swap_horiz Mariner 9 Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is a small rotorcraft developed by NASA for exploration on Mars. It achieved unprecedented...

Helicopter Technology Nasa Mars

9.2 Excellent

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Opportunity

The Opportunity rover explored the Martian surface from 2003 to 2018. NASA’s mission investigated Gale Crater searching...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Curiosity

The Curiosity rover is a mobile science laboratory exploring Mars. Launched by NASA in 2011, it landed within Gale Crate...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Ingenuity

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is an experimental rotorcraft deployed as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission. It ac...

Helicopter Technology Nasa Mars

9.2 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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Viking 2

The Viking 2 spacecraft was a NASA mission launched in 1976 to explore Mars. It landed near Utopia Planitia and function...

Nasa Mars Past Lander

8.8 Great

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Mars Global Surveyor

Mars Global Surveyor was a NASA orbiter launched in 1996 that made the first global laser-altimeter map of Mars and oper...

Mapping Nasa Mars Past

8.6 Great

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MAVEN

MAVEN is a NASA Mars orbiter launched in 2013 to study the upper atmosphere and how solar wind stripped gases from the p...

Active Nasa Mars Atmosphere

8.2 Great

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2001 Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a NASA orbiter launched in 2001 that mapped Martian hydrogen, found evidence for water ice, and rel...

Mapping Active Nasa Mars

8.1 Great

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Lunar Orbiter 1

The Lunar Orbiter 1 mission involved a NASA spacecraft launched in 1966. It achieved the distinction of being the first...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

8.1 Great

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Lunar Orbiter 2

Lunar Orbiter 2 was a 1966 NASA mapping mission that photographed lunar landing sites and returned the famous oblique vi...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

7.9 Good

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Lunar Prospector

Lunar Prospector was a NASA orbiter launched in 1998 that mapped lunar gravity and composition, including evidence for p...

Mapping Nasa Past Moon

7.6 Good

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Lunar Orbiter 3

Lunar Orbiter 3 was a 1967 NASA spacecraft that mapped prospective Apollo landing zones and helped complete U.S. photogr...

Mapping Lunar Nasa Orbiter

7.6 Good

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Mars 5

Mars 5 was a Soviet Mars orbiter launched in 1973, notable for returning images and atmospheric data before a pressuriza...

Mapping Soviet Mars Orbiter

6.1 Fair

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Mars Climate Orbiter

Mars Climate Orbiter was a NASA Mars probe launched in 1998, notable for being lost in 1999 after a metric and English u...

Climate Nasa Mars Orbiter

2.3 Poor