Popular Astronomy

Space Missions

Missions to the planets

To find out more about the exploration of the solar system, use these links to the websites of the teams involved

NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury: messenger.jhuapl.edu
European Space Agency’s Venus Express mission: sci.esa.int/venusexpress
NASA’s visible Earth website with tons of great pictures of our planet: visibleearth.nasa.gov
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to the Moon (launches summer 2008): lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers: marsrovers.nasa.gov/home/index.html
ESA’s Mars Express mission: www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/index.html
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: mars.jpl.nasa/gov/mro/
NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter (completed 2003): galileo.jpl.nasa.gov
NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn: saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and the edge of the Solar System: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto (currently en-route): pluto.jhuapl.edu
NASA Planetary Photojournal, filled with lots of pictures of the planets, their moons and their rings: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

Beyond the Solar System
Hubble Space Telescope, with lots of pictures of space: hubblesite.org
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, an infrared telescope, with lots of pictures: www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory: chandra.harvard.edu/