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Solar System Missions
This page features a regularly updated map of all ongoing and future solar system missions and links to their web sites. Position data are mostly from the NASA Horizons database. Upcoming events and missions are noted at the bottom of the map. For the history of Solar System exploration see this page.
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Sun
WIND 1994
*SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) 1995
ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) 1997
*STEREO A &B (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) 2006
*SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) 2010
DSCOVR ((Deep Space Climate Observatory, Space Weather Monitor) 2015
Aditya-1 (Solar Coronograph) 2016
Solar Orbiter 2017
SPP (Solar Probe Plus) 2018
APL page
DSO (Deep Space Solar Observatory, Earth/Sun L1 Obs.) 2018
WIND 1994
*SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) 1995
ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) 1997
*STEREO A &
*SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) 2010
DSCOVR ((Deep Space Climate Observatory, Space Weather Monitor) 2015
Aditya-1 (Solar Coronograph) 2016
Solar Orbiter 2017
SPP (Solar Probe Plus) 2018
APL page
DSO (Deep Space Solar Observatory, Earth/Sun L1 Obs.) 2018
Moon
ARTEMIS (Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun) 2007
THEMIS
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) 2008
LROC
Chang'E 3/Yutu (Lander/Rover) 2013
Chang'E 5-T1 Reentry Test (Lunar Flyby/Earth EDL/Earth-Moon L2 Orbiter) 2014
Chandrayaan 2 (Orbiter/Lander/Rover) 2017
Chang'E 4 (Lander/Rover) 2017
Orion EM-1 (Exploration Mission-1, Unmanned Lunar Flyby Test) 2017
ESA page
Lunar Flashlight (Solar Sail Moon Orbiter) 2017
Chang'E 5 (Sample Return) 2018
Luna 25 Lander (Lander) 2019
Chang'E 6 (Sample Return) 2020
Luna 26 Orbiter (Orbiter) 2021
Luna 27 Lander (Lander) 2023
ARTEMIS (Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun) 2007
THEMIS
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) 2008
LROC
Chang'E 3/Yutu (Lander/Rover) 2013
Chang'E 5-T1 Reentry Test (Lunar Flyby/Earth EDL/Earth-Moon L2 Orbiter) 2014
Chandrayaan 2 (Orbiter/Lander/Rover) 2017
Chang'E 4 (Lander/Rover) 2017
Orion EM-1 (Exploration Mission-1, Unmanned Lunar Flyby Test) 2017
ESA page
Lunar Flashlight (Solar Sail Moon Orbiter) 2017
Chang'E 5 (Sample Return) 2018
Luna 25 Lander (Lander) 2019
Chang'E 6 (Sample Return) 2020
Luna 26 Orbiter (Orbiter) 2021
Luna 27 Lander (Lander) 2023
Mars
Mars Odyssey (Orbiter) 2001
MEX (Mars Express, Orbiter) 2003
- HRSC - *Mars Express VMC - ESA Science page
MER (Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit(†2011) & Opportunity, Rovers) 2003
*Mars Rover images - Spirit - Opportunity
MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) 2005
Mars Weather - HiRISE - CTX - CRISM - MARCI - SHARAD - MCS
Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory MSL, Rover) 2011
JPL page - *Raw images - MSL Science Corner
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, Orbiter) 2013
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan, Orbiter) 2013
InSIGHT (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, Lander) 2016
ExoMars TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter, Lander) 2016
ExoMars Rover (Lander, Rover) 2018
MGRSO (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter, Orbiter, Lander) 2020
2020 Mars Rover (Rover, Sample Cacher?) 2020
Mars Odyssey (Orbiter) 2001
MEX (Mars Express, Orbiter) 2003
- HRSC - *Mars Express VMC - ESA Science page
MER (Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit(†2011) & Opportunity, Rovers) 2003
*Mars Rover images - Spirit - Opportunity
MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) 2005
Mars Weather - HiRISE - CTX - CRISM - MARCI - SHARAD - MCS
Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory MSL, Rover) 2011
JPL page - *Raw images - MSL Science Corner
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, Orbiter) 2013
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan, Orbiter) 2013
InSIGHT (INterior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, Lander) 2016
ExoMars TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter, Lander) 2016
ExoMars Rover (Lander, Rover) 2018
MGRSO (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter, Orbiter, Lander) 2020
2020 Mars Rover (Rover, Sample Cacher?) 2020
Asteroids/Comets
Rosetta (Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) 2004
ESA Science page
Dawn (Ceres & Vesta) 2007
Hayabusa 2 (Asteroid 1999 JU3) 2014
MASCOT (Lander) - PROCYON, Artsat2-Despatch, Shin'en 2 (piggyback missions)
OSIRIS REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security-Regolith Explorer, 101955 Bennu) 2016
Sentinel (Solar Orbit NEO Telescope) 2017?
