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Planetary Missions:
Cassini Mission to Saturn: Learn about the mission to the great ringed planet and its largest moon, Titan. (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/)
Deep Space 1 (DS1): Launched October 1998, learn about this technology demonstration mission. Using ion propulsion, the spacecraft is scheduled to travel to at least one asteroid. (http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/)
Galileo Mission to Jupiter: In addition to studying Jupiter and its moons, this spacecraft has seen a comet collide with a planet! Drop in on this mission that is still going strong. (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/)
Lunar Prospector: Launched January 6, 1998, this little spacecraft studied the Moon, searching for water and other minerals. The spacecraft completed its portion of the mission with a controlled descent and impact on the lunar surface July 31, 1999. The mission continues to yield scientific discoveries. (http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/)
NASA's Center for Mars Exploration: Find out about our history of Mars, the missions of the past, what we have learned,
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO): (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/)
Mars Global Surveyor Mission: Check on the progress of the next mission to map the Red Planet. Mirror site NASA Kennedy Space Center shown. (http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mars/mgs)
Mars Pathfinder Mission: Learn about the Pathfinder Lander and the Sojourner Rover, straight from NASA's JPL web site. (http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/index.html)
STARDUST: Look in on this mission to Comet Wild 2 which will return sample material to Earth. (http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov)
Future Missions:
Genesis Mission: This proposed mission would return a sample of the solar wind. (http://www.gps.caltech.edu/genesis/)
Space Inteferometry Mission (SIM): This mission is scheduled for launch around the year 2005. (http://sim.jpl.nasa.gov)
Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WIRE): (http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/wire/)
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