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Solar and Heliospheric Explorers
Spacecraft designed to investigate the Sun, solar wind, and heliosphere.
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Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle orbiterRetiredSpace Shuttle Discovery was NASA orbiter OV-103.
James Webb Space Telescope observatoryInfrared space observatoryActiveJames Webb Space Telescope observatory launched or is planned to launch at about 13,700 pounds (6,200 kilograms) under NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, and Space Telescope Science Institute.
Apollo Telescope MountSolar observatory and station attitude-control assemblyReenteredThe Apollo Telescope Mount was Skylab's externally mounted solar observatory, electrical-power source, and precision pointing assembly.OSO-1 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-1 observatory was a about 440 pounds (200 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-2 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-2 observatory was a about 550 pounds (250 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-3 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-3 observatory was a about 620 pounds (281 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-4 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-4 observatory was a about 620 pounds (281 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-5 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-5 observatory was a about 640 pounds (290 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-6 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-6 observatory was a about 640 pounds (290 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-7 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-7 observatory was a about 1,400 pounds (635 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.OSO-8 observatoryUncrewed orbital astronomy observatoryMission concludedOSO-8 observatory was a about 2,340 pounds (1,061 kilograms) spacecraft operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with university and federal laboratory teams.
Skylab space stationCrewed orbital workshop and solar observatoryReenteredSkylab was America’s first space station, built around converted Saturn S-IVB-212.