1996Success
Mars Pathfinder & Sojourner
Airbags bounce a lander onto Mars carrying Sojourner, the first rover on another planet.
Launch Vehicle · 6 missions
Delta II
2003Success
Spirit (MER-A)
A 90-day rover mission that lasted six years and found evidence of ancient hot springs on Mars.
2003Success
Opportunity (MER-B)
The record-breaking rover drives a marathon across Mars over nearly 15 years.
2003Success
Spitzer Space Telescope
The infrared Great Observatory peers through cosmic dust and studies distant exoplanets.
2007Success
Phoenix Mars Lander
A polar lander digs into the Martian arctic and touches water ice for the first time.
2009Success
Kepler Space Telescope
The planet hunter that proved planets outnumber stars in our galaxy.