Timeline of Solar System Exploration - 2010s

2010s

2010

  • Solar Dynamics Observatory – 11 February 2010 – Continuous solar monitoring
  • Akatsuki (Planet-C) – 20 May 2010 – Venus orbiter (orbit insertion failed in 2010 / postponed to 2016–17)
  • PICARD – 15 June 2010 – Solar orbiter
  • Chang'e 2 – 1 October 2010 – Lunar orbiter

2011

  • Juno – 5 August 2011 – Jupiter orbiter
  • GRAIL – 10 September 2011 – Two spacecraft, Lunar orbiters
  • Tiangong (Project 921-2) - 29 September 2011 - First Chinese space station
  • Fobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 – 8 November 2011 – Phobos orbiter, lander and sample return (Russia), Mars orbiter (China) – failed to escape Earth orbit
  • Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) – 26 November 2011 – large Mars 900 kg Rover (landed 6 August 2012)

2012

  • Radiation Belt Storm Probes - 30 August 2012 - Solar-wind study

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