It's hard to believe that space exploration has been happening since the 1950s and there are plans to continue space exploration well into the future. Many of the early spacecraft were quite primitive, especially compared to what is in store for the future. Let's take a closer look at some of the space exploration missions, with more information to come in the future. Here are most space exploration missions by the decade they were active.
1960-1969
NASA
1970-1979
NASA
1980-1989
NASA
1990-1999
NASA
- Pioneer 10
- Pioneer 11
- Voyager 2
- Voyager 1
- ISEE-3/ICE
- Sakigake
- Giotto
- Suisei
- Magellan
- Galileo
- Hagomoro
- Hiten-Hagomoro
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Ulysses
- Mars Observer
- Clementine
- SOHO
- NEAR Shoemaker
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Mars Pathfinder
- ACE
- Cassini-Huygens
- Asiasat 3/HGS 1
- Lunar Prospector
- Nozomi
- Deep Space 1
- Mars Climate Orbiter
- Mars Polar Lander
- Deep Space 2
- Stardust
2000-2009
NASA
- Voyager 2
- Voyager 1
- Galileo
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Ulysses
- SOHO
- NEAR Shoemaker
- Mars Global Surveyor
- ACE
- Cassini-Huygens
- Nozomi
- Deep Space 1
- Stardust
- Mars 2001 Odyssey
- Genesis
- High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
- AQUA
- CONTOUR
- Hayabusa
- Beagle 2
- Mars Express
- Spirit
- Opportunity
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- SMART-1
- Rosetta
- MESSENGER
- Deep Impact
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- SELENE
- LUNAR-A
- CloudSat
- Venus Express
- New Horizons (PKB)
- Space Technology 5
- Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
- Dawn
- Solar-B
- Phoenix
- Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Mars Science Laboratory
2010+
NASA
- Voyager 2
- Voyager 1
- Hubble Space Telescope
- ACE
- Mars 2001 Odyssey
- High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
- AQUA
- Rosetta
- MESSENGER
- SELENE
- LUNAR-A
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- CloudSat
- New Horizons (PKB)
- Space Technology 5
- Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
- Dawn
- Solar-B
- Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Jupiter Polar Orbiter (Juno)
2010+ (Cont.)
NASA
- BepiColombo
- Mars Scout 2
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Mars Sample Return Lander
- Mars Scout 3
- Mars Astrobiology Field Lab Rover (AFL)
- Mars Planetary Evolution and Meteorology (Multi-Lander) Network
- Lunar South Polar Aiken Basin Sample Return
- Comet Surface Sample Return
- Venus In-Situ Explorer (VISE)
- Europa Geophysical Explorer
- Jupiter Flyby with Probes
- Venus Surface Explorer
- Titan Explorer with Orbiter
- Neptune/Triton Orbiter
- Europa Astrobiology Lander
