Current
space missions
with
significant return on investment for the future
of humankind.
Mission
Status
Mars
missions include the Mars Exploration
Rovers, Global Surveyor, and Odyssey.
Dawn
launched on 27 Sep 2007 on a mission to explore
the asteroid belt.
New
Horizons
is NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission that launched
19 Jan 2006 to arrive at Pluto in Jul 2015.
WMAP
(Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) is a NASA
Explorer mission designed to measure the temperature
of cosmic background radiation.
Gravity
Probe B mission is designed to test two
predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory
of relativity.
Messenger
(MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment GEochemistry
and Ranging) explores solar system origins.
Swift
launched Nov 20, 2004 to help solve gamma-ray burst
mystery.
Voyager
1/2 launched in 1977 to explore the outer
planets; Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made
object.
Cassini-Huygens
probe
was sent to study Titan, which is very similar to
early Earth.
SOHO,
Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, by ESA and
NASA, studies the Sun from its deep inner core to
the outer corona and solar wind.
Ulysses
is in a polar orbit around the Sun, providing critical
information about solar activity.
