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Space Exploration Missions

This section describes some space exploration missions, as well as some of
the earth-based instruments used to study space-based phenomena. It is not
intended to be an all-inclusive treatment of the subject, and much of this
content is based on knowledge gained from NASA. Please visit the Links
page for this section to see some of the various NASA internet sites for these
missions.
The link for each planet/object takes you to the Space Science section, with
detailed information on each subject. The bullets underneath show the
missions to each planet/object, and the links take you to the mission pages.
 | Mercury
 | Mariner ?? |
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 | Venus
 | Mariner ?? |
 | Magellan |
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 | Earth
 | Space Shuttles |
 | Hubble Space Telescope |
 | Keck Observatory |
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 | Luna
 | Ranger ?? |
 | Apollo missions |
 | Lunar Prospector |
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 | Mars
 | Mariner ?? |
 | Viking 1 and 2 |
 | Mars Observer [lost] |
 | Mars Pathfinder |
 | Mars Global Surveyor |
 | Mars Climate Observer [lost] |
 | Mars Polar Lander [lost] |
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 | Jupiter
 | Pioneer 10 and 11 |
 | Voyager 1 and 2 |
 | Galileo |
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 | Saturn
 | Voyager 1 and 2 |
 | Cassini |
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 | Uranus
 | Voyager 2 |
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 | Neptune
 | Voyager 2 |
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 | Pluto
 | Pluto-Kuiper Express [proposed]
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 | Sol
 | ACE |
 | SOHO |
 | Solar Probe [proposed] |
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 | Comets
 | Giotto |
 | Stardust |
 | Deep Space 1 |
 | Champollion [proposed] |
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 | Asteroids
 | Galileo |
 | NEAR |
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