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| NEAR / Discovery-2 | Genesis / Discovery-5 |
Below is a list of Discovery-series spacecraft, including launch dates and links to information on the spacecraft. If readers know of additional information, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Since all Discovery-series spacecraft have other names as well, launch covers and other postal items for these spacecraft are found under those other names.
| Spacecraft | Launch Date | Other Name | Mission or Destination | Type/Discipline |
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| Discovery-1 | 1996-12-04 | Mars Pathfinder / Sojourner (rover) | Mars landing pad and rover | planetary-exploration |
| Discovery-2 | 1996-02-17 | NEAR / Shoemaker | Eros (asteroid) | asteroid-exploration |
| Discovery-3 | 1998-01-07 | Lunar Prospector | lunar orbiter | lunar-exploration |
| Discovery-4 | 1999-02-07 | Stardust / NExT | Comet Wild 2 | cometary-exploration |
| Discovery-5 | 2001-08-08 | Genesis | solar wind particles | solar-observing |
| Discovery-6 [failed] | 2002-07-03 | Contour [failed] | comet interior | cometary-exploration |
| Discovery-7 | 2005-01-12 | Deep Impact / EPOXI | Comet Tempel 1 | cometary-exploration |
| Discovery-8 | 2004-08-03 | MESSENGER | Mercury orbiter | planetary-exploration |
| Discovery-9 | 2007-09-27 | Dawn | Vesta and Ceres (asteroids) | asteroid-exploration |
| Discovery-10 | 2009-03-07 | Kepler | search for planets | astronomical/telescope |
| Discovery-11 | 2011-09-10 | GRAIL-A/B / Ebb/Flow | lunar gravity | lunar-exploration |
| Discovery-12 | 2018-05-05 | InSight | Mars lander | planetary-exploration |
| Discovery-13 | 2021-10-16 | Lucy | Jupiter trojan asteroids | asteroid-exploration |
| Discovery-14 | 2023-10-13 | Psyche | Psyche (asteroid) | asteroid-exploration |
| Discovery-15 | 2029-? | DAVINCI+ | Venus lander | planetary-exploration |
| Discovery-16 | 2031-? | VERITAS | Venus orbiter | planetary-exploration |
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