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{{Short description|none}} {{About||a list of active probes only|List of active Solar System probes|a list of landers only|List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Spaceflight sidebar}} This is a list of [[space probe]]s that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets. Flybys (such as [[Gravitational slingshot|gravity assists]]) that were incidental to the main purpose of the mission are also included. Excluded are lunar missions, which are listed separately at [[List of lunar probes]] and [[List of Apollo missions]]. Flybys of Earth are listed separately at [[List of Earth flybys]]. Planned and proposed missions are in the [[List of proposed Solar System probes]]. == Key == Colour key: {| |- |{{Color box|#EFE7B8;|border=darkgray}} – Mission or flyby '''completed successfully''' (or partially successfully) | |{{Color box|#F2F2F2;|border=darkgray}} – '''Failed''' mission |- |{{Color box|#CCFFD9;|border=darkgray}} – Mission '''en route or in progress''' (including mission extensions) | |<!--{{Color box|#FFFFFF;|border=darkgray}} – '''Planned''' mission--> | |} * <sup>†</sup> means "tentatively identified", as classified by NASA.<ref name=tentative>{{cite web|url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/tent_launch.html |title=Tentatively Identified Missions and Launch Failures |author=NSSDC |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=27 August 2016|author-link=NSSDC }}</ref> These are Cold War-era Soviet missions, mostly failures, about which few or no details have been officially released. The information given may be speculative. * '''Date''' is the date of: :* closest encounter (flybys) :* impact (impactors) :* orbital insertion to end of mission, whether planned or premature (orbiters) :* landing to end of mission, whether planned or premature (landers) :* launch (missions that never got underway due to failure at or soon after launch) : In cases which do not fit any of the above, the event to which the date refers is stated. As a result of this scheme missions are not always listed in order of launch. * Some of the terms used under '''Type''': :* Flyby: The probe flies by an astronomical body, but does not orbit it :* [[Orbiter]]: Part of a probe that orbits an astronomical body :* [[Lander (spacecraft)|Lander]]: Part of a probe that descend to the surface of an astronomical body :* [[Rover (space exploration)|Rover]]: Part of a probe that acts as a vehicle to move on the solid-surface of an astronomical body :* Penetrator: Part of a probe that impacts an astronomical body :* Atmospheric probe or balloon: Part of a probe that descend through or floats in the atmosphere of an astronomical body; not restricted to [[weather balloon]]s and other [[atmospheric sounder]]s, as it can also be used for surface and subsurface imaging and [[remote sensing]]. :* [[Sample return mission|Sample return]]: Parts of the probe return to Earth with physical samples * Under '''Status''', in the case of flybys (such as gravity assists) that are incidental to the main mission, "success" indicates the successful completion of the flyby, not necessarily that of the main mission. == Solar probes == {{main|Heliophysics|Sun#Solar space missions}} While the Sun is not physically explorable with current technology, the following [[Sun|solar]] observation probes have been designed and launched to operate in [[heliocentric orbit]] or at one of the Earth–Sun [[Lagrangian point]]s – additional solar observatories were placed in Earth orbit and are not included in this list: === 1960–1969 === {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br />[[File:No image.svg|24px]] [[United States Department of Defense|DOD]] | March–April 1960 | orbiter | success | measured magnetic field phenomena, solar flare particles, and ionization in the interplanetary region | [[File:Pioneer-5.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1960-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 6(A)]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 1965 – still contactable in 2000 | orbiter | success | rowspan="4" | network of solar-orbiting "space weather" monitors, observing solar wind, cosmic rays, and magnetic fields | rowspan="4" | [[File:Pioneer-6-9.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1965-105A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 7(B)]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | August 1966 – still contactable in 1995 | orbiter | success | {{COSPAR|1966-075A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 8(C)]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 1967 – still contactable in 2001 | orbiter | success | {{COSPAR|1967-123A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer 9(D)]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | November 1968 – May 1983 | orbiter | success | {{COSPAR|1968-100A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9|Pioneer-E]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 27 August 1969 | orbiter | failure | intended as part of the Pioneer {{nowrap|6–9}} network; failed to reach orbit | [[File:Pioneer-6-9.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|PIONE}} |} === 1974–1997 === {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Helios probes|Helios A]]'' | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[DFVLR]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | November 1974 – 1982 | orbiter | success | rowspan="2" | observations of solar wind, magnetic and electric fields, cosmic rays and cosmic dust between Earth and Sun | rowspan="2" | [[File:Helios spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1974-097A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Helios B]]'' | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[DFVLR]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | January 1976 – 1985? | orbiter | success | {{COSPAR|1976-003A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[ISEE-3]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1978–1982 | orbiter | success | observed solar phenomena in conjunction with earth-orbiting ISEE-1 and ISEE-2; later renamed ''International Cometary Explorer'' (''ICE'') and directed to Comet Giacobini-Zinner | [[File:ISEE3-ICE.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1976-003A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(first pass) | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1994 | rowspan="2" | orbiter | rowspan="2" | success | south polar observations | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 1995 | north polar observations |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[WIND (spacecraft)|WIND]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | November 1994 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/windnrt/ |title=WIND Near Real-Time Data |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=3 December 2017 |access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> | orbiter | success | solar wind measurements | [[File:Wind probe.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1994-071A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Solar and Heliospheric Observatory|SOHO]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | May 1996 – extended to December 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sci.esa.int/web/soho/-/47368-fact-sheet |title=soho FACT SHEET |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |date=3 November 2020 |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref> | orbiter | success | investigation of Sun's core, corona, and solar wind; comet discoveries | [[File:NASA SOHO spacecraft.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1995-065A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Advanced Composition Explorer|ACE]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | August 1997 – projected until 2024 <ref name = "ACE Home Page">{{cite web |url=http://www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/ace_mission.html |title=Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Mission Overview |publisher=[[California Institute of Technology]] |date=10 February 2017 |first1=Eric R. |last1=Christian |first2=Andrew J. |last2=Davis |access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> | orbiter | success | solar wind observations | [[File:Advanced Composition Explorer.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1997-045A}} |} === Since 2000 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(second pass) | rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2000 | rowspan="2" | orbiter | rowspan="2" | success | south polar observations | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 2001 | north polar observations |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2001–2004 | orbiter/<br />sample return | success | solar wind sample return; crash landed on return to Earth, much data salvaged | [[File:Genesis in collection mode.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2001-034A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[STEREO|STEREO A]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 2006 – <br/>still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web|title=STEREO|url=https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref name="stereo-status">{{cite web |url=http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/status.shtml |title=STEREO Status |publisher=[[NASA]] Stereo Science Center |date=22 August 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="stereo-where">{{cite web |url=http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/where.shtml |title=Positions of STEREO A and B for 26-Sep-2016 13:00 UT |publisher=[[NASA]] Stereo Science Center |date=26 September 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> | orbiter | success | stereoscopic imaging of coronal mass ejections and other solar phenomena | [[File:STEREO spacecraft.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-047A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[STEREO|STEREO B]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 2006 – October 2014. <br/> August 2016 – October 2018 <br/> (communication lost between 1 October 2014 and 21 August 2016) <br/> NASA directed that periodic recovery operations of Stereo-B cease with last support on October 17, 2018.<ref name="stereo-where" /><ref name="stereo20181023">{{cite web |url=https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/behind_status.shtml |title=STEREO-B Status Update |publisher=NASA/STEREO Science Center |editor-first=Therese A. |editor-last=Kucera |date=October 23, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> | orbiter | success | stereoscopic imaging of coronal mass ejections and other solar phenomena | [[File:STEREO spacecraft.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-047B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(third pass) | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2007 | rowspan="2" | orbiter | success | south polar observations | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 2008 | partial success | north polar observations; some data returned despite failing power and reduced transmission capacity |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Space Climate Observatory|DSCOVR]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NOAA]] | February 2015 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=DSCOVR: Deep Space Climate Observatory |url=https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/current-satellite-missions/currently-flying/dscovr-deep-space-climate-observatory |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |language=en}}</ref> | orbiter | success | solar wind and [[coronal mass ejection]] monitoring, as well as Earth climate monitoring | [[File:DSCOVR_rendering_(transparent_bg).png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2015-007A}} <ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nation-s-first-operational-satellite-in-deep-space-reaches-final-orbit NASA.gov]</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | | November 2018 – December 2025 | orbiter/flyby<br />(approach 26 times) | ''en route'' | close-range solar coronal study | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe">{{cite web |url=http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/SolarProbePlus_pre.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719144215/http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/SolarProbePlus_pre.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-07-19 |title=Solar Probe Plus |author=Science and Technology Definition Team |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=2008 |access-date=1 July 2008}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Solar Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | 10 February 2020 (launch) | orbiter | ''en route'' | solar and heliospheric physics | [[File:Solar Orbiter orbiting the Sun.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter">{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/solar-orbiter/ |title=Solar orbiter |access-date=17 March 2016 |publisher=[[European Space Agency]]}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | '' [[Aditya-L1]]'' | {{flagicon|IND}} [[ISRO]] | 2 September 2023 (launch) | orbiter | success | [[Solar corona]] observation | [[File:Aditya L1.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2023-132A}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=ADITYA-L1 |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=[[Indian Space Research Organisation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=C.S.|first=Hemanth|title=ISRO's Aditya-L1 successfully placed in a halo orbit around L1 point| url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isros-aditya-l1-successfully-placed-in-a-halo-orbit-around-l1-point/article67712914.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2024-01-06|access-date=2024-01-06|issn=0971-751X|language=en}}</ref> |} == Mercury probes == {{Main|Exploration of Mercury}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Mariner 10]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 29 March 1974 | rowspan="3" | flyby | rowspan="3" | success | minimum distance 704 km | rowspan="3" | [[File:Mariner 10.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="3" | {{COSPAR|1973-085A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | {{nowrap|21 September 1974}} | 48,069 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 16 March 1975 | 327 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="4" | ''[[MESSENGER]]'' | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | style="background:#EFE7B8" | 14 January 2008 | rowspan="3" style="background:#EFE7B8" | flyby | rowspan="3" style="background:#EFE7B8" | success | style="background:#EFE7B8" | minimum distance 200 km | rowspan="4" | [[File:Messenger.