swap_horiz Gemini 3 Alternatives

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Sputnik 1

A polished metal sphere fitted with radio transmitters and projecting antennas, Sputnik 1 became the world's first artif...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.20 Excellent

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 became the first United States satellite successfully placed in Earth orbit in 1958. Built by the Jet Propuls...

Cold War Satellite Nasa Earth Orbit

9.20 Excellent

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Telstar 1

Developed by AT&T's Bell Laboratories and launched by NASA in 1962, Telstar 1 was an early American communications satel...

Cold War Att Satellite Communications

9.20 Excellent

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Vostok 6

Vostok 6 carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into Earth orbit on June 16, 1963, making her the first woman to...

Cold War Soviet First Woman Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Mercury Friendship 7

Friendship 7 was the single-seat Mercury capsule that carried John Glenn on February 20, 1962. During the Mercury-Atlas...

Cold War Nasa First Us Orbit Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Apollo Command/Service Module

NASA's Apollo Command/Service Module provided the main crewed spacecraft for travel to and from the Moon during the Cold...

Cold War Nasa Moon Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Apollo Lunar Module

Built by Grumman for NASA's Apollo program, the Lunar Module was a specialized spacecraft for landing astronauts on the...

Cold War Nasa Moon Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Mercury Freedom 7

Mercury-Redstone 3, utilizing the Freedom 7 spacecraft, was the first crewed space mission in United States history. Lau...

Cold War Nasa Suborbital Crewed

8.70 Great

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Gemini 12

Gemini 12 was a 1966 crewed spaceflight and the final mission of NASA's Project Gemini. Launched in November 1966, the s...

Cold War Nasa Crewed Earth Orbit

8.55 Great

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Vanguard 1

Vanguard 1 is an American satellite launched on March 17, 1958, as part of the U.S. Navy's Vanguard project. It was the...

Cold War Solar Powered Satellite Nasa

8.45 Great

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired NASA orbiter that completed 33 space missions during its operational lifetime from 1...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

8.35 Great

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Soyuz-T

The Soyuz-T was a Soviet crewed spacecraft developed as an modernization of the earlier Soyuz model, conducting its init...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

8.20 Great

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Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired NASA orbiter that served as the fifth and final operational vehicle in the Space Sh...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

8.20 Great

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Vostok 2

Vostok 2 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight launched on August 6, 1961, carrying cosmonaut Gherman Titov. The mission made...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

8.15 Great

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Vostok 5

Vostok 5 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on June 14, 1963, carrying cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. It flew concurren...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

7.85 Good

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Vostok 3

Vostok 3 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight launched on August 11, 1962, carrying cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev into Earth or...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.75 Good

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Vostok 4

Vostok 4 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on August 12, 1962, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying cosmonaut Pavel...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.70 Good

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Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was the first operational orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet and conducted the progra...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

7.70 Good

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Soyuz 7K-OK

The Soyuz 7K-OK was the first generation of the Soviet Soyuz crewed spacecraft, conducting its initial crewed orbital fl...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

7.60 Good

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Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second operational space shuttle orbiter to fly into space and first flew on the STS...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

6.60 Fair