Named space missions and spacecraft (probes, telescopes, landers, rovers) and what each accomplished. Front: the mission or spacecraft name. Back: agency, launch era, and accomplishment.
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- Voyager 1
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NASA, 1977. Jupiter and Saturn flyby; now the farthest human-made object, sending data from the interstellar medium.- Voyager 2
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NASA, 1977. Visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; the only spacecraft to reach the ice giants.- Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA and ESA, 1990. Orbiting observatory that revolutionized astronomy by imaging distant galaxies, nebulae, and stellar birth.- Apollo 11
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NASA, 1969. First crewed Moon landing; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.- Curiosity Rover
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NASA, 2011. Mars rover that discovered evidence of past water and organic molecules, still exploring Gale Crater.- Opportunity Rover
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NASA, 2003. Mars rover that operated for 15 years, discovering evidence of water and iron oxide deposits.- International Space Station
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NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and others, 1998-present. Continuously crewed orbital laboratory for experiments in microgravity.- Cassini-Huygens
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NASA and ESA, 1997. Orbited Saturn for 13 years, mapping its rings, moons, and Titan's methane lakes.- New Horizons
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NASA, 2006. Flew past Pluto in 2015, revealing mountains, valleys, and a five-lobed nucleus; now exploring the Kuiper Belt.- Galileo
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NASA, 1989. Orbited Jupiter for eight years, discovering new moons and studying the Great Red Spot.- Juno
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NASA, 2011. Orbiting Jupiter to study its magnetosphere, gravity field, and composition beneath the clouds.- SOHO
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NASA and ESA, 1995. Solar observatory that discovered over 4,000 comets and studies the Sun's corona and solar wind.- Chandra X-ray Observatory
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NASA, 1999. Space telescope that observes high-energy X-ray radiation from black holes, supernovae, and galaxy clusters.- Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA, 2003. Infrared space telescope that observed star formation, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets.- Kepler Space Telescope
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NASA, 2009. Discovered over 2,700 exoplanets by detecting dips in star brightness caused by orbiting planets.
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