Unmanned space mission
Sorted list of unmanned space missions by mission objective
- 4.1 Mercury emissions
- 4.2 Venus missions
- 4.3 Missions to Mars
Erdmissionen
Early satellite programs
- Sputnik (1957 )
- Explorer ( 1958)
- Vanguard (1959)
Earth observation satellites
- TIROS (1960 )
- Nimbus (1960 )
- Landsat
Communication satellites
- Syncom (1961-1964)
- Telstar (1962)
- Relay (1963-1967)
- Intelsat (1965-2005)
- Molniya (1965 -? )
- Symphony (1974-1975)
- Raduga (1975 -? )
- DFS Copernicus (1989-1992)
Lunar missions
- Pioneer (1958-1960)
- Lunik (1958-1960)
- Luna (1963-1976) Lunokhod - two lunar rover
Sun probes
- Helios (1974-1986) - Orbiter ( [ West ] Germany / USA)
- Ulysses (1990-2008) - Orbiter (ESA / NASA )
- SOHO (1995 - ) - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( ESA / NASA)
Missions to the inner planets
Mercury emissions
- Mariner - flyby
- MESSENGER ( started 2004) - Orbiter
- BepiColombo ( launch 2013) - Orbiter ( ESA)
Venus missions
- Venera - orbiter and landing
- Mariner - flyby
- Zond - flyby
- Pioneer - orbiter and landing
- Magellan - Orbiter
- Venus Express - Orbiter since 2006
- Venera D - Lander, possible start in 2016
Mars missions
- Mars - early Mars missions of the Soviet Union ( 1960 and 1970 )
- Mariner - Spacecraft of the United States, flybys and orbiters
- Mars Observer - Orbiter failed
- Mars Global Surveyor - Orbiter 1997-2006
- Nozomi - Orbiter 1998 failed,
- Mars Climate Orbiter - Orbiter, 1998-1999 failed
- 2001 Mars Odyssey - Orbiter since 2001
- Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit ) 2003 -
- Mars Exploration Rover B ( Opportunity ) 2003 -
Asteroid and comet missions
- Vega - flyby of Comet Halley (1984-1986)
- Sakigake - flyby of Comet Halley (1985-1986)
- Suisei - flyby of Comet Halley (1985-1986)
- Giotto - flyby of two comets (1985-1992)
- NEAR Shoemaker - Orbiter risked landing on Eros flyby of another asteroid (1996-2001)
- Deep Space 1 - flyby of a comet and an asteroid (1998-2001)
- Stardust - flyby of comet Wild 2 dust particles from the coma returned to Earth ( 1999-2006)
- CONTOUR - flyby of comet failed to start (2002)
- Hayabusa - orbit around asteroid Itokawa, soil samples are taken to be brought back to Earth (2003-2010? ) (?)
- Rosetta - Šteins (2008), Lutetia (2010) and orbit around the comet and landing 67P/Tschurjumow-Gerasimenko ( 2004-2015? )
- Deep Impact - Collision with Comet Tempel 1 (2004-2005) EPOXI - Comet 103P/Hartley 2 (11 October 2010)
Missions to the outer solar system
- Pioneer - Jupiter and Saturn flyby
- 1/Voyager Voyager 2 - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune flyby
- Ulysses (1990-2008) - Jupiter flyby, Solar Orbiter - ESA / NASA
- Cassini -Huygens (start 1997) - Saturn Orbiter Titan lander Cassini: Orbit 2004 -
- Huygens: landing on Titan in 2005