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Solar System Exploration Hub
Our Solar System
Planets
Moons
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SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION


Explore our planetary neighborhood: The Sun, planets, moons, and millions of
asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.


DEEP SPACE MISSIONS

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ACTIVE MISSIONS

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UPCOMING MISSIONS


ACTIVE MISSIONS

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PSYCHE

Launched on a mission to a metal-rich asteroid, arriving 2029.




OSIRIS-REX

Delivered asteroid Bennu sample in September 2023.




PERSEVERANCE ROVER

Exploring the surface of Mars since 2021.




CURIOSITY ROVER

Exploring the surface of Mars since 2012.




LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER

Orbiting the Moon since 2009.




BEPICOLOMBO*

En route to Mercury orbit in 2025. *ESA/JAXA-led.




MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER

Orbiting Mars since 2006.




MAVEN

Orbiting Mars since 2014.




MARS ODYSSEY

Orbiting Mars since 2001.




MARS EXPRESS*

Orbiting Mars since 2003. *ESA-led.




EXOMARS TRACE GAS ORBITER*

Orbiting Mars since 2016. *ESA-led.




LUCY

En route to Jupiter Trojan asteroids. First flyby: 2027.




NEOWISE

Asteroid and comet hunter since 2009.




JUNO

Orbiting Jupiter since 2016.




NEW HORIZONS

Exploring the Kuiper Belt since 2015.




JUICE*

Jupiter moon arrival in 2034. *ESA-led.





OVERVIEW

Since 1998, NASA's Solar System Exploration hub has served as a real-time,
living encyclopedia of the scientific exploration of our solar system. We
provide reliable, accurate, up-to-date information about the planets, moons,
asteroids, comets, and everything else in our solar system and the spacecraft
that explore them.

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Eyes on the Solar System: A real-time visualization of our solar system using
planetary science data.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


SOLAR SYSTEM STORIES

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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Continues Approach to Asteroid Dinkinesh

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NASA Highlights Media Opportunities for Upcoming Ring of Fire Eclipse

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NASA to Host Asteroid Sample Media Call; Provide Experts for Interviews

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A Bear on Mars?

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NASA'S PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION

NASA spacecraft have visited every planet and a variety of small bodies, and
current and upcoming missions will bring back samples from exciting
destinations, allowing iterative detailed study and analysis back on Earth.

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