Chinese Asteroid Mission (Flybys of 12711 Tukmit, 99942 Apophis, 1996 FG3) 2022
Rosetta (Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) 2004
ESA Science page
Dawn (Ceres & Vesta) 2007
Hayabusa 2 (Asteroid 1999 JU3) 2014
MASCOT (Lander) - PROCYON, Artsat2-Despatch, Shin'en 2 (piggyback missions)
OSIRIS REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security-Regolith Explorer, 101955 Bennu) 2016
Sentinel (Solar Orbit NEO Telescope) 2017?
Chinese Asteroid Mission (Flybys of 12711 Tukmit, 99942 Apophis, 1996 FG3) 2022
Jupiter
Juno 2011
SWRI Site - JunoCam
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon Explorer, Jupiter/Ganymede Orbiter) 2022
Juno 2011
SWRI Site - JunoCam
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon Explorer, Jupiter/Ganymede Orbiter) 2022
Pluto/Kuiper Belt
New Horizons 2006
New Horizons 2006
Interstellar Space
Voyager 1/2 (Voyager Interstellar Mission) 1977
Voyager 1/2 (Voyager Interstellar Mission) 1977
Experimental Spacecraft
Solar Sailing
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) 2010
LightSail-A/B 2015/16
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) 2010
LightSail-A/B 2015/16
* Images immediately available on the Internet
Past Missions
Apollo 8-17 (Circumlunar Return/Moon Landing) 1968-972
Chandrayaan 1 (Moon Orbiter/Impactor) 2008-2009
Chang'E 1 (Moon Orbiter) 2007-2009
Chang'E 2 (Moon/Sun-Earth L2/4179 Toutatis) 2010-2013
Clementine (Moon Orbiter) 1994 - LPI Site
Deep Impact (Comets Tempel 1 flyby/impact, Hartley 2 flyby) 2005-2013 - EPOXI
Deep Space 1 (Comet Borrelly) 1998-2001
Galileo (Jupiter, Asteroids Gaspra/Ida) 1989-2003
Genesis (Solar Wind Sample Return) 2001-2004
Giotto (Comets Halley/Grigg-Skjellerup) 1985-1992 - ESA Science page
GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, "Ebb" and "Flow") 2011-2012 MIT Site - MoonKAM
Hayabusa 1 (Asteroid Itokawa, Sample Return) 2003-2010
Huygens (Titan Lander) 1995-2005
ISEE 1/2/3 (International Sun Earth Explorer; Sun/Earth Orbiter, L1/L3 Halo-Orbit) / ICE (International Cometary Explorer, Comet Flybys) 1977-2014
Kaguya (Selene, Moon Orbiter) 2007-2009
Koronas-Foton (Solar Observatory, Polar LEO) 2009-2010
LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, Orbiter) 2013-2014
LCROSS (Moon Impactor) 2009
Luna 1-24 (Moon Flyby/Orbiter/Lander/Sample Return) 1959-1976
Lunar Orbiter 1-5 (Moon Orbiter) 1966-67 - LOIRP
Lunar Prospector (Moon Orbiter) 1998-1999
Lunokhod 1/Lunokhod 2 (Moon Rovers) 970-1973
Magellan (Venus Orbiter) 1989-1994
Mariner 2/Mariner 5 (Venus Flyby) 1962/67
Mariner 4/6/7 (Mars Flyby) 1964-1969
Mariner 9 (Mars Orbiter) 1971-1972
Mariner 10 (Venus/Mercury Flybys) 1973-1975
Mars 2/Mars 3/Mars 5/Mars 6 (Mars Orbiter/Lander) 1971-1973
Mars Global Surveyor (Mars Orbiter) 1996-2007
Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner (Mars Lander/Rover) 1996-1997
MER-A (Mars Rover Spirit) 2003-2011 - Spirit Raw Images
Nozomi (Mars, in Solar Orbit) 1998-2003
NEAR Shoemaker (Asteroids Eros/Mathilde) 1996-2001
