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<p><b>Project Prometheus (</b>also known as <b>Project Promethian)</b> was established in 2003 by <a href="NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> to develop <a href="Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear-powered</a> systems for long-duration space missions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was NASA's first serious foray into <a href="Nuclear_propulsion" title="Nuclear propulsion">nuclear spacecraft propulsion</a> since the cancellation of the <a href="Project_Timberwind#Space_Nuclear_Thermal_Propulsion_Program" title="Project Timberwind">SNTP</a> project in 1995. The project was planned to design, develop, and fly multiple deep space missions to the outer planets.

</p><p>The project was cancelled in 2005, due to other demands on NASA's budget.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its budget shrank from $252.6 million in 2005<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to only $100 million in 2006, $90 million of which was for closeout costs on cancelled contracts. With the onset of the second Donald Trump administration, and given its opposition to nuclear thermal and electric propulsion per the FY2026 NASA budget, it is possible that there will be a looming ban on nuclear thermal and electric propulsion which could be retroactive, meaning that all documentation and artifacts pertaining to Project Prometheus are to be destroyed.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesake">Namesake</h2></div>

<p>Originally named the "Nuclear Systems Initiative", Project Prometheus was named for the <a href="Prometheus" title="Prometheus">wisest of the Titans</a> in <a href="Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> who gave the gift of fire to humanity. NASA said the name <i>Prometheus</i> indicates its hopes of establishing a new tool for understanding nature and expanding capabilities for the exploration of the Solar System.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motivations">Motivations</h2></div>

<p>Due to their distance from the Sun, spacecraft exploring the <a href="Outer_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="Outer planets">outer planets</a> are severely limited in that they cannot use <a href="Solar_power" title="Solar power">solar power</a> as a source of electrical energy for onboard instrumentation or for <a href="Ion_propulsion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ion propulsion">ion propulsion</a> systems. Previous missions to the outer planets such as <a href="Voyager_program" title="Voyager program">Voyager</a> and <a href="Galileo_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Galileo probe">Galileo probe</a> have relied on <a href="Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator" title="Radioisotope thermoelectric generator">radioisotope thermoelectric generators</a> (RTGs) as their primary power source. Unlike RTGs which rely on heat produced by the natural decay of radioactive isotopes, Project Prometheus called for the use of a small <a href="Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor">nuclear reactor</a> as the primary power source.

</p><p>The primary advantages of this would have been:

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<ul><li>Increased power generation compared to RTGs, allowing scientists and engineers more flexibility in both mission design and operations.</li>

<li>Increased spacecraft longevity.</li>

<li>Increased range and propulsion power.</li>

<li>Extra power for high speed data transmission.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missions">Missions</h2></div>

<p>Missions planned to involve Prometheus Nuclear Systems and Technology included:

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<ul><li><a href="Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter" title="Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter">Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter</a></li>

<li>Exploration of the <a href="Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jovian</a> moons <a href="Europa_(moon)" title="Europa (moon)">Europa</a>, <a href="Ganymede_(moon)" title="Ganymede (moon)">Ganymede</a>, and <a href="Callisto_(moon)" title="Callisto (moon)">Callisto</a>. Originally planned to be the first mission of Project Prometheus, it was deemed too complex and expensive, and its funding was cut in the 2006 budget. NASA instead considered a demonstration mission to a target closer to Earth to test out the reactor and heat rejection systems, possibly with a spacecraft scaled down from its original size.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2></div>

<p>Project Prometheus was focused on <a href="Nuclear_electric_rocket" title="Nuclear electric rocket">Nuclear electric propulsion</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">: 1 </span></sup>

</p><p>Development of spacecraft powered by <a href="Nuclear_electric_rocket" title="Nuclear electric rocket">nuclear reactors</a> to generate electricity. <a href="Brayton_cycle" title="Brayton cycle">Brayton cycle</a> turboalternators were selected for power generation.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 118">: 118 </span></sup> This electricity would then be used to run <a href="Ion_thruster" title="Ion thruster">ion engines</a>. It did not study nor pursue <a href="Nuclear_thermal_propulsion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear thermal propulsion">nuclear thermal propulsion</a> (e.g. <a href="NERVA" title="NERVA">NERVA</a>).

