Missions in Space, Space Exploration | Reference Information & Resources

Ongoing Missions | Information, Reference, & Online Resources

Cassini
NASA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, NASA main page

Chandra X-Ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory probes the mysteries of space with unprecedented x-ray images that help to unravel the structure and evolution of the universe

Dawn
The first spacecraft ever planned to orbit two different bodies after leaving Earth, will orbit Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids in the solar system

Hubble Telescope
Learn how Hubble has expanded our knowledge of the cosmos

HubbleSite
Hubble Discoveries, Pictures and photo archives, press releases, the telescope, and astronomy

INTEGRAL: International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory is a mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 Science Programme. Spectroscopy and fine imaging of celestial gamma-ray sources with concurrent source monitoring in the X-ray and optical energy ranges

International Space Station
Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts work to improve life on Earth and extend life beyond our home planet

Kibo Laboratory on the International Space Station
Homepage at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for the Kibo Experiment Module at the International Space Station.

LCROSS: Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
Confirming the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon’s South Pole.

LRO: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The LRO objectives are finding safe landing sites, locating potential resources, characterizing the radiation environment, and demonstrating new technology

Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Information and more about NASA's ongoing rover missions on Mars with the rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Photos from Mars.

Mars Express
NASA participation page in Europe's Mars Express mission

Solar Dynamics Observatory
The first Space Weather Research Network mission in the Living With a Star (LWS) Program of NASA.

Space Shuttle
The space shuttle is the most complex machine ever built and its capacity is instrumental in building the International Space Station

Space Telescope Science Institute
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the home of science program selection, grant administration, planning, scheduling, and public outreach activities for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

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NASA Launch Schedule
Schedule of Launches for the Space Shuttle and other NASA missions

NASA Multimedia
Photo galleries, videos, podcasts & blogs at NASA

Space Today Online
Covering Space from Earth to the edge of the Universe! Space Today has extensive references on past, current, and future missions

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Future Missions

Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope
The universe is home to numerous exotic and beautiful phenomena, some of which generate amazing amounts of energy. GLAST will open this high-energy world to exploration

Hayabusa 2
The Hayabusa 2 mission is expected to launch into space in 2014, reaching asteroid 1999JU3 four years later, in 2018. The probe is expected to return to Earth in 2020 with samples collected from asteroid 1999JU3.

Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Multi-probe mission to study the magnetosphere, plasma processes, and magnetic reconnection

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Historical Missions

Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
The prime objective of ACE was to measure and compare the composition of several samples of matter, including the solar corona, the solar wind, and other interplanetary particle populations, the local interstellar medium (ISM), and galactic matter.

Apollo Missions
President Kennedy's bold challenge set the nation on a journey unlike any before in human history--a journey to land on the moon

Gemini
Bridge to the moon

Human Spaceflight Portal | Wikipedia
Special information portal section at Wikipedia on Human spaceflight including reference information, data, articles, photos, and news.

Pioneer
A journey through our solar system and beyond

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