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Last updated July 31, 2025

Positions of Space Probes in 2025

Trajectories of Space Probes

Silent Explorers at the Edge of the Void

Space probes are our eyes and hands in the Universe. In 2025, about thirty of them continue to travel around or far from the Sun, sometimes beyond the heliopause. Some still transmit data, others have fallen silent, but they continue their orbit, silent witnesses to human ingenuity.

Positions and Missions in 2025

The table below lists the main probes still active or notable, with their distance from the Sun or Earth, their status, and their main mission.

Positions of Space Probes in 2025
ProbeDistance (AU)StatusMain Mission
Voyager 1161Active (weak signals)Interstellar medium
Voyager 2134Active (communications restored)Interstellar medium
New Horizons59ActiveStudy of the Kuiper Belt
Pioneer 10133Silent since 2003First Jupiter flyby
Pioneer 11107Silent since 1995First Saturn flyby
Solar Orbiter0.9ActiveInner heliosphere
Parker Solar Probe0.1ActiveSolar corona
JUICE3.2ActiveJupiter's moons
Juno5.0ActiveJupiter (polar orbit)
Lucy2.3ActiveJupiter Trojans
Osiris-REx1.1ActiveRendezvous with Apophis (2029)
Perseverance1.0ActiveSearch for life on Mars
Curiosity1.0ActiveMartian geology
InSight1.0Inactive (2022)Martian seismology
MAVEN1.0ActiveMartian atmosphere
ExoMars TGO1.0ActiveMartian atmospheric gas
Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter~0.0026ActiveLunar observation
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter~0.0026ActiveLunar topography
CAPSTONE0.02ActiveNRHO orbits (Gateway preparation)
Artemis I OrionN/AMission completed (2022)Orion system test
BepiColombo0.6ActiveEn route to Mercury (arrival 2025)
Hayabusa2 (Extended)1.5ActiveAsteroid flyby (1998 KY26)
DARTN/ASuccessful impact (2022)Asteriod deflection
Luna 25 (Russia)N/ALanding failure (2023)Lunar mission

Sources: NASA Voyager Mission, ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe, NASA Juno Mission, ESA JUICE.

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