up our weekly newsletter The Downlink.
Missions trying to enter orbit there typically fly past Earth, Venus, and/or Mercury itself, using gravitational nudges to adjust their trajectories. Mercury, world of extremes Mercury a little-explored world, full of mystery, with a surface split into extremes and an interior that puzzles scientists.
NASA and the European Space Agency's Cassini-Huygens mission visited Venus twice during its long trek out to Saturn. Magellan NASA's Magellan orbiter mapped over 98% of Venus at a resolution of 100 meters or better using its radar.
Phobos 1 was designed to study the Sun and interplanetary space while on its way to Mars. Once in orbit around Mars, it was going to study the red planet and take close-up images of its moon Phobos. However, on September 2, 1988, only two months into the flight, controllers on the ground accidentally uploaded software containing a command that ...
Our most comprehensive look at the planet came from NASA and the European Space Agency's Cassini-Huygens mission, which spent 13 years exploring Saturn and its moons. By studying Saturn we learn about how our solar system formed and evolved , and how countless others in the galaxy and beyond do as well.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching the Juice spacecraft to study Jupiter and its three largest icy moons — Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Future Missions Europa Clipper, a mission to Jupiter's icy moon
VIPER is different from NASA’s traditional planetary missions — the agency was entrusting a commercial spacecraft to land the rover safely on the Moon. NASA cancelled the VIPER mission on July 17, 2024.
What is Chandrayaan-2? Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian mission to send an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon. The three vehicles launched as one combined spacecraft in July 2019 to lunar orbit, and the lander, carrying the rover, attempted but failed to touch down in the Moon's southern hemisph
Future solar sail missions will need bigger sails and lighter materials to maximize their performance. ACS3 uses lightweight carbon fiber sail booms instead of traditional metal booms. This is the first test of this technology in space, paving the way for future missions to use even larger sails.
NASA launches space missions to research and explore planets and other worlds, study Earth’s climate, answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe, and study the Sun. NASA also conducts aerospace research and funds various space technology development efforts.