What space missions are active right now?

Current Missions

Mission Mission Category Status
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (EVM-1) (CYGNSS) Earth System Science Pathfinder Program Earth Venture Class Earth Venture-Mission Current, Extended Mission
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Inter-Agency Partnerships Current, Extended Mission

How many NASA missions are currently active?

80
This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1958. There are over 80 currently active science missions.

What is the NASA latest mission?

NASA Artemis. With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon.

What are the latest discoveries in the solar system?

Amateur astronomer discovers a new moon around Jupiter.

  • NASA will return to Venus this decade.
  • The sun is reawakening.
  • James Webb Space Telescope flies into space.
  • Event Horizon Telescope takes high-resolution image of black hole jet.
  • Scientists spot the closest-known black hole to Earth.

    • Where is Voyager 2 now?

    On October 29, 2020, NASA re-established contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched from Earth in 1977. The craft is now traveling more than 11.6 billion miles (18.8 billion km) from Earth. It is beyond the heliopause, or boundary region, where the sun’s influence ends and the interstellar medium begins.

    Is the Mars mission still happening?

    The concept had been called a suicide mission by academia, the spaceflight industry, and international news. On 15 January 2019, a court decision was settled to liquidate the for-profit company, bankrupting it in the process….Mars One.

    Founded 2011
    Website https://www.mars-one.com

    What is NASA’s biggest discovery?

    NASA’s Biggest 2021 Milestones

    • NASA’s Perseverance rover drilled, extracted, and sealed its first rock core into its sampling tube on Mars.
    • Ingenuity became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, and recently completed more than 30 minutes of cumulative flight time.