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List of NASA missions

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List of NASA missions

This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions.

Tables

· Human spaceflight
Mercury program
Mercury program
Program
Mercury program
Start date
1958
First crewed flight
1961
End date
1963
No. of crewed missions launched
6
Notes
First U.S. crewed program
Gemini program
Gemini program
Program
Gemini program
Start date
1961
First crewed flight
1965
End date
1966
No. of crewed missions launched
10
Notes
Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAs
Apollo program
Apollo program
Program
Apollo program
Start date
1960
First crewed flight
1968
End date
1972
No. of crewed missions launched
11[a]
Notes
Landed first humans on the Moon
Skylab
Skylab
Program
Skylab
Start date
1964
First crewed flight
1973
End date
1974
No. of crewed missions launched
3
Notes
First American space station
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Program
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Start date
1971
First crewed flight
1975
End date
1975
No. of crewed missions launched
1
Notes
Joint with Soviet Union
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program
Program
Space Shuttle program
Start date
1972
First crewed flight
1981
End date
2011
No. of crewed missions launched
135[b]
Notes
First missions in which a spacecraft was reused
Shuttle-Mir program
Shuttle-Mir program
Program
Shuttle-Mir program
Start date
1993
First crewed flight
1995
End date
1998
No. of crewed missions launched
11[c]
Notes
Russian partnership
International Space Station
International Space Station
Program
International Space Station
Start date
1993
First crewed flight
1998
End date
Ongoing
No. of crewed missions launched
65
Notes
Joint with Roscosmos, CSA, ESA, and JAXA; Americans flew on Russian Soyuz after 2011 retirement of Space Shuttle
Commercial Crew Program
Commercial Crew Program
Program
Commercial Crew Program
Start date
2011
First crewed flight
2020
End date
Ongoing
No. of crewed missions launched
8
Notes
Current program to shuttle Americans to the ISS
Artemis program
Artemis program
Program
Artemis program
Start date
2017
First crewed flight
2026 (planned)
End date
Ongoing
No. of crewed missions launched
0
Notes
Current program to bring humans to the Moon again
Program
Start date
First crewed flight
End date
No. of crewed missions launched
Notes
Mercury program
1958
1961
1963
6
First U.S. crewed program
Gemini program
1961
1965
1966
10
Program used to practice space rendezvous and EVAs
Apollo program
1960
1968
1972
11[a]
Landed first humans on the Moon
Skylab
1964
1973
1974
3
First American space station
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
1971
1975
1975
1
Joint with Soviet Union
Space Shuttle program
1972
1981
2011
135[b]
First missions in which a spacecraft was reused
Shuttle-Mir program
1993
1995
1998
11[c]
Russian partnership
International Space Station
1993
1998
Ongoing
65
Joint with Roscosmos, CSA, ESA, and JAXA; Americans flew on Russian Soyuz after 2011 retirement of Space Shuttle
Commercial Crew Program
2011
2020
Ongoing
8
Current program to shuttle Americans to the ISS
Artemis program
2017
2026 (planned)
Ongoing
0
Current program to bring humans to the Moon again