</p><p>NASA's Prometheus reactor was to be built by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of <a href="Naval_Reactors" title="Naval Reactors">Naval Reactors</a> in Washington, D.C., per an agreement signed in August 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reactor would have generated 200,000 watts of power for the propulsion and instruments of a spacecraft.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collaboration">Collaboration</h2></div>

<p>The project was managed by <a href="Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a> (JPL).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spacecraft design contracts were awarded to Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and Northrop Grumman.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 25">: 25 </span></sup>

</p><p>Project Prometheus would have had substantial involvement of the <a href="U.S._Department_of_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Energy">U.S. Department of Energy</a> (DOE).

</p><p><a href="Naval_Reactors" title="Naval Reactors">Naval Reactors</a>, which oversees the nuclear reactor program of the <a href="U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>, was to participate in the design and construction of the reactors for the <a href="Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter" title="Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter">Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter</a> (JIMO).

</p><p>In addition to <a href="Knolls_Atomic_Power_Laboratory" title="Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory">Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory</a> in <a href="Schenectady%2C_New_York" title="Schenectady, New York">Schenectady</a>, New York, <a href="Bettis_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Bettis Laboratory">Bettis Laboratory</a> in <a href="Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, Pennsylvania, and other supporting Department of Energy national laboratories participated in the Prometheus cooperation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In September 2004, JPL chose <a href="Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman Space Technology</a> to co-design the projected Prometheus spacecraft. The awarded contract was worth around $400 million.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a href="Knolls_Atomic_Power_Laboratory" title="Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory">Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory</a></li>

<li><a href="Bettis_Atomic_Power_Laboratory" title="Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory">Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory</a> – American facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</li>

<li><a href="Demonstration_Rocket_for_Agile_Cislunar_Operations_(DRACO)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO)">Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO)</a> – U.S. Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span></li>

<li><a href="Gerald_Feinberg" title="Gerald Feinberg">Gerald Feinberg</a>, author of <i>The Prometheus Project</i> (1969)</li>

<li><a href="Magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster" title="Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster">Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster</a> – Form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion</li>

<li><a href="NERVA" title="NERVA">NERVA</a> – US Nuclear thermal rocket engine project (1956–1973)</li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_fission" title="Nuclear fission">Nuclear fission</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)" title="Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)">Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)</a> – Discontinued US research program on the viability of nuclear pulse propulsion</li>

<li><a href="Project_Rover" title="Project Rover">Project Rover</a> – U.S. project to build a nuclear thermal rocket</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<cite id="CITEREFThe_National_Academy_of_Sciences2009" class="citation book cs1">The National Academy of Sciences (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wOTXYbC-c14C&pg=PA18"><i>Launching Science: Science Opportunities Provided by NASA's Constellation System</i></a>. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. p. 18. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-309-11644-2</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation report cs1">Prometheus Project Final Report (Report). NASA/JPL. October 1, 2005. p. 191.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-PFR-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PFR_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PFR_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PFR_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everyspec.com/NASA/NASA-JPL/JPL_Prometheus_Final_Report_3673/">"982-R120461, PROMETHEUS PROJECT FINAL REPORT"</a>. Oct 2005.</cite> Abstract, and link to pdf, of 227 page final report.</span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110412093255/http://trajectory.grc.nasa.gov/projects/ntp/index.shtml">NASA space propulsion and mission analysis office</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/projectprometheus.shtml">BBC audio programme about Project Prometheus</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everyspec.com/NASA/NASA-JPL/JPL_Prometheus_Final_Report_3673/">982-R120461, PROMETHEUS PROJECT FINAL REPORT</a> Abstract, and link to pdf, of 227 page final report. Retrieved 2010-02-14</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navalreactorshistorydb.info:8080/xtf/search?f1-subject=Project%20Prometheus">Project Prometheus-related items in the Naval Reactors History Database</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160422025120/http://navalreactorshistorydb.info:8080/xtf/search?f1-subject=Project%20Prometheus">Archived</a> 2016-04-22 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Nuclear_propulsion178" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Nuclear_propulsion" title="Nuclear propulsion">Nuclear propulsion</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spacecraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Antimatter-catalyzed_nuclear_pulse_propulsion" title="Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion">Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion</a></li>