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="4" | {{COSPAR|2004-030A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | style="background:#EFE7B8" | 6 October 2008 | style="background:#EFE7B8" | minimum distance 200 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 29 September 2009 | minimum distance 228 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 18 March 2011 –<br/>30 April 2015 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit Mercury; unavoidable impact on the surface at end of mission |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" rowspan="6" | ''[[BepiColombo]]''<br />(Mercury Cruise System) | rowspan="6" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | style="background:#EFE7B8" | 1 October 2021 | style="background:#EFE7B8" rowspan="6" | flyby | style="background:#EFE7B8" rowspan="6" | success | style="background:#EFE7B8" | minimum distance 199 km | rowspan="8" | [[File:BepiColombo spacecraft model.png|50px]] | rowspan="8" | {{COSPAR|2018-080A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 23 June 2022 | minimum distance 200 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 19 June 2023 | minimum distance 236 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 4 September 2024 | minimum distance 165 km - closest planetary flyby ever performed<ref>{{cite web |title=BepiColombo's fourth Mercury flyby: the movie |url=https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/09/BepiColombo_s_fourth_Mercury_flyby_the_movie |website=ESA |access-date=2025-01-07}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 1 December 2024 | minimum distance 37,626 km |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 8 January 2025 | minimum distance 295 km |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | rowspan="2" | | ''[[Mercury Planetary Orbiter|Mercury<br />Planetary Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 21 November 2026 (orbital insertion) <br/> TBD 2027 (final MPO orbit) | orbiter | ''en route'' (attached to Mercury Cruise System) | |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[BepiColombo#Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter)|Mio<br />(Mercury<br />Magnetospheric Orbiter)]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 21 November 2026 (orbital insertion) | orbiter | ''en route'' (attached to Mercury Cruise System) | |} == Venus probes == {{Main|List of missions to Venus|Exploration of Venus}} Early programs encompassing multiple spacecraft include: * [[Venera program]] — USSR [[Venus]] orbiter and lander (1961–1984) * [[Pioneer Venus project]] — US [[Venus]] orbiter and entry probes (1978) * [[Vega program]] — USSR mission to [[Venus]] and [[Comet Halley]] (1984) === 1961–1969 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Tyazhely Sputnik ]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 4 February 1961 | lander | failure | failed to escape from Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1961-002A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 19 May 1961 –<br />20 May 1961 | flyby | failure | contact lost 7 days after launch; first spacecraft to fly by another planet | | {{COSPAR|1961-003A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 22 July 1962 | flyby | failure | guidance failure shortly after launch | | {{COSPAR|MARIN1}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 19]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 25 August 1962 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1962-040A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 20]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 1 September 1962 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1962-043A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 21]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 12 September 1962 | flyby | failure | third stage exploded | | {{COSPAR|1962-045A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 December 1962 | flyby | success | first successful Venus flyby; minimum distance 34,773 km | [[File:Mariner 2 in space.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1962-041A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 21]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 11 November 1963 | flyby | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1963-044A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964A]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 19 February 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964B]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1 March 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 27]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 27 March 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1964-014A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Zond 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1964 | flyby and possible lander | failure | contact lost en route | | {{COSPAR|1964-016D}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 96]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 23 November 1965 | lander | failure | did not depart low Earth orbit due to a launch failure | | {{COSPAR|1965-094A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1965A]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 26 November 1965 | flyby | failure | launch vehicle failure? | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 27 February 1966 | flyby | failure | ceased to operate en route | | {{COSPAR|1965-091A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 3]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1 March 1966 | lander | failure | contact lost before arrival; first spacecraft to impact on the surface of another planet | | {{COSPAR|1965-092A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 167]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 17 June 1967 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1967-063A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 4]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 18 October 1967 | atmospheric probe | success | continued to transmit to an altitude of 25 km | | {{COSPAR|1967-058A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 19 October 1967 | flyby | success | minimum distance 5,000 km | [[File:Mariner 5.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1967-060A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 16 May 1969 | atmospheric probe | success | transmitted atmospheric data for 53 minutes, to an altitude of about 26 km | | {{COSPAR|1969-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 6]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 17 May 1969 | atmospheric probe | success | transmitted atmospheric data for 51 minutes, to an altitude of perhaps 10–12 km | | {{COSPAR|1969-002A}} |} === 1970–1978 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 359|Cosmos 359]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 22 August 1970 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1970-065A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 7]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 15 December 1970 | lander | success | first successful landing on another planet; signals returned from surface for 23 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1970-060A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 482]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 31 March 1972 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1972-023A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 8]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 22 July 1972 | lander | success | signals returned from surface for 50 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1972-021A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 10]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 February 1974 | flyby | success | minimum distance 5768 km, en route to Mercury; first use of [[gravitational slingshot|gravity assist]] by an interplanetary spacecraft | [[File:Mariner 10.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1973-085A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 9]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1975 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit Venus; communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-050A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 22 October 1975 | lander | success | first images from the surface; operated on surface for 53 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1975-050D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 10]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1975 | orbiter | success | communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-054A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 23 October 1975 | lander | success | transmitted from surface for 65 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1975-054D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|4 December 1978 –}}<br/>1992 | orbiter | success | atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:Pioneer Venus orbiter.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1978-051A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Multiprobe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 9 December 1978 | | | | [[File:Pioneer Venus 2 inspection.jpg|50px]] | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="5" | | bus | | | probe transporter | success | deployed four atmospheric probes, then burnt up in Venusian atmosphere, continuing to transmit to 110 km altitude | | {{COSPAR|1978-078A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | large probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | | {{COSPAR|1978-078D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | north probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | rowspan="3" | | {{COSPAR|1978-078E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | day probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | survived impact and continued to transmit from surface for over an hour | {{COSPAR|1978-078G}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | night probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | {{COSPAR|1978-078F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 12]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | | | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | flight platform | rowspan="2" | | 21 December 1978 | flyby | success | minimum distance 34,000 km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | | {{COSPAR|1978-086A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | 21 December 1978 | lander | partial success | soft landing; transmissions returned for 110 minutes; failure of some instruments | | {{COSPAR|1978-086C}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 11]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | |identical to Venera 12 | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | flight platform | rowspan="2" | | {{nowrap|25 December 1978}} | flyby | success | minimum distance 34,000 km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | | {{COSPAR|1978-084A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | 25 December 1978 | lander | partial success | soft landing; transmissions returned for 95 minutes; failure of some instruments | | {{COSPAR|1978-084D}} |} === 1982–1999 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 13]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | | | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | bus | | 1 March 1982 | flyby | success | deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | rowspan=2 | [[File:1982_CPA_5278.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1981-106A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | | 1 March 1982 | lander | success | survived on surface for 127 minutes | {{COSPAR|1981-106D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 14]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | |identical to Venera 13 | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | bus | | 5 March 1982 | flyby | success | deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | rowspan=2 | [[File:1982_CPA_5278.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1981-110A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | | 5 March 1982 | lander | success | survived on surface for 57 minutes | {{COSPAR|1981-110D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 15]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 1983–1984 | orbiter | success | radar mapping | | {{COSPAR|1983-053A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 16]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 1983–1984 | orbiter | success | radar mapping; identical to Venera 15 | | {{COSPAR|1983-054A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Vega 1]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | rowspan="3" | 11 June 1985 | flyby | success | went on to fly by Halley's comet | rowspan=2 | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-125A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | lander | failure | instruments deployed prematurely | {{COSPAR|1984-125E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | atmospheric balloon | success | floated at an altitude of about 54 km and transmitted for around 46 hours | [[File:Russian_%22Vega%22_balloon_mission_to_Venus_on_display_at_the_Udvar-Hazy_museum.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-125F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Vega 2]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | rowspan="3" | 15 June 1985 | flyby | success | went on to fly by Halley's comet | rowspan=2 | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-128A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | lander | success | transmitted from surface for 56 minutes | {{COSPAR|1984-128E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | atmospheric balloon | success | floated at an altitude of about 54 km and transmitted for around 46 hours | [[File:Russian_%22Vega%22_balloon_mission_to_Venus_on_display_at_the_Udvar-Hazy_museum.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-128F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 February 1990 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 16,000 km | [[File:Galileo Preparations - GPN-2000-000672.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084B}}<ref name="galileo-legacy">{{cite web |url=http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/journey-cruise.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010419124617/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/journey-cruise.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2001 |title=Solar System Exploration: : Galileo Legacy Site |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Magellan probe|Magellan]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 August 1990 –<br/>12 October 1994 | orbiter | success | global radar mapping | [[File:Magellan at Kennedy Space Center.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-033B}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/magellan.html |title=Magellan Mission to Venus |author=NSSDC |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=NSSDC }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br /> {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | 26 April 1998 | rowspan="2" | flyby | rowspan="2" | success | rowspan="2" | gravity assist en route to Saturn | rowspan="2" | [[File:Cassini assembly.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1997-061A}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-061A|title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 24 June 1999 |} === Since 2006 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venus Express]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 11 April 2006 – 18 January 2015 | orbiter | success | atmospheric studies; planetary imaging; magnetic observations | [[File:Venus Express in orbit.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2005-045A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[MESSENGER]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 24 October 2006 | rowspan="2" | flyby | success | gravity assist only; minimum distance 2990 km | rowspan="2" | [[File:Messenger.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2004-030A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 6 June 2007 | success | minimum distance 300 km; en route to Mercury |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Akatsuki (probe)|Akatsuki]]<br>(PLANET-C)'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | style="background:#F2F2F2" | 6 December 2010 (Venus flyby) | style="background:#F2F2F2" | orbiter | style="background:#F2F2F2" | failure | rowspan="2" | failed orbital insertion in 2010; success in 2015<br/>science mission began May 2016, contact lost April 2024, end of mission declared May 2024 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Akatsuki-1.