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List of NASA missions

This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1958. There are over 80 currently active science missions.[1]

Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles

X-Plane program edit

Since 1945, NACA (NASA's predecessor) and, since 1958, NASA has conducted the X-Plane Program. The program was originally intended to create a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond the limited number of each design built solely for flight research.[2] The first X-Plane, the Bell X-1, was the first rocket-powered airplane to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947.[3] X-Planes have set numerous milestones since then, both crewed and unpiloted.[4]

Human spaceflight edit

 
Discovery STS-120 launch, October 23, 2007
 
Astronauts Andrew Feustel (right) and Michael Fincke, outside the ISS during the STS-134 mission's third spacewalk.
 
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to a boulder at Taurus-Littrow.
 
Astronaut Peter Wisoff on a robotic arm, 1993

NASA has successfully launched 166 crewed flights. Three have ended in failure, causing the deaths of seventeen crewmembers in total: Apollo 1 (which never launched) killed three crew members in 1967, STS-51-L (the Challenger disaster) killed seven in 1986, and STS-107 (the Columbia disaster) killed seven more in 2003. Thus far, 163 missions were conducted without fatalities.

Program Start date First crewed flight End date No. of crewed
missions launched
Notes
Project Mercury 1958 1961 1963 6 First U.S. crewed program
Project Gemini 1961 1965 1966 10 Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAs
Apollo program 1960 1968 1972 11[a] Landed first humans on the Moon
Skylab 1964 1973 1974 3 First American space station
Apollo–Soyuz 1971 1975 1975 1 Joint with Soviet Union
Space Shuttle program 1972 1981 2011 135[b] First missions in which a spacecraft was reused
Shuttle–Mir program 1993 1994 1998 11[c] Russian partnership
International Space Station 1993 1998 Ongoing 65 Joint with Roscosmos, CSA, ESA, and JAXA; Americans flew on Russian Soyuz after 2011 retirement of Space Shuttle
Commercial Crew Program 2011 2020 Ongoing 6 Current program to shuttle Americans to the ISS
Artemis program 2017 2024 (Planned) Ongoing 0 Current program to bring humans to the Moon again

Notes:

  1. Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts, and is not counted here.
  2. Two Space Shuttle missions ended with the disintegrations of the vehicles and the deaths of two crews before reaching orbit and while returning from orbit.
  3. The Shuttle-Mir missions were all Space Shuttle missions, and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions in the table.

Canceled edit

In May 2009, the Obama Administration announced the launch of an independent review of planned U.S. human space flight activities with the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space. The review was conducted by a panel of experts led by Norman Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed Martin, who served on the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology under both Democrat and Republican presidents.[5]

The "Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans" was to examine ongoing and planned National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) development activities, as well as potential alternatives and present options for advancing a safe, innovative, affordable, and sustainable human space flight program in the years following Space Shuttle retirement. The panel worked closely with NASA and sought input from the United States Congress, the White House, the public, industry, and international partners as it developed its options. It presented its results on October 22, 2009.[6][7][8]

In February 2010, Obama announced his proposal to cancel the Constellation Program as part of the 2011 Economic Projects. Constellation was officially canceled by the NASA Budget Authorization Act on October 11, 2010.

Future edit

NASA brought the Orion spacecraft back to life from the defunct Constellation Program and successfully test-launched the first capsule on December 5, 2014, aboard EFT-1. After a near-perfect flight traveling 3,600 miles (5,800 km) above Earth, the spacecraft was recovered for study. NASA plans to use the Orion crew vehicle to send humans to deep space locations such as the Moon and Mars starting in the 2020s. Orion will be powered by NASA's new heavy-lift vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS), which is currently under development.

