Outline of space exploration
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration:
Space exploration – use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.[1] Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.
Branches of space exploration
History of space exploration
- Remote sensing of Earth
- Exploration of the Moon
- Apollo program
- Moon landings
- Robotic exploration of the Moon
- Exploration of Mercury
- Exploration of Venus
- Exploration of Mars
- Exploration of Jupiter
- Exploration of Saturn
- Exploration of Uranus
- Exploration of Neptune
- History of human spaceflight
- Project Mercury
- Project Gemini
- Apollo program
- Space Shuttle program
- Vostok program
- Voskhod program
- Soyuz program
- Shenzhou program
- List of human spaceflights
- Spaceflight records
- Emergence of market forces in spaceflight
- Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
- Timeline of astronauts by nationality
- Timeline of Earth science satellites
- Timeline of first orbital launches by country
- Timeline of rocket and missile technology
- Timeline of space exploration
- Timeline of Space Shuttle missions
- Timeline of space travel by nationality
- Timeline of spaceflight
- Timeline of the Space Race
- Timeline of Solar System exploration
Space agencies
Active space missions
- International Space Station
- Chandrayaan-2 (ISRO)
- Chang'e 4 (CNSA)
- Mars Odyssey (NASA)
- Mars Express – ESA satellite orbiting Mars
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA)
- Mars Science Laboratory – NASA rover to Mars
- MAVEN – NASA satellite orbiting Mars
- Mars Orbiter Mission (ISRO) – satellite orbiting Mars
- ExoMars (ESA / Roscosmos) – Mars mission
- InSight (NASA)
- Emirates Mars Mission
- Tianwen-1 (CNSA)
- Mars 2020 – NASA rover to Mars
- Akatsuki – JAXA satellite orbiting Venus
- BepiColombo (ESA / JAXA)
- Parker Solar Probe – NASA probe to Sun
- Hayabusa2 (JAXA) – sample return mission to asteroid Ryugu
- OSIRIS-REx (NASA) – sample return mission to asteroid Bennu
- Juno – NASA satellite orbiting Jupiter
- New Horizons – probe to Pluto
- Voyager (NASA) – probe to outer Solar System and interstellar space
Future of space exploration
Lunar (the Moon)
- Future lunar missions
- Colonization of the Moon
- Lunar outpost (NASA)
Sun
Mercury
- Colonization of Mercury
Venus
- Exploration of Venus
Mars
Outer Solar System
Beyond the Solar System
- Interstellar travel
- Nuclear rocket
- Fusion rocket
- Solar sail
- Einstein-Rosen bridge
- Alcubierre drive
- Intergalactic travel
General space exploration concepts
Space exploration scholars
Leaders in space exploration
- Yuri Gagarin – first man in space
- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – first men to walk on the Moon
- John Glenn – oldest man in orbit
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See also
- Outline of aerospace
- Timeline of Solar System exploration
- Scientific research on the International Space Station
- Lists
- Assembly of the International Space Station
- Space Shuttle crews
- List of Apollo astronauts
- List of Apollo missions
- List of Artemis missions
- List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
- List of astronauts by name
- List of astronauts by selection
- List of communication satellite companies
- List of communications satellite firsts
- List of Constellation missions
- List of Cosmos satellites
- List of crewed spacecraft
- List of cumulative spacewalk records
- List of Earth observation satellites
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights
- List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station
- List of interplanetary voyages
- List of ISS spacewalks
- List of International Space Station expeditions
- List of International Space Station visitors
- List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies
- List of launch vehicles
- List of Mir expeditions
- List of Mir spacewalks
- List of NASA missions
- List of objects at Lagrangian points
- List of private spaceflight companies
- List of probes by operational status
- List of rockets
- Lists of rocket launches
- List of Ariane launches
- List of Atlas launches
- List of Black Brant launches
- List of Falcon 1 launches
- List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
- List of Long March launches
- List of Proton launches
- List of R-7 launches
- List of Scout launches
- List of Space Launch System launches
- List of Thor and Delta launches
- List of Titan launches
- List of V-2 test launches
- List of Zenit launches
- List of Russian human spaceflight missions
- List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit
- List of satellites which have provided data on Earth's magnetosphere
- List of Solar System probes
- List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
- List of space agencies
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- List of space travelers by name
- List of space travelers by nationality
- List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir
- List of spacecraft manufacturers
- List of spaceflight records
- List of spaceports
- List of spacewalks and moonwalks
- List of the largest fixed satellite operators
- List of uncrewed spacecraft by program
- Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
References
- "How Space is Explored". NASA. Archived from the original on 2009-07-02.
External links
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