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  Active Discovery Missions

Artist's impression of the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit at Mercury MESSENGER
A mission to study Mercury, the least-explored terrestrial planet in our solar system.
> More about Messenger

Artist's concept depicting Stardust encounter with comet Wild 2 in January 2004 Stardust
A mission to bring cosmic samples to Earth.
> More about Stardust


An artist's rendering of Deep Impact Deep Impact
A smashing success, offering a first look inside a comet.
> More about Deep Impact


Artist concept of the ASPERA-3 device, created to study the interaction between the solar wind and the Martian atmosphere ASPERA-3
A mission to study the interaction between the solar wind and Martian atmosphere.
> More about ASPERA-3

Artist's concept of Dawn Spacecraft with Hartmann background Dawn
A mission to visit the two oldest asteroids in our solar system.
> More about Dawn

Artist's concept of Kepler Kepler
A mission to find Earth-like planets around stars beyond our solar system.
> More about Kepler

Artist's concept of Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data Moon Mineralogy Mapper
A mission of opportunity to map the lunar surface.
> More about Moon Mineralogy Mapper



Completed Discovery Missions

Mars Pathfinder landing concept Mars Pathfinder
A mission to explore the surface of Mars.
> More about Mars Pathfinder


Artist's concept of NEAR spacecraft Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
A mission to explore the asteroid Eros.
> More about NEAR


Artist's concept of the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in lunar orbit Lunar Prospector
A mission to globally map lunar resources, gravity and magnetic fields.
> More about Lunar Prospector

Artist's concept showing the Genesis spacecraft in collection mode Genesis
A mission to catch a wisp of raw Sun material for return to Earth.
> More about Genesis

Artist's concept of CONTOUR Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR)
A mission to encounter and study two very different comets.
> More about CONTOUR




 
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