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Jupiter missions Saturn missions Uranus missions Neptune missions

Minor planets

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There have been thity two overall missions towards minor planets, with four of them being flyby missions that were not intended to explore minor planets, marked in grey background.[1][2]

Many minor planets are in two domains:

  • Asteroid belt, between 2–3 AU (0.30–0.45 billion km)
  • Kuiper belt, between 30–60 AU (4.5–9.0 billion km)

Future missions

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Major milestones

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Legend

  Milestone achieved
  Milestone not achieved
First to achieve

Asteroid belt
Country/Agency Flyby Orbit Impact Touchdown Lander Hopper Rover Sample return
  United States Pioneer 10, (unnamed asteroid) 1972 NEAR Shoemaker, (Eros) 2000 NEAR Shoemaker, (Eros) 2001 † OSIRIS-REx, 2020 OSIRIS-REx, 2023
  Japan SCI, (Ryugu) 2014 Hayabusa, (Itokawa) 2005 HIBOU and OWL, (Ryugu) 2018 Hayabusa, (Itokawa) 2010 †
  ESA Rosetta, (Šteins) 2008 Rosetta, (Churyumov–Gerasimenko) 2014 Philae, (Churyumov–Gerasimenko) 2014
  China Chang'e, (Toutatis) 2012
  Italy LICIACube, (Didymos system) 2022
Kuiper belt
Country/Agency Flyby Orbit
  United States New Horizons, (Pluto) 2015

Future missions

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Mission Spacecraft Launch date Carrier rocket Operator Type
Europa Clipper Europa Clipper 10 October 2024 Falcon Heavy   ESA Jupiter Orbiter with Europa flybys
IM-1 Shensuo TBD 2024 TBD   CNSA Interstellar heliospheric probe with Jovian gravity assist; planned flybys of Jupiter and 50000 Quaoar
IM-2 Shensuo TBD 2024 TBD   CNSA Interstellar heliospheric probe with Jovian gravity assist; planned flybys of Jupiter, Neptune, Triton and a Kuiper belt object
Tianwen-4 Tianwen-4 TBD September 2029 TBD   CNSA Jupiter and Callisto orbiter
Uranus flyby probe Flyby past Uranus; with mission extension planned for interstellar journey
Dragonfly Dragonfly TBD July 2028 TBD   NASA Titan robotic rotorcraft
Uranus Orbiter and Probe Uranus orbiter NET 2031 Falcon Heavy (expendable)   NASA Uranus orbiter after a flyby of Jupiter
Uranus probe Uranus atmospheric probe

Statistics

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Major milestones

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Legend

  Milestone achieved
  Milestone not achieved
  En route
First to achieve

Planets
Country/Agency Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Flyby Orbit Artmospheric entry Flyby Orbit Artmospheric entry Flyby Flyby
  United States Pioneer 10, 1973 Galileo, 1995 Atmospheric probe, 1995 Pioneer 11, 1979 Cassini, 2004 Cassini, 2017 † Voyager 2, 1986 Voyager 2, 1989 †
  ESA Ulysses, 1992
Galilean moons
Country/Agency Ganymade Callisto Io Europa
Flyby Orbit Flyby Flyby Flyby
  United States Pioneer 10, 1973 Pioneer 10, 1973 † Pioneer 10, 1973 † Pioneer 10, 1973 †
  ESA JUICE, TBD 2034 JUICE, TBD 2034
Major Saturnian moons
Country/Agency Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas
Flyby Orbit Lander Flyby Flyby Flyby Flyby Flyby Flyby
  United States Pioneer 11, 1979 Pioneer 11, 1979 † Pioneer 11, 1979 † Pioneer 11, 1979 † Pioneer 11, 1979 † Pioneer 11, 1979 † Pioneer 11, 1979 †
  ESA Huygens, 2005

Uranus

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Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus, making a single flyby as part of its grand tour of the outer planets.

Neptune

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Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune, making a single flyby as part of its grand tour of the outer planets.

Saturn

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Four spacecraft have visited Saturn; Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 made flybys, while Cassini–Huygens entered orbit, and deployed a probe into the atmosphere of Titan.

Jupiter

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Eight spacecraft have been launched to explore Jupiter, with two other spacecraft making gravity-assist flybys.