Artemis 1 is the first flight of the SLS and was launched as a test of the completed Orion and SLS system.[9] During the mission, an uncrewed Orion capsule will spend 10 days in a distant retrograde 60,000 kilometers (37,000 mi) orbit around the Moon before returning to Earth.[10] Artemis 2, the first crewed mission of the program, will launch four astronauts in 2024[11] on a free-return flyby of the Moon at a distance of 8,900 kilometers (5,500 mi).[12][13][14]

After Artemis 2, the Power and Propulsion Element of the Lunar Gateway and three components of an expendable lunar lander are planned to be delivered on multiple launches from commercial launch service providers.[15]

Artemis 3 is planned to launch in 2025[16] aboard an SLS Block 1 rocket and will use the minimalist Gateway and expendable lander to achieve the first crewed lunar landing of the program. The flight is planned to touch down on the lunar south pole region, with two astronauts staying there for about one week.[15][17][18][19][20]

Robotic missions edit

Suborbital edit

Earth and Heliocentric satellites edit

Sun edit

  • TIMED, launched December 2001, operational
  • Hinode, launched September 2006, operational
  • STEREO, launched October 2006, operational
  • MMS, launched March 2015,[37] operational
  • IMAP, launching 2025, future

Moon edit

  • Ranger 1, launched August 1961, failed
  • Ranger 2, launched November 1961, failed
  • Ranger 3, launched January 1962, failed
  • Ranger 4, launched April 1962, failed
  • Ranger 5, launched October 1962, failed
  • Ranger 6, launched January 1964, failed
  • Ranger 7, launched July 1964, completed
  • Ranger 8, launched February 1965, completed
  • Ranger 9, launched March 1965, completed
  • Discovery 3Lunar Prospector, launched January 1998, completed
  • Discovery 11GRAIL, launched September 2011, completed [42]

Mercury edit

  • Discovery 7MESSENGER, launched August 2004, completed – first to orbit Mercury

Venus edit

  • Mariner 1, launched July 1962, failed – intended to be first American flyby of Venus
  • Mariner 2, launched August 1962, completed – first flyby of Venus by an operational spacecraft
  • Mariner 5, launched June 1967, completed – flyby of Venus
  • Mariner 10, launched November 1973, completed – flyby of Venus; multiple flybys of Mercury; first spacecraft to Mercury
  • Discovery 15VERITAS, launching 2028, future
  • Discovery 16DAVINCI, launching 2029, future

Mars edit

  • Viking 1, launched August 1975, completed
  • Viking 2, launched September 1975, completed
  • Deep Space 2, launched January 1999, failed – (sub-surface probes)

Jupiter edit

  • New Frontiers 2Juno, launched August 2011, operationalJupiter orbiter mission[43]

Saturn edit

  • New Frontiers 4Dragonfly, launching 2027, future

Uranus edit

Neptune edit

Asteroids/comets edit

  • Discovery 4Stardust, launched February 1999, completed – follow-up for Deep Impact's primary mission to 9P/Tempel
  • Discovery 6CONTOUR, launched July 2002, failed
  • Discovery 8Deep Impact (primary); EPOXI (extended), launched January 2005, completed
  • Discovery 13Lucy, launched October 2021, operational – Will fly by one main-belt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids.[44]
  • Discovery 14Psyche, launching October 2023, future

Dwarf planets edit

  • Discovery 9Dawn, launched September 2007, completedVesta in 2011-2012, and Ceres in 2015-2018