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2010-020D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 7 December 2015 (orbital insertion) – 29 May 2024 | orbiter | success |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[IKAROS]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 8 December 2010 | flyby<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/11ikaros/ |title=Breaking News {{pipe}} Japanese mission unleashes solar sail in deep space |publisher=Spaceflight Now |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> | success | [[solar sail]] technology development / interplanetary space exploration | [[File:IKAROS solar sail.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2010-020E}} <ref name="jaxa-ikaros">{{cite web|url=http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html |title=Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS"|JAXA Space Exploration Center |publisher=Jspec.jaxa.jp |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922170700/http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html |archive-date=22 September 2008 }}</ref> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Shin'en (spacecraft)|Shin'en]]<br>(UNITEC-1)'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[UNISEC]] | December 2010? | flyby<ref>[http://amateurradio.com.au/node/1166] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225224643/http://amateurradio.com.au/node/1166|date=25 February 2011}}</ref> | failure | contact lost shortly after launch | | {{COSPAR|2010-020F}} <ref name="unisec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html |title=UNITEC-1 |publisher=Unisec.jp |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="newscientist.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18982-first-studentbuilt-interplanetary-mission-goes-silent.html |title=First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent – space – 29 May 2010 |publisher=New Scientist |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 October 2018 | rowspan="3" | flyby | rowspan="3" | success | rowspan="3" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="3" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="3" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 26 December 2019 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 11 July 2020 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[BepiColombo]]''<br />(first pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 15 October 2020 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Mercury; minimum approach distance was about 10,720 km<ref name="esa-15102020">{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_flies_by_Venus_en_route_to_Mercury |title=BepiColombo flies by Venus en route to Mercury| |publisher=European Space Agency |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 }}</ref> | [[File:BepiColombo spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-080A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 27 December 2020 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 20 February 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="1" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 9 August 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[BepiColombo]]''<br />(second pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 10 August 2021 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Mercury, during which it may study Venus' atmosphere and solar environment | [[File:BepiColombo spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-080A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 16 October 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="1" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 4 September 2022 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 21 August 2023 | rowspan="2" | flyby | rowspan="2" | success | rowspan="2" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="2" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 6 November 2024 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 18 February 2025 | rowspan="1 | flyby | rowspan="1 | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter"/> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer|JUICE]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | August 2025 | flyby | ''en route'' | gravity assist en route to Jupiter | [[File:Juice_launch_kit_cover_close-up.png|50px]] | <ref name="EPSC2021-358">{{cite conference |last1=Witasse|first1=O.|last2=Altobelli|first2=N.|last3=Andres|first3=R.|last4=Atzei|first4=A.|last5=Boutonnet|first5=A.|last6=Budnik|first6=F.|last7=Dietz|first7=A.|last8=Erd|first8=C.|last9=Evill|first9=R. |last10=Lorente|first10=R.|last11=Munoz|first11=C.|last12=Pinzan|first12=G.|last13=Scharmberg|first13=C.|last14=Suarez|first14=A.|last15=Tanco|first15=I.|last16=Torelli|first16=F.|last17=Torn|first17=B. |last18=Vallat|first18=C.|author19=JUICE Science Working Team|url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2021/EPSC2021-358.html|title=JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer): Plans for the cruise phase |conference=Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2021|date=July 2021|access-date=28 August 2021|doi=10.5194/epsc2021-358 |doi-access=free |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | December 2026 | flyby | ''en route'' | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit | | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter"/> |} == Earth flybys == :''See [[List of Earth flybys]]'' In addition, several planetary probes have sent back observations of the Earth-Moon system shortly after launch, most notably ''[[Mariner 10]]'', Pioneers [[Pioneer 10|10]] and [[Pioneer 11|11]] and both Voyager probes (''[[Voyager 1]]'' and ''[[Voyager 2]]''). == Lunar probes == :''See [[List of lunar probes]]'' == Mars probes == {{Main|Exploration of Mars|List of missions to Mars}} Major early programs encompassing multiple probes include: * [[Zond program]] — failed USSR flyby probe * [[Mars probe program]] — USSR orbiters and landers * [[Viking program]] — two [[NASA]] orbiters and landers (1974) * [[Phobos program]] — failed USSR orbiters and [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] landers === 1960–1969 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1M No.1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 10 October 1960 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|MARSNK1}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1M No.2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 14 October 1960 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|MARSNK2}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1962A]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 24 October 1962 | flyby | failure | exploded in or en route to Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1962-057A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1962B]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 11 November 1962 (launch) | lander | failure | broke up during transfer to Mars trajectory | | {{COSPAR|1962-062A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 19 June 1963 | flyby | failure | contact lost en route; flew within approximately 193,000 km of Mars | | {{COSPAR|1962-061A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 3]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 November 1964 | flyby | failure | protective shield failed to eject, preventing craft from attaining correct trajectory | [[File:Mariner 3 and 4.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1964-073A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 4]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 15 July 1965 | flyby | success | first close-up images of Mars | [[File:Mariner 3 and 4.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1964-077A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Zond 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 6 August 1965 | flyby | failure | contact lost en route; flew within 1,500 km of Mars | | {{COSPAR|1964-078C}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 6 and 7|Mariner 6]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 31 July 1969 | flyby | success | | [[File:Mariner 6and7.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1969-014A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 6 and 7|Mariner 7]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 August 1969 | flyby | success | | [[File:Mariner 6and7.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1969-030A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1969A]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 March 1969 (launch) | orbiter | failure | launch failure | | {{COSPAR|MARS69A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 1969B]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 2 April 1969 (launch) | orbiter | failure | launch failure | | {{COSPAR|MARS69B}} |} === 1971–1976 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 8]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 9 May 1971 (launch) | orbiter | failure | launch vehicle failure | [[File:Mariner09.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|MARINH}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 419]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 10 May 1971 (launch) | orbiter | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1971-042A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 9]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 November 1971 –<br />27 October 1972 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit another planet | [[File:Mariner09.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1971-051A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 November 1971 –<br />22 August 1972 | orbiter | success | first Soviet spacecraft to orbit another planet | [[File:FP2A3620 (23497688248) (cropped).jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1971-045A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Mars 2|Mars 2 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 November 1971 | lander | failure | crashed; first manmade object to reach surface of Mars | | {{COSPAR|1971-045D}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[PrOP-M]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 November 1971 | rover | failure | never activated | [[File:PrOP-M.jpg|50px]] | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 3]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 2 December 1971 –<br />22 August 1972 | orbiter | partial success | attained a different orbit than intended due to insufficient fuel | [[File:FP2A3620 (23497688248) (cropped).jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1971-049A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Mars 3|Mars 3 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 2 December 1971 | lander | partial success | first soft landing on Mars; contact lost 110 sec<!--90 sec timer + 20 sec of TV transmission--> after soft landing, first picture from surface | | {{COSPAR|1971-049F}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[PrOP-M]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 2 December 1971 | rover | failure | never activated | [[File:PrOP-M.jpg|50px]] | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 4]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 10 February 1974 | orbiter | failure | orbit insertion failed, became flyby | | {{COSPAR|1973-047A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 12 February 1974 –<br />28 February 1974 | orbiter | success | | | {{COSPAR|1973-049A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 6]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 12 March 1974 | flyby | success | | | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1973-052A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Mars 6|Mars 6 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 12 March 1974 | lander | failure | contact lost 148 sec after parachute deployment (returned 224 seconds of atmospheric data) | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 7]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 9 March 1974 | flyby | success | | | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1973-053A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Mars 7|Mars 7 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 9 March 1974 | lander | failure | missed Mars | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Viking 1|Viking 1 Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 19 June 1976 –<br />17 August 1980 | orbiter | success | | | {{COSPAR|1975-075A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Viking 1|Viking 1 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 20 July 1976 –<br />13 November 1982 | lander | success | | [[File:NASM-A19790215000-NASM2016-02690.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-075C}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Viking 2|Viking 2 Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 7 August 1976 –<br />25 July 1978 | orbiter | success | | | {{COSPAR|1975-083A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Viking 2|Viking 2 Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|3 September 1976 –}}<br />11 April 1980 | lander | success | | [[File:NASM-A19790215000-NASM2016-02690.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-083C}} |} === 1988–1999 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Phobos 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 7 July 1988 (launch) | orbiter | failure | contact lost en route to Mars | [[File:Phobos Marte.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1988-058A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Phobos 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 29 January 1989 –<br />27 March 1989 | orbiter | partial success | Mars orbit acquired, but contact lost shortly before Phobos approach phase and deployment of Phobos landers | [[File:Phobos Marte.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1988-059A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Observer]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 September 1992 (launch) | orbiter | failure | contact lost shortly before Mars orbit insertion | | {{COSPAR|1992-063A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" rowspan="5" | ''[[Mars 96]]'' | rowspan="5" | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]] | rowspan="5" | 16 November 1996 (launch) | orbiter | rowspan="5" | failure | rowspan="5" | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1996-064A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | lander | rowspan="2" | [[File:Mars96 surface station.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|MARS96B}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | lander | {{COSPAR|MARS96C}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | penetrator | rowspan="2" | [[File:Mars96 penetrator.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|MARS96D}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | penetrator | {{COSPAR|MARS96E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Pathfinder]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 4 July 1997 –<br />27 September 1997 | lander | success | | | {{COSPAR|1996-068A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 6 July 1997 –<br />27 September 1997 | rover | success | first Mars rover | [[File:Sojourner on Mars PIA01122.