Explorer (disambiguation)

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An explorer is a person involved in exploration; see also list of explorers.

Explorer, explore, exploring or exploration may also refer to:

Aircraft and spacecraft

Space Adventures Explorer, concept tourist spaceplane
Explorers program, the United States' first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite and the program continues to launch satellites that provdide scientific investigations from space
Lockheed Explorer, Lockheed Corporation Model 4 airplane
Abrams P-1 Explorer, American aerial survey aircraft which first flew in 1937
Space Shuttle Explorer, a mock-up of the US space shuttle, renamed Independence
MD Helicopters MD Explorer, popular police helicopter

Windows Explorer, the interface for accessing the file system on Microsoft Windows operating systems
Explore2fs, a Windows Explorer-like program for Microsoft Windows
Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft
Sun Microsystems Explorer, diagnostic data collection tool for the Sun Solaris operating system
Explorer/85, expandable learning system by Netronics based on the 8085 microprocessor
TI Explorer, a computer family of Lisp Machines from Texas Instruments

Exploring (Learning for Life), former traditional membership program of the Boy Scouts of America
Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association), part of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom
Kansas Explorer's Club, a section of the Kansas Sampler Foundation dedicated to exploring Kansas
Explore Learning, a British company founded to provide private learning centres
Explore (education), a Canadian government bursary for language education

National Geographic Explorer, a documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel
Explorer (album), 2005 trance music album by Tilt
Explore (magazine), a Canadian travel magazine
Explorer (novel), a 2002 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe
Explorer (newspaper), newspaper published in Tucson, Arizona
The Explorers, a British rock group formed in the 1980s by two members of Roxy Music
"Explorers" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Explorers (film), 1985 science fiction film
Exploration (video game), 1994 computer strategy game for the Amiga
Explore (TV show), 1980s PBS television show
The Explorer (Hudson), student newspaper from Hudson, Ohio, USA

HMS Explorer, the name of two ships of the British Royal Navy
MV Explorer, a number of ships with this name, including:
- MV Explorer (1969), a cruise ship which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 2007
- MV Explorer (2001), a Bahamas-flagged passenger ship in service since 2004
MS Explorer II, a cruise ship renamed MV Minerva
SS Explorer, a steam trawler
USC&GS Explorer, two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
- USC&GS Explorer (1904), a survey ship that briefly served as the USS Explorer during World War I
- USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28), a survey ship that operated in the Pacific Ocean mostly and saw service there during World War II
MS Explorer of the Seas, a cruise ship
USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193) (GSF Explorer), a deep-sea recovery or drilling ship
MS National Geographic Explorer, a cruise ship
Stena Explorer, a high-speed ferry operated by Stena Line
Sub Marine Explorer, an early submarine built by Julius H. Kroehl
Explorer (sternwheeler), a purpose built steamboat used by Joseph Christmas Ives' expedition to explore the Colorado River above Fort Yuma

Exploration problem, the use of a robot to maximize the knowledge over a particular area
Dental explorer, an instrument used in dentistry
Explorer Vodka, Swedish brand of vodka
Gibson Explorer, a model of guitar also marked as X-plorer and Explorer Pro