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    Euclid Space Telescope

    Euclid

    ESA / NASA

    Euclid Space Telescope

    Euclid is ESA's mission to map the geometry of the dark universe. By observing billions of galaxies ...

    Launched: July 1, 2023
    Active
    Visible
    Near-Infrared
    James Webb Space Telescope

    JWST

    NASA / ESA / CSA

    James Webb Space Telescope

    The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is NASA's flagship infrared observatory and the successor to t...

    Launched: December 25, 2021
    Active
    Infrared
    Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

    IXPE

    NASA / ASI

    Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

    IXPE is designed to observe the polarization of X-rays from extreme objects like black holes and neu...

    Launched: December 9, 2021
    Active
    X-ray
    Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    TESS

    NASA

    Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    TESS is NASA's planet hunter, designed to survey over 200,000 of the brightest stars near the sun to...

    Launched: April 18, 2018
    Active
    Visible
    Gaia Space Observatory

    Gaia

    ESA

    Gaia Space Observatory

    Gaia is ESA's ambitious mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, revea...

    Launched: December 19, 2013
    Active
    Visible
    Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

    NuSTAR

    NASA

    Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

    NuSTAR is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit. It operates in the hard X-ray ran...

    Launched: June 13, 2012
    Active
    Hard X-ray
    Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

    WISE/NEOWISE

    NASA

    Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

    WISE was designed to survey the entire sky in infrared wavelengths. After completing its primary mis...

    Launched: December 14, 2009
    Extended Mission
    Infrared
    Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

    Fermi

    NASA / DOE

    Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

    The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) is designed to survey the sky in high-energy ga...

    Launched: June 11, 2008
    Active
    Gamma-ray
    Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

    Swift

    NASA / UK / Italy

    Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

    The Swift Observatory, renamed in honor of Neil Gehrels, is designed to detect gamma-ray bursts and ...

    Launched: November 20, 2004
    Active
    Gamma-ray
    X-ray
    Ultraviolet
    Visible
    Spitzer Space Telescope

    Spitzer

    NASA

    Spitzer Space Telescope

    The Spitzer Space Telescope was one of NASA's Great Observatories, designed to observe the universe ...

    Launched: August 25, 2003
    Limited Operations
    Infrared
    International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

    INTEGRAL

    ESA / Roscosmos / NASA

    International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

    INTEGRAL is ESA's gamma-ray observatory capable of simultaneous observations in gamma-ray, X-ray, an...

    Launched: October 17, 2002
    Active
    Gamma-ray
    X-ray
    X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission - Newton

    XMM-Newton

    ESA

    X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission - Newton

    XMM-Newton is the European Space Agency's flagship X-ray space observatory and one of the most succe...

    Launched: December 10, 1999
    Active
    X-ray
    Ultraviolet
    Chandra X-ray Observatory

    Chandra

    NASA

    Chandra X-ray Observatory

    NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is one of the world's most powerful X-ray telescopes. It has eight ...

    Launched: July 23, 1999
    Active
    X-ray
    Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble

    NASA / ESA

    Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy since its launch in 1990. With its unobstruc...

    Launched: April 24, 1990
    Active
    Visible
    Ultraviolet
    Near-Infrared