Phobos 1+2 (Mars/Phobos Orbiter) 1988-1989
Phobos Grunt/Yinghuo 1 2011 (Phobos Sample Return/Mars Orbiter) 2011
Phoenix (Mars Lander) 2007-2008
Pioneer 6-9 (Solar Orbiter) 1965-1997
Pioneer 10/11 (Jupiter/Saturn Flybys) 1972-2003
Pioneer Venus (Venus Orbiter/Descent) 1978-1992
Ranger 7-9 (Moon Impactors) 1964-1965
Sakigake (Comet Halley) 1985-1995
SMART-1 (Moon Orbiter) 2003-2006
Stardust-NEXT (Comets Wild 2/Tempel 1, Asteroid Annefrank) 1999-2011
Surveyor 1-7 (Moon Lander) 1966-1968
Susei (Comet Halley) 1985-1992
Ulysses (Solar Observatory, Polar Sun Orbit) 1990-2002 - ESA Science page - JPL site
Vega 1+2 (Comet Halley, Venus Lander/Balloon) 1984-1987
Venera 1-16 (Venus Probe/Orbiter/Lander) 1961-1983
Venus Express (Venus Orbiter) 2005-2014
Viking 1+2 (Mars Orbiter/Lander) 1975-1982
Zond 3-8 (Lunar Flyby/Circumlunar Return) 1965-1970
Chandrayaan 1 (Moon Orbiter/Impactor) 2008-2009
Chang'E 1 (Moon Orbiter) 2007-2009
Chang'E 2 (Moon/Sun-Earth L2/4179 Toutatis) 2010-2013
Clementine (Moon Orbiter) 1994 - LPI Site
Deep Impact (Comets Tempel 1 flyby/impact, Hartley 2 flyby) 2005-2013 - EPOXI
Deep Space 1 (Comet Borrelly) 1998-2001
Galileo (Jupiter, Asteroids Gaspra/Ida) 1989-2003
Genesis (Solar Wind Sample Return) 2001-2004
Giotto (Comets Halley/Grigg-Skjellerup) 1985-1992 - ESA Science page
GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, "Ebb" and "Flow") 2011-2012 MIT Site - MoonKAM
Hayabusa 1 (Asteroid Itokawa, Sample Return) 2003-2010
Huygens (Titan Lander) 1995-2005
ISEE 1/2/3 (International Sun Earth Explorer; Sun/Earth Orbiter, L1/L3 Halo-Orbit) / ICE (International Cometary Explorer, Comet Flybys) 1977-2014
Kaguya (Selene, Moon Orbiter) 2007-2009
Koronas-Foton (Solar Observatory, Polar LEO) 2009-2010
LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, Orbiter) 2013-2014
LCROSS (Moon Impactor) 2009
Luna 1-24 (Moon Flyby/Orbiter/Lander/Sample Return) 1959-1976
Lunar Orbiter 1-5 (Moon Orbiter) 1966-67 - LOIRP
Lunar Prospector (Moon Orbiter) 1998-1999
Lunokhod 1/Lunokhod 2 (Moon Rovers) 970-1973
Magellan (Venus Orbiter) 1989-1994
Mariner 2/Mariner 5 (Venus Flyby) 1962/67
Mariner 4/6/7 (Mars Flyby) 1964-1969
Mariner 9 (Mars Orbiter) 1971-1972
Mariner 10 (Venus/Mercury Flybys) 1973-1975
Mars 2/Mars 3/Mars 5/Mars 6 (Mars Orbiter/Lander) 1971-1973
Mars Global Surveyor (Mars Orbiter) 1996-2007
Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner (Mars Lander/Rover) 1996-1997
MER-A (Mars Rover Spirit) 2003-2011 - Spirit Raw Images
Nozomi (Mars, in Solar Orbit) 1998-2003
NEAR Shoemaker (Asteroids Eros/Mathilde) 1996-2001
Phobos 1+2 (Mars/Phobos Orbiter) 1988-1989
Phobos Grunt/Yinghuo 1 2011 (Phobos Sample Return/Mars Orbiter) 2011
Phoenix (Mars Lander) 2007-2008
Pioneer 6-9 (Solar Orbiter) 1965-1997
Pioneer 10/11 (Jupiter/Saturn Flybys) 1972-2003
Pioneer Venus (Venus Orbiter/Descent) 1978-1992
Ranger 7-9 (Moon Impactors) 1964-1965
Sakigake (Comet Halley) 1985-1995
SMART-1 (Moon Orbiter) 2003-2006
