posted on Mar, 7 2014 @ 09:44 AM
reply to post by Perfect stranger
A few specific ones I can think of off the top of my head would be:
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Dawn, which was orbiting the asteroid Vesta, but has since moved on toward the asteroid Ceres.
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Rosetta (as you mentioned), which is on its to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a couple of months.
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New Horizons is currently on its way to Pluto.
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JUNO, which is on its way to Jupiter
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Deep Space 1 was a test-bed for ion drive technology. It has completed its specific mission years ago, but remains active and able to resume
operation for a new mission, if desired.
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Cassini is currently orbiting Saturn
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SOHO and
STEREO solar observatories, which are in solar orbit (away from Earth).
- India's
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) (also known as
Mangalyaan) is currently on its way to Mars.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,
Mars Global Surveyor, and ESA's
Mars Express are three spacecraft currently in operation in orbit
around Mars.
- ESA's
Venus Express is currently in operation around Venus
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Messenger, which is currently studying the planet Mercury
- The
Kepler space telescope, which is in solar orbit away from the earth
There are more, as in the links that others have posted.
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