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Missions to Jupiter

The largest planet and its Galilean moons.

11 spacecraft2 landings and impacts
United States 9European Space Agency 2

Spacecraft sent to Jupiter

SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Pioneer 101972-012AMar 3, 1972ARCUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Pioneer 111973-019AApr 6, 1973ARCUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Voyager 21977-076AAug 20, 1977JPLUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Voyager 11977-084ASep 5, 1977JPLUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Galileo1989-084BOct 18, 1989JPLUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Galileo Probe1989-084Oct 18, 1989ARCUnited States—Escaped to another body, attached
Ulysses1990-090BOct 6, 1990ESAEuropean Space AgencyDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Cassini1997-061AOct 15, 1997JPLUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Huygens1997-061Oct 15, 1997ESAEuropean Space Agency—Escaped to another body, attached
New Horizons2006-001AJan 19, 2006NASAUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space
Juno2011-040AAug 5, 2011JPLUnited StatesDeep spaceLeft Earth orbit for deep space

Landings and impacts

ObjectWorldTypeResultTouchdownSiteCountry
Galileo Probe1989-084JupiterEntry probeTargeted impactDec 8, 1995—United States
Galileo1989-084BJupiterOrbiterTargeted impactSep 21, 2003—United States

Source: GCAT lunar and planetary register, deep-space catalog and lander catalog (CC BY 4.0). Rocket stages and secondary components are left out of the landings table.