Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's "cosmic neighborhood"...

This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordering events in the exploration of the Solar System by date of spacecraft launch. It includes: All spacecraft...

The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object...

Apollo astronauts List of lunar probes List of missions to the Moon Lunar resources Moon landing Timeline of Solar System exploration Starship HLS "Lunar...

of the above bodies. Spaceflight portal Solar System portal Lists of spacecraft List of uncrewed spacecraft by program Discovery and exploration of the...

moons, Phobos and Deimos, polar ice caps and the feature now known as Olympus Mons, the Solar System's tallest mountain. The discoveries piqued further...

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(2007). Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Part I: The Golden Age 1957–1982. Springer. pp. 424–425. ISBN 9780387493268. See the "Neptune" page from...

The following is a timeline of Solar System astronomy and science. It includes the advances in the knowledge of the Earth at planetary scale, as part...

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The exploration of Mercury has long had a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet. As of 2025, the Mariner...

on the USPS stamp In October 1991, the United States Postal Service released a series of stamps commemorating NASA's exploration of the Solar System. The...

gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009. "Solar System Exploration: Galileo Legacy Site: Discovery Highlights". Solarsystem...

en-route to the Oort Cloud and has exited the Solar System, it is listed as "mission complete" because its primary task of studying Jupiter and Saturn has...

"MESSENGER performs first flyby of Venus". NASA's Solar System Exploration: News & Events: News Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved...

probes to focus on the exploration of the Solar System. For planned missions to the Moon see the dedicated list of missions to the Moon, with its section...

moon Titan. Uranus is the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion kilometers...

The exploration of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean and third-largest moon, began with its discovery in 1610 and continues today with Earth-based observations...

The history of scientific thought about the formation and evolution of the Solar System began with the Copernican Revolution. The first recorded use of...

previous and upcoming missions to the outer Solar System (including Saturn) can be found at the List of missions to the outer planets article. Saturn was first...

This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These...

Historical models of the Solar System first appeared during prehistoric periods and remain updated to this day. The models of the Solar System throughout history...

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region...

string of discoveries in the Solar System (and beyond) followed, then and in the next centuries: the mountains of the Moon, the phases of Venus, the main...

institutions, and the Solar System Exploration program of NASA-led missions that focus on prioritized planetary science objectives. The Discovery and New Frontiers...

Of the Solar System's eight planets and its nine most likely dwarf planets, six planets and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 430...

is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular...

Amir (June 2022). "Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from beyond the Solar System". Scientific American. Retrieved 2 November 2022...

space science and exploration needs. These propulsion technologies are intended to provide effective exploration of the Solar System and may permit mission...

The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through...