BEYOND
EARTH.
A digital record of humanity beyond Earth.
Missions. Worlds. The people who take us further.
AN ENDLESS FIELD OF DISCOVERY.
Our celestial neighborhood
Familiar names.
Extraordinary worlds.
From rocky beginnings to distant ice giants. Get to know the worlds that share our corner of the universe.
Earth
Our only home. So far.
- Mean radius
- 6,371 km
- Gravity
- 9.81 m/s²
Mars
The next chapter is written in red.
- Mean radius
- 3,390 km
- Gravity
- 3.71 m/s²
Jupiter
A giant with a world of its own.
- Mean radius
- 69,911 km
- Gravity
- 24.79 m/s²
Saturn
An unmistakable silhouette.
- Mean radius
- 58,232 km
- Gravity
- 10.44 m/s²
Journeys that changed us
Apollo 11
The first mission to land humans on the Moon. Armstrong and Aldrin explored the lunar surface while Collins remained in lunar orbit. The crew returned to Earth with sampl
Voyager 1
A robotic explorer of Jupiter and Saturn that later crossed the heliopause. Voyager 1 carries instruments for studying interstellar space and a Golden Record representing
Voyager 2
The only spacecraft to have visited all four giant planets. Its encounters with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune transformed our understanding of the outer Solar Syst
Curated historical records · mission status reviewed September 2026 · references in each record
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