Unmanned
Categories
- Asteroids and Comets (37)
- Deep Space (59)
- Earth Orbit (20)
- Mars (87)
- Mercury (5)
- Moon (23)
- Solar Sails (9)
- Venus (26)
Links
Space Science Missions of the European Space Agency
Information and data on those of ESA's past, present, and future satellite missions related to astronomy and astrophysics.
The New Millennium Program
NASA's low-cost, experimental spacecraft program. Includes the "Deep Space" missions.
Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex
One of the three Deep Space Network stations, CDSCC provides critical communications and tracking information to interplanetary space probes.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
Mission information and data on the spaceborn solar observatory.
Kepler Mission
http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/
Discovery candidate mission designed to detect and characterize hundreds of Earth-size planets in the Habitable Zone of a wide variety of stars.
International Sun-Earth Explorers
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/isee.html
Spacecraft and mission profiles from the National Space Science Data Center.
High Energy Missions
http://astroe.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/alphabet.html
NASA guide to the scientific equipment and research aboard high-energy astrophysics missions.
RXTE Mission
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/XTE.html
Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer is a Goddard mission which was launched on December 30th, 1995. RXTE is designed to facilitate the study of time variability in the emission of X-ray sources with moderate spectral resolution.
The Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/wire/
A spaceborne, cryogenically-cooled imaging telescope designed to explore the evolution of starburst galaxies and to search for protogalaxies.
Infrared Space Observatory
Provides background material and results from the European Space Agency's Infrared Telescope, ISO, as well information for users of the facility.
A History of Unmanned Space Missions
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/space_missions/unmanned_table.html
Chronological listings of unmanned missions from 1957-2004. Includes dates and mission highlights.
Kepler Mission
Mission information and characteristics.
XMM - Birmingham University
http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/xmm/launch.html
Provides educational and scientific material about the XMM x-ray observation spacecraft by the astrophysics and space research group.
INTEGRAL
http://sci.esa.int/home/integral/
Provides updated mission status, spacecraft and scientific data about a gamma ray observatory spacecraft of the European Space Agency.
Space Interferometry Mission
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIM/sim_index.html
Scheduled for launch in 2006, the SIM will determine the positions and distances of stars several hundred times more accurately than any previous program. Information on the SIM and its technology.
Solar System Exploration: Missions
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/
Browsable information on dozens of interplanetary NASA programs. Includes links to official mission homepages.