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|MESURPR}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Global Surveyor]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|12 September 1997 –}}<br />2 November 2006 | orbiter | success | | [[File:Mars global surveyor.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1996-062A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Climate Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 23 September 1999 | orbiter | failure | Mars orbit insertion failed due to navigation error. Part of [[Mars Surveyor '98]]. | [[File:Mars Climate Orbiter during tests.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1998-073A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Polar Lander]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 3 December 1999 | lander | rowspan="3" | failure | rowspan="3" | Contact lost just prior to entering Martian atmosphere. Part of [[Mars Surveyor '98]]. | [[File:Mars polar lander.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1999-001A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Deep Space 2]]'' "Amundsen" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 3 December 1999 | penetrator | rowspan="2" | [[File:DS-2 Components.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|DEEPSP2}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''Deep Space 2'' "Scott" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 3 December 1999 | penetrator |} === 2001–2009 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[2001 Mars Odyssey]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 24 October 2001 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mars Odyssey - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/odyssey/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=science.nasa.gov |date=4 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> | orbiter | success | studying climate and geology; communications relay for Spirit and Opportunity rovers <br/> longest surviving spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth | [[File:Mars-odyssey-sm.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2001-013A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Nozomi (probe)|Nozomi]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 14 December 2003 | orbiter | failure | failed to attain Mars orbit, became flyby | | {{COSPAR|1998-041A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Express]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 25 December 2003 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mars Express |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref> | orbiter | success | surface imaging and mapping; first European probe in Martian orbit | [[File:Mars-express-volcanoes-sm.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2003-022A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Beagle 2]]'' | {{flagicon|UK}} [[British space programme|UK]] | 25 December 2003 | lander | failure | Deployed by the ''Mars Express''; lost for 11 years and imaged by NASA's [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter|MRO]] in 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=mars beagle lander found|date=16 January 2015 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/16/world/mars-beagle-lander-found/|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> | [[File:Beagle 2 replica.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2003-022C}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | [[Mars Exploration Rover]]-A "''[[Spirit rover|Spirit]]''" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 4 January 2004 – 22 March 2010 | rover | success | became stuck in May 2009; then operating as a static science station until contact lost in March 2010 | [[File:NASA Mars Rover.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2003-027A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | [[Mars Exploration Rover]]-B "''[[Opportunity rover|Opportunity]]''" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 January 2004 – 10 June 2018 | rover | success | lost contact 10 June 2018 due to 2018 global dust storm. NASA concluded mission on 13 February 2019 after failed communication attempts since August 2018. | [[File:NASA Mars Rover.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2003-032A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 March 2006 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=science.nasa.gov |date=5 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> | orbiter | success | surface imaging and surveying | [[File:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2005-029A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 25 February 2007 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to asteroid and comet encounters | [[File:Rosetta.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2004-006A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 May 2008 –<br />10 November 2008 | lander | success | collection of soil samples near the northern pole to search for water and investigate Mars' geological history and biological potential | [[File:Phoenix Lander small.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2007-034A}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html |title=NASA – Phoenix |publisher=Nasa.gov |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Dawn Mission|Dawn]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 17 February 2009 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Vesta and Ceres | [[File:Dawn Flight Configuration 2.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2007-043A}} |} === 2011–2018 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Fobos-Grunt]]'' | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]] | rowspan="2" | 8 November 2011 (launch) | orbiter and Phobos sample return | rowspan="2" |failure | rowspan="2" |failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|2011-065A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[Yinghuo-1]]'' | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China National Space Administration|CNSA]] | orbiter | | {{COSPAR|YINGHUO-1}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars Science Laboratory|Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 6 August 2012 – | rover | success | investigation of past and present habitability, climate and geology | [[File:MSL concept February 2007 - PIA09201.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2011-070A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ |title=Mars Science Laboratory |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mangalyaan]]'' / ''[[Mars Orbiter Mission]]'' | {{flagicon|IND}} [[ISRO]] | 24 September 2014 – 27 September 2022 | orbiter | success | first Indian spacecraft to orbit another planet, studying Martian atmosphere; mineralogical mapping. | [[File:Mars Orbiter Mission - India - ArtistsConcept.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2013-060A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isro.org/mars/home.aspx |title=ISRO: Mars Orbiter Mission |access-date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120035430/http://www.isro.org/mars/home.aspx |archive-date=20 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isro.gov.in |title = ISRO - Government of India}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[MAVEN]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 September 2014 – | orbiter | success | studying Martian atmosphere | [[File:Maven spacecraft full.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2013-063A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-323 |title=Thumbs Up Given for 2013 NASA Mars Orbiter – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter]]'' ([[ExoMars Programme|ExoMars 2016]]) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br /> {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]] | 19 October 2016 – | orbiter | success | atmospheric gas analysis; communication relay for surface probes | [[File:ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2016-017A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=46124 |title=Robotic Exploration of Mars: ExoMars Orbiter and EDM Mission (2016) |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223033019/http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=46124 |archive-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | [[Schiaparelli EDM lander]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 19 October 2016 | lander | failure | landing test, meteorological observation, crashed upon landing<ref>{{cite news |last=Amos |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37715202 |title=Schiaparelli Mars probe's parachute 'jettisoned too early' |work=BBC News |location=Germany |date=21 October 2016 |access-date=21 October 2016 }}</ref> | [[File:Maquette EDM salon du Bourget 2013 DSC 0192.JPG|50px]] |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[InSight]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 26 November 2018 – 21 December 2022 | lander | success |studied the deep interior of Mars, with a seismometer and a heat-flow probe.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7290 |title=NASA InSight Team on Course for Mars Touchdown |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]]|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> | [[File:Artist's Concept of the InSight Lander.jpg|50px]] |{{COSPAR|2018-042A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/newsdisplay.cfm?Subsite_News_ID=31164&SiteID=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124172155/http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/newsdisplay.cfm?Subsite_News_ID=31164&SiteID=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=New NASA Mission to take First Look Deep Inside Mars |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=20 August 2012 |access-date=6 December 2012|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Mars Cube One|MarCO]] A'' "WALL-E" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 26 November 2018 | flyby | success | rowspan="2" | relaying data from InSight during its entry, descent, and landing | rowspan="2" | [[File:PIA19388-Mars-InSight-MarCO-CubeSats-20150612.jpg|left|50px]] |{{COSPAR|2018-042B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Mars Cube One|MarCO]] B'' "EVE" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 26 November 2018 | flyby | success |{{COSPAR|2018-042C}} |} === Since 2020 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Emirates Mars Mission]]'' | {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre|MBRSC]] | 9 February 2021 – | orbiter | in orbit | conduct studies of Martian atmosphere | | {{COSPAR|2020-047A}} <ref name=UAE>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/05/08/uae-details-ambitious-plan-for-martian-weather-satellite/|title=UAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satellite|last=Clark|first=Stephen|date=8 May 2015|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-1]] orbiter'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 10 February 2021 - | orbiter | in orbit | orbital studies of Martian surface morphology, soil, and atmosphere | rowspan="6"| | rowspan="6" | {{COSPAR|2020-049A}} <ref name="bbc15052021">{{cite news|title=China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57122914/|website=bbc.com|date=14 May 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Beijing eyes 'robotic and human settlement' on Mars with ambitious 2020 mission |newspaper= The Telegraph|date= 21 September 2017|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/21/plans-2020-chinese-mars-probe-explore-possibility-human-settlement/|last1= Connor|first1= Neil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=China's Mars mission named Tianwen-1, appears on track for July launch|date=24 April 2020|url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-mars-mission-named-tianwen-1-appears-on-track-for-july-launch/}}</ref><ref name="AJ23July2020">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=Tianwen-1 launches for Mars, marking dawn of Chinese interplanetary exploration |url=https://spacenews.com/tianwen-1-launches-for-mars-marking-dawn-of-chinese-interplanetary-exploration/ |access-date=23 July 2020 |work=spacenews.com |date=23 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Send blessings to the sky, and the full moon welcomes the birthday——Tianwen No.1 blessed the 71st birthday of the motherland with a "selfie flag"|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3OTA2ODgxMQ==&mid=2649795427&idx=1&sn=7ef1ec1c2beb3e5a383e0f509cdf34d8}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Tianwen-1]] Deployable Camera 1'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | ~10 February 2021 | flyby (post mission) | success | imaged [[Tianwen-1]] in deep space |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Tianwen-1]] Deployable Camera 2'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 10 February 2021 (released on 31 December 2021) | orbiter | success | imaged [[Tianwen-1]] orbiter and Northern Mars Ice Caps from Mars orbit. |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Tianwen-1]] lander'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 14 May 2021 | lander | success | Reaches end of designed lifespan after successful soft landing. |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Zhurong (rover)|Zhurong]]'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 22 May 2021 - 5 May 2022 | rover | success |in-situ studies of Martian surface morphology, soil, and atmosphere |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Tianwen-1]] Remote Camera'' | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 1 June 2021 | lander | success | imaged [[Tianwen-1]] lander and [[Zhurong (rover)|Zhurong]] rover on Mars |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mars 2020|Mars 2020 Perseverance]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 18 February 2021 - | rover |landed | investigate past and present habitability, climate, and geology; produce [[Oxygen|O<sub>2</sub>]] from [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]]; collect samples for [[Mars Sample Return Mission]] | [[File:PIA23764-MarsPerseveranceRover-ArtistConcept-20200305.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2020-052A}} <ref name="NYT-20200305">{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Kenneth|title=NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets New, Official Name: Perseverance |newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 March 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/science/mars-2020-rover-name.html}}</ref> |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | | [[Mars Helicopter Ingenuity]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 3 April 2021 - 25 January 2024 | [[autonomous robot|autonomous]] [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]] [[helicopter]] | success | experimental scout for the Perseverance rover. Took 1st flight successfully from takeoff to landing. | [[File:MarsRoverHelicopter-20150122.png|50px]] |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Europa Clipper]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1 March | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Jupiter | [[File:Europa_Mission_Spacecraft_-_Artist%27s_Rendering.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|EUROPA-CL}}<ref name="Mission to Europa">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/europa |title=Mission to Europa |date=27 April 2015 |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Hera (spacecraft)|Hera]]'' | {{flagicon|EU}} [[ESA]] | 7 October 2024 (launch)<br>March 2025 (flyby) | flyby | enroute | gravity assist en route to Didymos | [[File:Hera in orbit.