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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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COBE

The COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) mission, operated by NASA from 1989 to 1993, provided crucial data about the early...

Cosmology Nasa Microwave Observatory

9.2 Excellent

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IRAS

The Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) operated from 1983 to 1989. This joint US, UK, and Dutch space mission conducted...

Survey Historic Infrared Observatory

9.1 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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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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Mars Express

Mars Express is an ESA orbiter launched in 2003 and ESA's first Mars mission, mapping the planet and probing subsurface...

Active Planetary Mars Orbiter

8.4 Great

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Yohkoh

Yohkoh was Japan's 1991 Solar-A observatory, notable for a decade of X-ray solar flare and corona observations with NASA...

Solar Observatory Past X Ray

8.0 Great

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TRACE

TRACE was NASA's 1998 Transition Region and Coronal Explorer, notable for high-resolution imaging of coronal loops until...

Solar Nasa Observatory Past

8.0 Great

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Akatsuki

Akatsuki was a JAXA Venus climate orbiter launched in 2010, reaching Venus orbit in 2015 after a failed first insertion...

Climate Active Venus Orbiter

7.7 Good

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Arase

Arase is JAXA's 2016 ERG satellite, notable for measuring particles, plasma waves, and fields inside Earth's Van Allen r...

Active Plasma Earth Jaxa

7.3 Good

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EarthCARE

EarthCARE is an ESA-JAXA Earth Explorer satellite launched in 2024 to measure clouds, aerosols, and radiation with four...

Active Earth Esa Jaxa

7.2 Good

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BepiColombo

BepiColombo is an ESA-JAXA Mercury mission launched in 2018, carrying two orbiters scheduled to begin science operations...

Active Mercury Orbiter Esa

7.1 Good

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Nozomi

Nozomi was Japan's first Mars probe, launched by ISAS in 1998, but propulsion and electrical problems prevented Mars orb...

Planetary Mars Past Orbiter

3.4 Poor