Missions

A comprehensive timeline of all nations' space missions to Earth's moon and the planets. Includes spacecraft and mission profiles, and many related links. From the NASA National Space Science Data Center.

Basic information about space shuttle missions, the International Space Station, NASA TV schedule, and missions to Mars.

Offers project and scientific information on a coming infrared observatory mission to observe stars and galaxies.

Overviews of every mission to Mars since 1960, including planned future missions.

Mission descriptions, pictures, and links to detailed spacecraft and mission profiles.

Information, images, and mission data on the Ranger series, was the first U.S. attempt to obtain close-up images of the Lunar surface.

Description of the Mir orbital complex together with a detailed diary of onboard events.

Description of the Salyut 1 space station, its onboard equipment and its mission, together with a detailed diary of onboard events.

This NASA archive offers brief overviews and detailed transcripts of the American lunar landings. Includes crew biographies as well as audio, image, and video galleries.

Part of the NASA Historical Series. The chronology of the development of the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar mission. Provides specific documented information covering a wide range of events related to the Apollo manned spaceflight program.

An interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time. Includes period photographs and video clips.

Recordings of the Apollo 11 lunar landing as experienced minute-by-minute by the crew and Mission Control.

Overviews of the various Apollo missions, including landing sites, lunar surface operations, science experiments, samplings, and an extensive gallery of mission photography.

Blueprint-type drawings of the Gemini spacecraft.

Homepage for the space mission that will fly close to a comet and, for the first time ever, bring cometary material back to Earth for analysis by scientists worldwide.

Payload manufacturer. Includes a spacecraft overview and information about the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument.

Landsat information from the Ecosystem Science and Technology Branch of the Earth Science Division at Ames Research Center. Includes news, mission status, laws, and policies on data use.

Find a summary of information about this scientific sensor on the Orbview-2 satellite.

Offers an overview of the program, discussion of science results, and animations.

Mission overview, quick facts, and extensive links to related news stories.

Clearinghouse of links for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (Spirit and Opportunity).

NASA's official site. Detailed mission information, news reports, and a database of images from the satellite's orbits of Mars.

Explains why this mission is different from previous ones.

Detailed information, experiments, data, and images on the five survey missions (1966-1967).

Digital edition of Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas, 1971, with all 675 plates.

Full spectrometer and gravity data sets and archives.

Mission information and overview, with links to related sites.

Southwest Research Institute's site offers spacecraft details and program status.

Detailed information on NASA missions to the outer planets and the first spacecraft to reach Uranus and Neptune.

News announcement of Russia's plans to deorbit Mir. [BBC News]

Provides extensive and updated information about the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, flown on two NASA spacecraft (Terra and Aqua).

MODIS data provided by the Distributed Active Archive Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Obtains detailed maps of land surface temperature, emissivity, reflectance and elevation of the Earth.

Offers an overview of the instrument.