Spacecraft

Spacecraft Guide has information and pictures manned spacecraft, earth satellites, telescopes, planetary probes and landers and other space craft.

Mariner 10

Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to visit Planet Mercury. It was explored in three flybys by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974 and...

Orion Spacecraft

Orion is the name of the NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle. Orion will use an advanced crew capsule design utilizing state of the art technology and...

Mars Science Laboratory

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a long-range, long-duration, roving mobile laboratory. Its name is Curiosity Rover. It is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration...

Juno Spacecraft

Juno spacecraft is a NASA mission to Jupiter and is the second NASA New Frontiers mission. The launch of the Juno mission was on...

Pioneer 11

Pioneer 11 was the the first probe to study Saturn in 1979. It transmitted images and other data about Planet Saturn. The spacecraft also...

Magellan Spacecraft

NASA Magellan spacecraft was a Planet Venus orbiter. It was as a high resolution radar mapping mission. It is also referred to as the...

Galileo Spacecraft

Galileo Spacecraft was the first Planet Jupiter Obiter and the first outer solar system orbiter. It was launched by the Space Shuttle on 18th October 1989...

Spitzer Space Telescope

The Spitzer Space Telescope is a space-based infrared telescope studying objects ranging from our Solar System to the distant reaches of the Universe. Spitzer...

Hubble Space Telescope History

In 1962, the USA's National Academy of Sciences recommends building a large space telescope. In 1977, Congress votes to fund the project and construction of Hubble Space Telescope...

Venus Express

Venus Express was the first European mission to Venus. It was a follow on to Mars Express mission. Many of the instruments on the...