New Horizons, although eventually targeting Pluto, used Jupiter for a gravity assist and had an extensive almost half year observation campaign of Jupiter and its moons (hence it is counted in the eight).[31]

  Gravity assist, destination elsewhere

Mission milestone by country

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Legend

  Achieved
  Failed attempt
† First to achieve

Mars missions
Country/Organisation Flyby Orbit Impact Lander Rover Powered flight Sample return Crewed Landing
  United States Mariner 4, 1965 Mariner 9, 1971 Viking 1, 1976 Viking 1, 1976 Soujourner, 1997 Ingenuity, 2021
  China Tianwen-1, 2021 Tianwen-1, 2021 Tianwen-1, 2021 Zhurong, 2021
  Soviet Union Mars 2, 1971 Mars 2, 1971 Mars 2 Lander, 1971 † Mars 3, 1971 PrOP-M, 1971
  ESA TGO, 2016 TGO, 2016 Schiaparelli EDM, 2016 Schiaparelli EDM, 2016
  Russia TGO, 2016 TGO, 2016 Mars 96, 1996 Mars 96, 1996
  India MOM, 2014 MOM, 2014
  United Arab Emirates Hope, 2021 Hope, 2021
  United Kingdom Beagle 2, 2003 Beagle 2, 2003
  Japan Nozomi, 1998 Nozomi, 1998
Phobos missions
Country/Organisation Impact Lander Rover Sample return
  Soviet Union Phobos 1, 1988 Phobos 1, 1988 Phobos 1, 1988
  Russia Fobos-Grunt, 2011 Fobos-Grunt, 2011 Fobos-Grunt, 2011

Mission milestone by country

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This is a list of major milestones achieved by country. Recorded is the first spacecraft from each respective country to accomplish each milestone, to regardless of mission type or intended outcome. For example, Beresheet was not intended to be an impactor, but achieved that milestone incidentally.

Legend

  Milestone achieved
  Milestone not achieved
First to achieve

Country/

Agency

Flyby Orbit Impact Lander Rover Sample return Crewed landing
  United States Pioneer 4, 1959 Lunar Orbiter 1, 1966 Ranger 4, 1962 Surveyor 1, 1966 Lunar Roving Vehicle, 1971 Apollo 11, 1969 Apollo 11, 1969 †
  Soviet Union Luna 1, 1959 Luna 10, 1966 Luna 2, 1959 Luna 9, 1966 Lunokhod 1, 1970 Luna 16, 1970
  China Chang'e 5-T1, 2014 Chang'e 1, 2007 Chang'e 1, 2009 Chang'e 3, 2013 Yutu 1, 2013 Chang'e 5, 2020
  India Chandrayaan 3, 2023 Chandrayaan 1, 2008 MIP, 2008 Chandrayaan 3, 2023 Pragyan, 2023
  Japan Hiten, 1990 Hiten, 1993 Hiten, 1993 SLIM, 2024 LEV-1, 2024
  Israel Beresheet, 2019 Beresheet, 2019 Beresheet, 2019
  Russia Luna 25, 2023 Luna 25, 2023 Luna 25, 2023
  ESA SMART-1, 2003 SMART-1, 2006
  Luxembourg 4M, 2014 4M, 2022
  South Korea Danuri, 2022
  Italy ArgoMoon, 2022
  UAE Rashid, 2023 Rashid, 2023
  Pakistan ICUBE-Q, 2024
  Mexico Colmena, 2024

MAHSR

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type length % of total
viaducts 460.3 km (286.0 mi) 90.6%
tunnels 25.87 km (16.07 mi) 5.1%
cut and fill 12.9 km (8.0 mi) 2.5%
bridges 9.22 km (5.73 mi) 1.8%

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Work Progress
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024*
Land acquisition 1.4%[47] 45%[48] 64%[50] 78%[51] 99%[52] 99%[53] 100%[54]
Piling 0% 0% 0% 2.5%[49] 36%[55] 74%[56] 73%
Piers 0% 0% 0% 2.5%[49] 25%[55] 57%[56] 65%[57]
Viaduct 0% 0% 0% 0% 3.4%[55] 24%[56] 25%[58]
Tracks 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
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