Outline of space exploration
Image:S122e008264.jpg|thumb|250px|Columbus Module at the International Space Station, launched into space on the U.S. Space Shuttle mission STS-122 in 2008.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration.
Space exploration - use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.
Essence of space exploration
Space exploration*
Branches of space exploration
- Uncrewed spaceflight – Autonomous space travel without human
History of space exploration
- Remote sensing of Earth
- Exploration of the Moon
- * Apollo program
- * Moon landings
- * Robotic exploration of the Moon
- Exploration of Mercury
- Exploration of Venus
- Exploration of Mars
- * Mars landings
- * Mars rovers
- *Mars Rotorcrafts
- *Mars flyby
- Exploration of Jupiter
- Exploration of Saturn
- Exploration of Uranus
- Exploration of Neptune
- History of human spaceflight
- * Project Mercury
- * Project Gemini
- * Apollo program
- * Space Shuttle program
- * Vostok program
- * Voskhod program
- * Soyuz program
- * Shenzhou program
- List of human spaceflights
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- Spaceflight records
- Emergence of market forces in spaceflight
- Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
- Timeline of astronauts by nationality
- Timeline of first orbital launches by country
- Timeline of rocket and missile technology
- Timeline of space exploration
- Timeline of space travel by nationality
- Timeline of spaceflight
- Timeline of the Space Race
- Timeline of [Solar System exploration]
Space agencies
- List of government space agencies
- * Space agencies capable of human spaceflight
- ** NASA
- ** CNSA
- ** RFSA
- * Space agencies with full launch capability
- ** NASA
- ** RFSA
- ** CNSA
- ** ISRO
- ** ESA
- ** JAXA
- ** ISA
- ** KARI
Active deep space missions and space stations
- International Space Station
- Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1
- Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
- Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
- Europa Clipper
- Tiangong space station
- Chandrayaan-2
- Tianwen-2
- Hera
- Tiandu-1 and 2
- Queqiao relay satellite
- Queqiao-2 relay satellite
- ICUBE-Q
- Chang'e 5 service module
- DRO A/B
- Chang'e 4
- CAPSTONE
- Danuri
- Advanced Composition Explorer - NASA mission to observe solar wind
- Deep Space Climate Observatory - NOAA observatory for space weather
- Aditya-L1
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Express - ESA satellite orbiting Mars
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Mars Science Laboratory - NASA rover to Mars
- MAVEN - NASA satellite orbiting Mars
- ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter - Mars satellite
- Tianwen-1
- Mars 2020 Perseverance rover - NASA rover to Mars
- BepiColombo
- STEREO - NASA mission to observe the Sun
- Parker Solar Probe - NASA probe to Sun
- Solar Orbiter - ESA probe to Sun
- Hayabusa2♯ - sample return mission to asteroid Ryugu
- OSIRIS-APEX - probe to asteroid ApophisLucy - NASA probe to multiple Jupiter trojansPsyche - probe to asteroid PsycheJuno - NASA satellite orbiting Jupiter
- Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - ESA probe to Jupiter and its moonsNew Horizons - probe to PlutoVoyager 1 and Voyager 2 - probes to outer Solar System and interstellar space
Future of space exploration
LunarMercury
Venus
Mars
Outer Solar System
Beyond the Solar System
- Interstellar travel
- * Nuclear rocket
- * Fusion rocket
- * Solar sail
- * Einstein-Rosen bridge
- * Alcubierre drive
- Intergalactic travel
General space exploration concepts
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Leaders in space exploration
- Yuri Gagarin - first man in space
- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin - first men to walk on the Moon
- John Glenn - oldest man in orbit
Lists
- List of spacecraft
- * List of crewed spacecraft
- * List of Solar System probes
- ** List of active Solar System probes
- ** List of proposed Solar System probes
- ** List of lunar probes
- ** List of Mars landers
- ** List of Mars orbiters
- * List of space telescopes
- ** List of proposed space telescopes
- * List of cargo spacecraft
- * List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters
- * List of heaviest spacecraft
- * List of spacecraft called Sputnik
- * List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries
- * List of spacecraft with electric propulsion
- * List of spaceplanes
- * List of upper stages
- * List of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station
- Assembly of the International Space Station
- Space Shuttle crews
- List of Apollo astronauts
- List of Apollo missions
- List of Artemis missions
- List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
- List of astronauts by name
- List of astronauts by selection
- List of communication satellite companies
- List of communications satellite firsts
- List of Constellation missions
- List of Cosmos satellites
- List of crewed spacecraft
- List of cumulative spacewalk records
- List of Earth observation satellites
- List of human spaceflight programs
- List of human spaceflights
- List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station
- List of interplanetary voyages
- List of ISS spacewalks
- List of International Space Station expeditions
- List of International Space Station visitors
- List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies
- List of launch vehicles
- List of Mir expeditions
- List of Mir spacewalks
- List of NASA missions
- List of objects at Lagrangian points
- List of private spaceflight companies
- List of probes by operational status
- List of rockets
- Lists of rocket launches
- * List of Ariane launches
- * List of Atlas launches
- * List of Black Brant launches
- * List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
- * List of Long March launches
- * List of Proton launches
- * List of R-7 launches
- * List of Scout launches
- * List of Space Launch System launches
- * List of Thor and Delta launches
- * List of Titan launches
- * List of V-2 test launches
- * List of Zenit launches
- List of Russian human spaceflight missions
- List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit
- List of Solar System probes
- List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
- List of space agencies
- List of Space Shuttle missions
- List of space travelers by name
- List of space travelers by nationality
- List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir
- List of spacecraft manufacturers
- List of spaceflight records
- List of spaceports
- List of spacewalks and moonwalks
- List of the largest fixed satellite operators
- Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
- Lists of astronomical objects
- Lists of telescopes
- List of government space agencies
- Lists of astronauts
- Lists of space scientists