swap_horiz Challenger STS-51-L Alternatives

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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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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

9.7 Brilliant

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

The Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA robotic space mission that landed the car-sized Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.7 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

Mars 2020 is an ongoing NASA space mission that successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Mars's Jezero Crater in Fe...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

9.7 Brilliant

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OSIRIS-REx (Bennu Sample Return)

OSIRIS-REx is a NASA spacecraft mission designed to travel to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu, collect a surface sa...

2023 Nasa Asteroid Earth Return

9.7 Brilliant

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STS-61 Hubble Servicing

STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission dedicated to servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. As the first s...

Nasa 1993 Shuttle Hubble Repair

9.6 Brilliant

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Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

The Opportunity rover was a NASA mission designed to study the geology of Mars’ Meridiani Planum region. Launched in 200...

Geology Nasa Mars Rover

9.5 Brilliant

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Mir Space Station

Mir was a Soviet and later Russian space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 until its controlled atmosph...

Modular Long Duration Station 1986

9.5 Brilliant

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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

9.4 Excellent

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Cosmic Background Explorer

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA space mission launched in 1989 to study the cosmic microwave background...

Survey Cosmology Nasa Microwave

9.4 Excellent

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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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Viking 1

The Viking 1 mission involved both an orbiter and a lander deployed to Mars in 1975. It achieved the historic feat of de...

Nasa Mars Past Lander

9.4 Excellent

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Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)

Friendship 7 was the spacecraft used in NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, launched on February 20, 1962. Aboard the capsul...

Orbital Nasa 1962 Crewed

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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OSIRIS-REx

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft undertook a NASA mission to study the asteroid Bennu. Launched in 2016, it successfully collec...

Nasa Past Asteroid Sample Return

9.3 Excellent

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Columbia STS-1

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched on April 12...

Nasa 1981 Shuttle Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Space Shuttle STS-1

The Space Shuttle STS-1 mission marked America’s first crewed launch of the Space Shuttle program. This historic flight...

Nasa Past Shuttle Orbiter

9.1 Excellent

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Atlantis STS-135

Atlantis STS-135 was the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched in July 2011. Commanded by Ch...

Nasa 2011 Shuttle Iss

8.3 Great

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Columbia STS-107

STS-107 was NASA's 113th Space Shuttle mission and the 28th flight of the orbiter Columbia. Launched on January 16, 2003...

Tragedy Nasa 2003 Shuttle

2.3 Poor