NASA Name Generator

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Generate NASA-style names for missions, probes, rovers, capsules, telescopes and lunar bases, following the real conventions behind Apollo, Voyager, Curiosity and Artemis. Ideal for science projects, sci-fi stories, games and classroom space programs.

About NASA names

NASA names things in a few recognizable ways, and once you know them you can invent a name that sounds like it came out of a press release. Crewed programs take Greek and Roman mythology: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Artemis, Orion. Robotic explorers get a word that describes the job, either plainly (Explorer, Surveyor, Pioneer, Voyager, Pathfinder) or as a virtue chosen by schoolchildren in a naming contest (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, Ingenuity). Observatories are named for dead scientists: Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, Webb, Roman. And many missions are acronyms engineered to spell something, such as MAVEN, GRAIL, DART, TESS and OSIRIS-REx.

Spacecraft also carry informal callsigns chosen by their crews. Apollo modules were Eagle, Columbia, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Gumdrop and Kitty Hawk; Gus Grissom named his Gemini capsule Molly Brown because it would not sink. Space station modules use words of cooperation like Unity, Harmony, Destiny and Tranquility, while lunar and Mars bases in proposals are named for the craters and plains they sit on: Shackleton, Jezero, Tycho.

The list mixes real NASA names, used as style anchors, with hundreds of original mission, probe, rover, capsule, telescope, launch vehicle, small satellite and base names that follow the same rules, so a student science project or a hard sci-fi novel can read like an actual flight manifest.

How to choose NASA names

  • Match the convention to the craft: myth names for crewed programs, job words or virtues for rovers and probes, scientists for telescopes, and acronyms for instruments and small satellites.
  • Add a number or letter the way NASA does (Voyager 2, Apollo 17, Artemis III) only for a series; a one-off flagship like Cassini or Juno stands alone.
  • Keep informal callsigns short and cheerful; crews chose Snoopy and Molly Brown, not anything grand, and that contrast is part of the charm.
  • If you want a destination-specific name, combine the target with a plain verb-noun like Europa Clipper or Lunar Trailblazer instead of inventing a new myth figure.
  • Check that a name has not already flown: NASA rarely reuses mission names, so an original name in the same style is safer for fiction and school projects.

Frequently asked questions

How does NASA actually pick mission names?

It depends on the program. Crewed programs are usually named by NASA leadership from mythology, rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance were named through national student essay contests, telescopes honor astronomers after their deaths, and many science missions are named by their science teams, often as acronyms that spell a fitting word.

Are these names real NASA missions?

Some are. The list includes real missions and callsigns such as Apollo, Voyager 1, Curiosity, Eagle and Kitty Hawk as examples of each convention, but most names are original inventions written to follow the same patterns. Real names are fine for reference or classroom use; use the original ones for your own stories and projects.

What should I name a school space project or model rocket?

Borrow the rover convention and pick a virtue word that says what your project is about (Resolve, Tenacity, First Light), or use a myth name for a bigger program and number the flights beneath it (Selene 1, Selene 2). Judges recognize the NASA flavor immediately.

Can I use these names in a sci-fi story or game?

Yes. The original names are free to use. NASA's own mission names are not trademarked in the ordinary sense, but naming a fictional craft Perseverance or Hubble will read as a reference to the real one, so choose an original name when you want the ship to feel like your own.

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A: 70 names

  • Achilles
  • Acuity
  • Adventure
  • AEGIS
  • Aeolus
  • Aerocapture Demonstrator
  • Agena
  • Air Quality Sentinel
  • Airlock Module
  • Aitken Basin Relay
  • Ajax
  • Al-Sufi
  • Albatross
  • Algol
  • Altair
  • Alvin
  • AMBER
  • America
  • ANCHOR
  • Ancient Delta Sampler
  • Ancient Light
  • Andromeda
  • Antares
  • Apollo
  • Apollo 11
  • Apollo 13
  • Apollo 17
  • Apollo 8
  • Apollo-Soyuz
  • Apophis Encounter
  • Aqua
  • Aquarius
  • Aquila
  • Arcadia Planitia Ice Camp
  • Arctic Tern

