Refine results Hide detailed filters Vehicle typeAll All-sky near-infrared spectral survey observatory Astrometry observatory Atmospheric and solar observatory payload Atmospheric imaging experiment Autonomous kinetic-impact planetary-defense demonstrator Broad-band X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy observatory Cancelled Space Shuttle mission configuration Classified defense spacecraft Close-Sun imaging and in-situ observatory Cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and radiation observatory Comet impactor, flyby, and exoplanet observatory Cosmic microwave background observatory Crew-operated direct-view optical observation system Crewed orbital workshop and solar observatory Cryogenic all-sky infrared telescope and near-Earth-object surveyor Cryogenic infrared survey observatory Cryogenic instrument cooling upgrade Docking, control, and experiment module DOS-7 modular orbital-station base block Dual-frequency synthetic-aperture radar Earth observatory Earth atmospheric observatory Earth-observation and climate satellite Earth-observation satellite Exoplanet transit and asteroseismology observatory Expendable two-stage solid-propellant upper stage Experimental communications satellite Far-infrared space observatory Four-stage solid-propellant satellite launch vehicle Gamma-ray, X-ray, and optical space observatory Geospace and heliophysics spacecraft Geostationary tracking and data-relay satellite Global rain-and-snow radar and microwave observatory Heliophysics and geospace observatory Heliosphere-mapping and space-weather observatory High-energy astronomy observatory High-energy two-stage launch vehicle High-precision exoplanet transit observatory High-resolution X-ray and soft gamma-ray observatory High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and imaging observatory Hubble corrective-optics instrument Hubble imaging instrument Hubble imaging spectrograph Hubble infrared camera and spectrometer Hubble ultraviolet spectrograph Hubble ultraviolet-visible-infrared camera Hyperspectral ocean-color and atmospheric-polarimetry observatory Indian lunar launch mission configuration Indian orbital launch vehicle mission configuration Infrared space observatory International Space Station particle-physics observatory Ion-propelled dust observatory and high-speed asteroid flyby probe Laser-altimetry Earth observatory Lunar polar orbiter and impact probe Lunar polar orbiter with landing and rover attempt Medium orbital launch vehicle with upper stage Military communications satellite Missile-warning satellite Mission-specific Space Shuttle flight stack Multi-frequency synthetic-aperture radar Multi-instrument defense-research payload Multiwavelength space observatory Operational solar-wind and coronagraph observatory Orbital and interplanetary launch vehicle Orbital astronomy observatory Orbital launch vehicle Orbital launch vehicle and upper-stage configuration Orbital launch vehicle configuration Photon-counting laser-altimetry Earth observatory Precision astrometry space observatory Pressurized orbital physical-science laboratory Progress 7K-TG cargo spacecraft Purpose-built infrared planetary-defense survey telescope Radiation-hardened spacecraft computer upgrade Reusable free-flying atmospheric observatory Reusable free-flying experiment platform Reusable free-flying materials platform Reusable free-flying solar observatory Reusable free-flying ultraviolet observatory Reusable orbital astronomy observatory Reusable orbital ultraviolet observatory Robotic heliocentric solar-weather observatory attempt spacecraft Robotic heliocentric solar-weather observatory spacecraft Robotic lunar soft-landing and rover mission Robotic mars flyby attempt spacecraft Robotic mars flyby spacecraft Robotic venus flyby spacecraft Robotic venus gravity assist and mercury flybys spacecraft Robotic-arm technology demonstrator Soil-moisture and freeze-thaw Earth observatory Solar and heliophysics observatory Solar observatory Solar observatory and station attitude-control assembly Space Shuttle orbiter Space-telescope power system Space-weather and whole-Earth observatory Spaceborne atmospheric lidar Sun-Earth L1 solar and space-weather observatory Three-core heavy-lift launch vehicle Three-stage astronomy satellite launch vehicle Three-stage geostationary satellite launch vehicle Three-stage orbital launch vehicle Three-stage satellite launch-vehicle family Three-stage scientific satellite launch vehicle Two-stage expendable launch vehicle Two-stage orbital launch vehicle Ultraviolet exosphere observatory Ultraviolet imaging telescope Ultraviolet telescope Uncrewed geophysics and heliophysics observatory Uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt Uncrewed orbital astronomy observatory Visible and near-infrared cosmology observatory Visible and near-infrared exoplanet transit telescope Wide-field exoplanet transit and asteroseismology observatory Wide-field near-infrared space observatory Wide-swath water-surface altimetry observatory X-ray polarimetry observatory X-ray polarimetry space observatory X-ray telescope X-ray, ultraviolet, and visible-light space observatory DestinationAll 100-kilometer lunar polar orbit and south-polar impact site 404-mile (650-kilometer) sun-synchronous terminator orbit 464-mile (747-kilometer) sun-synchronous orbit with a twelve-day exact repeat 48-hour highly elliptical Earth orbit 570-kilometer circular low Earth orbit 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous dusk-dawn Earth orbit Apophis and asteroid 3200 Phaethon flybys Approximately 100-kilometer lunar polar orbit and south-polar landing region Approximately 575-kilometer circular low Earth orbit Approximately 700-kilometer polar Earth orbit Approximately 900-kilometer circular polar Earth orbit Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comets Tempel 1 and Hartley 2 plus remote exoplanet observations Dimorphos in the Didymos binary asteroid system Earth orbit Earth's Moon and cislunar space Elliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the Sun Geostationary orbit Halo orbit around Sun-Earth L1, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth Halo orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 Halo orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1, about one million miles from Earth Halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point Inclined low Earth orbit Internal computer accepted closest-approach time, off-nadir direction, altitude, and velocity for as many as three targets Late-year geometry emphasized the Antarctic ozone-hole aftermath and Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation Lissajous orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1, about one million miles from Earth Lissajous orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1, nearly one million miles upstream of Earth Low Earth equatorial orbit Low Earth orbit Low Earth orbit with 21-day repeat cycle Mars Mercury Near-polar low Earth orbit Orbit around Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 with a continuous view back toward Earth Salyut 6 Shiv Shakti Point in the Moon's south polar region Sun-Earth interplanetary space Sun-Earth L2 Sun-Earth L2 halo orbit Sun-Earth L2 halo orbit and final heliocentric disposal orbit Sun-Earth L2 quasi-halo orbit Sun-Earth L2 transfer Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit Sun-synchronous polar orbit about 420 miles (676 kilometers) above Earth Three-day highly elliptical Earth orbit Venus Venus and Mercury Company / operatorAll ArianeGroup Arianespace CNES with European partners Convair and Lockheed Douglas Aircraft Company European Space Agency European Space Agency and Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium European Space Agency and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center European Space Agency and Switzerland European Space Agency with NASA and international consortium contributions European Space Agency with NASA ground and science partnership European Space Agency with strong NASA participation European Space Agency with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Federal Republic of Germany with NASA and United Kingdom partners General Dynamics / Convair German Aerospace Center with NASA and the United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency with NASA, ESA, and Canadian participation JAXA / NASA / UKSA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ling-Temco-Vought for NASA Lockheed Martin McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas / Boeing NASA NASA / Ames Research Center NASA Ames Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory NASA and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory NASA Goddard and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and JAXA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Space Telescope Science Institute NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of California, Berkeley NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and University of California, Berkeley NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with French and Russian instrument partners NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with international investigators NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Johns Hopkins APL and Caltech NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with JPL, Caltech/IPAC, and Space Telescope Science Institute NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Massachusetts Institute of Technology NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California, San Diego NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with national investigator teams NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Pennsylvania State University and international partners NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Southwest Research Institute NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with the U.S. Department of Energy and international partners NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory investigators NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university science teams NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, European Space Agency, and United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and CNES with Canadian and United Kingdom contributions NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and IPAC at Caltech NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Planetary Defense Coordination Office NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spitzer Science Center NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Maryland NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with Caltech, BAE Systems, and international science partners NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Langley Research Center NASA Marshall Space Flight Center with the Italian Space Agency NASA Marshall Space Flight Center with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory NASA Space Network NASA with European Space Agency partnership NASA with Johns Hopkins University and international partners NASA with national and international investigator teams NASA with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and investigator teams NASA with the Federal Republic of Germany and United Kingdom NASA with University of California, Berkeley NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, and Space Telescope Science Institute NASA, Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes, and United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council NOAA with spacecraft and instrument development managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NOAA, NASA, and the United States Air Force Orbital Sciences Corporation Progress Rocket Space Centre and NPO Lavochkin Rockwell International Space Technology Laboratories and United States program partners SpaceX U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division with experiments sponsored by SDIO, Phillips Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Department of Energy, and Los Alamos United Kingdom with NASA and Federal Republic of Germany partners United Launch Alliance CountryAll Canada Europe International Japan Soviet Union / Russia United States Historical eraAll 1960s–1970s 1980s–1990s 2000s–2010s 2020s Before 1960 Unknown
