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Vostok 1

The Vostok 1 mission represents a pivotal moment in space exploration history. Launched by the Soviet Union in April 196...

Soviet Past Leo Crewed

9.7 Brilliant

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Herschel

The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency mission launched in 2009. It operated primarily in infrared w...

Astronomy Telescope Infrared Past

8.8 Great

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Hayabusa

The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. T...

Past Asteroid Jaxa Sample Return

8.8 Great

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Infrared Astronomical Satellite

Infrared Astronomical Satellite was a 1983 American, Dutch, and British mission, notable as the first space telescope to...

Telescope Nasa Infrared Past

8.6 Great

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Kaguya

Kaguya, also called SELENE, was Japan's 2007 lunar orbiter that mapped the Moon in detail with subsatellites and high-de...

Past Moon Orbiter Jaxa

8.4 Great

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Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer was a NASA satellite launched in 1995 to study fast X-ray variability from black holes, neut...

Astronomy Nasa Past Timing

8.3 Great

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Spektr-RG

Spektr-RG is a Russian-German X-ray observatory launched in 2019 to L2, notable for eROSITA and ART-XC all-sky surveys o...

Astronomy Russia Telescope Active

8.2 Great

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IKAROS

IKAROS was a JAXA spacecraft launched in 2010, notable as the first successful interplanetary mission propelled by a sol...

Technology Past Venus Jaxa

8.1 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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Infrared Space Observatory

Infrared Space Observatory was an ESA telescope launched in 1995, notable for infrared spectroscopy and imaging of cool...

Astronomy Telescope Infrared Past

7.9 Good

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NICER

NICER is a NASA X-ray telescope installed on the ISS in 2017, built to study neutron stars and test pulsar-based navigat...

Astronomy Active Nasa X Ray

7.8 Good

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Akari

Akari was JAXA's 2006 infrared astronomy satellite, notable for surveying nearly the whole sky with a 68.5 cm cooled tel...

Survey Telescope Infrared Past

7.7 Good

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Spektr-R

Spektr-R was Russia's 2011 RadioAstron space radio telescope, notable for 10 m antenna interferometry with ground dishes...

Astronomy Russia Telescope Radio

7.7 Good

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SLIM

SLIM was Japan's 2023 lunar lander, built by JAXA to demonstrate pinpoint landing and making Japan the fifth country to...

Precision Past Moon Lander

7.7 Good

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Geotail

Geotail was a 1992 ISAS-NASA mission that studied Earth's magnetotail, notable for three decades of magnetosphere observ...

Nasa Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.6 Good

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RHESSI

RHESSI was a NASA solar observatory launched in 2002, notable for imaging solar flares in X-rays and gamma rays with hig...

Solar Nasa Past X Ray

7.5 Good

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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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Akebono

Akebono was Japan's 1989 EXOS-D satellite for aurora and magnetosphere studies, notable for 26 years of observations bef...

Aurora Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.4 Good

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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

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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