Science mission
A science mission, scientific mission, science survey, or science expedition was a type of mission whose purpose was scientific .

In 2269, the  undertook a science mission to determine if the center of the Milky Way Galaxy was still creating new matter. ()

In the 23rd century, a Vulcan science mission traveled to the Hanoli rift, where they detonated a pulse wave torpedo at the coordinates of the tear, causing the Hanoli system and the Vulcans to be destroyed five minutes later. ()

Missions and expeditions