Major crewed and uncrewed space missions from 1957 to 2025, covering agencies, destinations, duration, and outcomes.
Mission Name | Year | Agency | Country | Type | Destination | Crew Size | Duration Days | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sputnik 1 | 1957 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Uncrewed | Earth Orbit | 0 | 0.08 | Success |
| Explorer 1 | 1958 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Earth Orbit | 0 | 0.13 | Success |
| Vostok 1 | 1961 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 1 | 0.08 | Success |
| Friendship 7 | 1962 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 1 | 0.38 | Success |
| Mariner 4 | 1964 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 228 | Success |
| Venera 3 | 1965 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Uncrewed | Venus | 0 | 105 | Partial Success |
| Apollo 1 | 1967 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 3 | 0 | Failure |
| Apollo 8 | 1968 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Orbit | 3 | 6 | Success |
| Apollo 11 | 1969 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 8 | Success |
| Apollo 12 | 1969 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 10 | Success |
| Venera 7 | 1970 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Uncrewed | Venus | 0 | 120 | Success |
| Luna 16 | 1970 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Uncrewed | Moon | 0 | 7 | Success |
| Apollo 13 | 1970 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon | 3 | 6 | Partial Success |
| Salyut 1 | 1971 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 0 | 175 | Success |
| Apollo 14 | 1971 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 9 | Success |
| Apollo 15 | 1971 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 12 | Success |
| Pioneer 10 | 1972 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Jupiter | 0 | 1838 | Success |
| Apollo 16 | 1972 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 11 | Success |
| Apollo 17 | 1972 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Landing | 3 | 12 | Success |
| Skylab | 1973 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 3 | 171 | Success |
| Mariner 10 | 1973 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Venus / Mercury | 0 | 506 | Success |
| Viking 1 | 1975 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 2307 | Success |
| Viking 2 | 1975 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 1281 | Success |
| Voyager 1 | 1977 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Outer Solar System | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Voyager 2 | 1977 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Outer Solar System | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| STS-1 Columbia | 1981 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 2 | 2 | Success |
| Mir | 1986 | Soviet Space Program | USSR | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 0 | 5510 | Success |
| STS-51-L Challenger | 1986 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 7 | 0 | Failure |
| Magellan | 1989 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Venus | 0 | 1527 | Success |
| Galileo | 1989 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Jupiter | 0 | 5054 | Success |
| Hubble Space Telescope | 1990 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Earth Orbit | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Mars Observer | 1992 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 336 | Failure |
| Mars Pathfinder | 1996 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 83 | Success |
| Cassini-Huygens | 1997 | NASA / ESA | USA / Europe | Uncrewed | Saturn | 0 | 7256 | Success |
| Mars Climate Orbiter | 1998 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Failure |
| ISS Expedition 1 | 2000 | NASA / Roscosmos | USA / Russia | Crewed | Earth Orbit | 3 | 136 | Success |
| Mars Odyssey | 2001 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Mars Express | 2003 | ESA | Europe | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Spirit Rover | 2003 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 2208 | Success |
| Opportunity Rover | 2003 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 5111 | Success |
| SpaceShipOne | 2004 | Scaled Composites | USA | Crewed | Suborbital | 1 | 0 | Success |
| Hayabusa | 2003 | JAXA | Japan | Uncrewed | Asteroid Itokawa | 0 | 2591 | Success |
| New Horizons | 2006 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Pluto | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Phoenix Mars Lander | 2007 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 151 | Success |
| Chandrayaan-1 | 2008 | ISRO | India | Uncrewed | Moon Orbit | 0 | 312 | Success |
| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | 2009 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Moon Orbit | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Curiosity Rover | 2011 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Juno | 2011 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Jupiter | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Dragon Demo-2 | 2020 | NASA / SpaceX | USA | Crewed | ISS | 2 | 63 | Success |
| Mars 2020 Perseverance | 2020 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Tianwen-1 | 2020 | CNSA | China | Uncrewed | Mars | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| James Webb Space Telescope | 2021 | NASA / ESA / CSA | USA / Europe / Canada | Uncrewed | L2 Orbit | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Artemis 1 | 2022 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Moon Orbit | 0 | 25 | Success |
| Chandrayaan-3 | 2023 | ISRO | India | Uncrewed | Moon Landing | 0 | 14 | Success |
| Europa Clipper | 2024 | NASA | USA | Uncrewed | Jupiter / Europa | 0 | 0 | Ongoing |
| Artemis 2 | 2025 | NASA | USA | Crewed | Moon Flyby | 4 | 10 | Success |