Dashboard

Beyond the horizon

Overview of active spacecraft observing and exploring space: positions, statuses, discoveries and scientific returns.

Active missions

of 34 tracked

In transit

toward their destination

Agencies tracked

CNES · CNSA · CSA · DLR · ESA · ISRO · JAXA · LASP/ASU · NASA · Rocket Lab · Roscosmos · UAE Space Agency · UC Berkeley

Total combined budget

$201B

invested in tracked spacecraft

Missions by agency

Share of the tracked fleet · a mission may involve several

NASA

24/34

ESA

11/34

JAXA

3/34

CNSA

3/34

ISRO

2/34

CSA

2/34

Others

7/34

Breakdown by type

Total

Space telescopes

Space probes

Rovers

Space stations

Landers

Total distance traveled

154B km

accumulated by all spacecraft
since their launch

≈ 143 light-hours

Launch timeline

1970

1990

2000

2010

2020

34 active or in-transit spacecraft, across 5 decades

International cooperation

Single agency

2471%

Multi-agency

1029%

10 missions bring together several space agencies

Exploration destinations

34 missions

From the Sun to interstellar space

Observation

Deep universe

5(15%)

Interstellar space

2(6%)

Inner system

Sun

4(12%)

Mercury & Venus

1(3%)

Earth & orbit

3(9%)

Moon

4(12%)

Planets & belt

Mars

8(24%)

Jupiter & moons

2(6%)

Asteroids & comets

5(15%)

Earth Tracking · Atmospheric CO₂View observatory →

1958 : 314.44 ppm → 428.83 ppmNOAA GML (Mauna Loa)

Earth Tracking · Active phenomenaView observatory →

Earth tracking

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Latest spacecraft photos

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Star-forming region IC 348 (NIRCam image)

James WebbESA

Decagon on Saturn’s south pole (single filter image)

HubbleESA

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenotis tethered to the International Space Station during a spacewalk

Station ISSNASA

Solar Orbiter images the Sun on solar eclipse day

Solar OrbiterESA

Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe

EuclidESA

Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS

JUICEESA

SHARAD's View of Mars During a 'Very Large Roll'

Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterNASA

SPHERExNASA

Juno Sees Turbulence in Jupiter's Atmosphere

JunoNASA

BepiColomboESA

James WebbESA

James WebbESA

Latest spacecraft photos

Latest news

SIMP 0136: reading the weather of a faraway world

TRACKER-1·Sep 18·james-webb

LRO Spots a Once-in-a-Century Crater Being Born

TRACKER-1·Sep 17

On Mars, Curiosity photographs puzzling 'footprints'

TRACKER-1·Sep 16·curiosity

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch to watch a changing planet

TRACKER-1·Sep 15

Hunting ET's Fingerprints in Moon Dust

TRACKER-1·Sep 14

Hubble and Webb spot 27 tiny frozen worlds beyond Neptune

TRACKER-1·Sep 12·hubble / james-webb

Black holes may swell with the universe itself

TRACKER-1·Sep 11

Nancy Grace Roman: the mother of Hubble

TRACKER-1·Sep 10·roman-space-telescope / hubble

Sky events to watch (naked eye)

Venus at peak brightness★ Don't miss
Venus reaches magnitude -4.8 · the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. Visible to the naked eye with no difficulty, it casts shadows on moonless nights.
Peak brightness · Visible to the naked eye : the brightest star in the sky
Sep 22
D+4
Autumn equinox
Day and night of equal length. Start of northern autumn.
Sep 23
D+5
Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon : visible all night from the northern hemisphere. Distance: 379,423 km.
Full moon · Visible all night
Sep 26
D+8
Moon – Mars conjunction
The Moon passes within 2.9° of Mars : a striking naked-eye duo, ideal for spotting the planet. Look for the thin lunar crescent near Mars.
Moon-planet conjunction · Visible to the naked eye at dusk or dawn
Oct 5
D+17
New Moon : dark sky
The Moon doesn’t illuminate the sky: ideal conditions to observe the Milky Way, nebulae and shooting stars.
New moon · Darkest sky of the month
Oct 10
D+22
Moon – Venus conjunction★ Don't miss
The Moon passes within 3.4° of Venus : a striking naked-eye duo, ideal for spotting the planet. Look for the thin lunar crescent near Venus.
Moon-planet conjunction · Visible to the naked eye at dusk or dawn
Oct 12
D+24
Mercury at greatest elongation
Mercury reaches its greatest angular separation from the Sun (25.2°) : the best time to spot it with the naked eye, in the evening sky after sunset.
Maximum elongation · Visible in the evening after sunset
Oct 12
D+24
Moon – Mercury conjunction
The Moon passes within 3.5° of Mercury : a striking naked-eye duo, ideal for spotting the planet. Look for the thin lunar crescent near Mercury.
Moon-planet conjunction · Visible to the naked eye at dusk or dawn
Oct 13
D+25

Latest updates

Nancy Grace Roman

L2 Lagrange point · En route to L2 Lagrange point — arrival December 8, 2026

9/1/2026

MMX

Phobos and Deimos (Mars moons) · Liftoff expected October 19, 2026

9/1/2026

Tianwen-2

Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa + comet 311P/PanSTARRS · Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (Earth quasi-satellite)

9/1/2026

SPHEREx

All-sky infrared map · Earth orbit — all-sky survey

9/1/2026

ESCAPADE

Mars — magnetosphere · Transit to Mars — arrival Sept 2027

9/1/2026

Hera

Didymos / Dimorphos system · Didymos orbit — arrival November 2026

9/1/2026

Europa Clipper

Europa (Jupiter moon) · En route to Jupiter

9/1/2026

Psyche

(16) Psyche — metallic asteroid · En route, arrival 2029

9/1/2026

Spacecraft in transit

Nancy Grace Roman

L2 Lagrange point

NASA

MMX

Phobos and Deimos (Mars moons)

JAXA

ESCAPADE

Mars — magnetosphere

NASA

Hera

Didymos / Dimorphos system

ESA

Europa Clipper

Europa (Jupiter moon)

NASA

Psyche

(16) Psyche — metallic asteroid

NASA

JUICE

Jupiter — icy moons

ESA

Lucy

Jupiter Trojan asteroids

NASA

BepiColombo

Mercury

ESA

OSIRIS-APEX

Apophis (NEA asteroid)

NASA