All missions
34 Tracked Objects
Active spacecraft observing, tracking and photographing space, from the Sun to the outer reaches of the solar system.
34/37
Type
Status
Agency
Space telescopes
[07]
[001]
NASA
Nancy Grace Roman
Unravel dark energy through ultra-wide cosmological surveys.
In transit
Launched2026
SP
[002]
NASA
SPHEREx
Map the whole sky in 102 infrared bands.
Active
Launched2025
[003]
ESA / NASA
Euclid
Map dark matter and dark energy across 10 billion years.
Active
Launched2023
[004]
NASA / ESA / CSA
James Webb
Observe the early universe in infrared light (first galaxies, newborn stars).
Active
Launched2021
[005]
NASA
TESS
Detect transiting exoplanets around bright nearby stars.
Active
Launched2018
[006]
NASA
Chandra X-ray
Observe the universe in X-rays (black holes, supernova remnants, clusters).
Active
Launched1999
[007]
NASA / ESA
Hubble
Image the cosmos in visible and ultraviolet light with unmatched resolution from orbit.
Active
Launched1990
Space probes
[22]MM
[001]
JAXA / CNES / DLR / NASA / ESA
MMX
Land on Phobos and collect at least 10 g of regolith.
In transit
Launched2026
ES
[002]
NASA / UC Berkeley / Rocket Lab
ESCAPADE
Study the reconnection between solar wind and Mars residual magnetosphere.
In transit
Launched2025
TI
[003]
CNSA
Tianwen-2
Rendezvous with asteroid Kamoʻoalewa and collect samples (≥ 100 g).
Active
Launched2025
HE
[004]
ESA
Hera
Measure the effects of the DART impact on asteroid Dimorphos (Hera).
In transit
Launched2024
[005]
NASA
Europa Clipper
Characterize Europa's ocean and its potential habitability.
In transit
Launched2024
[006]
NASA
Psyche
Explore the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche (an exposed planetary core?).
In transit
Launched2023
[007]
ISRO
Aditya-L1
Observe the Sun continuously from the L1 Lagrange point.
Active
Launched2023
[008]
ESA
JUICE
Explore Jupiter's icy moons (Ganymede, Europa, Callisto).
In transit
Launched2023
[009]
NASA
Lucy
Visit Jupiter's Trojan asteroids (fossils of planetary formation).
In transit
Launched2021
[010]
ESA / NASA
Solar Orbiter
Image the solar poles, never before seen at high resolution.
Active
Launched2020
TI
[011]
CNSA
Tianwen-1 / Zhurong
Orbit and explore Mars with an orbiter (Tianwen-1).
Active
Launched2020
HO
[012]
UAE Space Agency / LASP/ASU
Hope (EMM)
Measure atmospheric escape to space: H and O in the upper atmosphere.
Active
Launched2020
[013]
NASA
Parker Solar Probe
Enter the solar corona and measure the solar wind at its source.
Active
Launched2018
[014]
ESA / JAXA
BepiColombo
Study Mercury (geology, magnetosphere, exosphere) with two orbiters.
In transit
Launched2018
[015]
NASA
OSIRIS-APEX
Study asteroid Apophis during its 2029 Earth flyby.
In transit
Launched2016
[016]
NASA
Juno
Probe the interior, magnetic field and atmosphere of Jupiter.
Active
Launched2011
[017]
NASA
New Horizons
Explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (Arrokoth).
Active
Launched2006
[018]
NASA
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Image Mars at very high resolution (HiRISE) for geology and landing sites.
Active
Launched2005
MA
[019]
ESA
Mars Express
Map Mars and its subsurface (MARSIS radar).
Active
Launched2003
SO
[020]
ESA / NASA
SOHO
Continuously monitor solar activity and the solar wind (L1).
Active
Launched1995
[021]
NASA
Voyager 1
Explore the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn) and then interstellar space.
Active
Launched1977
[022]
NASA
Voyager 2
Visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (the only probe to the ice giants).
Active
Launched1977