Canceled or undeveloped missions edit

Old proposals edit

  • Mars Scout program

See also edit

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External links edit

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This is a list of NASA missions both crewed and robotic since the establishment of NASA in 1958 There are over 80 currently active science missions 1 Comparison of NASA Mercury Gemini Apollo and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles Contents 1 X Plane program 2 Human spaceflight 2 1 Canceled 2 2 Future 3 Robotic missions 3 1 Suborbital 3 2 Earth and Heliocentric satellites 3 3 Sun 3 4 Moon 3 5 Mercury 3 6 Venus 3 7 Mars 3 8 Jupiter 3 9 Saturn 3 10 Uranus 3 11 Neptune 3 12 Asteroids comets 3 13 Dwarf planets 4 Canceled or undeveloped missions 4 1 Old proposals 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksX Plane program editMain article List of X planes Since 1945 NACA NASA s predecessor and since 1958 NASA has conducted the X Plane Program The program was originally intended to create a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond the limited number of each design built solely for flight research 2 The first X Plane the Bell X 1 was the first rocket powered airplane to break the sound barrier on October 14 1947 3 X Planes have set numerous milestones since then both crewed and unpiloted 4 Human spaceflight editMain article Human spaceflight nbsp Discovery STS 120 launch October 23 2007 nbsp Astronauts Andrew Feustel right and Michael Fincke outside the ISS during the STS 134 mission s third spacewalk nbsp Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to a boulder at Taurus Littrow nbsp Astronaut Peter Wisoff on a robotic arm 1993NASA has successfully launched 166 crewed flights Three have ended in failure causing the deaths of seventeen crewmembers in total Apollo 1 which never launched killed three crew members in 1967 STS 51 L the Challenger disaster killed seven in 1986 and STS 107 the Columbia disaster killed seven more in 2003 Thus far 163 missions were conducted without fatalities Program Start date First crewed flight End date No of crewed missions launched NotesProject Mercury 1958 1961 1963 6 First U S crewed programProject Gemini 1961 1965 1966 10 Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAsApollo program 1960 1968 1972 11 a Landed first humans on the MoonSkylab 1964 1973 1974 3 First American space stationApollo Soyuz 1971 1975 1975 1 Joint with Soviet UnionSpace Shuttle program 1972 1981 2011 135 b First missions in which a spacecraft was reusedShuttle Mir program 1993 1994 1998 11 c Russian partnershipInternational Space Station 1993 1998 Ongoing 65 Joint with Roscosmos CSA ESA and JAXA Americans flew on Russian Soyuz after 2011 retirement of Space ShuttleCommercial Crew Program 2011 2020 Ongoing 6 Current program to shuttle Americans to the ISSArtemis program 2017 2024 Planned Ongoing 0 Current program to bring humans to the Moon againNotes Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts and is not counted here Two Space Shuttle missions ended with the disintegrations of the vehicles and the deaths of two crews before reaching orbit and while returning from orbit The Shuttle Mir missions were all Space Shuttle missions and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions in the table Canceled edit Further information Constellation program In May 2009 the Obama Administration announced the launch of an independent review of planned U S human space flight activities with the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space The review was conducted by a panel of experts led by Norman Augustine the former CEO of Lockheed Martin who served on the President s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology under both Democrat and Republican presidents 5 The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans was to examine ongoing and planned National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA development activities as well as potential alternatives and present options for advancing a safe innovative affordable and sustainable human space flight program in the years following Space Shuttle retirement The panel worked closely with NASA and sought input from the United States Congress the White House the public industry and international partners as it developed its options It presented its results on October 22 2009 6 7 8 In February 2010 Obama announced his proposal to cancel the Constellation Program as part of the 2011 Economic Projects Constellation was officially canceled by the NASA Budget Authorization Act on October 11 2010 Future edit Further information Artemis program NASA brought the Orion spacecraft back to life from the defunct Constellation Program and successfully test launched the first capsule on December 5 2014 aboard EFT 1 After a near perfect flight traveling 3 600 miles 5 800 km above Earth the spacecraft was recovered for study NASA plans to use the Orion crew vehicle to send humans to deep space locations such as the Moon and Mars starting in the 2020s Orion will be powered by NASA s new heavy lift vehicle the Space Launch System SLS which