swap_horiz Artemis II Alternatives

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover to Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Designed to stu...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.72 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

NASA's Mars 2020 mission landed Perseverance in Jezero Crater in February 2021 to investigate an ancient environment tha...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

9.68 Brilliant

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Apollo 15

The Apollo 15 mission, launched in July 1971, represents a significant chapter in lunar exploration. NASA’s crew conduct...

Lunar Nasa Rover Crewed

9.18 Excellent

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Apollo 16

The Apollo 16 mission, launched in 1972, represents NASA’s second crewed landing on the Moon. It focused exploration of...

Lunar Nasa Rover Crewed

8.93 Great

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Apollo 8

The Apollo 8 mission involved a three-man NASA crew – Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders – undertaking the f...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

8.90 Great

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Apollo 12

The Apollo 12 mission represents a significant achievement in space exploration. Launched in November 1969, it was NASA’...

Lunar Nasa Landing Crewed

8.83 Great

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Apollo 17

The Apollo 17 mission represents NASA’s concluding journey to the Moon within the Apollo program. Launched in December 1...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

8.67 Great

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Apollo 10

The Apollo 10 mission involved a crewed spacecraft that served as a critical test flight preceding the first human Moon...

Lunar Nasa Crewed Dress Rehearsal

8.62 Great

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Apollo 14

The Apollo 14 mission, launched in January 1971, represents a significant achievement in American space exploration. Ast...

Lunar Nasa Landing Crewed

8.42 Great

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LCROSS

The LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation & Sensing Satellite) mission involved launching a probe to crash into the Cabeus cr...

Water Lunar Nasa Impactor

8.26 Great

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Lunar Orbiter 1

The Lunar Orbiter 1 mission involved a NASA spacecraft launched in 1966. It achieved the distinction of being the first...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

8.07 Great

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Lunar Orbiter 2

Lunar Orbiter 2 was an uncrewed NASA spacecraft launched in 1966 as part of a program to photograph the Moon before the...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

7.86 Good

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Surveyor 5

Surveyor 5 was an uncrewed NASA lunar lander and the fifth mission in the Surveyor program. It achieved a soft landing i...

Lunar Surface Nasa Lander

7.84 Good

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Surveyor 6

Surveyor 6 was an uncrewed lunar lander launched by NASA as part of the Surveyor program to demonstrate the feasibility...

Lunar Surface Nasa Lander

7.77 Good

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Surveyor 3

Surveyor 3 was an uncrewed lunar exploration spacecraft launched by NASA in April 1967 as part of the Surveyor program....

Lunar Surface Nasa Lander

7.64 Good

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Ranger 9

Ranger 9 was an unmanned lunar probe launched by NASA in 1965 as part of the Ranger program. Designed to gather data bef...

Lunar Imaging Nasa Impactor

7.63 Good

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Lunar Orbiter 3

Lunar Orbiter 3 was a NASA spacecraft launched on February 5, 1967, as part of the five-mission Lunar Orbiter program de...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

7.58 Good

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Artemis I

Artemis I was NASA's first integrated flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. The uncrewed m...

Lunar Nasa Orion Past

7.47 Good

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Ranger 8

Ranger 8 was an unmanned lunar probe launched by NASA in 1965 as part of the Ranger program. Designed to achieve a lunar...

Lunar Imaging Nasa Impactor

7.32 Good

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Lunar Flashlight

Lunar Flashlight is a NASA CubeSat launched in December 2022 as a secondary payload on the ispace HAKUTO-R M1 mission. I...

Lunar 2022 Nasa Cubesat

2.92 Poor