<li><a href="Bussard_ramjet" title="Bussard ramjet">Bussard ramjet</a></li>

<li><a href="Fission-fragment_rocket" title="Fission-fragment rocket">Fission-fragment rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Fission_sail" title="Fission sail">Fission sail</a></li>

<li><a href="Fusion_rocket" title="Fusion rocket">Fusion rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Gas_core_reactor_rocket" title="Gas core reactor rocket">Gas core reactor rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_electric_rocket" title="Nuclear electric rocket">Nuclear electric rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_photonic_rocket" title="Nuclear photonic rocket">Nuclear photonic rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_pulse_propulsion" title="Nuclear pulse propulsion">Nuclear pulse propulsion</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_salt-water_rocket" title="Nuclear salt-water rocket">Nuclear salt-water rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_thermal_rocket" title="Nuclear thermal rocket">Nuclear thermal rocket</a></li>

<li><a href="Radioisotope_rocket" title="Radioisotope rocket">Radioisotope rocket</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">US</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)" title="Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)">Project Orion</a></li>

<li><a href="NERVA" title="NERVA">NERVA</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Longshot" title="Project Longshot">Project Longshot</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Rover" title="Project Rover">Project Rover</a></li>

<li><a href="Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter" title="Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter">Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">UK</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Project_Daedalus" title="Project Daedalus">Project Daedalus</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">USSR/Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="TOPAZ_nuclear_reactor" title="TOPAZ nuclear reactor">TOPAZ nuclear reactor</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sea vessels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Nuclear_marine_propulsion" title="Nuclear marine propulsion">Nuclear marine propulsion</a></li>

<li><a href="Nuclear_navy" title="Nuclear navy">Nuclear navy</a></li>

<li><a href="Status-6_Oceanic_Multipurpose_System" title="Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System">Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Nuclear-powered_aircraft" title="Nuclear-powered aircraft">Nuclear-powered aircraft</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">US</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion" title="Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion">Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program</a></li>

<li><a href="Convair_NB-36H" title="Convair NB-36H">Convair NB-36H</a></li>

<li><a href="Convair_X-6" title="Convair X-6">Convair X-6</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Pluto" title="Project Pluto">Project Pluto</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Tupolev_Tu-95LAL" title="Tupolev Tu-95LAL">Tupolev Tu-95LAL / Tu-119</a></li>

<li><a href="Myasishchev_M-60" title="Myasishchev M-60">Myasishchev M-60</a></li>

<li><a href="9M730_Burevestnik" title="9M730 Burevestnik">9M730 Burevestnik</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ground</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chrysler_TV-8" title="Chrysler TV-8">Chrysler TV-8</a></li>

<li><a href="Ford_FX-Atmos" title="Ford FX-Atmos">Ford FX-Atmos</a></li>

<li><a href="Ford_Nucleon" title="Ford Nucleon">Ford Nucleon</a></li>

<li><a href="Ford_Seattle-ite_XXI" title="Ford Seattle-ite XXI">Ford Seattle-ite XXI</a></li>

<li><a href="Simca_Fulgur" class="mw-redirect" title="Simca Fulgur">Simca Fulgur</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> Category</li></ul>

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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NASA_planetary_exploration_programs138" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="NASA_planetary_exploration_programs138" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="Timeline_of_Solar_System_exploration" title="Timeline of Solar System exploration">planetary exploration</a> programs</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Large_strategic_science_missions" class="mw-redirect" title="Large strategic science missions">Large strategic science missions</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Discovery_and_Exploration_Program" title="Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program">Lunar Discovery & Exploration</a></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Program" title="Mars Exploration Program">Mars Exploration</a></li>

<li><a href="Planetary_Missions_Program_Office" title="Planetary Missions Program Office">Planetary Missions</a>

<ul><li><a href="Discovery_Program" title="Discovery Program">Discovery</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Frontiers_program" title="New Frontiers program">New Frontiers</a></li>

<li><a href="Planetary_Missions_Program_Office#Solar_System_Exploration" title="Planetary Missions Program Office">Solar System Exploration</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Ocean_Worlds_Exploration_Program" title="Ocean Worlds Exploration Program">Ocean Worlds Exploration</a></li>

<li><a href="Voyager_program" title="Voyager program">Voyager</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Completed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Lunar_Orbiter_program" title="Lunar Orbiter program">Lunar Orbiter</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Precursor_Robotic_Program" title="Lunar Precursor Robotic Program">Lunar Precursor</a></li>