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|HERA}}<ref name="Heracommunity">{{cite web |url=https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/hera-community-workshop |title=HERA COMMUNITY WORKSHOP |publisher=[[ESA]] |access-date=15 May 2020 }}</ref><ref name="nsf201901">{{cite news|last=Bergin|first=Chris|date=January 7, 2019|title=Hera adds objectives to planetary defense test mission |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/01/hera-objectives-planetary-defense-mission/|newspaper=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]]|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Psyche (spacecraft)|Psyche]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 13 October 2023 (launch)<br>May 2026 (flyby) | flyby | enroute | gravity assist en route to Psyche | [[File:PSYCHE.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2023-157A}}<ref name="Discovery 2017">{{cite news |last=Northon |first=Karen |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-two-missions-to-explore-the-early-solar-system |title=NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar System |work=NASA |date=4 January 2017 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> |} === Phobos probes === {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Phobos 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 7 July 1988 (launch) | flyby | failure | contact lost en route to Mars | [[File:Phobos Marte.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1988-058A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''DAS'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 2 September 1988 | fixed lander | failure | never deployed | | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Phobos 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 March 1989 (contact lost) | flyby | failure | attained Mars orbit; contact lost prior to deployment of lander | [[File:Phobos Marte.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1988-059A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''DAS'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 March 1989 | fixed lander | failure | never deployed | | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | "Frog" | {{flagicon|USSR}} USSR | 27 March 1989 | mobile lander | failure | never deployed | | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Fobos-Grunt]]'' | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]] | 8 November 2011 (launch) | sample return | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit; launched with Yinghuo-1 Mars orbiter | | {{COSPAR|2011-065A}} <!--|- | colspan="2" | ''[[Martian Moons Exploration|MMX]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[JAXA]] | 2026 (launch) <br/> 2027 (arrival) | sample return | planned | return sample in 2031 | | rowspan="2" | <ref name="Japan Times MMX">{{cite news |date=10 June 2015 |title=JAXA plans probe to bring back samples from moons of Mars |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/10/national/science-health/jaxa-plans-probe-bring-back-samples-martian-moons/ |newspaper=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="MMXroverJAXAPR">{{cite press release |last1=Yamakawa |first1=Hiroshi |last2=Le Gall |first2=Jean-Yves |last3=Ehrenfreund |first3=Pascale |last4=Dittus |first4=Hansjörg |date=3 October 2018 |title=Joint Statement with Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and German Aerospace Center (DLR) regarding Martian Moons eXploration |url=http://global.jaxa.jp/press/2018/10/files/Joint_Statement_MMX.pdf |publisher=[[JAXA]] |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="SN11Jan2024">{{cite web|last=Faust |first=Jeff |date=11 January 2024 |title=Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 |url=https://spacenews.com/japanese-mars-mission-launch-delayed-to-2026/ |publisher=spacenews.com |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> |- | | [[Martian Moons Exploration|MMX]] rover | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[CNES]]/<br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] | 2027 | rover | planned | |--> |} == Ceres probes == {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 6 March 2015 – 1 November 2018 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit two different celestial bodies; previously visited [[4 Vesta|Vesta]] | [[File:Dawn Flight Configuration 2.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2007-043A}} |} == Asteroid probes == {{clear}} {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="text-align:left" | Target ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left" | Organization ! style="text-align:left" | Date ! style="text-align:left" | Type ! style="text-align:left" | Status ! style="text-align:left" | Notes ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Image ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[951 Gaspra]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 29 October 1991 | flyby | success | en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 1900 km | [[File:Galileo Preparations - GPN-2000-000672.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084B}}<ref name="galileo-legacy"/> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[243 Ida]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 28 August 1993 | flyby | success | en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 2400 km; discovery of the first [[binary asteroid|asteroid satellite]] [[Dactyl (moon)|Dactyl]] | [[File:Galileo Preparations - GPN-2000-000672.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084B}}<ref name="galileo-legacy"/> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[1620 Geographos]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Clementine mission|Clementine]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ballistic Missile Defense Organization|BMDO]]/<br />[[File:No image.svg|22px]] [[NASA]] | 1994 | flyby | failure | flyby cancelled due to equipment malfunction | [[File:Clementine Deployed.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1994-004A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[253 Mathilde]] | colspan="2" | ''[[NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR<br />Shoemaker]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 27 June 1997 | flyby | success | flew within 1200 km of [[253 Mathilde]] en route to [[433 Eros]] | [[File:NEARCraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1996-008A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[433 Eros]] | colspan="2" | ''[[NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR<br />Shoemaker]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | January 1999 | orbiter | failure | became flyby due to software and communications problems (later attempt at orbit insertion succeeded; see below) | [[File:NEARCraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1996-008A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[9969 Braille]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Space 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 29 July 1999 | flyby | partial success | no close-up images due to camera pointing error; went on to visit comet [[19P/Borrelly]] | [[File:Deep Space 1 using its ion engine.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1998-061A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[2685 Masursky]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br />{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | 23 January 2000 | distant flyby | success | en route to Saturn | [[File:Cassini assembly.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1997-061A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[433 Eros]] | colspan="2" | ''[[NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR<br />Shoemaker]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|February 2000 –}}<br />February 2001 | orbiter, became lander | success | improvised landing by orbiter at end of mission | [[File:NEARCraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1996-008A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[5535 Annefrank]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2 November 2002 | distant flyby | success | went on to visit comet [[81P/Wild]] | [[File:Stardust - Concepcao artistica.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1999-003A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | [[25143 Itokawa]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Hayabusa]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 2005–07 | sample return | success | 2005: landed and collected dust grains.<br/>2010: sample returned. | [[File:Hayabusa(Muses-C) sampling.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2003-019A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[MINERVA (spacecraft)|MINERVA]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | {{nowrap|12 November 2005}} | hopper | failure | missed target | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[132524 APL]] | colspan="2" | ''[[New Horizons]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | June 2006 | distant flyby | success | flew past Pluto successfully | | {{COSPAR|2006-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[2867 Šteins]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 5 September 2008 | flyby | success | en route to comet [[67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko]] | [[File:Rosetta.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2004-006A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[21 Lutetia]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 11 July 2010 | flyby | success | en route to comet [[67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko]] | [[File:Rosetta.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2004-006A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[4 Vesta]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Dawn Mission|Dawn]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 16 July 2011 – 5 September 2012 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit two different celestial bodies; now orbiting [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]] | [[File:Dawn Flight Configuration 2.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2007-043A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[4179 Toutatis]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Chang'e 2]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 13 December 2012 | flyby | success | came within 3.2 km (2.0 mi) to [[4179 Toutatis|Toutatis]] | | {{COSPAR|2010-050A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[(185851) 2000 DP107|2000 DP107]] | colspan="2" | ''[[PROCYON]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[University of Tokyo]] / [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 12 May 2016<ref name="PROCYON">{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/procyon.htm |title=PROCYON |publisher=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> | flyby | failure | launched with [[Hayabusa2]] in 2014; mission abandoned after ion thruster failure<ref name="Lakdawalla">{{cite web |url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/05081421-procyon-failure.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.jp/ |title=Due to ion engine failure, PROCYON will not fly by an asteroid |last=Lakdawalla |first=Emily |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> | | {{COSPAR|2014-076D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="7" | [[162173 Ryugu]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Hayabusa2]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 27 June 2018 – 13 November 2019 | sample return | success | asteroid rendezvous in June 2018, sample capture in 2019; returned sample to Earth on 5 December 2020 | | rowspan="7" | {{COSPAR|2014-076A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[MINERVA-II|Minerva II-1A]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 21 September 2018 | hopper | success | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[MINERVA-II|Minerva II-1B]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 21 September 2018 | hopper | success | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Hayabusa2#Science payload|MASCOT]]'' | {{flagicon|GER}} [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]]/<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[CNES]] | 3 October 2018 | mobile lander | success | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Hayabusa2#Science payload|SCI]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 5 April 2019 | impactor | success | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Hayabusa2#Science payload|DCAM-3]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 5 April 2019 | orbiter | success | observing SCI's impact, and the ejecta created by the impact | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | | ''[[MINERVA-II|Minerva II-2]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 2 October 2019 | hopper | failure | Rover failed before deployment, it was deployed in orbit around the asteroid to perform gravitational measurements before it impacted on 8 October 2019. | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[101955 Bennu]] | colspan="2" | ''[[OSIRIS-REx]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | August 2018 | sample return | success | orbital insertion in 2018, sample capture in 2020, a flyby in 2021, return to Earth in 2023 | [[File:OSIRIS-REx spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2016-055A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[(163249) 2002 GT|2002 GT]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | January 2020<ref name="2002GT">[http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1112/17deepimpact/ Deep Impact sets path for asteroid encounter in 2020] – spaceflightnow.com – Stephen Clark – 17 December 2011</ref> | flyby | failure | contact lost; previously visited comet [[103P/Hartley]] | [[File:Deep Impact.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2005-001A}} |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | [[65803 Didymos]] | colspan="2" | [[Double Asteroid Redirection Test|DART]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 26 September 2022 | flyby/impactor | success | kinetic impactor of Dimorphos to test planetary defense | [[File:51619406234 b05ef2464f o Dart Spacecraft Launch Configuration.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2021-110A}}<ref name="DARTblog1">{{cite web |url=http://dart.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/blog.php?id=20180927 |title=Asteroids have been hitting the Earth for billions of years. In 2022, we hit back. |last=Rivkin |first=Andy |publisher=[[Applied Physics Laboratory]] |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031133108/http://dart.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/blog.php?id=20180927 |archive-date=31 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | | [[LICIACube]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | 26 September 2022 | flyby | success | observe DART's impact |[[File:LICIACube CubeSat a companion satellite of Dart Spacecraft.jpg|50px]] |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | 2020 GE (tentative) | colspan="2" | ''[[Near-Earth Asteroid Scout]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 16 November 2022 (launch) | flyby | failure | Small spacecraft asteroid flyby technology demonstration. Communication failure | [[File:Near Earth Asteroid Scout.