The Future of Space Exploration

NASA is the lead agency for the Artemis Program, with international partners including ESA, JAXA, and Roscosmos.

Starship is SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft, designed to carry humans and cargo to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.

China's Chang'e 4 mission successfully landed on the far side of the Moon in 2019, making it the first spacecraft to do so.

The Kepler Space Telescope was launched in 2009 and has discovered thousands of exoplanets, including many that are potentially habitable.

ESA is the lead agency for the ExoMars program, with NASA providing significant support.

SpaceX became the first private company to successfully launch a rocket into orbit in 2010.

NASA was the lead agency for the Cassini-Huygens mission, with ESA providing significant support.

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa was the first to successfully land on an asteroid and return samples to Earth.

NASA was the lead agency for the Voyager program.

Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to successfully enter orbit around Jupiter.

NASA is the lead agency for the International Space Station (ISS), with participation from ESA, JAXA, and Roscosmos.

Venera 7 was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.

NASA is the lead agency for the Hubble Space Telescope, with ESA providing significant support.

Viking 1 was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars.

NASA was the lead agency for the Galileo mission.