swap_horiz Mars Observer Alternatives

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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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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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Opportunity rover

Opportunity was a NASA Mars Exploration Rover launched in 2003 and landed on Mars in 2004. Its solar-powered design carr...

Endurance Nasa Mars Rover

9.20 Excellent

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Curiosity rover

Launched in November 2011 and landed in Gale Crater in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover investigates whether ancient...

Nasa Mars Rover Current

9.20 Excellent

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Cassini

The Cassini spacecraft was a joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission that orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. It provided unprecedented...

Science Flagship Nasa Saturn

9.20 Excellent

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Ingenuity helicopter

The Ingenuity helicopter is a rotorcraft developed by NASA for exploration on Mars. It represents a groundbreaking achie...

Helicopter Nasa Mars First Flight

9.15 Excellent

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Perseverance rover

The Perseverance rover is an American spacecraft exploring Mars. It’s currently operating within Jezero Crater, searchin...

Nasa Mars Rover Astrobiology

9.10 Excellent

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Spirit rover

The Spirit rover was a robotic Mars exploration vehicle that successfully landed in Gusev Crater in January 2004 as part...

2000S Nasa Mars Rover

8.75 Great

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Sojourner rover

The Sojourner rover was a 11.5-kilogram, six-wheeled robotic vehicle delivered to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Pathfinder...

1990S Nasa Mars Rover

8.70 Great

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Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting Mars, launched by NASA in April 2001. It holds the record for the lon...

Nasa Mars Current Orbiter

8.55 Great

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Mangalyaan (MOM)

Mangalyaan, formally the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation...

Indian Mars First Orbiter

8.55 Great

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Phoenix lander

Phoenix was a NASA Mars lander, part of the agency's Scout program, that touched down on May 25, 2008, in the Martian ar...

Polar Nasa Mars Lander

8.25 Great

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GRAIL Ebb

GRAIL Ebb is one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft, launched in 2011 to conduct a compr...

Science Nasa Gravity Moon

8.10 Great

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GRAIL Flow

GRAIL Flow is the second of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft, launched alongside its coun...

Science Nasa Gravity Moon

8.10 Great

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Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

Hope, formally the Emirates Mars Mission, is a United Arab Emirates spacecraft launched in July 2020 to study the Martia...

Mars Uae Current Orbiter

7.85 Good

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Psyche spacecraft

The Psyche spacecraft is a NASA orbiter launched in October 2023 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, intended to study...

Science Nasa Current Orbiter

7.30 Good

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Beagle 2

Beagle 2 was a British Mars lander carried by the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission, launched in 2003. It was...

UK Mars Lander Esa

4.25 Poor

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CONTOUR

CONTOUR (Comet Nucleus Tour) was a NASA Discovery-program spacecraft launched on a Delta II rocket in July 2002 to make...

Science Nasa Comet Probe

3.10 Poor