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|NEA-SCOUT}}<ref name='NEA-Scout'>{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nea-scout.htm |title=NEA-Scout |last=Krebs |first=Gunter Dirk |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 May 2015 }}</ref> |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[152830 Dinkinesh]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1 November 2023 | flyby | success | main-belt asteroid flyby en route to [[Jupiter Trojan]]s; minimum distance 425 km; discovered a natural satellite of the asteroid | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}}<ref name="Discovery 2017"/> |-style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[52246 Donaldjohanson]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 20 April 2025 | flyby | success | main-belt asteroid flyby en route to [[Jupiter Trojan]]s | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}}<ref name="Discovery 2017"/> |-style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[2022 OB5]] | colspan="2" | ''[[AstroForge#Odin (Brokkr-2)|Brokkr-2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[AstroForge]] | 27 February 2025 (launch)<br>December 2025 (flyby) | flyby | failure | near-Earth asteroid flyby and determine if the asteroid is metallic as a test for [[space mining]]. Mission failed due to communication and tumbling issues.<ref name="sn-20230130">{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/asteroid-mining-startup-astroforge-to-launch-first-missions-this-year-2/ |title=Asteroid mining startup AstroForge to launch first missions this year |date=30 January 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=SpaceNews.com}}</ref> | | {{COSPAR|2025-038A}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[469219 Kamo{{okina}}oalewa]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-2]]'' (ZhengHe) | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 29 May 2025 (launch) <br/> 7 June 2026 (orbit) | sample return | planned | orbit then return sample from an [[Apollo asteroid|Apollo]] [[Near-Earth asteroids|NEA]] | |<ref name="AJ10August2021">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China Plans Near-Earth Asteroid Smash-and-Grab |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-plans-near-earth-asteroid-smash-and-grab |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=[[IEEE]] |date=10 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="AJ23July2020">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=Tianwen-1 launches for Mars, marking dawn of Chinese interplanetary exploration |url=https://spacenews.com/tianwen-1-launches-for-mars-marking-dawn-of-chinese-interplanetary-exploration/ |access-date=23 July 2020 |work=spacenews.com |date=23 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="lpsc2019">{{cite conference |last1=Zhang |first1=Xiaojing |last2=Huang |first2=Jiangchuan |last3=Wang |first3=Tong |last4=Huo |first4=Zhuoxi |url=https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/1045.pdf |title=ZhengHe – A Mission to a Near-Earth Asteroid and a Main Belt Comet |conference=50th [[Lunar and Planetary Science Conference]] |date=18–22 March 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[98943 Torifune]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Hayabusa2]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[JAXA]] | 2026 | flyby | en route | | | {{COSPAR|2014-076A}}<ref name="Hayabusa2extension">{{cite web |url=http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/enjoy/material/press/Hayabusa2_Press_20200915_ver9_en2.pdf|title=Asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2, reporter briefing|publisher=[[JAXA]]|date=15 September 2020|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref> |- |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[3548 Eurybates]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | August 2027 | flyby | en route |First flyby of a [[Jupiter trojan]] | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[15094 Polymele]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | September 2027 | flyby | en route | | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | rowspan="3" | [[65803 Didymos]] | colspan="2" | [[Hera (space mission)|Hera]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | 2027 | orbiter | en route | studying effects of [[Double Asteroid Redirection Test|DART]]'s impact on the asteroid | rowspan=4|[[File:Hera in orbit.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="3" | {{COSPAR|HERA}}<ref name="Heracommunity"/><ref name="nsf201901"/> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | | [[AIDA (mission)#Proposed payload|Milani]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | 2027 | orbiter | en route | to be deployed from Hera |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | | [[Hera (space mission)#CubeSat Juventas|Juventas]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | 2027 | orbiter | en route | to be deployed from Hera |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[Dimorphos|(65803) Dimorphos]] | colspan="2" | [[Hera (space mission)#CubeSat Milani|Milani]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | | Orbiter/lander | en route | | <ref name="nsf201901"/> |- | {{mpl|2015 XF|261}} | colspan="2" | China Asteroid deflection probe | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 2027 (launch) | flyby/impactor | planned | probes to observe/impact an [[Aten asteroid|Aten]] [[Near-Earth asteroids|NEA]] | |<ref name="AJ11April2023">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test |url=https://spacenews.com/china-to-target-asteroid-2019-VL5-for-2025-planetary-defense-test/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |work=spacenews.com |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[11351 Leucus]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | April 2028 | flyby | en route | | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[21900 Orus]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | November 2028 | flyby | en route | | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}} <!--|- | [[3200 Phaethon]] | colspan="2" | ''[[DESTINY+|DESTINY<sup>+</sup>]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[JAXA]] | 2024 (launch) <br/> 2028 (flyby) | flyby | planned |First flyby of a [[rock comet]] | | <ref name="DESTINYPLUS">{{cite conference |last1=Sommer |first1=M. |last2=Krüger |first2=H. |last3=Srama |first3=R. |last4=Hirai |first4=T. |last5=Kobayashi |first5=M. |last6=Arai |first6=T. |last7=Sasaki |first7=S. |last8=Kimura |first8=H. |last9=Moragas-Klostermeyer |first9=G. |last10=Strub |first10=P. |last11=Lohse |first11=A.-K. |url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2020/EPSC2020-342.html |title=Destiny+ Dust Analyzer – Campaign & timeline preparation for interplanetary & interstellar dust observation during the 4-year transfer phase from Earth to Phaethon |conference=Europlanet Science Congress 2020 |publisher=[[Copernicus Publications]] |date=21 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> --> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[99942 Apophis]] | colspan="2" | ''[[OSIRIS-APEX]] (formerly OSIRIS-REx)'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | April 2029 | orbiter | en route | study of a C-type asteroid in 2029 | [[File:OSIRIS-REx spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2016-055A}}<ref name="OSIRISAPEX">{{cite web |url=https://news.arizona.edu/story/nasa-gives-green-light-osiris-rex-spacecraft-visit-another-asteroid |title=NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid |date=25 April 2022 |publisher=[[University of Arizona]] |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[16 Psyche]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Psyche (spacecraft)|Psyche]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 13 October 2023 (launch) <br/> August 2029 (arrival) | orbiter | en route | Selected for mission #14 of NASA's [[Discovery Program]] to explore a metallic asteroid. | [[File:PSYCHE.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2023-157A}}<ref name="Discovery 2017"/> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[1998 KY26]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Hayabusa2]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[JAXA]] | 2030 | flyby | en route | flyby of a [[List of fast rotators (minor planets)|fast rotator]] asteroid | | {{COSPAR|2014-076A}}<ref name="Hayabusa2extension"/> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[617 Patroclus|Patroclus and Menoetius]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | March 2033 | flyby | en route |First flyby of a [[List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp)|Trojan Camp]] [[Jupiter Trojan]] | [[File:Lucy-PatroclusMenoetius-art.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-093A}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | [[311P/PANSTARRS]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-2]]'' (ZhengHe) | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 29 May 2025 (launch) <br/> 24 January 2035 (orbit) | orbiter, lander | planned | study of an asteroid/main-belt comet | |<ref name="AJ10August2021"/><ref name="AJ23July2020" /><ref name="lpsc2019"/> - |} == Jupiter probes == {{Main|Exploration of Jupiter}} {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 3 December 1973 | flyby | success | first probe to cross the asteroid belt; first Jupiter probe; first man-made object on an interstellar trajectory; now in the outer regions of the Solar System but no longer contactable | [[File:Pioneer 10 at Jupiter.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1972-012A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 4 December 1974 | flyby | success | went on to visit Saturn | [[File:Pioneer 11 at Saturn.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1973-019A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 March 1979 | flyby | success | went on to visit Saturn | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-084A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 9 July 1979 | flyby | success | went on to visit Saturn, Uranus and Neptune | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-076A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(first pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | February 1992 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 7 December 1995 –<br/>21 September 2003 | orbiter | success | also flew by various of Jupiter's moons; intentionally flown into Jupiter at end of mission; first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter; first spacecraft to flyby an asteroid | [[File:Galileo Preparations - GPN-2000-000672.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Galileo Probe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 7 December 1995 | atmospheric probe | success | first probe to enter Jupiter's atmosphere | [[File:Galileo Probe.jpeg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br />{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | December 2000 | flyby | success | gravity assist ''en route'' to Saturn | [[File:Cassini assembly.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1997-061A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(second pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2003–04 | distant flyby | success | | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[New Horizons]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 28 February 2007 | flyby | success | gravity assist ''en route'' to Pluto | | {{COSPAR|2006-001A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Juno (spacecraft)|Juno]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 July 2016 – July 2018, extended to July 2021 and then September 2025<ref>[https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewMissionProfile.jsp?MISSION_NAME=JUNO NASA.gov]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/40830-nasa-extends-juno-jupiter-mission-2021.html/|title=NASA Extends Juno Jupiter Mission Until July 2021|publisher=Space.com|first=Mike|last=Wall|date=June 8, 2018|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193851/https://www.space.com/40830-nasa-extends-juno-jupiter-mission-2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-mission-expands-into-the-future |title=NASA's Juno Mission Expands Into the Future |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=13 January 2021 |access-date=13 January 2021 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113201411/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-mission-expands-into-the-future/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | orbiter | success | First solar-powered Jupiter orbiter, first mission to achieve a polar orbit of Jupiter. | [[File:Juno in front of Jupiter.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2011-040A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer|JUICE]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 April 2023 (launch) | orbiter | en route | mission to study Jupiter's three icy moons [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]], [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] and [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], eventually orbiting Ganymede as the first spacecraft to orbit a satellite of another planet. | [[File:Juice_launch_kit_cover_close-up.png|50px]] | <ref name="JUICE ESA">{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/juice/ |title=JUICE – JUpiter ICy moons Explorer |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Europa Clipper]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 October 2024 (launch)<br>11 April 2030 (planned) | orbiter | en route | planned to orbit Jupiter and fly by Europa multiple times | [[File:Europa_Mission_Spacecraft_-_Artist%27s_Rendering.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|EUROPA-CL}}<ref name="Mission to Europa"/> <!--|- | colspan="2" | ''[[Interstellar Express|IHP-1]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 2024 (launch), 2029 (Jupiter closest approach) | flyby | under study | Proposed Interstellar [[Heliosphere]] Probe with Jovian gravity assist | | <ref name="planetary20191119">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/china-voyager-like-interstellar-mission.html |title=China Considers Voyager-like Mission to Interstellar Space |website=planetary.org |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> |- | colspan="2" | ''[[Interstellar Express|IHP-2]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 2025 (launch), 2033 (Jupiter closest approach) | flyby | under study | Proposed Interstellar [[Heliosphere]] Probe with Jovian gravity assist (and later [[Neptune]] and [[Classical Kuiper belt object|KBO]] flybys) | | <ref name="planetary20191119" /> |- | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-4]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | September 2029 | orbiter | planned | Planned Jupiter orbiter with attached Uranus probe | | <ref name="cnsaw-20231223">{{cite tweet |author=CNSA Watcher |user=CNSAWatcher |number=1738469749179171088 |title=Tianwen-4, launching Sept 2029, will journey to Jupiter using Venus & Earth gravity assists. Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's system and another flying by Uranus. |date=23 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="spcom-20220928">{{Cite web |last=Andrew Jones published |date=2022-09-22 |title=China wants to probe Uranus and Jupiter with 2 spacecraft on one rocket |url=https://www.space.com/china-probes-jupiter-uranus-same-launch |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> --> |} === Ganymede probes === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer|JUICE]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 April 2023 (launch) | orbiter | en route | mission to study Jupiter's three icy moons [[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]], [[Europa (moon)|Europa]] and [[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]], eventually orbiting Ganymede as the first spacecraft to orbit a satellite of another planet. | [[File:Juice_launch_kit_cover_close-up.png|50px]] | <ref name="JUICE ESA"/> |} == Saturn probes == {{Main|Exploration of Saturn}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1 September 1979 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter | [[File:Pioneer 11 at Saturn.