Joint Celestial Exploration and Research Program (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

The Joint Celestial Exploration and Research Program (J-CERP) is a mutinational space exploration and research program involving 14 nations from around the world. J-CERP was created in 1982 by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and California's Celestial Research Agency (CRA). The goal of the program was to bring knowledge of the universe to the public and expand public knowledge of the local solar system.

The program began with the Aries I mission to Mars in 1989 and currently spans 10 missions, including the current Triton II mission due to arrive at the Neptunian moon of Triton in early 2019. Other ongoing missions include the Ares III and Titan III missions, both launched in 2016 and due to return to Earth on May and June 2019, respectively. At least 4 additional missions, headed for the Moon, Europa, Pluto, and Charon are currently in the planning stages and are set to launch within the next 10 years.

A further expansion to include 2 more nations, North Africa and Vietnam, is currently under review and pending approval.

Nations Involved
Below is a complete list of all 14 countries and their space agencies currently involved in J-CERT. Italics denotes the founding nations/space agencies of the program.