<li><a href="Mariner_program" title="Mariner program">Mariner</a></li>

<li><a href="MESUR" title="MESUR">MESUR</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Millennium_Program" title="New Millennium Program">New Millennium</a></li>

<li><a href="Pioneer_program" title="Pioneer program">Pioneer</a></li>

<li><a href="Planetary_Observer_program" title="Planetary Observer program">Planetary Observer</a></li>

<li><a href="Ranger_program" title="Ranger program">Ranger</a></li>

<li><a href="Surveyor_program" title="Surveyor program">Surveyor</a></li>

<li><a href="Viking_program" title="Viking program">Viking</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Cancelled</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Grand_Tour_program" title="Grand Tour program">Grand Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Mariner_Mark_II" title="Mariner Mark II">Mariner Mark II</a></li>

<li><a href="Voyager_program_(Mars)" title="Voyager program (Mars)">Voyager (Mars)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_NASA_missions" title="List of NASA missions">List of NASA missions</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NASA578" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="NASA578" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="Space_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Space policy of the United States">Policy</a> and history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">History<br>(<a href="Creation_of_NASA" title="Creation of NASA">creation</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Act" title="National Aeronautics and Space Act">National Aeronautics and Space Act</a> (1958)</li>

<li><a href="Space_Task_Group" title="Space Task Group">Space Task Group</a> (1958)</li>

<li><a href="Thomas_O._Paine#National_Commission_on_Space" title="Thomas O. Paine">Paine</a> (1986)</li>

<li><a href="Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">Rogers</a> (1986)</li>

<li><a href="Space_Exploration_Initiative" title="Space Exploration Initiative">Space Exploration Initiative</a> (1989)</li>

<li><a href="Augustine_Committee" title="Augustine Committee">Augustine</a> (1990)</li>

<li><a href="Space_policy_of_the_United_States#Clinton_administration" title="Space policy of the United States">U.S. National Space Policy</a> (1996)</li>

<li><a href="Commission_on_the_Future_of_the_United_States_Aerospace_Industry" title="Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry">CFUSAI</a> (2002)</li>

<li><a href="Vision_for_Space_Exploration" title="Vision for Space Exploration">Vision for Space Exploration</a> (2004)</li>

<li><a href="President's_Commission_on_Implementation_of_United_States_Space_Exploration_Policy" title="President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy">Aldridge</a> (2004)</li>

<li><a href="Review_of_United_States_Human_Space_Flight_Plans_Committee" title="Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee">Augustine</a> (2009)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_administrators_and_deputy_administrators_of_NASA" class="mw-redirect" title="List of administrators and deputy administrators of NASA">Administrator and Deputy Administrator</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_Chief_Scientist" title="NASA Chief Scientist">Chief Scientist</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_Astronaut_Corps" title="NASA Astronaut Corps">Astronaut Corps</a>

<ul><li><a href="Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Ranks and positions</a></li>

<li><a href="Chief_of_the_Astronaut_Office" title="Chief of the Astronaut Office">Chief</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Budget_of_NASA" title="Budget of NASA">Budget</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_research" title="NASA research">NASA research</a>

<ul><li><a href="NASA_spinoff_technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA spinoff technologies">spinoff technologies</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NASA_Social" title="NASA Social">NASA Social</a></li>

<li><a href="Launch_Services_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch Services Program">Launch Services Program</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercury_Control_Center" title="Mercury Control Center">Mercury Control Center</a></li>

<li><a href="Manned_Space_Flight_Network" title="Manned Space Flight Network">Manned Space Flight Network</a></li>

<li><a href="Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>

<ul><li><a href="Vehicle_Assembly_Building" title="Vehicle Assembly Building">Vehicle Assembly Building</a></li>

<li><a href="Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Launch Complex 39</a></li>

<li><a href="Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_48" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 48">Launch Complex 48</a></li>

<li><a href="Launch_Control_Center" title="Launch Control Center">Launch Control Center</a></li>

<li><a href="Operations_and_Checkout_Building" title="Operations and Checkout Building">Operations and Checkout Building</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a>