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1973-019A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 12 November 1980 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-084A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 August 1981 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter, went on to visit Uranus and Neptune | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-076A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br />{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | 1 July 2004 – 15 September 2017 | orbiter | success | also performed flybys of a number of Saturn's moons, and deployed the ''Huygens'' Titan lander; first spacecraft to orbit Saturn | [[File:Cassini assembly.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1997-061A}} |} === Titan probes === {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! style="text-align:left; width:15%;" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Huygens (spacecraft)|Huygens]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 January 2005 | atmospheric probe, lander | success | deployed by ''Cassini''; first probe to land on a satellite of another planet | [[File:Huygens probe dsc03686.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1997-061C}}<ref>{{COSPAR|1997-061C}}</ref> <!--|- | [[Dragonfly (Titan space probe)|Dragonfly]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | July 2028 | rotorcraft lander | planned | planned lander and aircraft, study prebiotic chemistry and extraterrestrial habitability. | [[File:Cropped-NASA Dragonfly mission to Titan.jpg|50px]] | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/docs/DragonflyTechDigestAPL.pdf |title=Dragonfly: A Rotorcraft Lander Concept for Scientific Exploration at Titan|access-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053305/http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/docs/DragonflyTechDigestAPL.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invests-in-concept-development-for-missions-to-comet-saturn-moon-titan NASA.gov]</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-postpones-dragonfly-review-launch-date/ |title=NASA postpones Dragonfly review, launch date |date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=SpaceNews.com}}</ref>--> |} == Uranus probes == {{Main|Exploration of Uranus}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 24 January 1986 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter and Saturn; went on to visit Neptune | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-076A}} <!--|- | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-4]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 2029 or early 2030s | flyby | planned | Planned Jupiter orbiter with attached Uranus probe | | <ref name="cnsaw-20231223">{{cite tweet |author=CNSA Watcher |user=CNSAWatcher |number=1738469749179171088 |title=Tianwen-4, launching Sept 2029, will journey to Jupiter using Venus & Earth gravity assists. Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's system and another flying by Uranus. |date=23 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="spcom-20220928">{{Cite web |last=Andrew Jones published |date=2022-09-22 |title=China wants to probe Uranus and Jupiter with 2 spacecraft on one rocket |url=https://www.space.com/china-probes-jupiter-uranus-same-launch |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> |- | colspan="2" | ''[[Uranus Orbiter and Probe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2031 | Orbiter and Probe | under study | highest priority Flagship-class mission by the 2023–2032 Planetary Science Decadal Survey | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://gbtimes.com/mars-asteroids-ganymede-and-uranus-chinas-deep-space-exploration-plan-2030-and-beyond |title=Mars, asteroids, Ganymede and Uranus: China's deep space exploration plan to 2030 and beyond |website=GBTimes |date=14 July 2017 |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref> --> |} == Neptune probes == {{Main|Exploration of Neptune}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 August 1989 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-076A}} <!--|- | colspan="2" | ''[[Interstellar Express|IHP-2]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 2024 (launch), 2038 (Neptune closest approach) | flyby | under study | Proposed [[heliosphere]] probe with [[Neptune|Neptunian]] flyby and possible atmospheric probe | | <ref name="planetary20191119" />--> |} == Pluto probes == {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[New Horizons]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 July 2015 | flyby | success | later flew by [[Kuiper belt object]] {{nobr|[[486958 Arrokoth]]}} when it was 43.4 AU from the Sun. | [[File:New Horizons Transparent.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-001A}} |} == Comet probes == {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="text-align:left" | Target ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left" | Organization ! style="text-align:left" | Date ! style="text-align:left" | Type ! style="text-align:left" | Status ! style="text-align:left" | Notes ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Image ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[21P/Giacobini-Zinner]] | colspan="2" | ''[[International Cometary Explorer|ICE]] (formerly ISEE3)'' | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]}} | 11 September 1985 | flyby | success | previously solar monitor ISEE3; went on to observe Halley's Comet | [[File:ISEE3-ICE.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1978-079A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Vega 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 6 March 1986 | flyby | success | minimum distance 8,890 km; previously visited Venus | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-125A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Suisei (spacecraft)|Suisei]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 8 March 1986 | flyby | success | 151,000 km | [[File:Suisei.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1985-073A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Vega 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 9 March 1986 | flyby | success | minimum distance 8,890 km; previously visited Venus | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-128A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Sakigake]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | March 1986 | distant flyby | partial success | minimum distance 6.99 million km | [[File:Sakigake.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1985-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Giotto mission|Giotto]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 March 1986 | flyby | success | minimum distance 596 km; went on to visit comet [[26P/Grigg–Skjellerup]] | | {{COSPAR|1985-056A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[1P/Halley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[International Cometary Explorer|ICE]] (formerly ISEE3)'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 28 March 1986 | distant obser-<br />vations | success | minimum distance 32 million km; previously visited comet [[21P/Giacobini–Zinner]] | [[File:ISEE3-ICE.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1978-079A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[26P/Grigg–Skjellerup]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Giotto mission|Giotto]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 10 July 1992 | flyby | success | previously visited Halley's Comet | | {{COSPAR|1985-056A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková|45P/<br />Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusakova]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Sakigake]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 1996 | flyby | failure | rowspan="2" | contact lost; previously visited Halley's Comet | rowspan="2" | [[File:Sakigake.gif|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1985-001A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[21P/Giacobini-Zinner]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Sakigake]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 1998 | flyby | failure |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[55P/Tempel-Tuttle]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Suisei (spacecraft)|Suisei]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 1998 | flyby | failure | rowspan="2" | abandoned due to lack of fuel; previously visited Halley's Comet | rowspan="2" | [[File:Suisei.gif|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1985-073A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[21P/Giacobini-Zinner]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Suisei (spacecraft)|Suisei]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]] | 1998 | flyby | failure |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[107P/Wilson-Harrington]] | colspan="2" | {{nowrap|''[[Deep Space 1]]''}} | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|January 2001}} | flyby | failure | abandoned due to problems with the star tracker, but was re-tasked to fly by comet [[19P/Borrelly]] | [[File:Deep Space 1 using its ion engine.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1998-061A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[19P/Borrelly]] | colspan="2" | {{nowrap|''[[Deep Space 1]]''}} | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|22 September 2001}} | flyby | success | previously visited asteroid [[9969 Braille]] | [[File:Deep Space 1 using its ion engine.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1998-061A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[2P/Encke]] | colspan="2" | ''[[CONTOUR]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2003 | flyby | failure | contact lost shortly after launch | [[File:CONTOUR pre-launch.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2002-034A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[81P/Wild]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2 January 2004 | flyby, sample return | success | sample returned January 2006; also visited asteroid [[5535 Annefrank]] | [[File:Stardust - Concepcao artistica.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1999-003A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | [[9P/Tempel]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | July 2005 | flyby | success | | [[File:Deep Impact.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2005-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Impactor]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 4 July 2005 | impactor | success | | |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann|73P/<br />Schwassmann-Wachmann]] | colspan="2" | ''[[CONTOUR]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2006 | flyby | failure | contact lost shortly after launch | [[File:CONTOUR pre-launch.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2002-034A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | [[6P/d'Arrest]] | colspan="2" | ''[[CONTOUR]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2008 | flyby | failure | contact lost shortly after launch | [[File:CONTOUR pre-launch.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2002-034A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[103P/Hartley]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' (''redesignated [[EPOXI]]'') | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 4 November 2010 | flyby | success | mission extension (target changed from [[comet Boethin]]) | [[File:Deep Impact.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2005-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | [[9P/Tempel]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Stardust (spacecraft)|Stardust]]'' (''redesignated [[Stardust (spacecraft)#New Exploration of Tempel 1 (NExT)|NExT]]'') | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 February 2011 | flyby | success | mission extension | [[File:Stardust - Concepcao artistica.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1999-003A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | [[67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko|67P/Churyumov–<br>Gerasimenko]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 6 August 2014 – 30 September 2016 | orbiter | success | flybys of asteroids [[2867 Šteins]] and [[21 Lutetia]] completed; intentionally impacted at end of mission | [[File:Rosetta.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2004-006A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | | ''[[Philae (spacecraft)|Philae]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 12 November 2014 – 9 July 2015 | lander | success | | [[File:Philae_lander_(transparent_bg).png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2004-006C}} <!--|- | TBD<br>(potentially an [[interstellar object]]) | colspan="2" | [[Comet Interceptor]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 2029 (launch) | flyby | planned | flyby of a pristine comet, will initially be parked at the Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point until a suitable destination is identified | | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Ariel_moves_from_blueprint_to_reality |title=Ariel moves from blueprint to reality |work=[[ESA]] |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref name='Proposal 2019'>[https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/jan2019/presentations/Tuesday-PM/Jones.pdf Comet Interceptor: A proposed ESA mission to an ancient world.] (PDF) Geraint Jones, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK. and Colin Snodgrass, University of Edinburgh, UK.</ref> |- | [[311P/PANSTARRS]] | colspan="2" | ''[[Tianwen-2]]'' (ZhengHe) | {{flagicon|PRC}} [[CNSA]] | 2025 (launch) <br/> 2034 (orbit) | orbiter, lander | planned | study of an asteroid/main-belt comet | |<ref name="AJ10August2021" /><ref name="AJ23July2020" /><ref name="lpsc2019"/> --> |} == Kuiper belt probes == {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! style="text-align:left" | Target ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left" | Organization ! style="text-align:left" | Date ! style="text-align:left" | Type ! style="text-align:left" | Status ! style="text-align:left" | Notes ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Image ! style="width:50px; text-align:left;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | {{nobr|[[486958 Arrokoth]]}} | colspan="2" | ''[[New Horizons]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 1 January 2019 | flyby | success | extended mission after Pluto; may flyby another object in 2020s.<ref name="Foust20181231">{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=31 December 2018 |title=New Horizons team looking ahead to another flyby |url=https://spacenews.com/new-horizons-team-looking-ahead-to-another-flyby/ |newspaper=[[SpaceNews]] |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> | [[File:New Horizons Transparent.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-001A}} <!