swap_horiz Mars Pathfinder Alternatives

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Apollo 8

The Apollo 8 mission involved a three-man NASA crew – Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders – undertaking the f...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

9.7 Brilliant

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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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Perseverance

The Perseverance rover is a NASA spacecraft exploring Mars. Launched in 2020, it landed in Jezero Crater to investigate...

Nasa Mars Rover Sample Cache

9.1 Excellent

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Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 is an Indian space mission involving a lander and rover designed for exploration of the Moon’s surface. It...

Rover Past Moon Lander

8.9 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 Exploration Rover Spirit

Spirit was a NASA Mars Exploration Rover that landed in Gusev Crater in 2004, found evidence of past water, and outlived...

Geology Nasa Mars Rover

8.7 Great

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Surveyor 1

Surveyor 1 was a NASA lunar lander that soft-landed in 1966, proving landing techniques needed before Apollo crewed miss...

Nasa Past Moon Lander

8.7 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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Chang'e 3

Chang'e 3 was China's 2013 lunar lander that delivered the Yutu rover, marking the first soft landing on the Moon since...

China Rover Past Moon

8.2 Great

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Surveyor 7

Surveyor 7 was NASA's final Surveyor lander, reaching the Moon in 1968 and studying the highland region near Tycho crate...

Surface Nasa Past Moon

7.9 Good

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Phoenix Mars Lander

Phoenix was a NASA Mars lander that touched down in the north polar region in 2008 and confirmed water ice just below th...

Polar Nasa Mars Past

7.8 Good

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InSight

InSight was a NASA Mars lander that arrived in 2018, placed a working seismometer on the surface, and measured marsquake...

Nasa Mars Seismology Past

7.5 Good

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Schiaparelli EDM

Schiaparelli EDM was a 2016 ESA-Roscosmos Mars landing demonstrator that crashed, but returned descent telemetry for Exo...

Mars Past Lander Esa

3.1 Poor

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Mars Polar Lander

Mars Polar Lander was a NASA lander launched in 1999, notable for disappearing during its attempt to touch down near Mar...

Polar Nasa Mars Lander

2.9 Poor