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List of NASA missions

The list of NASA missions catalogs NASA's robotic planetary probes, Earth-observing satellites, space telescopes, and human spaceflight programs from Project Mercury through the Artemis Moon missions.

List of NASA's flight control positions

NASA's flight control positions are the named mission control consoles, including FIDO, EECOM, and CAPCOM, each staffed by a flight controller responsible for one operational function.

List of New Glenn launches

The list of New Glenn launches covers Blue Origin's reusable heavy-lift rocket, which first reached orbit in January 2025 and flew three missions from Cape Canaveral by April 2026.

List of objects at Lagrange points

The list of objects at Lagrange points catalogs spacecraft and natural bodies occupying the five Lagrange points of systems like Sun–Earth and Earth–Moon, from ISEE-3 in 1978 onward.

List of orbital launch systems

The list of orbital launch systems, also called space launch systems, surveys the major active rockets that carry spacecraft to orbit, including Falcon 9, Ariane 6, and Long March.

List of orbits

The list of orbits catalogs the recurring paths spacecraft follow around Earth, the Moon, the Sun, or balance points between two bodies, grouped by altitude and purpose.

List of rocket launch sites

The list of rocket launch sites, or spaceports, covers facilities worldwide from which rockets launch, from government ranges to commercial sites like Cape Canaveral and Kourou.

List of Sirius XM Radio channels

The list of Sirius XM Radio channels covers the music, sports, talk, news, and comedy channels carried by Sirius XM Holdings on its two satellite networks.

List of Solar System probes

The list of Solar System probes covers robotic spacecraft sent to explore the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, beginning with the American Able 1 attempt in 1958.

List of Space Shuttle landing sites

The Space Shuttle landing sites were the runways where NASA's orbiters ended 133 missions: 78 at Kennedy Space Center, 54 at Edwards Air Force Base, and one at White Sands.

List of Space Shuttle missions

The list of Space Shuttle missions covers NASA's 135 crewed STS flights between 1981 and 2011, flown by five orbiters from satellite deployment to International Space Station assembly.

List of space travelers by nationality

A list of space travelers, also known as a list of astronauts by nationality, grouping over 500 people from almost 40 countries by citizenship at the time of launch.

List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026

The list of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026 covers the quarter's 81 orbital launches, including Artemis II's crewed lunar flyby and China's Shenzhou 23 mission to Tiangong.

List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026

The list of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026 covers the quarter's 80 orbital launch attempts, 79 of which succeeded, deploying more than 1,000 spacecraft, including Starship's first orbital flight.

List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026

The list of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026 covers orbital and suborbital launches in the fourth quarter of 2026, including Crew-13, JAXA's MMX Mars sample-return mission, and lunar landers.

List of spaceflight records

The list of spaceflight records covers documented bests in flight duration, altitude, and distance, with human records ratified by the FAI and robotic firsts tracked by NASA.

List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents

A list of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents causing loss of life or vehicle, including the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11, Challenger, and Columbia, from 1967 to 2003.

List of Starship launches

The list of Starship launches covers SpaceX's 14 flight tests of the fully reusable Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage from Starbase, Texas, from April 2023 to September 2026.

List of Starship vehicles

The list of Starship vehicles covers every SpaceX Starship built and flown, from the 2019 Starhopper through SN test ships to integrated stacks flying since April 2023.

List of Super Heavy boosters

The list of Super Heavy boosters tracks individual first-stage boosters of SpaceX's Starship, including Booster 7, which flew the first test in 2023, and Booster 14, the first reflown booster.

LM700 (satellite bus)

The LM700 is a three-axis stabilized satellite bus developed by Lockheed Martin for the 66-satellite Iridium communications constellation, later modified as the LM700B for scientific missions.

Lockheed Martin X-33

The Lockheed Martin X-33, a subscale demonstrator for NASA's proposed VentureStar reusable launch vehicle, took off vertically and was to land horizontally like an airplane before its cancellation in 2001.

Loki (rocket)

Loki, known as the Loki Dart, was an American solid-propellant rocket that failed as an anti-aircraft weapon and became a widely used meteorological sounding rocket in the 1950s and 1960s.

Long Duration Exposure Facility

The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was a NASA spacecraft that exposed 57 materials and science experiments to low Earth orbit for about 5.7 years, from 1984 to 1990.

Long March (长征) (rocket family)

The Long March (长征) rockets are China's family of orbital launch vehicles, developed from the mid-1960s. Their first launch in 1970 placed China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into orbit.

Long March 10 (长征十号)

The Long March 10 (长征十号, CZ-10) is a Chinese super-heavy launch vehicle developed by CALT to send crewed spacecraft and the Lanyue lander toward China's Moon landing before 2030.

Long March 10B (长征十号乙)

The Long March 10B (长征十号乙) is a Chinese partially reusable medium-lift rocket developed by CALT; on its 2026 maiden flight its first stage was recovered by a net on a ship at sea.

Long March 11

Long March 11 (长征十一号, CZ-11) is a four-stage solid-propellant Chinese rocket developed by CALT, first flown in 2015 and known for rapid 24-hour launch cycles and China's first sea launch in 2019.

Long March 12 (长征十二号)

Long March 12 (长征十二号) is a Chinese two-stage medium-lift rocket developed by SAST that can lift 12 tonnes to low Earth orbit and first flew in November 2024.

Long March 2C

Long March 2C (长征二号丙, CZ-2C) is a Chinese two-stage, medium-lift orbital launch vehicle built by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, first flown in 1975 from Jiuquan and still in service.