swap_horiz Mars Odyssey Alternatives

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in Earth orbit by the United States. Launched in 1958,...

Cold War Satellite Nasa Earth Orbit

9.2 Excellent

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Mercury Friendship 7

The Mercury Friendship 7 was a single-seat capsule designed for crewed orbital missions during the Cold War. It carried...

Cold War Nasa First Us Orbit Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Opportunity rover

The Opportunity rover was a NASA spacecraft designed to explore the Martian surface. Launched in 2004 as part of the Mar...

Endurance Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Curiosity rover

The Curiosity rover is a NASA spacecraft exploring Mars. Launched in November 2011, it landed in Gale Crater in August 2...

Nasa Mars Rover Current

9.2 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

9.2 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

9.2 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

9.1 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

8.8 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

8.7 Great

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SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2010 to investigate the Sun's dynamic atmosphere....

Solar Nasa Observatory Current

8.7 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

8.6 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

8.3 Great

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Swift (Neil Gehrels Observatory)

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA multiwavelength space telescope launched on November 20, 2004, designed pri...

Nasa Observatory Current Multi Wavelength

8.3 Great

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MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission)

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) is a four-spacecraft constellation launched on March 12, 2015, to study m...

Nasa Current Magnetosphere Probe

8.3 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

8.1 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

8.1 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

7.9 Good

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IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)

IRIS is a NASA small explorer spacecraft launched on June 27, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL r...

Nasa Observatory Current Sun

7.7 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

7.3 Good

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Mars Observer

Mars Observer was a NASA orbiter launched in 1992 to study Mars. The spacecraft lost contact on 21 August 1993, three da...

1990S Nasa Mars Orbiter

3.4 Poor