List of NASA missions
Updated: Wikipedia source
This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1958. 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 . 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
End date
Ongoing
No. of crewed
missions launched
1
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 . 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 | Ongoing | 1 | Current program to bring humans to the Moon again |
References
- Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts, and is not counted here.
- One Space Shuttle mission ended with the destruction of the vehicle and death of the entire crew before reaching orbit.
- The Shuttle-Mir missions were all Space Shuttle missions, and are also counted under the Space Shuttle program missions
- "NASA Science Missions | Science Mission Directorate"https://science.nasa.gov/missions-page?field_division_tid=All&field_phase_tid=29
- Dryden Flight Research Centerhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/HistoricAircraft/X-Planes/1940/index.html
- Milestones of Flighthttps://web.archive.org/web/20121227061358/http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/bellX1.html
- Draft X-33 Environmental Impact Statementhttps://history.nasa.gov/x1/appendixa1.html
- "President Obama's Space Legacy: Mars, Private Spaceflight and More"https://www.space.com/35394-president-obama-spaceflight-exploration-legacy.html
- "OSTP Press Release Announcing Review (pdf, 50k)"https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/358006main_OSTP%20Press%20Release.pdf
- "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
- SpaceNewshttps://spacenews.com/house-gives-final-approval-nasa-authorization-act/
- 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
- Heaton & Sood 2020, p. 3.
- Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/nasa-targeting-early-february-for-artemis-ii-mission-to-the-moon/
- NASAhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-first-flight-with-crew-important-step-on-long-term-return-to-the-moon-missions-to
- NASAhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-first-flight-with-crew-important-step-on-long-term-return-to-the-moon-missions-to
- Heaton & Sood 2020, p. 7.
- Spacehttps://www.space.com/nasa-moon-missions-before-2024.html
- "Artemis III: NASA's First Human Mission to the Lunar South Pole - NASA"https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-iii/
- Grush 2019, "Now, for Artemis 3 that carries our crew to the Gateway, we need to have the crew have access to a lander.