7 most stunning NASA science missions

1. Lucy: The first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids in a record-breaking flyby.

2. PACE, launched in 2024, tracks ocean health, air quality, and climate.

3. Chandra detects X-ray emissions from very hot regions of the universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes

4. Later called Pioneer 0, it was the first-ever launch to the Moon, and humanity’s first attempt to send a spacecraft anywhere beyond Earth orbit.

5. Aquarius measured sea water salinity and tracked ocean from outer space

6. Apollo 16 subsatellite was sent to study the plasma, particle, and magnetic-field environment of the Moon.

7. NEO surveyor, set to launch in 2027, will hunt asteroids which can be a hazard to the Earth.