NASA's space missions?

Question

Which of NASA's space missions has been your favorite so far? It can be manned or unmanned. I'd say mine is definitely one of the Apollo missions. What about you? Why this mission?

Answer 1

Apollo 13 is probably the most suspenseful, but Pioneer 10 and 11, as well as Voyager 1 and 2 were more interesting missions.  Plus, they had cool plaques and golden records.

Then again, the Cassini probe took the best picture in NASA's catalog:  Saturn, backlit by the Sun, with Earth visible through the rings as a tiny dot.

Answer 2

My favorite is Voyager 1.  In 1979 it got some amazing pictures of Jupiter.  In 1980 it got some good ones of Saturn's rings and was also the first to study the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan (which is my favorite moon in the solar system.  It has lakes!)  

But I digress.  Those things are cool, but that's not the best part of Voyager 1.  The best part is that it is the ONLY man made object to leave the solar system.  It got enough speed from sling-shotting around Jupiter and Saturn to break the gravitational pull of everything here and leave it all behind forever.  It's on its was into interstellar space with nothing to stop it.  

Even though it was launched in 1977, they currently project that it will still be able to transmit back to us until 2025.  At that time it will be over 20 billion kilometers away.  Any transmissions we get from it will take over 18 hours to get to us.  It will be beautiful, because that's the longest distance over which we've ever had communication.  

No matter what other missions NASA (or any space agency) has, I always have to think "well, you still haven't caught up with Voyager."  No other man made object has ever gone so fast or gone so far... and it's still going.  I hope I live to see something catch up (or something that is fast enough to catch up, even if it goes in some other direction.)  

Answer 3

Hmmmm this is a hard one. It would have to be Apollo-11. The first time man stepped foot on the moon is a huge occasion. And the Apollo missions really pushed the space-age into "hyper-drive" as some would say.

Answer 4

Cassini - a real marvel of navigation and scientific results.  

Answer 5

Definitely the VGER missions(voyager) because we now have excellent pictures and understanding of our solar system and these orbital bodies that our Sun has trapped in its magnetosphere. It also gave our scientists more info concerning the theories they have had about the structures and compositions of the planets and their moons; absolutely fascinating. If you would like a fine website for space news & pics try this link:  http://www.space.com  You can signup for email also. I am a member myself.

Answer 6

Columbia ; I would say ; though it was not successful  is an altogether different story

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Answer 7

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard piloted the freedom 7 into space to be the first North American in space.

I pick this mission because this pretty much started the whole manned space program, i suppose this event created N.A.S.A. in a way.

Answer 8

My favorite missions so far have been the Apollo missions & the Phoenix Mars mission....

All of NASA's space missions are exciting including the Galileo space probe mission, STS-116 etc......But the two I've mentioned are my favorite....