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All Missions

Every space mission in the encyclopedia, by launch date.

65 entries.

Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
Sputnik 1Low Earth orbit	Earth orbiter	Roscosmos	1957-10-04	Completed
Luna 2The Moon	Impactor	Roscosmos	1959-09-12	Completed
Vostok 1Low Earth orbit	Crewed orbital	Roscosmos	1961-04-12	Completed
Freedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)	Crewed suborbital	NASA	1961-05-05	Completed
Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)	Crewed orbital	NASA	1962-02-20	Completed
Vostok 6	Crewed orbital	Roscosmos	1963-06-16	Completed
Voskhod 2	Crewed orbital	Roscosmos	1965-03-18	Completed
Luna 9The Moon	Lander	Roscosmos	1966-01-31	Completed
Apollo 8The Moon	Crewed lunar orbit	NASA	1968-12-21	Completed
Apollo 11The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1969-07-16	Completed
Apollo 13The Moon	Crewed lunar (aborted)	NASA	1970-04-11	Completed
Venera 7Venus	Lander	Roscosmos	1970-08-17	Completed
Luna 17 / Lunokhod 1The Moon	Rover	Roscosmos	1970-11-10	Completed
Pioneer 10Jupiter	Flyby	NASA	1972-03-02	Completed
Apollo 17The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1972-12-07	Completed
Pioneer 11Jupiter and Saturn	Flyby	NASA	1973-04-06	Completed
Mariner 10Venus and Mercury	Multiple flyby	NASA	1973-11-03	Completed
Viking 1Mars	Orbiter and lander	NASA	1975-08-20	Completed
Viking 2Mars	Orbiter and lander	NASA	1975-09-09	Completed
Voyager 2Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune	Grand tour and interstellar	NASA	1977-08-20	Active
Voyager 1Jupiter, Saturn, interstellar space	Flyby and interstellar	NASA	1977-09-05	Active
MagellanVenus	Orbiter	NASA	1989-05-04	Completed
GalileoJupiter	Orbiter and atmospheric probe	NASA	1989-10-18	Completed
Hubble Space TelescopeLow Earth orbit	Space telescope	NASA	1990-04-24	Active
Mars PathfinderMars	Lander and rover	NASA	1996-12-04	Completed
Cassini–HuygensSaturn	Orbiter and lander	NASA	1997-10-15	Completed
Chandra X-ray ObservatoryHigh Earth orbit	Space telescope	NASA	1999-07-23	Active
HayabusaAsteroid Itokawa	Sample return	JAXA	2003-05-09	Completed
Mars ExpressMars	Orbiter	ESA	2003-06-02	Active
Spirit (MER-A)Mars	Rover	NASA	2003-06-10	Completed
Opportunity (MER-B)Mars	Rover	NASA	2003-07-07	Completed
Spitzer Space TelescopeEarth-trailing solar orbit	Space telescope	NASA	2003-08-25	Completed
RosettaComet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko	Orbiter and lander	ESA	2004-03-02	Completed
MESSENGERMercury	Orbiter	NASA	2004-08-03	Completed
Venus ExpressVenus	Orbiter	ESA	2005-11-09	Completed
New HorizonsPluto and the Kuiper Belt	Flyby	NASA	2006-01-19	Active
DawnVesta and Ceres	Orbiter	NASA	2007-09-27	Completed
Chandrayaan-1The Moon	Orbiter	ISRO	2008-10-22	Completed
Kepler Space TelescopeEarth-trailing solar orbit	Space telescope	NASA	2009-03-07	Completed
JunoJupiter	Orbiter	NASA	2011-08-05	Active
Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)Mars	Rover	NASA	2011-11-26	Active
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan)Mars	Orbiter	ISRO	2013-11-05	Completed
MAVENMars	Orbiter	NASA	2013-11-18	Active
GaiaSun–Earth L2	Astrometry observatory	ESA	2013-12-19	Completed
Hayabusa2Asteroid Ryugu	Sample return	JAXA	2014-12-03	Completed
OSIRIS-RExAsteroid Bennu	Sample return	NASA	2016-09-08	Completed
TESSHigh Earth orbit	Space telescope	NASA	2018-04-18	Active
InSightMars	Lander	NASA	2018-05-05	Completed
Parker Solar ProbeThe Sun's corona	Solar probe	NASA	2018-08-12	Active
BepiColomboMercury	Orbiter	ESA	2018-10-20	En route
Chang'e 4The Moon (far side)	Lander and rover	CNSA	2018-12-07	Active
Solar OrbiterThe Sun	Solar observatory	ESA	2020-02-10	Active
Emirates Mars Mission (Hope)Mars	Orbiter	UAE	2020-07-19	Active
Tianwen-1Mars	Orbiter, lander and rover	CNSA	2020-07-23	Active
Mars 2020 (Perseverance)Mars	Rover	NASA	2020-07-30	Active
Chang'e 5The Moon	Sample return	CNSA	2020-11-23	Completed
LucyJupiter Trojan asteroids	Multiple flyby	NASA	2021-10-16	Active
DARTAsteroid Dimorphos	Impactor	NASA	2021-11-24	Completed
James Webb Space TelescopeSun–Earth L2	Space telescope	NASA	2021-12-25	Active
Danuri (KPLO)The Moon	Orbiter	KARI	2022-08-04	Active
Artemis IThe Moon	Uncrewed lunar flight test	NASA	2022-11-16	Completed
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)Jupiter and its icy moons	Orbiter	ESA	2023-04-14	En route
Chandrayaan-3The Moon (south polar region)	Lander and rover	ISRO	2023-07-14	Completed
PsycheAsteroid 16 Psyche	Orbiter	NASA	2023-10-13	En route
Europa ClipperEuropa	Orbiter (multiple flyby)	NASA	2024-10-14	En route