NASA’s 5 Greatest Science Missions

Apollo (1961):  It was the NASA program that resulted in American astronauts' making a total of 11 spaceflights and walking on the moon.

Hubble (1990):  It is the most productive science mission in the history of NASA. It has helped scientists understand how planets and galaxies form.

Viking (1976): The first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, it 1 was part of a two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.

Chandra (1999): It is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. It is designed to observe X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.

Cassini-Huygens (1997): This spacecraft orbited Saturn, making an extensive survey of the ringed planet and its moons.