All Space Exploration Missions
List of all spacecraft missions that resulted in a successful orbit or landing around a planet, moon, asteroid, or comet. A few notable flybys (like for Pluto) are included. Also listed are future proposed and planned missions.
Missions to the planets
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | STATUS |
| Ceres (dwarf) | Dawn | 2015-2018 | retired |
| Jupiter | Galileo Orbiter | 1995-2003 | retired |
| Jupiter | JUNO | 2016-2025 | active |
| Mars | Mars 3 | 1971 | retired |
| Mars | Mariner 9 | 1971-1972 | retired |
| Mars | Mars 2,3,5 | 1971-1974 | retired |
| Mars | Viking 2 | 1976-1980 | retired |
| Mars | Viking 1 | 1976-1982 | retired |
| Mars | Pathfinder | 1997 | retired |
| Mars | Sojourner | 1997 | retired |
| Mars | MGS | 1997-2006 | retired |
| Mars | Mars Odyssey | 2001-2025 | active |
| Mars | Spirit | 2004-2010 | retired |
| Mars | Opportunity | 2004-2018 | retired |
| Mars | MRO | 2005-present | active |
| Mars | Phoenix | 2008 | retired |
| Mars | MSL Curiosity | 2012-present | active |
| Mars | MAVEN | 2014-present | active |
| Mars | ExoMars TGO | 2016-present | active |
| Mars | InSight | 2018-present | active |
| Mars | Hope Mars | 2020-present | active |
| Mars | Mars Ingenuity | 2020-present | active |
| Mars | Mars Perseverance | 2020-present | active |
| Mars | Tianwen-1 | 2020-present | active |
| Mars | NeMO | 2020s | under study |
| Mars | ExoMars | 2022 | planned |
| Mars | MOM 2 | 2024 | planned |
| Mars | MSR | 2026 | under study |
| Mars | Cargo StarShip | 2027 | planned |
| Mars | Crew StarShip | 2029 | planned |
| Mercury | MESSENGER | 2011-2015 | retired |
| Mercury | BepiColumbo | 2025 | active |
| Pluto (dwarf) | New Horizons | 2015 | active |
| Saturn | Cassini | 2004-2017 | retired |
| Uranus | Uranus Orbiter & Probe | 2031 | planned |
| Venus | Venera 9 | 1975 | retired |
| Venus | Venera 12 | 1978 | retired |
| Venus | Pioneer Venus Orbiter | 1978-1992 | retired |
| Venus | Venera 14 | 1982 | retired |
| Venus | Vega 2 | 1985 | retired |
| Venus | Magellan | 1990-1994 | retired |
| Venus | Venus Express | 2006-2015 | retired |
| Venus | Akatsuki | 2015-present | active |
| Venus | Photon Venus | 2023 | planned |
| Venus | Shukrayaan-1 | 2025 | planned |
| Venus | VERITAS | 2028 | planned |
| Venus | Venera-D | 2029 | proposed |
| Venus | DAVINCI | 2030 | planned |
Missions to the moons
Missions to the moons include orbiters, landers, and rovers. We have landed on Luna (moon of Earth) and Titan (moon of Saturn) so far.
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | STATUS |
| Europa | Europa Clipper | 2024 | planned |
| Ganymede | JUICE | 2023 | planned |
| Luna | Apollo 11 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Apollo 12 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Apollo 14 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Apollo 15 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Apollo 16 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Apollo 17 | 1970s | returned |
| Luna | Chang'e 1 | 2007-2009 | retired |
| Luna | Chang'e 2 | 2010-2011 | retired |
| Luna | GRAIL A/B | 2011-2012 | retired |
| Luna | ARTEMIS P1/P2 | 2011-present | active |
| Luna | LADEE | 2013-2014 | retired |
| Luna | Chang'e 3 | 2013-present | active |
| Luna | Chang'e 4 | 2018 | active |
| Luna | Chandrayaan-2 | 2019 | active |
| Luna | Chang'e 5 | 2020 | returned |
| Luna | Astrobotic Peregrine | 2021 | planned |
| Luna | CAPSTONE | 2021 | planned |
| Luna | IM Nova-C | 2021 | planned |
| Luna | Astrobotic Moonranger | 2022 | planned |
| Luna | Masten XL-1 | 2022 | planned |
| Luna | Astrobotic Griffin-VIPER | 2023 | planned |
| Luna | dearMoon Starship | 2023 | planned |
| Phobos | MMX | 2025 | planned |
| Titan | Huygens | 2005-2010 | retired |
| Titan | Dragonfly | 2025 | planned |
Missions to asteroids and KBOs
Missions to asteroids and KBOs include flybys, orbiters, impactors, and landers. There have been a few sample return missions as well.
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | STATUS |
| Arrokoth | New Horizons | 2019-present | Sagittarius |
| Bennu | OSIRIS-Rex | 2018-2023 | active |
| Didymos | Hera | 2027 | planned |
| Dimorphos | DART | 2022 | planned |
| Dimorphos | APEX-Juventas | 2027 | planned |
| Eros | NEAR Shoemaker | 2001 | retired |
| Itokawa | Hayabusa | 2005-2010 | returned |
| Kamo'oalewa | ZhengzHe | 2022-2024 | planned |
| Psyche | Psyche | 2022-2026 | planned |
| Ryugu | MASCOT | 2018 | retired |
| Ryugu | Minerva II-1A/1B | 2018 | retired |
| Ryugu | Hayabusa2 | 2018-2020 | returned |
| Ryugu | SCI | 2019 | retired |
| Vesta | Dawn | 2011-2012 | retired |
Missions to comets
Missions to comets include flybys, orbiters, impactors, and landers. There have been a few sample return missions as well.
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | STATUS |
| Churyumov-Gerasimenko | Philae | 2004-2016 | retired |
| Churyumov-Gerasimenko | Rosetta | 2004-2016 | retired |
| Elst-Pizarro | ZhengzHe | 2022-2030 | planned |
| Giacobini-Zinner | ICE | 1978 | retired |
| Halley | Vega 1, 2 | 1984 | retired |
Missions to the Sun
Missions to Sol, our sun, include orbiters only.
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | STATUS |
| Sol | Pioneer 5-9 | 1960-2001 | retired |
| Sol | Helios A/B | 1974-1985 | retired |
| Sol | Ulysses | 1994-2007 | retired |
| Sol | SOHO | 1996-present | active |
| Sol | ACE | 1997-2024 | active |
| Sol | Genesis | 2001-2004 | retired |
| Sol | STEREO A/B | 2006-2018 | retired |
| Sol | DSCOVR | 2015-present | active |
| Sol | Parker Solar Probe | 2018-2025 | active |
| Sol | Solar Orbiter | 2020-present | active |
| Sol | Aditya-L1 | 2022 | planned |
Missions exiting the Solar System
Missions now travelling in interstellar space between the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. These spacecraft will take another 300 years or so to reach the inner boundary of the Oort Cloud, and another 30,000 years to exit the outer edge and on to the stars.
| DESTINATION | SPACECRAFT | DATES | SKY LOCATION |
| interstellar | Pioneer 10 | 1972-2003 | Taurus |
| interstellar | Pioneer 11 | 1973-1995 | Scutum |
| interstellar | Voyager 1 | 1973-present | Ophiuchus |
| interstellar | Voyager 2 | 1979-present | Pavo |
Last, but not least, SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster (with Starman) on Feb 2018 into interplanetary space. It orbits around the sun between Earth and Mars. It is currently located in the constellation Aries, but at magnitude 25.75, it is much too small and faint to see in any telescope except Hubble.