is currently under development Artemis 1 is the first flight of the SLS and was launched as a test of the completed Orion and SLS system 9 During the mission an uncrewed Orion capsule will spend 10 days in a distant retrograde 60 000 kilometers 37 000 mi orbit around the Moon before returning to Earth 10 Artemis 2 the first crewed mission of the program will launch four astronauts in 2024 11 on a free return flyby of the Moon at a distance of 8 900 kilometers 5 500 mi 12 13 14 After Artemis 2 the Power and Propulsion Element of the Lunar Gateway and three components of an expendable lunar lander are planned to be delivered on multiple launches from commercial launch service providers 15 Artemis 3 is planned to launch in 2025 16 aboard an SLS Block 1 rocket and will use the minimalist Gateway and expendable lander to achieve the first crewed lunar landing of the program The flight is planned to touch down on the lunar south pole region with two astronauts staying there for about one week 15 17 18 19 20 Robotic missions editSuborbital edit Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment ATREX five consecutive launches 80 seconds apart on March 27 2012 studied the high altitude jet stream 21 22 NASA Sounding Rocket Program SHIELDS launched April 19 2021 collected data from the heliopause 23 Earth and Heliocentric satellites edit Main category NASA satellites orbiting Earth Biosatellite programBiosatellite 1 launched December 1966 completed Biosatellite 2 launched September 1967 completed Biosatellite 3 launched June 1969 completedCosmic Background Explorer COBE launched November 1989 completed Earth Observing System 24 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UARS launched September 1991 completed Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GRACE launched March 2002 completed Gravity Recover and Climate Experiment Follow On GRACE FO launched May 2018 operational NPOESS Preparatory Project NPP National Polar orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPOESS launched October 2011 operational 25 Echo 1 and 2 launched August 1960 and January 1964 respectively completed Great ObservatoriesHubble Space Telescope launched April 1990 operational Compton Gamma Ray Observatory launched April 1991 operational Chandra X ray Observatory launched July 1999 operational Spitzer Space Telescope launched August 2003 completed James Webb Space Telescope launched December 2021 operational 26 27 High Energy Astronomy Observatory programHigh Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 HEAO 1 launched August 1977 completed Einstein Observatory HEAO 2 launched November 1978 completed first fully imaging X ray telescope High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3 HEAO 3 launched September 1979 completedImager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration IMAGE launched March 2000 completed Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS launched January 1983 completed Jason 1 launched December 2001 completed 28 OSTM Jason 2 launched June 2008 completed 29 Jason 3 launched January 2016 operational 30 Landsat program 31 Landsat 1 launched July 1972 completed Landsat 2 launched January 1975 completed Landsat 3 launched March 1978 completed Landsat 4 launched July 1982 completed Landsat 5 launched March 1984 completed Landsat 6 launched October 1993 failed Landsat 7 launched April 1999 operational Landsat 8 launched February 2013 operational Landsat 9 launched September 2021 operationalLiving With a StarVan Allen Probes launched August 2012 completed Twin probes studying the Van Allen radiation belt 32 33 Terra launched December 1999 operational Aqua launched May 2002 operational Aura launched July 2004 operational New Millennium Program NMP Earth Observing 1 EO 1 launched November 2000 completed Space Technology 5 ST5 launched March 2006 completed Space Technology 6 ST6 NanoSail D launched August 2008 failed NanoSail D2 launched November 2010 completed Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO launched February 2009 failed Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO 2 launched July 2014 operational Origins programFar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FUSE launched June 1999 completed Kepler launched March 2009 completed searching for Earth sized exoplanets in the habitable zoneTime History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms THEMIS launched February 2007 operational Small Explorer program SMEX 34 Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere AIM launched April 2007 operational Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer FAST launched August 1996 completed Galaxy Evolution Explorer GALEX launched April 2003 completed Interstellar Boundary Explorer IBEX launched October 2008 operational Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array NuSTAR launched June 2012 operational X ray telescope orbiting Earth 35 36 Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager RHESSI launched February 2002 completed Sun observing Earth satellite Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer SAMPEX launched July 1992 completed Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite