List of NASA missions

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Since its establishment in 1958, NASA has had many manned and unmanned space missions.

Contents 1 Human spaceflight 2 Unmanned missions 2.1 Lunar missions 2.2 Planetary missions 2.2.1 Mercury missions 2.2.2 Venus missions 2.2.3 Mars missions 2.2.4 Jupiter missions 2.2.5 Saturn missions 2.2.6 Neptune missions 2.2.7 Pluto missions 2.2.8 Multi-planet missions 2.3 Asteroidal/cometary missions 2.4 Sun observing missions 2.5 Earth satellites 2.5.1 Earth Observing 2.5.2 Space telescopes 3 Proposed missions 4 Canceled missions 4.1 Canceled planetary-asteroid missions 5 See also

[edit] Human spaceflight

NASA has had many successful manned space missions. A small proportion have ended in failure, and even caused death of the crew, such as Apollo 1 in 1967, STS-51-L (the Challenger disaster) in 1986, and STS-107 (the Columbia disaster) in 2003.

Here is a list of all NASA manned space programs.

Program	Start Date	End Date	No. of launched manned missions	Notes
Mercury program	1959	1963	6
Gemini program	1963	1966	10
Apollo program	1961	1975	11[1]
Skylab	1973	1979	3	The manned missions only took place in 1973 and 1974
Apollo-Soyuz	1975	1975	1	Joint with Soviet Union
Space Shuttle	1972	On-going	117
Shuttle-Mir Program	1995	1998	9[2]	Russian partnership
International Space Station	1998	On-going	19[3]	Joint with Russia, Canada, ESA, and JAXA along with co-operators, ASI and Brazil
Orion Program	Future	Future	0

• ↑  - Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts, and is not counted here
• ↑  - The Shuttle-Mir missions were all Space Shuttle missions, and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions in the table.
• ↑  - The missions (International Space Station) counted here are only the NASA Space Shuttle misisons, and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions in the table.

v • d • e  United States government manned space programs
Active: Space Shuttle | ISS (joint) | Project Constellation (future)
Past: Mercury | X-15 (suborbital) | Gemini | Apollo | Skylab | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (joint, USSR) | Shuttle-Mir (joint, Russia)
Cancelled: MISS | Orion | Dyna-Soar | Manned Orbiting Laboratory | Space Station Freedom (now ISS) | Orbital Space Plane

[edit] Unmanned missions

[edit] Lunar missions

• Ranger
• Surveyor
• Lunar Orbiter
• Clementine
• Lunar Prospector
• Moon Mineralogy Mapper (NASA instrument for ISRO's Chandraayan-1 spacecraft planned for 2007)
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Planned for 2008)

[edit] Planetary missions

[edit] Mercury missions

• Mariner 10
• MESSENGER

[edit] Venus missions

• Mariner 2, 5 and 10
• Pioneer Venus
• Magellan

[edit] Mars missions

• Mariner 4, 6, 7 and 9
• Viking 1 and 2
• Mars Observer
• Mars Pathfinder
• Mars Climate Orbiter
• Mars Polar Lander
• Mars Global Surveyor
• 2001 Mars Odyssey
• Mars Exploration Rovers
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Phoenix Lander (Planned for 2007)
• Mars Science Laboratory (Planned for 2009)
• Mars 2011 (Planned for 2011)
• Astrobiology Field Laboratory (Planned for 2016)
• Mars Sample Return Mission (ESA partnership) (Planned for 2016-2024)^{Citation needed}

[edit] Jupiter missions

• Pioneer 10
• Galileo
• Juno (Planned for 2010)

[edit] Saturn missions

• Cassini-Huygens together with ESA

[edit] Neptune missions

• Neptune Orbiter (Planned for 2016)

[edit] Pluto missions

• New Horizons

[edit] Multi-planet missions

• Pioneer 11 – Jupiter and Saturn
• Mariner 10 – Venus and Mercury
• Voyager 1 – Jupiter and Saturn
• Voyager 2 – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

[edit] Asteroidal/cometary missions

• NEAR Shoemaker
• Deep Space 1
• Stardust
• Deep Impact
• Dawn (Planned for 2007)

[edit] Sun observing missions

• SOHO – ESA partnership
• Ulysses – ESA partnership
• STEREO
• Solar Dynamics Observatory (Planned for 2008)

[edit] Earth satellites

[edit] Earth Observing

• Explorer I
• Complete list of Earth Observing System (EOS) missions: http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/mission_profiles/index.php
• Landsat http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• MODIS http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• MISR http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Orbiting Carbon Observer (OCO) http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/
• SeaWiFS Ocean color http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/
• Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
• THEMIS
• TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics)

[edit] Space telescopes

• Hubble Space Telescope – ESA partnership
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
• Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, SIRTF)
• Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
• Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
• Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)
• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
• James Webb Space Telescope – ESA partnership (Planned for 2013)

[edit] Proposed missions

• Glory (proposed)

[edit] Canceled missions

[edit] Canceled planetary-asteroid missions

• Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (cancelled)
• JIMO (cancelled)
• CRAF (cancelled)
• NetLander (cancelled)
• Pluto Kuiper Express (cancelled; New Horizons is replacement)

[edit] See also

v • d • e  Space Exploration Lists and Timelines
List of human spaceflights • Timeline of spaceflight • List of human spaceflights by program • List of astronauts by name •  List of astronauts by selection • List of spacewalks and moonwalks • List of Mir visiting spacecrafts and crews • List of Mir Expeditions • List of Mir spacewalks • List of NASA missions • List of Apollo astronauts • List of space shuttle missions • Space Shuttle crews • List of manned spaceflights to the ISS • List of International Space Station visitors • List of ISS spacewalks • List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS • List of Constellation missions • List of Chinese spaceflights
Landings on other planets • List of planetary probes • Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes • List of objects at Lagrangian points • List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces • List of artificial objects on the Moon • List of artificial objects on Venus • List of artificial objects on Mars • Timeline of Earth science satellites • List of Earth observation satellites
List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969 • Space firsts • Spaceflight records • Timeline of astronauts by nationality • Timeline of first orbital launches by nationality • Timeline of Solar System exploration • Timeline of the Space Race
List of manned spacecraft • List of unmanned spacecraft by program • List of spacecraft • List of launch vehicles • Timeline of rocket and missile technology • List of space agencies • List of private spaceflight companies