Several NASA missions and programs provide financial support and resources to the Solar System
Educators Program. For a complete list of missions (past, present and future), visit our
Missions section.
Cassini-Huygens
Cassini-Huygens is an international mission to explore Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons. The Cassini orbiter will conduct an extended tour of the Saturn system and also deploy the Huygen's Probe to explore that atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Cassini-Huygens Homepage Cassini Education Page
Genesis
Genesis collected samples of the solar wind and dust particles for return to Earth. The samples were the first extraterrestrial materials returned to Earth since the Apollo astronauts brought back the last load of Moon rocks in 1972. Genesis Homepage Genesis Education Page
Mars Exploration Program
NASA's Mars Exploration Program is a systematic exploration the Red Planet with a series of landers - such as the Mars Exploration Rovers - and orbiters such as Mars Odyssey and the upcoming Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Together, these missions are revealing the Mars in unprecedented detail. Mars Exploration Program Homepage Mars Exploration Program Education Page
Ulysses
Ulysses is the first spacecraft to study the unexplored region of space above our Sun's poles. Now well into an extended mission, Ulysses continues to send back valuable information on the inner working of our star, especially its magnetic field and how it influences our solar system. Ulysses Homepage Ulysses Education Page