Recent Programmes
Artemis 1
Artemis 1, officially Artemis I and formerly Exploration Mission-1, was an uncrewed
Moon-orbiting mission. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis 1
marked the agency's return to lunar exploration after the conclusion of the Apollo program
five decades earlier.
Perseverance
Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero
crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was manufactured by the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC.
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that
was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first
space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital
research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named
after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The Space Telescope
Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while
the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) controls the spacecraft.
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest space telescope, made to
conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to
view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope.
International Space Station
The International Space Station, commonly referred to as the ISS, is the
largest modular space station in low Earth orbit. The project involves five space agencies:
the United States' NASA, Russia's Roscosmos, Japan's JAXA, Europe's ESA, and Canada's CSA.
Upcoming Programmes
Luna 25
Luna 25 is a planned lunar lander mission by Roscosmos. It will land near the lunar south
pole at the Boguslavsky crater.
Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making
observations of the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii
from the center of the Sun, and by 2025 will travel, at closest approach, as fast as 690,000
km/h, or 0.064% the speed of light.
Past Programmes
Double Asteroid Redirection Test - DART
Double Asteroid Redirection Test was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of
planetary defense against near-Earth objects. It was designed to assess how much a
spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the
asteroid head-on.
Lunar Prospector
Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and
construction as part of the Discovery Program.
The Pioneer Missions
The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes
exploration. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to
send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to fly by the Moon,