A, continued

  • Arcturus
  • Ares Vallis Landing
  • ARGO
  • Argus
  • Ariadne
  • Ariel Ice Mapper
  • Aristarchus Outpost
  • Armadillo
  • Armstrong Lander
  • Arrokoth Return Flyby
  • Artemis
  • Artemis II
  • Artemis III
  • Artemis IV
  • Aryabhata
  • Aspiration
  • Asteria
  • Asteroid Belt Census
  • Asteroid Redirect Mission
  • ASTRA
  • Astraea
  • Astrolabe
  • Atalanta
  • Athena
  • Atlantis
  • Atlas
  • Atmospheric Wave Explorer
  • Audacity
  • Aura
  • Auriga
  • Aurora 7
  • Aurora Watcher
  • Auroral Sounding Rocket
  • Autonomous Rendezvous Experiment
  • Awe

B: 41 names

  • Baade Imager
  • Badger
  • Barn Owl
  • Barnard Sky Patrol
  • BASALT
  • Basecamp
  • Beacon
  • Bellwether
  • Bennu Revisit
  • Bessel
  • Betelgeuse
  • Bethe Solar Observatory
  • Big Dipper
  • Binnacle
  • BioSentinel
  • Bison
  • Bivouac
  • Black Hole Imager
  • Blip
  • Blue Ghost

B, continued

  • Blue Jay
  • Blue Marble
  • Blue Planet Monitor
  • Bluebird
  • Bobcat
  • Bobwhite
  • Bold Venture
  • BOLT
  • Boreas
  • Borrowed Light
  • Bow Shock Monitor
  • Bradley
  • Brahe
  • Breadcrumb
  • Brigantine
  • Brigid
  • Brilliance
  • Bullfrog
  • Bumblebee
  • Burbidge Telescope
  • Burnell

C: 94 names

  • CADENCE
  • Cairn
  • CALIPSO
  • Calliope
  • Callisto Flyby
  • Caloris Basin Station
  • Calypso
  • Campfire
  • Canary
  • Cannon Spectrograph
  • CANOPY
  • Capella
  • Capstan
  • CAPSTONE
  • Carbon Mapper
  • Cargo Return Capsule
  • Carson Ocean Monitor
  • CASCADE
  • Casper
  • Cassini
  • Cassiopeia
  • Centaur Flyby
  • Ceres Lander
  • Cernan Rover
  • Challenger
  • Chandra
  • Charlie Brown
  • Charon Chasm Mapper
  • Chawla Research Module
  • Chickadee
  • Chipmunk

C, continued

  • Chirp
  • CHORUS
  • Chromosphere Imager
  • Chronometer
  • Chryse Planitia Landing
  • CINDER
  • CIPHER
  • Circe
  • CIRRUS
  • Cislunar Tug
  • Clarity
  • Clavius Base
  • Clear Signal
  • Clementine
  • Clio
  • Clipper
  • Cloud and Aerosol Explorer
  • CloudSat
  • COBE
  • Columbia
  • Columbia Hills Camp
  • Comet Coma Sample Return
  • Comet Interceptor
  • Comet Nucleus Sampler
  • Common Ground
  • Compass Rose
  • Composure
  • Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
  • Conamara Chaos Camp
  • Condor
  • Conrad Surface Station

C, continued

  • Constancy
  • Constellation
  • Constitution
  • CONTOUR
  • Conviction
  • Copernicus
  • Copernicus Base
  • Coral Reef Observer
  • Cornerstone
  • CORONA
  • Coronal Mass Explorer
  • Corvus
  • Cosmic Dawn Mapper
  • Cosmic Inflation Polarimeter
  • Cosmic Ray Telescope
  • Courage
  • Coyote
  • Crater Explorer
  • Crawler-Transporter
  • CREST
  • Crew Exploration Vehicle
  • Cricket
  • Crow's Nest
  • Cryogenic Fuel Transfer Demo
  • Cryogenic Upper Stage
  • CubeSat Swarm
  • Cupola
  • Curie Lander
  • Curiosity
  • Cutter
  • CYGNSS
  • Cygnus