SWAS launched December 1998 completed Transition Region and Coronal Explorer TRACE launched August 1998 completed Sun observing Earth satellite Wide Field Infrared Explorer WIRE launched March 1999 failedSolar Terrestrial Probes programHinode Solar B Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics TIMED Two Wide angle Imaging Neutral atom Spectrometers TWINS Uhuru Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe WMAP Imaging X ray Polarimetry Explorer IXPE BioSentinel Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launching May 2027 futureSun edit Pioneer programPioneer 6 7 8 and 9 launched between December 1965 and November 1968 completed Solar wind solar magnetic field and cosmic raysHelios 1 and 2 launched December 1974 and January 1976 completed Ulysses spacecraft launched October 1990 completed ESA partnership Genesis launched August 2001 completed returned sample of solar wind Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO launched December 1995 operational ESA partnership Solar Maximum Mission SolarMax launched February 1980 completed suffered partial failure after launch repaired in April 1984 during a Space Shuttle mission Solar Terrestrial Probes programTIMED launched December 2001 operational Hinode launched September 2006 operational STEREO launched October 2006 operational MMS launched March 2015 37 operational IMAP launching 2025 futureParker Solar Probe launched August 2018 operational the first mission into the Sun s corona 38 39 Living With a StarSolar Dynamics Observatory SDO launched February 2010 operational Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses BARREL two campaigns of 20 balloons each studying the Van Allen radiation belts 2012 to 2014 40 This mission is a complement to the Van Allen Probes RBSP 41 CubeSat for Solar Particles CuSP launched November 2022Moon edit See also Exploration of the Moon Pioneer programPioneer 0 launched August 1958 failed Pioneer 1 launched October 1958 failed Pioneer 2 launched November 1958 failed Pioneer 3 launched December 1958 failed Pioneer 4 launched March 1959 completed Pioneer P 1 launched September 1959 failed Pioneer P 3 launched November 1959 failed Pioneer P 30 launched September 1960 failed Pioneer P 31 launched December 1960 failedRanger programRanger 1 launched August 1961 failed Ranger 2 launched November 1961 failed Ranger 3 launched January 1962 failed Ranger 4 launched April 1962 failed Ranger 5 launched October 1962 failed Ranger 6 launched January 1964 failed Ranger 7 launched July 1964 completed Ranger 8 launched February 1965 completed Ranger 9 launched March 1965 completedSurveyor programSurveyor 1 launched May 1966 completed Surveyor 2 launched September 1966 failed Surveyor 3 launched April 1967 completed Surveyor 4 launched July 1967 failed Surveyor 5 launched September 1967 completed Surveyor 6 launched November 1967 completed Surveyor 7 launched January 1968 completedLunar Orbiter programLunar Orbiter 1 launched August 1966 completed Lunar Orbiter 2 launched November 1966 completed Lunar Orbiter 3 launched February 1967 completed Lunar Orbiter 4 launched May 1967 completed Lunar Orbiter 5 launched August 1967 completedClementine launched January 1994 completed Discovery ProgramDiscovery 3 Lunar Prospector launched January 1998 completed Discovery 11 GRAIL launched September 2011 completed 42 Moon Mineralogy Mapper M3 instrument for ISRO s Chandraayan 1 launched October 2008 completed Lunar Precursor Robotic Program LPRP LCROSS launched June 2009 completed Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO launched June 2009 operational LADEE launched September 2013 completedKorea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter s ShadowCam instrument launched August 2022 operational CAPSTONE launched November 2022 operational LunaH Map launched November 2022 operational Lunar IceCube launched November 2022 operational Lunar Flashlight launched December 2022 failedMercury edit Mariner programMariner 10 launched November 1973 completed flyby of Venus multiple flybys of Mercury first spacecraft to MercuryDiscovery programDiscovery 7 MESSENGER launched August 2004 completed first to orbit MercuryVenus edit Mariner programMariner 1 launched July 1962 failed intended to be first American flyby of Venus Mariner 2 launched August 1962 completed first flyby of Venus by an operational spacecraft Mariner 5 launched June 1967 completed flyby of Venus Mariner 10 launched November 1973 completed flyby of Venus multiple flybys of Mercury first spacecraft to MercuryPioneer programPioneer 5 launched March 1960 completed interplanetary space between Earth and Venus Pioneer Venus projectPioneer Venus Orbiter launched May 1978 completed Venus orbiter Pioneer Venus Multiprobe launched August 1978 completed Venus atmospheric probes dd Magellan launched May 1989 completed radar mapping of Venus Discovery ProgramDiscovery 15 VERITAS launching 2028 future Discovery 16 DAVINCI launching 2029 futureMars edit See also Exploration of Mars Mariner programMariner 4 launched November 1964 completed Mariner 6 and 7 launched February 1969 completed Mariner 8 launched May 