Explorer (disambiguation)

An explorer is a person involved in exploration; see also list of explorers.

Explore, explorer, exploring or exploration may also refer to:

Aircraft and spacecraft

  • Abrams P-1 Explorer, American aerial survey aircraft which first flew in 1937
  • Explorer 1, the 1st United States satellite
  • Explorers Program, the United States' first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite
  • Lockheed Explorer, Lockheed Corporation Model 4 airplane
  • MD Helicopters MD Explorer, popular police helicopter
  • P&M Explorer, a British ultralight trike design
  • Space Adventures Explorer, concept tourist spaceplane
  • Space Shuttle Explorer, a mock-up of the US space shuttle, renamed Independence

Art, entertainment, and media

Literature

  • Explorer (novel), a 2002 novel set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe
  • The Explorers (collection), a collection of short stories by C. M. Kornbluth

Music

  • The Explorers, a British rock group formed in the 1980s by two members of Roxy Music
  • Explore!, 2015 Indonesian music album by Isyana Sarasvati
  • Explorer (album), 2005 trance music album by Tilt
  • "Explorers" (song), a 2012 song by Muse from The 2nd Law
  • The Explorer (album),a 1996 album by E-Type

Periodicals

Television

Other uses

Brands and enterprises

Computing

  • Explore2fs, a Windows Explorer-like program for Microsoft Windows
  • Explorer/85, expandable learning system by Netronics based on the 8085 microprocessor
  • Microsoft Explorer (disambiguation), products from Microsoft called Explorer
    • File Explorer, the interface for accessing the file system on Microsoft Windows operating systems, replacing the earlier File Manager
    • Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft, originating from Spyglass Mosaic
    • Windows Explorer, the desktop environment program for the Windows shell of Windows OSes
  • Sun Microsystems Explorer, diagnostic data collection tool for the Sun Solaris operating system
  • TI Explorer, a computer family of Lisp Machines from Texas Instruments

Education and youth activities

Industry

  • Mineral exploration, process by which useful ore is located
  • Oil exploration, process of locating exploitable petroleum deposits

Maritime and other vessels

  • Explorer (sternwheeler), an 1857 purpose built steamboat used by Joseph Christmas Ives' expedition to explore the Colorado River above Fort Yuma
  • HMS Explorer, the name of two ships of the British Royal Navy
  • HSC Stena Explorer, a high-speed ferry operated by Stena Line
  • MS Explorer II, a cruise ship renamed MV Minerva
  • MS Explorer of the Seas, a cruise ship
  • MS National Geographic Explorer, a cruise ship
  • MV Explorer, a number of ships with this name, including:
    • MV Explorer (1969), a cruise ship which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 2007
    • MV Explorer (2001), a Bahamas-flagged passenger ship in service since 2004
  • SS Explorer, a steam trawler
  • Sub Marine Explorer, an 1865 early submarine built by Julius H. Kroehl
  • USC&GS Explorer, two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193) (GSF Explorer), a deep-sea recovery or drilling ship
  • Explorer, also known as Discoverer, crossed the Atlantic to North America in 1603 under Martin Pring

Places

Sports

Other uses

See also

  • The Explorers (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Explorer
  • All pages with titles containing explorer
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