D: 37 names

  • Daedalus
  • Daedalus 2
  • Daring
  • Dark Energy Survey Telescope
  • Dark Matter Lensing Survey
  • DART
  • DAVINCI
  • Dawn
  • Daybreak
  • Debris Removal Demonstrator
  • Dedication
  • Deep Field
  • Deep Impact
  • Deep Space 1
  • Deep Space Atomic Clock
  • DEEP-SEIS
  • Deimos Scout
  • Demeter
  • Deneb
  • Denebola
  • Descartes Highlands Post
  • Destiny
  • Determination
  • Devotion
  • Diligence
  • Dione
  • Discovery
  • Distant Shore
  • Doppler Planet Finder
  • Dorado
  • Dory
  • Draco
  • Dragonfly
  • Drought Monitor
  • DSCOVR
  • Dynamics Explorer
  • DYNAMO

E: 37 names

  • Eagle
  • Earth Radiation Budget Monitor
  • Earthrise
  • Earthshine Observer
  • Eberswalde Delta Camp
  • ECHO
  • ECLIPSE
  • ECOSTRESS
  • Eddington Lensing Probe
  • Egeria
  • Einstein Observatory
  • EMBER
  • Enceladus Orbilander
  • Enceladus Plume Sampler
  • Enceladus Vent Diver
  • Endeavour
  • Endurance
  • Endymion
  • Enki
  • Enterprise
  • Eos
  • EPOXI
  • Epsilon Eridani
  • Eris Long-Range Scout
  • ESCAPADE
  • Europa Clipper
  • Europa Cryobot
  • Europa Ice Drill
  • Europa Lander
  • Europa Ocean Sounder
  • Euterpe
  • EUVE
  • Exo-Earth Coronagraph
  • Exoplanet Imager
  • Exploration Upper Stage
  • Explorer 1
  • Explorer 61

F: 30 names

  • Faint Signal
  • Faith 7
  • Falcon
  • Family Portrait
  • Far Horizon
  • Far Infrared Surveyor
  • Far Side Relay
  • Faraday Probe
  • FATHOM
  • Fellowship
  • Fermi
  • Feynman Interferometer
  • Firefly
  • First Light
  • Fleming
  • Following Sea
  • Foothold
  • Foresight
  • Forest Canopy Mapper
  • Fortitude
  • Foundation Habitat
  • Fra Mauro Depot
  • Fram
  • Franklin Lander
  • Fraunhofer Spectrograph
  • Freedom 7
  • Friendship 7
  • Frontier
  • Full Circle
  • FUSE

G: 42 names

  • Galaxy Evolution Spectrograph
  • Gale Crater Station
  • GALEX
  • Galileo
  • Gamma Ray Burst Finder
  • Gamow Explorer
  • Ganymede Magnetic Survey
  • Ganymede Orbiter
  • GARNET
  • Gateway
  • GEDI
  • Gemini
  • Gemini 4
  • Gemini 8
  • Genesis
  • Gentle Descent
  • Geospace Storm Probes
  • Gjoa
  • Glacier Flow Tracker
  • GLEAM
  • Glenn Orbiter

G, continued

  • GLINT
  • Goddard Lander
  • Godspeed
  • Golden Hind
  • Golden Record
  • Goldfinch
  • Good Omen
  • Goodwill
  • GRACE-FO
  • GRAIL
  • Grand Finale
  • Grand Tour
  • Gratitude
  • Gravitational Wave Pathfinder
  • Gravity Probe B
  • Green Propellant Infusion Demo
  • Grissom Lander
  • Groundhog
  • Gumdrop
  • Gumption
  • GUSTO

H: 49 names

  • Habitable Worlds Observatory
  • Hale Solar Telescope
  • Halley
  • HALO
  • Halyard
  • Hamal
  • HARBOR
  • Harmony
  • HARVEST
  • Hathor
  • Hawking Array
  • Headwaters
  • Hecate
  • Hector
  • Heliopause Explorer
  • Heliophysics Sentinel
  • Helios
  • Helios 3
  • Heliosheath Voyager
  • Heliospheric Imager
  • HELIX
  • Hellas Basin Habitat
  • Hermes
  • Herschel

