History of Space Exploration . ... Space History Introduction . ... Chronology of Solar System Discovery This is a partial list of past, present, and future planetary and solar missions; for a complete account, please see the Space Exploration Chronology. Space exploration is becoming increasingly internationalized; as a result, the national designations listed here are not completely representative of the true nature of all projects. ... Apollo Lunar Surface Journal . ... Mariner Missions . ...

Bound For Mars . ... Credit Copyright: P. James ( U. Toledo ), T. Clancy ( SSI Boulder, CO ), S. Lee ( U. Colorado ), NASA Explanation: Two NASA spacecraft, Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder , are presently approaching the red planet . ... These Hubble Space Telescope images from March 1997 show the Northern Hemisphere in early Martian summer , with a receding polar cap and whitish water-ice clouds. ... Martian weather reports will play an important role in mission planning. ...

... The mission will consist of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. ... The spacecraft will be launched in December 1996 for an arrival on Mars in July 1997. The scientific objectives include atmospheric entry science, long-range and close-up surface imaging, with the general objective being to characterize the Martian environment for further exploration. ...

... Spacecraft . ... To space by cannon? Finally, the deep space explorers --spacecraft which break away from the Earth's gravity . ... The "Luna" series of the USSR conducted 7 soft landing of unmanned probes, two of them with wheeled robotic "Lunokhods," and two of those missions returned samples to Earth. Others spacecraft have visited the major planets of the Solar system. ... The Mariner series have explored Venus and Mars--and Mariner 10 even reached Mercury, for three separate encounters! ...

... JWST . ... Science Blog . ... JWST Science . ... Early Release Science Program . JWST Science Corner . ... The following graphics illustrates that all of the expected science and calibration areas are well represented in the SODRM 2012. ... Total Time [days] . Percentage of Total Time . ... NIRSpec Multi-Object Spectroscopy . ... Total Spectroscopy . ... The distribution of non-moving sources from all the SODRM programs is shown in galactic coordinates. ... Science Programs Summaries . ...