References

  1. Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts, and is not counted here.
  2. One Space Shuttle mission ended with the destruction of the vehicle and death of the entire crew before reaching orbit.
  3. The Shuttle-Mir missions were all Space Shuttle missions, and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions
  4. "NASA Science Missions | Science Mission Directorate"
    https://science.nasa.gov/missions-page?field_division_tid=All&field_phase_tid=29
  5. Dryden Flight Research Center
    https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/HistoricAircraft/X-Planes/1940/index.html
  6. Milestones of Flight
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121227061358/http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/bellX1.html
  7. Draft X-33 Environmental Impact Statement
    https://history.nasa.gov/x1/appendixa1.html
  8. "President Obama's Space Legacy: Mars, Private Spaceflight and More"
    https://www.space.com/35394-president-obama-spaceflight-exploration-legacy.html
  9. "OSTP Press Release Announcing Review (pdf, 50k)"
    https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/358006main_OSTP%20Press%20Release.pdf
  10. "No to NASA: Augustine Commission Wants to More Boldly Go"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130513130114/http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/no-nasa-augusti.html
  11. SpaceNews
    https://spacenews.com/house-gives-final-approval-nasa-authorization-act/
  12. Foust 2019, "Artemis 1, or EM-1, will be an uncrewed test flight of Orion and SLS and is scheduled to launch in June of
  13. Heaton & Sood 2020, p. 3.
  14. Ars Technica
    https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/nasa-targeting-early-february-for-artemis-ii-mission-to-the-moon/
  15. NASA
    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-first-flight-with-crew-important-step-on-long-term-return-to-the-moon-missions-to
  16. NASA
    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-first-flight-with-crew-important-step-on-long-term-return-to-the-moon-missions-to
  17. Heaton & Sood 2020, p. 7.
  18. Space.com
    https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-missions-before-2024.html
  19. "Artemis III: NASA's First Human Mission to the Lunar South Pole - NASA"
    https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-iii/
  20. Grush 2019, "Now, for Artemis 3 that carries our crew to the Gateway, we need to have the crew have access to a lander.
  21. Grush 2019, "The direction that we have right now is that the next man and the first woman will be Americans and that we
  22. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/science/trump-nasa-moon-mars.html
  23. SpaceNews
    https://spacenews.com/nasa-outlines-plans-for-lunar-lander-development-through-commercial-partnerships/
  24. "Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX)"
    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex.html
  25. "ATREX Launch Sequence"
    https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/627738main_atrex-launch-sequence.pdf
  26. "SHIELDS Up! NASA Rocket to Survey Our Solar System's Windshield"
    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/shields-up-nasa-rocket-to-survey-our-solar-system-s-windshield
  27. "NPP Launch Information"
    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/launch/index.html
  28. "Jason-1"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110813213257/http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason1/
  29. "OSTM/Jason-2"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110813232640/http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ostmjason2/
  30. "Jason 3"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110813232116/http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/jason3/
  31. "Landsat Missions Timeline – Landsat Missions"
    https://landsat.usgs.gov/about_mission_history.php
  32. "RBSP Mission Overview"
    https://www.nasa.gov/rbsp/
  33. "RBSP"
    http://rbsp.jhuapl.edu/
  34. "Missions – Science Mission Directorate"
    https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/missions/
  35. "JWST Home Page"
    https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
  36. "10-Year Plan for Astrophysics Takes JWST Cost into Account"
    https://archive.today/20120910070402/http://www.spacenews.com/civil/100820-plan-astrophysics-jwst-account.html
  37. "Explorer Missions"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100323182500/http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions.html
  38. "Launch of NASA X-ray telescope targeted for June"
    http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/nustar/120403june/
  39. "NuSTAR"
    https://science.nasa.gov/missions/nustar/
  40. NASA
    https://science.nasa.gov/mission/incus/
  41. "MMS Launch"
    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mms/launch/index.html
  42. "NASA Selects Science Investigations for Solar Probe Plus"
    https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/sunearthsystem/main/solarprobeplus.html
  43. "Johns Hopkins APL Team Developing Solar Probe Plus for Closest-Ever Flights Past the Sun"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120312034737/http://jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2012/120305.asp
  44. "Launching Balloons in Antarctica"
    https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/barrel-antarctica.html
  45. "Van Allen Probes: NASA Renames Radiation Belt Mission to Honor Pioneering Scientist"
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121111101748.htm
  46. "GRAIL Mission: Fact Sheet"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110815220241/https://moonkam.ucsd.edu/about/grail_fact_sheet
  47. "Juno Mission to Jupiter"
    https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/316306main_JunoFactSheet_2009sm.pdf
  48. "NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to 'Fossils' of Planet Formation"
    https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-launch-lucy-mission-to-fossils-of-planet-formation
  49. "NASA To Launch New Science Mission To Asteroid In 2016"
    https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/may/HQ_11-163_New_Frontier.html
  50. "NASA's OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous"
    https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-speeds-toward-asteroid-rendezvous
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