H, continued

  • Herschel-Vega
  • Hertzsprung Star Mapper
  • Hestia
  • High Camp
  • Hokulea
  • Homeward Bound
  • Homing Pigeon
  • Honeybee
  • Horizon
  • Hornet
  • Horus
  • Hoyle
  • Hubble
  • Huginn
  • Human Landing System
  • Humboldt Climate Observatory
  • Humility
  • Hummingbird
  • Hurricane Hunter
  • Huygens
  • Hyades
  • Hypatia
  • Hyperion
  • Hyperion 2
  • Hypersonic Scramjet Testbed

I: 32 names

  • Iapetus Ridge Mapper
  • IBEX
  • Icarus
  • Ice Giants Tour
  • Ice Sheet Monitor
  • ICE-MAP
  • ICESat-2
  • Imagination
  • IMAP
  • In-Space Assembly Testbed
  • Inanna
  • Inflatable Habitat Demo
  • Inflatable Heat Shield Test
  • Ingenuity
  • Inquiry
  • InSight
  • Inspiration
  • Integrity
  • Interstellar Object Chaser
  • Interstellar Probe
  • Intrepid
  • Invention
  • Io Lava Lake Imager
  • Io Volcano Observer
  • Ion Drive Testbed
  • Ionosphere Tomography Array
  • IRAS
  • Iris
  • Iron Horse
  • Ishtar Terra Cloud Station
  • Isidis Planitia Depot
  • IXPE

J: 12 names

  • Jackrabbit
  • Jansky Radio Array
  • Janus
  • Jason-3
  • Jet Stream Profiler
  • Jezero Base Camp
  • Johnson Trajectory Relay
  • Jolly Roger
  • Jovian Magnetospheric Orbiter
  • Jovian Trojan Rendezvous
  • June Bug
  • Juno

K: 23 names

  • Kasei Valles Outpost
  • Katydid
  • Kearsarge
  • Keel
  • KELVIN
  • Kepler
  • Kepler-2 Survey
  • Kernel
  • KESTREL
  • Ketch
  • Keystone
  • Killdeer
  • Kinetic Impactor Demo
  • Kingfisher
  • Kinship
  • KITE
  • Kitty Hawk
  • Kon-Tiki
  • Kraken Sea Explorer
  • Kronos
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory
  • Kuiper Belt Explorer
  • Kuiper Belt Telescope

L: 55 names

  • LADEE
  • Ladybug
  • LAGEOS
  • Lamplighter
  • Landfall
  • Landsat
  • Lantern
  • Laplace Orbiter
  • Laser Comm Relay
  • Last Mile
  • LATTICE
  • Launch Abort System
  • LCROSS
  • Le Verrier Orbiter
  • Leavitt Space Telescope
  • Lemaitre Observatory
  • Leonardo
  • Liberty Bell 7
  • Lifting Body Glider
  • Ligeia Mare Harbor
  • Lighthouse
  • Lightning Bug
  • Lightning Mapper
  • Little Dipper
  • Little Joe II
  • Lodestar
  • Logistics Module

L, continued

  • Loki Patera Watch
  • Lomonosov
  • Long Exposure
  • Long Reach
  • Longboat
  • Longbow Kick Stage
  • Loon
  • LOTUS
  • Lovelace Relay
  • Lowell Orbiter
  • Lucky Penny
  • Lucy
  • LUMEN
  • Luna
  • LunaH-Map
  • Lunar Flashlight
  • Lunar Gateway Logistics
  • Lunar IceCube
  • Lunar Night Survivor
  • Lunar Orbiter 1
  • Lunar Polar Drill
  • Lunar Prospector
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • Lunar Roving Vehicle
  • Lunar Surface Rover
  • Lunar Terrain Vehicle
  • Lunar Trailblazer
  • Lyra

