The "New Millennium Program"

The New Millennium Program is presented to NASA

Feb 3, 1997

Wikipedia, The New Millennium Program The New Millennium Program was developed to test new missions at a lower cost and risk.

Deep Space 1

Oct 24, 1998

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_1 First spacecraft in the New Millenium Program. It was also, the first spacecraft to use solor electric propulsion for thrust.

Deep Space 2

Jan 3, 1999

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_2 Two penetrator probes sent to Mars for research of the soil. This mission later failed.

The Earth Observing 1

Nov 21, 2000

http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/ A spacecraft that used a GPS receiver to control it's orbit.

Space Technology 5

Mar 22, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_5
A cluster of 3 satellites, sent to observe Earth's magnetospher.

Space Technology 6

Dec 16, 2006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Technology_6 A mission that used a inertial stellar compass which is an advance navigation system.