2010s
- 2010 - Japan - Venus - Akatsuki orbiter - failed orbital insertion
- 2010 - Japan - Venus IKAROS - launched - first solar-sail spacecraft
- 2010 - China - Moon - Chang'e-2 - success - lunar orbiter/impacter
- 2011 - USA - Jupiter - Juno - launched and en route
- 2012 - Iran - Earth - Navid - launched - earth-watching satellite
- 2012 - USA - Mars - Mars Science Laboratory with Curiosity rover -- orbit and landed
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