Taylor M Potter

Jupiter orbiter and atmospheric probeGalileoJupiter system

Spacecraft: Galileo orbiter and atmospheric probe
Launch vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis
Science payload: Orbiter imaging, spectroscopy, fields, particles, dust, and radio instruments plus a 743-pound atmospheric entry probe

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Saturn orbiter and Titan atmospheric landerCassini-HuygensSaturn system and Titan

Spacecraft: Cassini orbiter and Huygens Titan probe
Launch vehicle: Titan IVB-Centaur
Science payload: Twelve Cassini remote-sensing, fields, particles, dust, radar, radio, and mass-spectrometry investigations plus six Huygens atmospheric and surface experiments

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Mars orbiter2001 Mars OdysseyMars orbit

Spacecraft: 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter
Launch vehicle: Delta II 7925
Science payload: Thermal Emission Imaging System, Gamma Ray Spectrometer suite, and Mars Radiation Environment Experiment

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Mars orbiterMars Reconnaissance OrbiterLow Mars orbit

Spacecraft: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: HiRISE, CTX, MARCI, CRISM, Mars Climate Sounder, SHARAD radar, gravity and atmospheric investigations, and high-rate relay package

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Pluto and Kuiper Belt flyby spacecraftNew HorizonsPluto system, Kuiper Belt, and outer heliosphere

Spacecraft: New Horizons spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 551
Science payload: Ralph visible/infrared imager, Alice ultraviolet spectrograph, LORRI camera, REX radio experiment, SWAP and PEPSSI particle instruments, and Student Dust Counter

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Mars polar landerPhoenix Mars LanderVastitas Borealis, Martian arctic

Spacecraft: Phoenix Mars lander
Launch vehicle: Delta II 7925
Science payload: Robotic arm and camera, surface stereo imager, microscopy/electrochemistry/conductivity analyzer, thermal and evolved-gas analyzer, and meteorological station

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Vesta and Ceres orbiterDawnProtoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres

Spacecraft: Dawn ion-propelled spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta II Heavy 7925H
Science payload: Framing cameras, visible and infrared mapping spectrometer, gamma-ray and neutron detector, gravity science, and xenon ion-propulsion system

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Polar Jupiter orbiterJunoPolar orbit around Jupiter

Spacecraft: Juno Jupiter orbiter
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 551
Science payload: Microwave radiometer, gravity and radio science, magnetometer, particle and plasma instruments, ultraviolet and infrared spectrographs, Waves, and JunoCam

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Mars roverMars Science Laboratory CuriosityGale Crater, Mars

Spacecraft: Curiosity Mars rover
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 541
Science payload: Mastcam, MAHLI, MARDI, ChemCam, APXS, CheMin, SAM, DAN, REMS, and RAD laboratory and environmental instruments

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Mars upper-atmosphere orbiterMAVENElliptical Mars orbit

Spacecraft: MAVEN Mars orbiter
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: Particles and Fields Package, Remote Sensing Package with Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, and Electra relay

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Asteroid sample-return and extended-mission spacecraftOSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEXAsteroid Bennu, Earth sample return, and asteroid Apophis

Spacecraft: OSIRIS-REx sample-return spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 411
Science payload: OCAMS cameras, OVIRS and OTES spectrometers, OLA laser altimeter, REXIS X-ray experiment, TAGSAM sampler, and sample-return capsule

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Mars geophysics landerInSightElysium Planitia, Mars

Spacecraft: InSight Mars lander
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: SEIS seismometer, HP3 heat-flow experiment, RISE radio-science investigation, weather sensors, magnetometer, cameras, and robotic instrument-deployment arm

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Mars astrobiology and sample-caching roverMars 2020 PerseveranceJezero Crater, Mars

Spacecraft: Perseverance Mars rover
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 541
Science payload: Mastcam-Z, SuperCam, PIXL, SHERLOC, RIMFAX, MEDA, MOXIE, sample-caching system, microphones, and Ingenuity helicopter

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Multiple-asteroid flyby spacecraftLucyMain-belt and Jupiter Trojan asteroids

Spacecraft: Lucy asteroid-flyby spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: L'LORRI high-resolution camera, L'Ralph color and infrared mapper, L'TES thermal spectrometer, terminal-tracking cameras, and radio science

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Metal-rich asteroid orbiterPsycheMetal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche

Spacecraft: Psyche asteroid orbiter
Launch vehicle: Falcon Heavy
Science payload: Multispectral imager, gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer, magnetometer, gravity radio science, and Deep Space Optical Communications demonstration

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Twin-spacecraft Mars space-weather investigationESCAPADEMars orbit

Electrostatic analyzers: Measure thermal and energetic charged particles around each spacecraft
Magnetometers: Measure the strength and direction of local magnetic fields
Langmuir probes: Characterize electron density and temperature in surrounding plasma

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AstronautAtlas

Planetary science

Planetary science science and payloads

Planetary science

Planetary science science and payloads