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Apollo Command/Service Module

The Apollo Command/Service Module was a critical component of NASA’s manned lunar missions during the Cold War era. It c...

Cold War Nasa Moon Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Apollo Lunar Module

The Apollo Lunar Module was a specialized spacecraft developed by NASA to enable crewed landings on the Moon. This two-s...

Cold War Nasa Moon Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Huygens probe

The Huygens probe was an ESA-designed lander carried by the Cassini spacecraft. It achieved a historic touchdown on Tita...

Science Titan Lander Atmosphere

9.2 Excellent

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Luna 17 (Lunokhod 1)

Luna 17 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1970. It deployed Lunokhod 1, the first remotely operated rover to explore t...

Cold War Soviet Rover Moon

9.1 Excellent

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Progress cargo spacecraft

Soviet/Russian uncrewed cargo vehicle derived from Soyuz, first launched in 1978, used to resupply space stations includ...

Russian Cargo Transport Iss

8.7 Great

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Zond 5

Soviet spacecraft that in September 1968 became the first to loop around the Moon and return safely to Earth, carrying b...

Cold War Soviet Moon Probe

8.7 Great

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Yutu-2 rover

China's second lunar rover, delivered by Chang'e 4 in January 2019 to the Moon's far side, making it the first rover eve...

Rover Moon Current Far Side

8.7 Great

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Luna 21 (Lunokhod 2)

Soviet Luna 21 mission that in 1973 landed Lunokhod 2 on the Moon, the second Soviet lunar rover, which traversed approx...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Rover

8.6 Great

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Soyuz-TMA

Russian crewed spacecraft introduced in 2002, modified to accommodate taller crew members and serving as the primary Int...

Russian Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.4 Great

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Soyuz-MS

Russian crewed spacecraft introduced in 2016, featuring upgraded communications, navigation systems, and docking equipme...

Russian Transport Current Crewed

8.4 Great

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Phoenix lander

NASA lander that touched down in Mars's northern polar region in May 2008 and directly confirmed the presence of water i...

Polar Nasa Mars Lander

8.3 Great

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SELENE (Kaguya)

JAXA's SELENE lunar orbiter launched in 2007 was one of the largest lunar exploration missions since Apollo, mapping the...

Japanese Mapping Moon Orbiter

8.2 Great

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GRAIL Ebb

One of NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft launched in 2011 to map the Moon's gravitational field in finer detail than any prev...

Science Nasa Gravity Moon

8.1 Great

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GRAIL Flow

The second of NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft that together with Ebb produced the highest-resolution gravitational map of t...

Science Nasa Gravity Moon

8.1 Great

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Philae lander

ESA lander delivered by the Rosetta spacecraft that in November 2014 became the first probe to achieve a soft landing on...

Lander Comet Esa 67P

8.1 Great

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Yutu rover

China's first lunar rover, deployed by Chang'e 3 in December 2013, marking the first soft-landing on the Moon since the...

Chinese 2013 Rover Moon

7.8 Good

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Firefly Blue Ghost

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander, developed under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, delive...

Commercial 2025 Moon Lander

7.6 Good

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 (Nova-C)

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander that in February 2024 became the first American spacecraft to successfully soft-land o...

Commercial 2024 Moon Lander

7.1 Good

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Beagle 2

British lander launched aboard ESA's Mars Express in 2003 that was lost during its December landing attempt; its wreckag...

UK Mars Lander Esa

4.3 Poor

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Mars Observer

NASA's Mars Observer orbiter, launched in 1992, lost contact three days before its planned orbital insertion in 1993, re...

1990S Nasa Mars Orbiter

3.4 Poor