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Cassini−Huygens
Cassini–Huygens ( ), commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter its orbit, where it stayed from 2004 to 2017. The two craft took their names from the astronomers Giovanni Cassin
Mariner 10
American space probe
MESSENGER
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
Parker Solar Probe
NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun
Mariner program
NASA space program
Mariner 2
1962 space probe to Venus
Magellan
NASA robotic space probe that studied the planet Venus
Mariner 1
First US attempt to fly by Venus
Mariner 5
uncrewed probe sent by NASA as part of Mariner program in 1967
Pioneer Venus project
NASA project to explore Venus
Pioneer Venus Orbiter
NASA space probe to Venus
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
Venus atmospheric-entry probe mission
Galileo
NASA robotic space probe that studied the Jupiter system, as well as asteroids Gaspra and Ida