1971 failed Mariner 9 launched May 1971 completedViking programViking 1 launched August 1975 completed Viking 2 launched September 1975 completedMars Observer launched September 1992 failed Mars Global Surveyor launched November 1996 completed Discovery ProgramDiscovery 2 Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover launched July 1997 completed Discovery 12 InSight launched May 2018 completedMars Polar Lander launched January 1999 failedDeep Space 2 launched January 1999 failed sub surface probes 2001 Mars Odyssey launched April 2001 operational Mars Exploration RoversSpirit rover launched June 2003 completed Opportunity rover launched June 2003 completedMars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched August 2005 operational Mars orbiter Mars Scout programPhoenix launched August 2007 completed Mars lander MAVEN launched November 2013 operational orbiter studying the atmosphere of MarsMars Science Laboratory MSL Curiosity rover launched November 2011 operational Mars rover exploring Gale Crater InSight launched May 2018 completed Mars 2020Perseverance rover launched July 2020 operational Mars rover exploring Jezero Crater Ingenuity helicopter launched July 2020 operational first powered flight on MarsEscaPADE launching August 2024 future NASA ESA Mars Sample Return launching 2027 and 2028 futureJupiter edit Pioneer programPioneer 10 launched March 1972 completed first to the asteroid belt and Jupiter Pioneer 11 launched December 1974 completed asteroid belt and Jupiter first to SaturnVoyager programVoyager 1 launched September 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter and Saturn extended mission to explore interstellar medium most distant human made object Voyager 2 launched August 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune extended mission to explore interstellar medium first spacecraft to Uranus and NeptuneGalileo launched October 1989 completed Jupiter and its moons New Frontiers programNew Frontiers 2 Juno launched August 2011 operational Jupiter orbiter mission 43 Europa Clipper launching 2024 futureSaturn edit Pioneer programPioneer 11 launched December 1974 completed asteroid belt and Jupiter first to SaturnVoyager programVoyager 1 launched September 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter and Saturn extended mission to explore interstellar medium most distant human made object Voyager 2 launched August 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune extended mission to explore interstellar medium first spacecraft to Uranus and NeptuneCassini Huygens launched October 1997 completed Saturn and its moons New Frontiers programNew Frontiers 4 Dragonfly launching 2027 futureEnceladus Orbilander launching 2038 futureUranus edit Voyager programVoyager 2 launched August 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune extended mission to explore interstellar medium first spacecraft to Uranus and NeptuneUranus Orbiter and Probe launching 2032 futureNeptune edit Voyager programVoyager 2 launched August 1977 operational flybys of Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune extended mission to explore interstellar medium first spacecraft to Uranus and NeptuneAsteroids comets edit New Millennium Program NMP NEAR Shoemaker launched February 1996 completed close study of 433 Eros Deep Space 1 DS1 launched October 1998 completed first spacecraft propelled by an ion thrusterDiscovery ProgramDiscovery 4 Stardust launched February 1999 completed follow up for Deep Impact s primary mission to 9P Tempel Discovery 6 CONTOUR launched July 2002 failed Discovery 8 Deep Impact primary EPOXI extended launched January 2005 completed Discovery 13 Lucy launched October 2021 operational Will fly by one main belt asteroid and seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids 44 Discovery 14 Psyche launching October 2023 futureNew Frontiers programNew Frontiers 3 OSIRIS REx launched September 2016 operational 45 46 Double Asteroid Redirection Test DART launched November 2021 completed Near Earth Asteroid Scout launched November 2022 failedDwarf planets edit New Frontiers programNew Frontiers 1 New Horizons launched January 2006 operational flyby of Pluto and its moons in 2015 first to PlutoDiscovery ProgramDiscovery 9 Dawn launched September 2007 completed Vesta in 2011 2012 and Ceres in 2015 2018Canceled or undeveloped missions editMain article List of NASA cancellations Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby CRAF Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter JIMO Mars Astrobiology Explorer Cacher MAX C Mars Telecommunications Orbiter MTO Asteroid Redirect Mission 2013 2017 Origins ProgramSpace Interferometry Mission SIM Terrestrial Planet Finder TPF Pluto Kuiper Express PLUTOKE replaced by New HorizonsOld proposals edit Mars Scout programAerial Regional scale Environmental Survey ARES 2000 2010 concept TAU spacecraft probe to 1000 AU 1980s concept See also editNASA Large strategic science missions the NASA flagship missions Discovery Program medium cost NASA missions New Frontiers program medium large NASA missions to outer planets 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