<ul><li><a href="Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr._Mission_Control_Center" title="Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center">Mission Control</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Sample_Laboratory_Facility" title="Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility">Lunar Sample Laboratory</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Science_Mission_Directorate" title="Science Mission Directorate">Science Mission Directorate</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight">Human spaceflight</a><br>programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">X-15</a> (<a href="Sub-orbital_spaceflight" title="Sub-orbital spaceflight">suborbital</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Mercury</a></li>

<li><a href="Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo</a></li>

<li><a href="Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz" title="Apollo–Soyuz">Apollo–Soyuz</a> (with the <a href="Soviet_space_program" title="Soviet space program">Soviet space program</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle</a></li>

<li><a href="Shuttle%E2%80%93Mir_program" title="Shuttle–Mir program">Shuttle–<i>Mir</i></a> (with <a href="Roscosmos" title="Roscosmos">Roscosmos</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Constellation_program" title="Constellation program">Constellation</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="International_Space_Station_programme" title="International Space Station programme">International Space Station</a></li>

<li><a href="Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services" title="Commercial Orbital Transportation Services">Commercial Orbital Transportation Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Commercial_Crew_Program" title="Commercial Crew Program">Commercial Crew</a></li>

<li><a href="Orion_(spacecraft)" title="Orion (spacecraft)">Orion</a></li>

<li><a href="Artemis_program" title="Artemis program">Artemis</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Gateway" title="Lunar Gateway">Lunar Gateway</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="Robotic_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic spacecraft">Robotic</a> programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hitchhiker_Program" title="Hitchhiker Program">Hitchhiker</a></li>

<li><a href="Mariner_program" title="Mariner program">Mariner</a></li>

<li><a href="Mariner_Mark_II" title="Mariner Mark II">Mariner Mark II</a></li>

<li><a href="MESUR" title="MESUR">MESUR</a></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Surveyor_'98" title="Mars Surveyor '98">Mars Surveyor '98</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Millennium_Program" title="New Millennium Program">New Millennium</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Orbiter_program" title="Lunar Orbiter program">Lunar Orbiter</a></li>

<li><a href="Pioneer_program" title="Pioneer program">Pioneer</a></li>

<li><a href="Planetary_Observer_program" title="Planetary Observer program">Planetary Observer</a></li>

<li><a href="Ranger_program" title="Ranger program">Ranger</a></li>

<li><a href="Surveyor_program" title="Surveyor program">Surveyor</a></li>

<li><a href="Viking_program" title="Viking program">Viking</a></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Program" title="Mars Exploration Program">Mars Exploration</a></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Living_With_a_Star" title="Living With a Star">Living With a Star</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_Precursor_Robotic_Program" title="Lunar Precursor Robotic Program">Lunar Precursor Robotic Program</a></li>

<li><a href="Earth_Observing_System" title="Earth Observing System">Earth Observing System</a></li>

<li><a href="Great_Observatories_program" title="Great Observatories program">Great Observatories program</a></li>

<li><a href="Explorers_Program" title="Explorers Program">Explorers</a></li>

<li><a href="Voyager_program" title="Voyager program">Voyager</a></li>

<li><a href="Discovery_Program" title="Discovery Program">Discovery</a></li>

<li><a href="New_Frontiers_program" title="New Frontiers program">New Frontiers</a></li>

<li><a href="Solar_Terrestrial_Probes_program" title="Solar Terrestrial Probes program">Solar Terrestrial Probes</a></li>

<li><a href="Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services" title="Commercial Lunar Payload Services">Commercial Lunar Payload Services</a></li>

<li><a href="Small_Innovative_Missions_for_Planetary_Exploration" title="Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration">SIMPLEx</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Individual featured<br> <a href="List_of_NASA_missions" title="List of NASA missions">missions</a><br>(human and robotic)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercury-Redstone_3" title="Mercury-Redstone 3">Mercury 3</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercury-Atlas_6" title="Mercury-Atlas 6">Mercury-Atlas 6</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Magellan_(spacecraft)" title="Magellan (spacecraft)">Magellan</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pioneer_10" title="Pioneer 10">Pioneer 10</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Pioneer_11" title="Pioneer 11">Pioneer 11</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Galileo_project" title="Galileo project"><i>Galileo</i></a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Galileo_(spacecraft)" title="Timeline of Galileo (spacecraft)">timeline</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="GALEX" title="GALEX">GALEX</a></li>

