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Our Solar System A collection of pictures of objects in our solar system that have been visited by space probes.

Like our other space galleries, the pictures have not been selected because of their scientific significance but because of their esthetic value and sometimes because of their historical importance. For those more interested in the science behind the images, we have provided the respective Wikipedia links.

The Sun Source: Wikipedia	Mercury Source: blogontheuniverse	Venus Source: Wikipedia
NASA's SDO and ESA's SOHO probes have taken some amazing pictures of our home star.	NASA's Mariner 10 was the first probe to fly by Mercury. Then, Messenger orbited the planet for four years, before crashing into its surface in 2015.	The first closeup pictures of Venus were taken by Mariner 10 in 1974, but no camera could penetrate the planet's cloud cover. In 1990, the Magellan probe took extensive radar images, leading to a composite image of the planet.
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The Earth Source: donaldedavis.com	The Earth seen from the ISS Source: spacecraftearth.com	The Earth seen from the Moon Source: Wikipedia
Pictures of Earth from space have been taken for as long as there was spaceflight. The first colored picture of the entire Earth was taken in July 1967 by the American satellite DODGE.	The International Space Station is humanity's outpost in Earth orbit. The station's Cupola is an ideal spot to observe and photograph the Earth.	The "Eartrise" picture taken by the crew of Apollo 8 at Christmas Day 1968 is on of the most iconic pictures of our home planet.
Click here for more pictures of the Earth seen from orbit	Click here for more pictures of the Earth seen from the ISS	Click here for more pictures of the Earth seen from the moon

The Earth seen from far away Source: NASA	The Moon Source: Lick Observatory	Lunar Orbit Source: Lunar & Planetary Institute
Leaving Earth orbit, our planet soon becomes one star among many. This picture of the Earth was taken in 2013 by the Cassini spacecraft in orbit of Saturn.	There is no shortage of iconic pictures of the moon. This one, taken by American photographer Laurie Hatch is one of our favorites.	Automatical and crewed spacecrafts have been orbiting the Moon for over 50 years. Here are some of the best pictures from Lunar orbit.
Click here for more pictures of the Earth seen from other planets	Click here for more early pictures of the Moon	Click here for more pictures from Lunar orbit

On the Surface of the Moon Source: theconversation.com	The Apollo Program Source: NASA	Mars Source: spacetelescope.org
Since the landing of Luna 9 in 1966, automatic probes and rovers have sent pictures from the Lunar surface.	In the 1970, twelve men walked on the Moon. Here are some of the most iconic pictures of humanity's first visit to another world.	Leaving Earth orbit, our planet soon becomes one star among many. This picture of the Earth was taken in 2013 by the Cassini spacecraft in orbit of Saturn.
Click here for more pictures of the Lunar surface	Click here for more pictures of the Apollo program	Click here for more pictures of Mars

On the Surface of Mars Source: universetoday.com	Phobos and Deimos Source: Freie Universität Berlin	Asteroids Source: Wikipedia
Since 1971, five landers and four rovers have successfully transmitted data and thousands of pictures from the Martian surface.	The Martian moons are the objects closest to Earth that have never been directly visited by a space probe, but we got some good pictures from flybys.	Before reaching the next planet, one has to cross the Asteroid Belt. A number of spacecraft have done so and have taken pictures of over a dozend asteroids.
Click here for more pictures of the Martian surface	Click here for more pictures of Mars' Moons	Click here to move on to the Asteroid Belt

Ceres and Vesta Source: Planetary Society	Comets Source: wordpress.com	Churyumov-Gerasimenko Source: Planetary Society
We devoted an extra page to the two largest objects in the Asteroid Belt, Ceres and Vesta. Both objects were orbited by the Dawn spacecraft.	Since 1985, a number of comets have been visited by space probes. In 1986, an armada of crafts had close encounters with Halley's Comet.	In 2014, ESA's Rosetta probe entered orbit around comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and deployed a lander. We devoted an extra page to that particular comet.
Click here for pictures of Ceres and Vesta	Click here for pictures of comets visited by spacecrafts	Click here for more pictures of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Jupiter Source: NASA/ESA/spacedaily.com	Jupiter Orbit Source: Johns Hopkins APL	Io Source: JPL / NASA
The first closeup pictures of the largest planet in the Solar System were delivered during the flyby of Pioneer 10 in 1973.	The Galileo probe orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. The Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit in 2016 and still circles the planet.	We devoted extra pages to Jupiter's four largest moons, starting with Io, the most vulcanic object in the Solar System.
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