Outline of space exploration

Space exploration • • • • • == Branches of space exploration ==

• • Uncrewed spaceflight – Autonomous space travel without human == History of space exploration ==

• Remote sensing of Earth • Exploration of the Moon • Apollo program • Moon landings • Robotic exploration of the Moon • Exploration of Mercury • Exploration of Venus • Exploration of Mars • Mars landings • Mars rovers • Mars Rotorcrafts • Mars flyby • Exploration of Jupiter • Exploration of Saturn • Exploration of Uranus • Exploration of Neptune • History of human spaceflight • Project Mercury • Project Gemini • Apollo program • Space Shuttle program • Vostok program • Voskhod program • Soyuz program • Shenzhou program • 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 ==

• List of government space agencies • Space agencies capable of human spaceflight (as of January 2024) • NASA (USA) • CNSA (China) • RFSA (Russia) • Space agencies with full launch capability • NASA (USA) • RFSA (Russia) • CNSA (China) • ISRO (India) • ESA (Europe) • JAXA (Japan) • ISA (Israel) • KARI (South Korea) == Active deep space missions and space stations ==

• International Space Station • Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (NOAA) • Carruthers Geocorona Observatory (NASA) • Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (NASA) • Europa Clipper (NASA) • Tiangong space station (CNSA) • Chandrayaan-2 (ISRO) • Tianwen-2 (CNSA) • Hera (ESA) • 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 • 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) • Future lunar missions • Colonization of the Moon • Lunar outpost (NASA) Mercury • Colonization of Mercury Venus • Exploration of Venus Mars • Colonization of Mars • Human mission to Mars • Mars to Stay Outer Solar System • Colonization of the outer Solar System • Colonization of Titan Beyond the Solar System • Interstellar travel • Nuclear rocket • Fusion rocket • Solar sail • Einstein-Rosen bridge • Alcubierre drive • Intergalactic travel == General space exploration concepts ==

• • • • • • • • == 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 ==