The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration.
Space exploration – use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.[1] Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.
Essence of space exploration
- Big science – Term used to describe a series of changes in science occurred in industrial nations
- Exploration – Process of investigating unfamiliar things
- High tech – Most advanced technology available
- Space – Void between celestial bodies
- Spaceflight – Flight into or through outer space
Branches of space exploration
- Human spaceflight – Spaceflight with a crew or passengers
- Uncrewed spaceflight – Autonomous space travel without human
History of space exploration
- Remote sensing of Earth
- Exploration of the Moon
- Exploration of Mercury
- Exploration of Venus
- Exploration of Mars
- Exploration of Jupiter
- Exploration of Saturn
- Exploration of Uranus
- Exploration of Neptune
- History of human spaceflight
- List of human spaceflights
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- Spaceflight records
- Emergence of market forces in spaceflight
- Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
- Timeline of astronauts by nationality
- Timeline of first orbital launches by country
- Timeline of rocket and missile technology
- Timeline of space exploration
- Timeline of space travel by nationality
- Timeline of spaceflight
- Timeline of the Space Race
- Timeline of Solar System exploration
Space agencies
Active deep space missions and space stations
- International Space Station
- Intuitive Machines Nova-C 1 Odysseus lander (NASA)
- Europa Clipper (NASA)
- Tiangong space station (CNSA)
- Chandrayaan-2 (ISRO)
- Hera (ESA)
- Chang'e 6 service module (CNSA)
- Tiandu-1 and 2 (CNSA)
- Queqiao relay satellite (CNSA)
- Queqiao-2 relay satellite (CNSA)
- ICUBE-Q (SUPARCO)
- Chang'e 5 service module (CNSA)
- DRO A/B (CAS)
- Chang'e 4 (CNSA)
- CAPSTONE (NASA)
- Danuri (KARI)
- Advanced Composition Explorer – NASA mission to observe solar wind
- Deep Space Climate Observatory – NOAA observatory for space weather
- Aditya-L1 (ISRO)
- Mars Odyssey (NASA)
- Mars Express – ESA satellite orbiting Mars
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA)
- Mars Science Laboratory – NASA rover to Mars
- MAVEN – NASA satellite orbiting Mars
- ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (ESA / Roscosmos) – Mars satellite
- Tianwen-1 (CNSA)
- Mars 2020 Perseverance rover – NASA rover to Mars
- Akatsuki – JAXA satellite orbiting Venus
- BepiColombo (ESA / JAXA)
- STEREO – NASA mission to observe the Sun
- Parker Solar Probe – NASA probe to Sun
- Solar Orbiter – ESA probe to Sun
- Hayabusa2♯ (JAXA) – sample return mission to asteroid Ryugu
- OSIRIS-APEX (NASA) – probe to asteroid Apophis
- Lucy – NASA probe to multiple Jupiter trojans
- Psyche (NASA) – probe to asteroid Psyche
- Juno – NASA satellite orbiting Jupiter
- Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – ESA probe to Jupiter and its moons
- New Horizons – probe to Pluto
- Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 (NASA) – probes to outer Solar System and interstellar space
Future of space exploration
Lunar (the Moon)
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Outer Solar System
Beyond the Solar System
General space exploration concepts
- Astronaut – Commander, pilot, or crew member of a spacecraft
- Non-rocket spacelaunch – Concepts for launch into space
- Space and survival – Idea that spacefaring is necessary for long-term human survival
- Space vehicle – Combination of launch vehicle and spacecraft
- Launch vehicle – Rocket used to carry a spacecraft into space
- Spacecraft – Vehicle or machine designed to fly in space
- Spaceflight – Flight into or through outer space
- Space research – Scientific studies carried out using scientific equipment in outer space
Space exploration scholars
Leaders in space exploration
- Yuri Gagarin – first man in space
- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – first men to walk on the Moon
- John Glenn – oldest man in orbit
See also
- Outline of space science
- Outline of aerospace
- Timeline of Solar System exploration
- Scientific research on the International Space Station
Lists
- List of spacecraft
- List of crewed spacecraft
- List of Solar System probes
- List of space telescopes
- List of cargo spacecraft
- List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters
- List of heaviest spacecraft
- List of spacecraft called Sputnik
- List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries
- List of spacecraft with electric propulsion
- List of spaceplanes
- List of upper stages
- List of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station
- Assembly of the International Space Station
- Space Shuttle crews
- List of Apollo astronauts
- List of Apollo missions
- List of Artemis missions
- List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
- List of astronauts by name
- List of astronauts by selection
- List of communication satellite companies
- List of communications satellite firsts
- List of Constellation missions
- List of Cosmos satellites
- List of crewed spacecraft
- List of cumulative spacewalk records
- List of Earth observation satellites
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights
- List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station
- List of interplanetary voyages
- List of ISS spacewalks
- List of International Space Station expeditions
- List of International Space Station visitors
- List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies
- List of launch vehicles
- List of Mir expeditions
- List of Mir spacewalks
- List of NASA missions
- List of objects at Lagrangian points
- List of private spaceflight companies
- List of probes by operational status
- List of rockets
- Lists of rocket launches
- List of Ariane launches
- List of Atlas launches
- List of Black Brant launches
- List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
- List of Long March launches
- List of Proton launches
- List of R-7 launches
- List of Scout launches
- List of Space Launch System launches
- List of Thor and Delta launches
- List of Titan launches
- List of V-2 test launches
- List of Zenit launches
- List of Russian human spaceflight missions
- List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit
- List of Solar System probes
- List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
- List of space agencies
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- List of space travelers by name
- List of space travelers by nationality
- List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir
- List of spacecraft manufacturers
- List of spaceflight records
- List of spaceports
- List of spacewalks and moonwalks
- List of the largest fixed satellite operators
- List of uncrewed spacecraft by program
- Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
- Lists of astronomical objects
- Lists of telescopes
- List of government space agencies
- Lists of astronauts
- Lists of space scientists
References
External links
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