Exploration

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

Explorer, explore, exploring or exploration may also refer to:

Aircraft and spacecraft

• Space Adventures Explorer, concept tourist spaceplane
• Explorer program, the United States' first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite
• Lockheed Explorer, Lockheed Corporation Model 4 airplane
• Abrams P-1 Explorer, American aerial survey aircraft which first flew in 1937
• Space Shuttle Explorer, a mock-up of the space shuttle
• MD Helicopters MD Explorer, Popular Police helicopter

Automobiles

• Ford Explorer, a model of sport utility vehicle

Companies

• Explore Scientific, a manufacturer of telescopes, microscopes & binoculars
• Explore Technologies, a toy manufacturer

Computing

• Windows Explorer, the interface for accessing the file system on Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Explore2fs, a Windows Explorer-like program for Microsoft Windows
• Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft
• Sun Microsystems Explorer, diagnostic data collection tool for the Sun Solaris operating system
• Explorer/85, expandable learning system by Netronics based on the 8085 microprocessor
• TI Explorer, a computer family of Lisp Machines from Texas Instruments

Education and youth activities

• Exploring (Learning for Life), former traditional membership program of the Boy Scouts of America
• Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association), part of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom
• Kansas Explorer's Club, a section of the Kansas Sampler Foundation dedicated to exploring Kansas
• Explore Learning, a British company founded to provide private learning centres

Entertainment

• National Geographic Explorer, a documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel
• Explorer (album), 2005 trance music album by Tilt
• Explorer (novel), science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh
• Explorer (newspaper), newspaper published in Tucson, Arizona
• Explorers, a British rock group formed in the 1980s by two members of Roxy Music
• "Explorers" (DS9 episode), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Explorers (film), 1985 science fiction film
• Exploration (video game), 1994 computer strategy game for the Amiga
• Explore (TV show), 1980s PBS television show
• The Explorer (Hudson), student newspaper from Hudson, Ohio, USA
• Explorer-class science vessel, Terran (StarCraft) ship type in the StarCraft computer game
• Explorer, a video game by Ramjam in the eighties

Industry

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

Maritime vessels

• USS Explorer, a patrol vessel of the United States Navy
• HMS Explorer, the name of two ships of the British Royal Navy
• Stena Explorer, a high-speed ferry operated by Stena Line
• Sub Marine Explorer, an early submarine built by Julius H. Kroehl
• USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193), a deep-sea recovery or drilling ship
• MS Explorer, a purpose-built expedition ship which sank in 2007
• MS Explorer II (cruise ship), a cruise ship, also called Minerva
• MS Explorer of the Seas, a cruise ship

Places

• Explore-At-Bristol, hands-on science museum in Bristol, UK, part of the At-Bristol science and education centre
• Explorer Ridge, mid-ocean ridge on the coast of British Columbia, Canada
• Explorer Seamount, seamount in the Pacific Ocean

Sports

• Bradenton Explorers, U.S. Senior Professional Baseball Association team
• Kansas City Explorers, World TeamTennis team
• La Salle Explorers, La Salle University's 23 varsity sports teams
• Sioux City Explorers, a minor league baseball team

Other

• Exploration problem, the use of a robot to maximize the knowledge over a particular area
• Dental explorer, an instrument used in dentistry
• Explorer Vodka, Swedish brand of vodka
• Explorer 9xx & 1xxx to 8xxx, a product line of digital cable boxes and recorders (Explorer 8300) manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta (a Cisco company)
• Gibson Explorer, a model of guitar also marked as X-plorer and Explorer Pro
• Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism, an Intelligent Design book published in 2007

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