Explorer (disambiguation)

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Etymologically, the word explorer refer to a person involved in exploration (from Latin explorare).

Explorer, exploring or exploration may also refer to:

Air and space craft:

• 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, shuttle mock-up

Automobiles:

• Ford Explorer, model of sport utility vehicle

Computing:

• Windows Explorer, interface for accessing the file system on Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Internet Explorer, 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

Entertainment:

• Explorer, 2005 trance music album by Tilt
• Explorer, science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh
• Tucson Explorer , newspaper published in Tucson, Arizona
• Explorer 8300, make of cable boxes manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta
• "Explorers", Season 3, episode 22 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Explorers, 1985 science fiction film
• Exploration, 1994 computer strategy game for the Amiga
• Gibson Explorer, guitar series also marked as X-plorer and Explorer Pro
• Explore, 1980s PBS television show
• The Explorer, student newspaper from Hudson, OH

Industry:

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

Maritime vessels:

• USS Explorer, patrol vessel of the United States Navy
• HMS Explorer, submarine of the British Royal Navy
• Sub Marine Explorer, early submarine built by Julius H. Kroehl
• USNS Glomar Explorer (T-AG-193), deep-sea recovery or drilling ship
• MS Explorer, purpose built expedition ship which sank in 2007
• MS Explorer II, cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises
• MS Explorer of the Seas

Places:

• Explore-At-Bristol, science centre in Bristol, UK

Scouting:

• 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

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, minor league baseball team

Other:

• Kansas Explorer's Club, section of the Kansas Sampler Foundation dedicated to exploring Kansas
• Explorer (dental), instrument used in dentistry
• Explorer Vodka, Swedish brand of vodka
• Explorer-class science vessel, Terran ship model in the StarCraft computer game
• Explorer Ridge, mid-ocean ridge on the coast of British Columbia, Canada
• Explorer Seamount, seamount in the Pacific Ocean