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Outline of space exploration

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Outline of space exploration

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration:

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Space exploration – use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.

Essence of space exploration

Space exploration

  • Big Science
  • Exploration
  • High tech
  • Space
  • Spaceflight
  • Branches of space exploration

  • Manned spaceflight
  • Unmanned spaceflight
  • History of space exploration

    Main articles: History of space exploration and Timeline of space exploration
  • Exploration of the Moon
  • Apollo program
  • Moon landings
  • Robotic exploration of the Moon
  • Exploration of Mercury
  • Exploration of Venus
  • Remote sensing of Earth
  • Exploration of Mars
  • Mars landings
  • Mars rovers
  • Exploration of Jupiter
  • Exploration of Saturn
  • Exploration of Uranus
  • Exploration of Neptune
  • History of human spaceflight
  • Project Mercury
  • Project Gemini
  • Project Apollo
  • Space Shuttle program
  • Vostok program
  • Voskhod program
  • Soyuz program
  • Shenzhou program
  • List of human spaceflights
  • Spaceflight records
  • Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
  • Timeline of astronauts by nationality
  • Timeline of Earth science satellites
  • Timeline of first orbital launches by country
  • Timeline of rocket and missile technology
  • Timeline of space exploration
  • Timeline of Space Shuttle missions
  • Timeline of space travel by nationality
  • Timeline of spaceflight
  • Timeline of the Space Race
  • Timeline of Solar System exploration
  • Space agencies

  • List of government space agencies
  • Space agencies capable of human spaceflight (as of 2017)
  • RFSA (Russia)
  • CNSA (China)
  • Space agencies with full launch capability
  • NASA (USA)
  • RFSA (Russia)
  • CNSA (China)
  • ISRO (India)
  • ESA (Europe)
  • JAXA (Japan)
  • Lapan (Indonesia)
  • Active space missions

  • International Space Station
  • 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
  • Mars Science Laboratory – NASA rover to Mars launched in November 2011
  • Future of space exploration

    Lunar (the Moon)

  • Future lunar missions
  • Colonization of the Moon
  • Lunar outpost (NASA)
  • Sun

  • Sundiver (space mission)
  • Mercury

  • Colonization of Mercury
  • Venus

  • Current and future missions to Venus
  • Mars

  • Colonization of Mars
  • Manned mission to Mars
  • Mars to Stay
  • Outer Solar System

  • Colonization of the outer Solar System
  • Colonization of Titan
  • Beyond the Solar System

  • Interstellar travel
  • Nuclear rocket
  • Fusion rocket
  • Solar sail
  • Einstein-Rosen bridge
  • Alcubierre drive
  • Intergalactic travel
  • General space exploration concepts

  • Astronaut
  • Non-rocket spacelaunch
  • Space and survival
  • Spacecraft
  • Spaceflight
  • Space exploration
  • Space research
  • Space science
  • 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

  • ISS assembly sequence
  • Landings on other planets
  • Space Shuttle crews
  • List of Apollo astronauts
  • List of Apollo missions
  • List of Constellation missions
  • List of Cosmos satellites
  • List of Earth observation satellites
  • List of ISS spacewalks
  • List of International Space Station Expeditions
  • List of International Space Station visitors
  • List of Mir Expeditions
  • List of Mir spacewalks
  • List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir
  • List of NASA missions
  • List of Russian manned space missions
  • List of Solar System probes
  • List of Soviet manned space missions
  • List of Space Shuttle crews
  • List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
  • List of astronauts by name
  • List of astronauts by selection
  • List of communication satellite companies
  • List of communications satellite firsts
  • List of cumulative spacewalk records
  • List of human spaceflight programs
  • List of human spaceflights
  • List of interplanetary voyages
  • List of launch vehicles
  • List of manned spacecraft
  • List of manned spaceflights to the ISS
  • List of objects at Lagrangian points
  • List of private spaceflight companies
  • List of probes by operational status
  • List of rockets
  • Lists of rocket launches
  • List of Ariane launches
  • List of Atlas launches
  • List of Black Brant launches
  • List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
  • List of Long March launches
  • List of Proton launches
  • List of R-7 launches
  • List of Scout launches
  • List of Thor and Delta launches
  • List of Titan launches
  • List of V-2 test launches
  • List of Zenit launches
  • List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit
  • List of satellites which have provided data on Earth's magnetosphere
  • List of space agencies
  • List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969
  • List of space shuttle missions
  • List of space travelers by name
  • List of space travelers by nationality
  • List of spacecraft manufacturers
  • List of spaceflight records
  • List of spaceports
  • List of spacewalks and moonwalks
  • List of the largest fixed satellite operators
  • List of unmanned spacecraft by program
  • List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS
  • References

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