Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown regions, including space (space exploration), or oil, gas, coal, ores, caves, water (also known as prospecting), or information.
Exploration has existed as long as human beings, but its peak is seen as being during the Age of Exploration when European navigators travelled around the world.
In scientific research, exploration is one of three purposes of research (the other two being description and explanation). Exploration is the attempt to develop an initial, rough understanding of some phenomenon.
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Astrobot Diaries - Follow the biweekly communications of two LEGO minifigures who are flying to Mars as part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission set to land in January 2004 on the red planet.
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration - Timeline of missions to Earth's moon and the planets, by year, from the NASA Data Center.
Event Scope - A 3D game-like computer interface that allows students to virtually explore remote places like Mars and other planets. Students assume the roles of space scientists in the exploration of these locations from their own classrooms.
Galileo Project Home - NASA's homepage for the Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft. Includes mission reports, planetary facts, a summary of Galilean discoveries, animations, and an extensive photograph gallery.
Meta Description: [ The Solar System Exploration Home Page is part of NASA's Office of Space Science and describes NASA's program to explore the solar system. ]
Liftoff to Space Exploration - Includes facts about launches, satellites, space stations, and astronaut training.
Mars Stations: Drive A Rover - Drive a LEGO Rover over the internet at a series of Mars Stations.
Mission to Mars with Bill Nye - See why Mars is so fascinating to many astronomical scientists. Includes photos of the rover and the planet, as well as a glossary of terms and timeline.
Meta Description: [ Cornell University, NASA's JPL and Bill Nye present the next mission to the planet Mars: Athena in 2003. Images, at-home experiments for kids and lesson plans compliment details of mission goals and payload. ]
Moonshot - A timeline of space exploration from the 1957 launch of Sputnik I to the present time. Includes links to other sites.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - The lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Meta Description: [ The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. JPL spacecraft have visited all known planets except Pluto (a Pluto mission is currently under study for the early part of the next decade). ]
Space Technology - About the usefulness of this technology, with a section on space probes and satellites, Canada's role, and some pictures.
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