- Outline of space exploration
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration:
Space exploration – use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.[1] Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.
Essence of space exploration
- Main article: Space exploration
Branches of space exploration
History of space exploration
- Main articles: History of space exploration and Timeline of space exploration
Current space exploration
Space agencies
The largest-funded space agencies are:
Country Agency Budget United States NASA $17.3 billion ESA (European Space Agency) $4.260 billion France CNES (French space agency) $2.49 billion Japan JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) $2.0 billion Russia RKA (Russian Federal Space Agency) $1.4 billion Germany DLR (German Aerospace Center) $1.242 billion India ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) $1.01 billion Italy ASI (Italian Space Agency) $978 million China CNSA (Chinese National Space Administration) $500 million United Kingdom UKSA (UK Space Agency) $414 million [2] Canada CSA (Canadian Space Agency) $321 million Ukraine NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine) $250–300 million Belgium BELSPO (Belgian Federal Science Policy Office) $230 million Spain INTA (National Institute of Aerospace Technology) $175 million Netherlands SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) $160 million South Korea KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) $150 million Brazil AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) $120 million Switzerland SSO (Swiss Space Office) $110 million Sweden SNSB (Swedish National Space Board) $100 million Argentina CONAE (National Space Activities Commission) $96 million Active space missions
- Mars Express – ESA satellite orbitting Mars
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA)
- Mars Exploration Rover (NASA)
- MESSENGER – NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004
- Hayabusa (JAXA) – unmanned space mission to asteroid
- New Horizons – probe to Pluto
- Rosetta – ESA mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
- Venus Express – ESA satellite orbiting Venus
Future of space exploration
Lunar (the Moon)
- Future lunar missions
- Colonization of the Moon
- Lunar outpost (NASA)
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Outer solar system
General space exploration concepts
- Astronaut
- Space and survival
- Spacecraft
- Spaceflight
- Space exploration
- Space research
- Space science
Space exploration scholars
See also Category: Early spaceflight scientists.Leaders in space exploration
- Neil Armstrong – first man to walk on the Moon
- Yuri Gagarin – first man to orbit the Earth
- John Glenn – oldest man in orbit
Space exploration lists
See also
- Outline of aerospace
- Timeline of Solar System exploration
- Scientific research on the ISS
References
- ^ "How Space is Explored". NASA. http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/exploration.html.
- ^ "UK space funding". UK Space Agency. http://www.ukspaceagency.bis.gov.uk/About-Us/8012.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
External links
- Space related news
- NASA's website on human space travel
- ESA: Building the ISS
- Unofficial Shuttle Launch Manifest
- ISS Assembly Animation
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