-- |- |To Be Determined | colspan="2" | ''[[Interstellar Express|IHP-2]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 2024 (launch,) after 2038 (KBO flyby) | flyby | under study | Proposed Interstellar [[Heliosphere]] Probe with potential [[Classical Kuiper-belt object|KBO]] target | | <ref name="planetary20191119" /> --> |} == Probes leaving the Solar System == {{see also|List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System|Interstellar probe}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; width:90%; font-size:95%;" ! style="text-align:left" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left" | Organization ! style="text-align:left" | Status ! style="text-align:left" | Notes ! style="text-align:left" | Image ! style="text-align:left" | Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | style="width:15%;"| ''[[Pioneer 10]]'' | style="width:10%;"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | success | Left Jupiter in December 1973. Mission ended March 1997. Last contact 23 January 2003. Craft now presumed to lack sufficient power for antenna. | style="width:50px;"| [[File:Pioneer 10 at Jupiter.gif|50px]] | style="width:50px;"| {{COSPAR|1972-012A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Pioneer 11]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | success | Left Saturn in September 1979. Last contact September 1995. The craft's antenna cannot be maneuvered to point to Earth. Craft now presumed to lack sufficient power for antenna. | [[File:Pioneer 11 at Saturn.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1973-019A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[Voyager 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | success | Left Saturn in November 1980. Still in regular contact and transmitting scientific data. | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-084A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[Voyager 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | success | Left Neptune in August 1989. Still in regular contact and transmitting scientific data. | [[File:Voyager.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1977-076A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[New Horizons]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | success | Left Pluto 14 July 2015; flew by Kuiper belt object {{nobr|[[486958 Arrokoth]]}} on 1 January 2019 when it was 43.4 AU from the Sun. | [[File:New Horizons Transparent.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-001A}} |} == Other probes to leave Earth orbit == For completeness, this section lists probes that have left (or will leave) Earth orbit, but are not primarily targeted at any of the above bodies. {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="text-align:left" | Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left" | Organization ! style="text-align:left" | Date ! style="text-align:left" | Location ! style="text-align:left" | Status ! style="text-align:left" | Notes ! style="text-align:left" | Image ! style="text-align:left" | Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | style="width:15%;" | ''[[WMAP]]'' | style="width:10%;"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | style="width:16%;"| 30 June 2001 (launch) –<br>October 2010 (end)<ref name="graveyard"/> | style="width:15%;"| Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | style="width:10%;"| success | cosmic background radiation observations; sent to [[graveyard orbit]] after 9 years of use.<ref name="graveyard">{{cite web|title=MISSION COMPLETE! WMAP FIRES ITS THRUSTERS FOR THE LAST TIME|url=http://news.discovery.com/space/mission-complete-wmap-fires-its-thrusters-for-the-last-time.html|access-date=3 November 2010|archive-date=25 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225123512/http://news.discovery.com/space/mission-complete-wmap-fires-its-thrusters-for-the-last-time.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> <!--still active (as of April 2008<ref>[http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/33800 "WMAP 5-year results reveal neutrinos and tighten inflation"], CERN Courier, 16 April 2008</ref>)--> | style="width:50px;"| [[File:WMAP2.jpg|50px]] | style="width:50px;"| {{COSPAR|2001-027A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Spitzer Space Telescope]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 25 August 2003 (launch) –<br>30 January 2020 (end) | Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit | success | infrared astronomy | | {{COSPAR|2003-038A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Kepler Mission|Kepler]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 6 March 2009 (launch) - 2018 | Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit | success | search for [[extrasolar planet]]s | [[File:Kepler Space Telescope.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2009-011A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepler.nasa.gov/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315035540/http://www.kepler.nasa.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 March 2004 |title=Kepler – A Search for Habitable Planets |author=Ames Research Center |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=27 August 2016|author-link=Ames Research Center }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Herschel Space Observatory]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 May 2009 (launch) | [[Lissajous orbit]] around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | success | study of formation and evolution of galaxies and stars | [[File:Herschel Space Observatory.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2009-026A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Planck (spacecraft)|Planck]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 14 May 2009 (launch) - 2013 | [[Lissajous orbit]] around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | success | cosmic microwave background observations | | {{COSPAR|2009-026B}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[IKAROS]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | rowspan="2" | 20 May 2010 (launch) | rowspan="2" | Earth-Venus transfer heliocentric orbit | operational | [[solar sail]] technology development / interplanetary space exploration | [[File:IKAROS solar sail.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2010-020E}} <ref name="jaxa-ikaros"/> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | ''[[Shin'en (spacecraft)|Shin'en]]<br>(UNITEC-1)'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[UNISEC]] | failure | technology development; contact lost shortly after launch<ref name="newscientist.com"/> | | {{COSPAR|2010-020F}} <ref name="unisec1"/> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Chang'e 2]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 25 August 2011 (arrive) –<br>15 April 2012 (end) | Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | success | Left the point on 15 April 2012, then flew by asteroid [[4179 Toutatis]] | | {{COSPAR|2010-050A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Gaia (spacecraft)|Gaia]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 19 December 2013 (launch) | [[Lissajous orbit]] around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | success | [[astrometry]] mission to measure the position and motion of 1 billion stars | | {{COSPAR|2013-074A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=26 |title=ESA Science & Technology: Gaia |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[Shin'en 2]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kyushu Institute of Technology]] | rowspan="2" | 3 December 2014 (launch) | rowspan="2" | heliocentric orbit | success | [[amateur radio satellite]] / material demonstration | | {{COSPAR|2014-076B}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tobata.kyutech.ac.jp/node/1798 |title=世界初!「しんえん2」が地球から230万km離れた深宇宙との通信に成功!! |publisher=[[Kyushu Institute of Technology|Kyutech]] |access-date=13 June 2017 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121184858/http://www.tobata.kyutech.ac.jp/node/1798 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[DESPATCH (spacecraft)|ARTSAT2:DESPATCH]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tama Art University]] | success | deep space artwork / amateur radio satellite | | {{COSPAR|2014-076C}}<ref name="DESPATCH">{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/despatch.htm |title=DESPATCH (ARTSAT 2, FO 81, Fuji-OSCAR 81) |publisher=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[LISA Pathfinder]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 3 December 2015 (launch)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=40 |title=ESA Science & Technology: LISA Pathfinder |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> –<br>30 June 2017 (end) | Halo orbit around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L1]] point | success | test mission for proposed [[Laser Interferometer Space Antenna|LISA]] gravitational wave observatory | [[File:LISA_Pathfinder_(14257775333).jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2015-070A}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120397_index_0_m.html |title=Space Science – LISA Pathfinder overview |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |date=11 June 2012 |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[Spektr-RG]]'' | {{flagicon|RUS}} {{flagicon|GER}} | 13 July 2019 (launch) | Halo orbit around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | operational | [[X-ray astronomy satellite|X-ray astronomy]] | | {{COSPAR|2019-040A}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_rg.html|title=Spektr-RG Home Page}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Chang'e 5]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 23 November 2020 (launch) -<br>30 August 2021 (left L1) | Halo orbit about Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L1]] point | success | test mission post lunar sample return | | {{COSPAR|2020-087A}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=Chang'e-5 orbiter embarks on extended mission to Sun-Earth Lagrange point |url=https://spacenews.com/change-5-orbiter-embarks-on-extended-mission-to-sun-earth-lagrange-point/ |access-date=21 December 2020 |work=spacenews.com |date=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=Chang'e-5 orbiter reaches Lagrange point on extended mission|url=https://spacenews.com/change-5-orbiter-reaches-lagrange-point-on-extended-mission/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |work=spacenews.com |date=19 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China's Chang'e-5 orbiter is heading back to the moon |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-change-5-orbiter-is-heading-back-to-the-moon/ |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=spacenews.com |date=6 September 2021}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[James Webb Space Telescope]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] <br />{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]<br />{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canadian Space Agency|CSA]] | 25 December 2021 (launch) | Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | in orbit | infrared astronomy | [[File:James Webb Space Telescope.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2021-130A}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMA3T7OY2F_index_0.html |title=ESA Portal – ESA and NASA sign agreement on James Webb Space Telescope and LISA Pathfinder |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |date=18 June 2007 |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> |-style="background:#CCFFD9" |''[[ArgoMoon]]'' |{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | rowspan="3" |16 November 2022 (launch) |High Earth Orbit with Lunar Flybys (heliocentric) | in orbit |image the [[Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage|ICPS]] and perform deep space [[Nanotechnology]] experiments. |[[File:Artemis I - OSA Secondary Payload ARGO, BioS (KSC-20210714-PH-GEB02 0019).jpg|50x50px]] |{{Cospar|ARGOMOON}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" |''[[BioSentinel]]'' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | rowspan="2" |heliocentric orbit | in orbit |it contains [[yeast]] cards that will be rehydrated in space, designed to detect, measure, and compare the [[Health threat from cosmic rays|effects of deep space radiation]]. |[[File:Biosentinel 6U CubeSat format.jpg|50px]] |{{Cospar|BIOSENTNL}} |-style="background:#F2F2F2" |''[[Team Miles]]'' |{{flagicon|USA}} Fluid & Reason | failure |demonstrate [[Plasma propulsion engine|low-thrust plasma propulsion]] in deep space. Deployed, but contact was not established.<ref>{{cite web |title=NSSDCA ID: TEAMMILES |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=TEAMMILES |access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref> | |{{Cospar|TEAMMILES}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" |''[[CubeSat for Solar Particles|CuSP]]'' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] |16 November 2022 |heliocentric orbit |failure |study [[Solar energetic particles|particles]] and [[Sun#Magnetic field|magnetic fields]]. |[[File:Artemis I OSA Secondary Payloads - CuSP and LunaHMap (KSC-20210714-PH-KLS01 0071) (cropped).jpg|50px]] |{{Cospar|CUSP}} |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | ''[[Euclid (spacecraft)|Euclid]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 1 July 2023 (launch) | Halo orbit around Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | enroute | measure the rate of expansion of the Universe through time to better understand [[dark energy]] and [[dark matter]] | [[File:Euclid ESA376594.jpg|50px]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=102 |title=ESA Science & Technology: Euclid |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | ''[[Chang'e 6]]'' | {{flagicon|China}} [[CNSA]] | 3 May 2024 (launch) | Halo orbit about Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] point | success | on extended test mission post lunar sample return | | {{COSPAR|CHANG-E-6}}<br/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China's Chang'e-6 orbiter tunrs up at Sun-Earth Lagrange point after moon sampling mission |url=https://spacenews.com/change-6-orbiter-turns-up-at-sun-earth-lagrange-point-after-moon-sampling-mission/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=10 September 2024 }}</ref> <!--|- | Miyin | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation|CASC]] | 2030 | Sun-Earth [[Lagrangian point|L2]] | under development | mid-infrared interferometry, 4 telescopes + beam-combiner | | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Andrew |title=China to hunt for Earth-like planets with formation-flying telescopes |url=https://spacenews.com/china-to-hunt-for-earth-like-planets-with-formation-flying-telescopes/ |access-date=26 April 2023 |work=spacenews.com |date=26 April 2023}}</ref> --> |} == See also == {{Portal|Spaceflight|Solar System}} *[[Lists of spacecraft]] *[[List of uncrewed spacecraft by program]] *[[Discovery and exploration of the Solar System]] *[[List of space telescopes]] *[[Sample return mission]] *[[Timeline of Solar System exploration]] *[[List of interplanetary voyages]] *[[List of missions to the outer planets]] == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425172653/http://planetary.org/explore/topics/cassini_huygens/tour.html Planetary Society: Cassini's Tour of the Saturn System] {{Planetary exploration}} {{Solar System probes}} {{Space exploration lists and timelines}} {{Solar System}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Solar System Probes}} [[Category:Lists of spacecraft]] [[Category:Discovery and exploration of the Solar System|*]] [[Category:Spaceflight timelines|Probes]] [[Category:Lists of space missions]] [[Category:Lists of artificial objects sent into space|Probes]] [[Category:Lists of Solar System objects]] [[Category:Solar System]]
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