Venus Express
Venus
sun
Size
1.7m × 1.7m x 1.4m
Mission Dates
9 Nov 2005 - 16 Dec 2014
Facts
Venus Express studied the atmosphere, the plasma environment, and the surface of Venus.
It found a surprisingly cold region high in Venus' atmosphere which could be cold enough for carbon dioxide to freeze as ice or snow.
JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE)
Ganymede
sun
Size
100 m² Solar panel
Planned launch
2023
Facts
JUICE is a European Space Agency mission to explore Jupiter and 3 of its Galilean Moons: Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
It will be the first spacecraft to orbit a moon of a planet other than Earth.
Voyager 2
The outer solar system
sun
Size
721.9kg
Launched
20 Aug 1977
Facts
Voyager 2 is designed to find and study the edge of our solar system and beyond.
It's the only spacecraft to have studied all four of the outer planets at close range.
New Horizons
Solar System
sun
Size
2.2 × 2.1 × 2.7 m
Launched
19 Jan 2006
Facts
New Horizons is the first spacecraft to explore Pluto, its moons, and the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth, the most distant object explored up close.