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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a NASA-built spacecraft deployed in 1977. It’s notable for being the first to explore Uranus and Neptune pr...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

10.0 Brilliant

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is an active NASA spacecraft launched in 1977. It undertook a flyby mission to Jupiter and Saturn. The probe a...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

9.9 Brilliant

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New Horizons

The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a...

Active Nasa Kuiper Belt Pluto

9.4 Excellent

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Curiosity Mars Rover

The Curiosity rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars from Gale Crater. Launched in 2011, it investigates the pla...

Geology Active Nasa Mars

9.3 Excellent

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Hayabusa2

The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...

Active Asteroid Jaxa Sample Return

9.3 Excellent

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Perseverance Mars Rover

The Perseverance rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars. It operates within Jezero Crater, analyzing the geology...

Active Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Chang'e 4

Chang’e 4 is a Chinese space mission successfully deploying a lander and rover to explore the Moon’s far side. This achi...

China Active Moon Lander

9.2 Excellent

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Tianwen-1

The Tianwen-1 mission represents China’s ambitious exploration of Mars. This active space project launched in July 2020...

China Active Mars Lander

9.0 Excellent

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon. Launched in 2009, it provides d...

Mapping Active Nasa Moon

9.0 Excellent

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Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 is an Indian space mission involving a lander and rover designed for exploration of the Moon’s surface. It...

Rover Past Moon Lander

8.9 Great

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an active Earth observation satellite operated by NASA and the USGS. This mission continues a decades-long...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.8 Great

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars since 2006. It provides high-resolution imaging of th...

Imaging Active Nasa Mars

8.8 Great

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Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter is an ESA-NASA solar probe launched in 2020, notable for close solar passes and the first detailed views o...

Solar Active Nasa Orbiter

8.6 Great

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Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2A is an ESA Copernicus optical satellite launched in 2015, using a 13-band multispectral imager to monitor lan...

Imaging Active Earth Esa

8.6 Great

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Chandrayaan-1

Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe, launched in 2008 by ISRO and notable for helping confirm water molecules on...

Mapping Past Moon Orbiter

8.5 Great

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ACE

ACE is NASA's 1997 Advanced Composition Explorer at Sun-Earth L1, notable for long-running solar wind and energetic part...

Active Nasa Solar Wind Heliophysics

8.3 Great

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AstroSat

AstroSat is India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory, launched by ISRO in 2015 to study cosmic sources...

Astronomy Telescope Active Multiwavelength

7.4 Good

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TIMED

TIMED is NASA's 2001 mission to study Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere-ionosphere, notable for tracking solar e...

Active Nasa Atmosphere Earth

7.3 Good

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Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 was India's 2019 lunar mission with an orbiter, lander, and rover; its orbiter continued science after the...

Active Moon Lander Orbiter

6.8 Fair

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XPoSat

XPoSat is ISRO's 2024 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, India's first mission dedicated to measuring polarization from bright...

Astronomy Active X Ray Polarimetry

6.7 Fair