M: 71 names

  • Magellan
  • Magnetosphere Mapper
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale
  • MAGPIE
  • Main Belt Comet Chaser
  • Mainsail
  • Malapert Mountain Station
  • Mama Quilla
  • Mangrove Canopy Lidar
  • Manned Maneuvering Unit
  • MANTLE
  • MarCO
  • Mare Crisium Landing
  • Mare Imbrium Depot
  • Mare Serenitatis Port
  • Mariner 10
  • Mariner 11
  • Mariner 4
  • Mariner 9
  • Marius Hills Skylight
  • Mars 2020
  • Mars Ascent Vehicle
  • Mars Climate Orbiter
  • Mars Dust Storm Sentinel
  • Mars Global Surveyor
  • Mars Observer
  • Mars Odyssey
  • Mars Polar Lander
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • Mars Relay Constellation
  • Mars Sample Return
  • Mars Science Laboratory
  • Mars Subsurface Sounder
  • Martian Moons Cartographer
  • Maury Spectral Survey

M, continued

  • MAVEN
  • Maxwell Observatory
  • Mayflower
  • Meadowlark
  • Mercury
  • Mercury Exosphere Sounder
  • Mercury Hollows Explorer
  • Mercury Polar Lander
  • Mercury-Atlas 6
  • Mercury-Redstone 3
  • Meridiani Planum Depot
  • MESSENGER
  • Messier Sky Survey
  • Methane Plume Finder
  • Mettle
  • Microgravity Drop Capsule
  • Microlensing Planet Finder
  • Milestone
  • Mimas Ocean Scout
  • Mimir
  • Minerva
  • Minnow
  • MIRA
  • Miranda Canyon Flyby
  • Mitchell
  • Mizar
  • Mobile Launcher
  • Mockingbird
  • Molly Brown
  • Momentum
  • Moon Diver
  • Moon Dust Analyzer
  • MOSAIC
  • Mote
  • Mount Sharp Overlook
  • Mustang

N: 27 names

  • Nausicaa
  • NEA Scout
  • NEAR Shoemaker
  • Near-Earth Object Surveyor
  • NEOWISE
  • Neptune Odyssey
  • Neptune Storm Chaser
  • Nereus
  • Neutron Star Timing Array
  • New Horizons
  • Newton Orbiter
  • NEXUS
  • NICER
  • Night Light
  • Nighthawk
  • Nili Fossae Camp
  • NIMBUS
  • NISAR
  • Noctilucent Cloud Balloon
  • Noctis Labyrinthus Waystation
  • Noether Orbiter
  • NOVA
  • Nuclear Electric Freighter
  • Nuclear Thermal Demonstrator
  • NuSTAR
  • Nuthatch
  • Nyx

O: 32 names

  • Oberth Probe
  • Occator Crater Outpost
  • Ocean Color Sentinel
  • Ocean Salinity Sounder
  • Ocean Worlds Pathfinder
  • Oceanus
  • Oceanus Procellarum Depot
  • OCO-2
  • Octant
  • Odysseus
  • Odyssey
  • Olbers Asteroid Survey
  • Olympus Mons Overlook
  • On-Orbit Servicing Demo
  • ONYX
  • Oort Cloud Pathfinder
  • Oort Survey
  • Open Sky
  • Opportunity
  • Optical Navigation Experiment
  • ORBIS
  • Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
  • Orion
  • Orpheus
  • Orpheus 4
  • OSIRIS-APEX
  • OSIRIS-REx
  • OSPREY
  • Outer Planets Relay
  • Outpost
  • Outward Bound
  • Ozone Layer Sentinel

P: 64 names

  • PACE
  • Pale Blue Dot
  • Pallas Flyby
  • Paper Airplane
  • Parker Solar Probe
  • Pathfinder
  • Pathmaker Cargo Tug
  • Patience
  • Patient Watch
  • Pavo
  • Pavonis Mons Skyport
  • Payne Telescope
  • Pegasus
  • Pelican
  • Penelope
  • Peregrine
  • Persephone
  • Perseus
  • Perseus 1
  • Perseverance
  • Persistence
  • Phaethon
  • Phobos Regolith Scoop
  • Phobos Sample Return
  • Phoenix
  • Phoenix Lander
  • Phytoplankton Bloom Tracker
  • Piazzi Rover
  • Pickering Probe
  • Pilot Boat
  • Pinwheel
  • Pioneer 10