Stardust-NEXT (Comets Wild 2/Tempel 1, Asteroid Annefrank) 1999-2011
Surveyor 1-7 (Moon Lander) 1966-1968
Susei (Comet Halley) 1985-1992
Ulysses (Solar Observatory, Polar Sun Orbit) 1990-2002 - ESA Science page - JPL site
Vega 1+2 (Comet Halley, Venus Lander/Balloon) 1984-1987
Venera 1-16 (Venus Probe/Orbiter/Lander) 1961-1983
Venus Express (Venus Orbiter) 2005-2014
Viking 1+2 (Mars Orbiter/Lander) 1975-1982
Zond 3-8 (Lunar Flyby/Circumlunar Return) 1965-1970
More
Mission Status Updates - What's up in the solar system archive Planetary Society Blog
Old versions of the map
JPL Photojournal Images from all NASA missions
PDS NASA Planetary Data System - Imaging Node - Small Bodies Node
PSA ESA Planetary Science Archive
DARTS JAXA Data ARchives and Transmission System
IAU Minor Planet Center Solar System Simulator
HORIZONS Solar System Ephemeris
Basics of Space Flight
Active Interplanetary Probes At Any Given Time
Spaceflight Realtime Simulations
List of Solar System probes - List of Space Telescopes (Wikipedia)
ISECG (International Space Exploration Coordination Group)
RussianSpaceWeb
Earth Observation Portal
Space Agencies
NASA - JPL - APL - LPI - DSN (USA)
ESA - ASI (Italy) - CNES, Missions (France) - DLR (Germany) - INTA (Spain) - SNSB (Sweden) - UKSA (UK)
Roscosmos - NPO Lavochkin - IKI (Russia)
JAXA - Projects (Japan)
ISRO - ISDA Science Data Archive (India)
CNSA - CGWIC - CALT (China)
AEB (Brazil) - CSA (Canada) - CSIRO (Australia) - KARI (Korea) - NSAU (Ukraine)
Solar System Exploration History
NASA History Program Office - Exploring the Unknown
NSSDC Planetary Missions Chronology
Solar System Exploration Missions (NASA)
Zarya.info
Russian Spaceweb
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Weebau Space Encyclopedia
Old versions of the map
JPL Photojournal Images from all NASA missions
PDS NASA Planetary Data System - Imaging Node - Small Bodies Node
PSA ESA Planetary Science Archive
DARTS JAXA Data ARchives and Transmission System
IAU Minor Planet Center Solar System Simulator
HORIZONS Solar System Ephemeris
Basics of Space Flight
Active Interplanetary Probes At Any Given Time
Spaceflight Realtime Simulations
List of Solar System probes - List of Space Telescopes (Wikipedia)
ISECG (International Space Exploration Coordination Group)
RussianSpaceWeb
Earth Observation Portal
Space Agencies
NASA - JPL - APL - LPI - DSN (USA)
ESA - ASI (Italy) - CNES, Missions (France) - DLR (Germany) - INTA (Spain) - SNSB (Sweden) - UKSA (UK)
Roscosmos - NPO Lavochkin - IKI (Russia)
JAXA - Projects (Japan)
ISRO - ISDA Science Data Archive (India)
CNSA - CGWIC - CALT (China)
AEB (Brazil) - CSA (Canada) - CSIRO (Australia) - KARI (Korea) - NSAU (Ukraine)
Solar System Exploration History
NASA History Program Office - Exploring the Unknown
NSSDC Planetary Missions Chronology
Solar System Exploration Missions (NASA)
Zarya.info
Russian Spaceweb
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Weebau Space Encyclopedia
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