Explorer (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Aircraft and spacecraft 2 Automobiles 3 Companies 4 Computing 5 Education and youth activities 6 Entertainment 7 Industry 8 Maritime vessels 9 Places 10 Sports 11 Other

An explorer is a person involved in exploration

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Automobiles

• Ford Explorer, a model of sport utility vehicle

[edit] Companies

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

[edit] 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
• Explorer, a computer family of Lisp Machines from Texas Instruments.

[edit] Education and youth activities

• Exploring (Learning for Life), former traditional membership program of the Boy Scouts of America
• Explorer Scouts, 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

[edit] 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 (computer 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

[edit] Industry

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

[edit] Maritime vessels

• USS Explorer, a patrol vessel of the United States Navy
• HMS Explorer, a submarine of the British Royal Navy
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other

• Exploration problem, the use of a robot to maximize the knowledge over a particular area.
• Explorer (dental), an instrument used in dentistry
• Explorer Vodka, Swedish brand of vodka
• Explorer 8300, a make of cable boxes manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta
• 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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