Deep Space Explorers
Deep Space Probes
The robotic emissaries flying past the planets and on into interstellar space.
34 probes5 mission types15 active
34 probes
ACTIVE
Orbiter
JAXA
Akatsuki
Venus
0.72 AU2010Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA / JAXA
BepiColombo
Mercury
0.4221 AU2018Cruise
Orbiter
NASA / JPL / ESA / ASI
Cassini-Huygens
Saturn
9.5 AU1997Decommissioned
Sample Return
CNSA
Chang’e 6
Moon
1 AU2024Completed
Impactor
NASA / APL
DART
Asteroid Dimorphos
1.05 AU2021Completed
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Dawn
Ceres
2.7339 AU2007Completed
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Europa Clipper
Europa
1.3858 AU2024Cruise
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA / ROSCOSMOS
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Mars
1.4622 AU2016Active
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Galileo
Jupiter
5.2 AU1989Decommissioned
ACTIVE
Sample Return
JAXA
Hayabusa2
Asteroid 1998 KY26
1.5 AU2014Extended Mission
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA
Hera
Asteroid Dimorphos
1.5 AU2024Cruise
ACTIVE
Observatory
NASA / ESA / CSA
James Webb Space Telescope
Sun-Earth L2
1.0265 AU2021Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA
JUICE
Ganymede
1.4002 AU2023Cruise
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Juno
Jupiter
5.2724 AU2011Extended Mission
ACTIVE
Flyby
NASA / GSFC
Lucy
Jupiter Trojans
1.0265 AU2021Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / GSFC
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Moon
1.0146 AU2009Active
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Magellan
Venus
1989Decommissioned
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA
Mars Express
Mars
1.4621 AU2003Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Mars Odyssey
Mars
1.4622 AU2001Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars
1.4622 AU2005Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / GSFC
MAVEN
Mars
1.52 AU2013Active
Orbiter
NASA / APL
MESSENGER
Mercury
0.39 AU2004Decommissioned
ACTIVE
Flyby
NASA / APL
New Horizons
Kuiper Belt
65.126 AU2006Extended Mission
ACTIVE
Flyby
NASA / GSFC
OSIRIS-APEX
Asteroid Apophis
1.2915 AU2016Extended Mission
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / APL
Parker Solar Probe
Sun
0.7263 AU2018Active
Flyby
NASA / ARC
Pioneer 10
Outer Solar System
141.4165 AU1972Lost Contact
Flyby
NASA / ARC
Pioneer 11
Outer Solar System
117.4726 AU1973Lost Contact
ACTIVE
Orbiter
NASA / JPL
Psyche
Asteroid 16 Psyche
1.434 AU2023Cruise
Orbiter
ESA
Rosetta
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
2004Completed
ACTIVE
Observatory
ESA / NASA
SOHO
Sun-Earth L1
1.0062 AU1995Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
ESA / NASA
Solar Orbiter
Sun
0.6368 AU2020Active
ACTIVE
Orbiter
CNSA
Tianwen-1
Mars
1.52 AU2020Active
ACTIVE
Flyby
NASA / JPL
Voyager 1
Interstellar Space
171.1858 AU1977Active
ACTIVE
Flyby
NASA / JPL
Voyager 2
Interstellar Space
143.4338 AU1977Active
Explore every deep space probe ever launched — from the Voyager spacecraft now in interstellar space to rovers on Mars and missions heading to Jupiter’s moons. Space Launch Live tracks current positions, mission status, scientific instruments, key discoveries, and related launches for each interplanetary mission.
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Every second, these spacecraft move farther from Earth. Distances extrapolated from JPL Horizons data.