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Mission Archive

Spacecraft Explorer

Explore the spacecraft that have transformed our view of the Solar System. AstroSphere separates mission identity and presentation imagery from scientific observation data, so every Mission View can retain its original provenance.

Deep-Space Missions

Cassini Orbiter spacecraft

Cassini Orbiter

Cassini-Huygens
Mission completed

Cassini explored Saturn, its rings and moons for more than 13 years after entering Saturn orbit in 2004.

Key targets
Saturn Titan Enceladus Rhea Dione
NASA Mission AstroSphere Mission View
Juno spacecraft

Juno

Juno
Mission completed

Juno studied Jupiter's atmosphere, magnetic field, gravity field and interior while operating in polar orbit.

Key targets
Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
NASA Mission
Voyager 1 spacecraft

Voyager 1

Voyager Program
Active interstellar mission

Voyager 1 explored Jupiter and Saturn before continuing outward into interstellar space.

Key targets
Jupiter Saturn Interstellar Space
NASA Mission
Voyager 2 spacecraft

Voyager 2

Voyager Program
Active interstellar mission

Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have completed close flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Key targets
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Interstellar Space
NASA Mission
New Horizons spacecraft

New Horizons

New Horizons
Active Kuiper Belt mission

New Horizons performed the first close exploration of Pluto and continues its journey through the Kuiper Belt.

Key targets
Jupiter Pluto Charon Kuiper Belt
NASA Mission
Parker Solar Probe spacecraft

Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe
Active mission

Parker Solar Probe studies the Sun from within the corona and makes increasingly close approaches to our star.

Key targets
Sun Solar Corona Solar Wind
NASA Mission