<li><a href="GRAIL" title="GRAIL">GRAIL</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></li>

<li><a href="Spitzer_Space_Telescope" title="Spitzer Space Telescope">Spitzer Space Telescope</a></li>

<li><a href="Sojourner_(rover)" title="Sojourner (rover)"><i>Sojourner</i> rover</a></li>

<li><a href="Spirit_(rover)" title="Spirit (rover)"><i>Spirit</i> rover</a></li>

<li><a href="LADEE" title="LADEE">LADEE</a></li>

<li><i><a href="MESSENGER" title="MESSENGER">MESSENGER</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Aquarius_(SAC-D_instrument)" title="Aquarius (SAC-D instrument)">Aquarius</a></li>

<li><a href="Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens"><i>Cassini</i></a></li>

<li><a href="Kepler_space_telescope" title="Kepler space telescope">Kepler space telescope</a></li>

<li><a href="Opportunity_(rover)" title="Opportunity (rover)"><i>Opportunity</i> rover</a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Opportunity" title="Timeline of Opportunity">timeline</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_surface_features_of_Mars_visited_by_Spirit_and_Opportunity" title="List of surface features of Mars visited by Spirit and Opportunity">observed</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Ramaty_High_Energy_Solar_Spectroscopic_Imager" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager">RHESSI</a></li>

<li><i><a href="InSight" title="InSight">InSight</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Ingenuity_(helicopter)" title="Ingenuity (helicopter)"><i>Ingenuity</i> helicopter</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_Ingenuity_flights" title="List of Ingenuity flights">flights</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Currently<br>operating</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="2001_Mars_Odyssey" title="2001 Mars Odyssey">2001 Mars Odyssey</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i></li>

<li><a href="International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></li>

<li><a href="Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope"><i>Hubble</i> Space Telescope</a></li>

<li><a href="Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory"><i>Chandra</i> X-ray Observatory</a></li>

<li><a href="Neil_Gehrels_Swift_Observatory" title="Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory"><i>Swift</i></a></li>

<li><a href="THEMIS" title="THEMIS">THEMIS</a></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a></li>

<li><a href="Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)"><i>Curiosity</i> rover</a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory">timeline</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Mars Science Laboratory">Mars Science Laboratory</a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory">timeline</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="NuSTAR" title="NuSTAR">NuSTAR</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Voyager_1" title="Voyager 1">Voyager 1</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Voyager_2" title="Voyager 2">Voyager 2</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="MAVEN" title="MAVEN">MAVEN</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-APEX</a></i></li>

<ul><li><a href="Perseverance_(rover)" title="Perseverance (rover)"><i>Perseverance</i> rover</a></li>

<li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_2020" title="Timeline of Mars 2020">timeline</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope"><i>James Webb</i> Space Telescope</a>

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope">timeline</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="Europa_Clipper" title="Europa Clipper">Europa Clipper</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="NISAR_(satellite)" title="NISAR (satellite)">NISAR</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope" title="Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope"><i>Nancy Grace Roman</i> Space Telescope</a></li>

<li><i><a href="DAVINCI" title="DAVINCI">DAVINCI</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="VERITAS_(spacecraft)" title="VERITAS (spacecraft)">VERITAS</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="Space_Communications_and_Navigation_Program" title="Space Communications and Navigation Program">Communications<br>and navigation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Near_Earth_Network" title="Near Earth Network">Near Earth Network</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Network" title="Space Network">Space Network</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_Deep_Space_Network" title="NASA Deep Space Network">Deep Space Network</a> (<a href="Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex" title="Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex">Goldstone</a></li>

<li><a href="Madrid_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex" title="Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex">Madrid</a></li>

<li><a href="Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex" title="Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex">Canberra</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Flight_Operations_Facility" title="Space Flight Operations Facility">Space Flight Operations Facility</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Deep_Space_Atomic_Clock" title="Deep Space Atomic Clock">Deep Space Atomic Clock</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">NASA lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Astronaut" title="Astronaut">Astronauts</a>