P, continued

  • Pioneer 11
  • Pioneer 12
  • Pioneer Venus Orbiter
  • PIXL
  • Planetary Defense Scout
  • Pleiades
  • PLOVER
  • Plumb Line
  • Pluto Orbiter
  • Pocket Compass
  • Pocket Watch
  • Polar Cusp Sounder
  • Polar Ice Prospector
  • Polaris
  • Pomona
  • Porch Light
  • Portage
  • Prairie Dog
  • Pressurized Rover
  • PRISM
  • Prometheus
  • Proserpina
  • Proteus
  • Proxima
  • Psyche
  • PUFFIN
  • Pulsar Navigation Demo
  • PULSE
  • PUNCH
  • Punga Mare Port
  • Purpose
  • Pursuit

Q: 5 names

  • Quantum Comm Testbed
  • Quaoar
  • Quiet Dawn
  • QuikSCAT
  • QUILL

R: 32 names

  • Radiation Belt Probe
  • Ranger 10
  • Ranger 7
  • Ranger 9
  • Ranger Station
  • Reber Farside Dish
  • Recurring Slope Investigator
  • Redwood Core Stage
  • Regolith Excavator Demo
  • Reiner Gamma Outpost
  • Remembrance
  • Renewal
  • Resilience
  • Resnik Science Platform
  • Resolve
  • Reverence
  • Rhea
  • Rheasilvia Rim Outpost
  • RHESSI
  • Ride Observatory
  • Ridgeline
  • Rigel
  • Rising Tide
  • River Discharge Monitor
  • River Otter
  • Roadrunner
  • Robotic Refueling Mission
  • Rocking Chair
  • Roman
  • Rotating Detonation Engine Demo
  • Rubber Duck
  • Rubin Companion

S: 113 names

  • Sagan Observatory
  • SAMPEX
  • Sandage
  • Sandpiper
  • Santa Maria
  • Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe
  • Saturn IB
  • Saturn Ring Sampler
  • Saturn V
  • Schiaparelli Mapper
  • Schooner
  • Schwarzschild X-ray Telescope
  • Sea Ice Thickness Radar
  • Sea Level Sentinel
  • Seasat
  • Second Wind
  • SEEKER
  • Selene
  • Selene 1
  • Selene 2
  • Sentinel
  • Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
  • Sequoia Heavy
  • Serenity
  • Sextant
  • Shackleton Lander
  • Shapley Deep Field Telescope
  • Shared Sky
  • Shepard Hopper
  • SHEPHERD
  • SHERLOC
  • Shoemaker Rover
  • Sigma 7
  • Signpost
  • Silent Running
  • Silver Bullet
  • Sinus Iridum Harbor

S, continued

  • Sirius
  • Skylab
  • Skylab 4
  • Skylark
  • Slingshot
  • Sloop
  • Small Step
  • SMAP
  • Smidgen
  • Snoopy
  • Snowball
  • Snowflake
  • Snowpack Surveyor
  • SOFIA
  • Soil Carbon Sounder
  • Sojourner
  • Solar Dynamics Observatory
  • Solar Energetic Particle Watch
  • Solar Maximum Mission
  • Solar Polar Imager
  • Solar Sail Demonstrator
  • Solar Wind Monitor
  • SOLIS
  • Somerville Probe
  • SORCE
  • Sounding Rocket Campaign
  • South Pole Prospector
  • Space Launch System
  • Space Weather Scout
  • Spacelab
  • Spaceship Earth
  • SPARK
  • Sparkler
  • Sparrowhawk
  • SPECTRA
  • Speedwell
  • SPHEREx
  • Spider