<li><a href="List_of_Gemini_astronauts" title="List of Gemini astronauts">Gemini astronauts</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Apollo_astronauts" title="List of Apollo astronauts">Apollo astronauts</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Space_Shuttle_crews" title="List of Space Shuttle crews">Space Shuttle crews</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_NASA_aircraft" title="List of NASA aircraft">NASA aircraft</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_NASA_missions" title="List of NASA missions">NASA missions</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_uncrewed_NASA_missions" title="List of uncrewed NASA missions">uncrewed missions</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Apollo_missions" title="List of Apollo missions">Apollo missions</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Space_Shuttle_missions" title="List of Space Shuttle missions">Space Shuttle missions</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_rockets_of_the_United_States" title="List of rockets of the United States">United States rockets</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_NASA_cancellations" title="List of NASA cancellations">NASA cancellations</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_NASA_cameras_on_spacecraft" title="List of NASA cameras on spacecraft">NASA cameras on spacecraft</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">NASA images<br>and artwork</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Earthrise" title="Earthrise">Earthrise</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Blue_Marble" title="The Blue Marble">The Blue Marble</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Family_Portrait_(Voyager)" title="Family Portrait (Voyager)">Family Portrait</a></i>

<li><i><a href="Pillars_of_Creation" title="Pillars of Creation">Pillars of Creation</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Mystic_Mountain" title="Mystic Mountain">Mystic Mountain</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Family_Portrait_(MESSENGER)" title="Family Portrait (MESSENGER)"><i>Solar System Family Portrait</i></a></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Day_the_Earth_Smiled" title="The Day the Earth Smiled">The Day the Earth Smiled</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Fallen_Astronaut" title="Fallen Astronaut">Fallen Astronaut</a></i></li>

<li><a href="List_of_deep_fields" title="List of deep fields">Deep fields</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_plaque" title="Lunar plaque">Lunar plaques</a></li>

<li><a href="Pioneer_plaque" title="Pioneer plaque">Pioneer plaques</a></li>

<li><a href="Voyager_Golden_Record" title="Voyager Golden Record">Voyager Golden Record</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo_11_goodwill_messages" title="Apollo 11 goodwill messages">Apollo 11 goodwill messages</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_insignia" title="NASA insignia">NASA insignia</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_space-flown_Gemini_and_Apollo_medallions" title="NASA space-flown Gemini and Apollo medallions">Gemini and Apollo medallions</a></li>

<li><a href="Mission_patch" title="Mission patch">Mission patches</a></li>

<li><a href="Astronomy_Picture_of_the_Day" title="Astronomy Picture of the Day">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Hubble_Space_Telescope_anniversary_images" title="List of Hubble Space Telescope anniversary images">Hubble Space Telescope anniversary images</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon" title="We choose to go to the Moon">We choose to go to the Moon</a>"</li>

<li><a href="Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">Apollo 8 Genesis reading</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo_15_postal_covers_incident" title="Apollo 15 postal covers incident">Apollo 15 postal covers incident</a></li>

<li><a href="Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">Apollo Lunar Module</a></li>

<li><a href="Space_Mirror_Memorial" title="Space Mirror Memorial">Space Mirror Memorial</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Astronaut_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="The Astronaut Monument">The Astronaut Monument</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunar_sample_displays" title="Lunar sample displays">Lunar sample displays</a>

<ul><li><a href="Moon_rock" title="Moon rock">Moon rocks</a></li>

<li><a href="Stolen_and_missing_Moon_rocks" title="Stolen and missing Moon rocks">stolen or missing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Astronaut_Hall_of_Fame" title="United States Astronaut Hall of Fame">U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame</a></li>

<li><a href="U.S._space_exploration_history_on_U.S._stamps" title="U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps">Space program on U.S. stamps</a></li>

<li><a href="Fe%2C_Fi%2C_Fo%2C_Fum%2C_and_Phooey" title="Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey">Apollo 17 Moon mice</a></li>

<li><a href="Monkeys_and_apes_in_space#United_States" title="Monkeys and apes in space">Other primates in space</a></li>

<li><a href="NASA_International_Space_Apps_Challenge" title="NASA International Space Apps Challenge">NASA International Space Apps Challenge</a></li>

<li><a href="Astronauts_Day" title="Astronauts Day">Astronauts Day</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Astronaut_Day" title="National Astronaut Day">National Astronaut Day</a></li>

<li><a href="Nikon_NASA_F4" title="Nikon NASA F4">Nikon NASA F4</a></li></ul>

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