S, continued

  • SPINDLE
  • Spinnaker
  • Spirit
  • Spitzer
  • Sputnik Planitia Camp
  • Spyglass
  • Stardust
  • Starshade Rendezvous
  • Steadfast
  • Steady Hand
  • Stellar Nursery Imager
  • Stepping Stone
  • STEREO
  • Still Water
  • Storm Petrel
  • Storm Tracker
  • STRATA
  • Struve
  • STS-1
  • STS-125
  • STS-31
  • Suborbital Dust Collector
  • Substorm Onset Tracker
  • SUMMIT
  • Sun Grazer
  • Sunflower
  • Sunspot Sentinel
  • Suomi NPP
  • Super Pressure Balloon
  • Surface Fission Power Demo
  • Surface Habitat
  • Surveyor 1
  • Surveyor 3
  • Surveyor 8
  • Swift
  • Switchback
  • SWOT
  • Syrtis Major Outpost

T: 64 names

  • TALON
  • Talos
  • Taranis
  • Tau Ceti
  • TDRS
  • Telemachus
  • Tellus
  • TEMPO
  • Tenacity
  • TERN
  • Terra
  • Terra Nova
  • TESS
  • Tether Experiment
  • Tethys
  • Thalassa
  • Thalia
  • Tharsis Ridge Relay
  • Theia
  • Theia 1
  • Thermosphere Drag Experiment
  • Thoth
  • Ticonderoga
  • Tidbit
  • Tiller
  • Timberline
  • TIMED
  • Tin Can
  • Tinsley Galaxy Mapper
  • TIROS-1
  • Titan Aerial Surveyor
  • Titan Dune Glider

T, continued

  • Titan Lake Lander
  • Titan Methane Submarine
  • Titan Sea Probe
  • TITAN-SAR
  • Tombaugh Deep Sky Survey
  • Tombaugh Regio Station
  • Touchstone
  • TRACE
  • Trailblazer Upper Stage
  • Trailhead
  • Tranquility
  • Transfer Element
  • TRIDENT
  • Trieste
  • Triton
  • Triton Geyser Observer
  • Triton Hopper
  • Triumph
  • TRMM
  • Trojan Tour
  • Tropical Rainfall Radar
  • TROPICS
  • True North
  • Truss-Braced Wing Demonstrator
  • Tsiolkovsky Station
  • Tucana
  • Tumbleweed
  • Tumbling Cube
  • TUNDRA
  • Turing Navigator
  • Tyche
  • Tycho Station

U: 10 names

  • UARS
  • Ultraviolet Sky Survey
  • Ulugh Beg
  • Ulysses
  • Unbroken Line
  • Unity
  • Urania
  • Uranus Orbiter and Probe
  • Uranus Ring Imager
  • Utopia Planitia Habitat

V: 32 names

  • Valhalla Basin Base
  • Valles Marineris Outpost
  • Valor
  • Van Allen Probes
  • Vanguard 1
  • Vantage
  • Vaughan Orbiter
  • Vega
  • Venture
  • Venus Aerostat
  • Venus Atmospheric Explorer
  • Venus Cloud Skimmer
  • Venus Long-Lived Surface Lander
  • Venus Night Glow Imager
  • Venus Radar Cartographer
  • Venus Tessera Lander
  • VERITAS
  • Verity
  • Verona Rupes Overlook
  • Vesta
  • Vesta Crater Surveyor
  • VIGIL
  • Vigilance
  • Viking 1
  • Viking 2
  • Viking 3
  • VIPER
  • Vision
  • Volcanic Ash Tracker
  • Voyager 1
  • Voyager 2
  • Voyager 3

W: 17 names

  • Wagon Wheel
  • Watchtower
  • Watershed
  • Wayfinder
  • Waypoint
  • Weathervane
  • Webb
  • Wegener Geophysical Orbiter
  • Whipple Comet Probe
  • Whippoorwill
  • Wild Blue Yonder
  • Wildfire Watch
  • Windsock
  • Windward
  • WISE
  • WMAP
  • Wonder

X: 4 names

  • X-15
  • X-43A
  • X-59
  • X-ray Grand Survey

Y: 3 names

  • Yankee Clipper
  • Yardstick
  • Yorktown

Z: 4 names

  • ZENITH
  • Zephyr
  • Zodiacal Dust Collector
  • Zwicky Transient Surveyor