swap_horiz Mir Space Station Alternatives

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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a NASA-built spacecraft deployed in 1977. It’s notable for being the first to explore Uranus and Neptune pr...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

10.0 Brilliant

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Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is an active NASA spacecraft launched in 1977. It undertook a flyby mission to Jupiter and Saturn. The probe a...

Active Nasa Interstellar Outer Planets

9.9 Brilliant

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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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Vostok 1

The Vostok 1 mission represents a pivotal moment in space exploration history. Launched by the Soviet Union in April 196...

Soviet Past Leo Crewed

9.7 Brilliant

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

The Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA robotic space mission that landed the car-sized Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.7 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

Mars 2020 is an ongoing NASA space mission that successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Mars's Jezero Crater in Fe...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

9.7 Brilliant

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OSIRIS-REx (Bennu Sample Return)

OSIRIS-REx is a NASA spacecraft mission designed to travel to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu, collect a surface sa...

2023 Nasa Asteroid Earth Return

9.7 Brilliant

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STS-61 Hubble Servicing

STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission dedicated to servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. As the first s...

Nasa 1993 Shuttle Hubble Repair

9.6 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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Apollo 17

The Apollo 17 mission represents NASA’s concluding journey to the Moon within the Apollo program. Launched in December 1...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

9.4 Excellent

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Cosmic Background Explorer

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA space mission launched in 1989 to study the cosmic microwave background...

Survey Cosmology Nasa Microwave

9.4 Excellent

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New Horizons

The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a...

Active Nasa Kuiper Belt Pluto

9.4 Excellent

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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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Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)

Friendship 7 was the spacecraft used in NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, launched on February 20, 1962. Aboard the capsul...

Orbital Nasa 1962 Crewed

9.4 Excellent

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Hayabusa2

The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...

Active Asteroid Jaxa Sample Return

9.3 Excellent

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OSIRIS-REx

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft undertook a NASA mission to study the asteroid Bennu. Launched in 2016, it successfully collec...

Nasa Past Asteroid Sample Return

9.3 Excellent

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ISS Expedition 1

ISS Expedition 1 was the first long-duration mission to the International Space Station, launching on October 31, 2000,...

Multinational 2000 Crewed Iss

9.3 Excellent

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Salyut 6

The Salyut 6 was a Soviet-built orbital station operated between 1977 and 1986. Launched into Low Earth Orbit, it served...

Station Soviet Leo Crewed

8.5 Great

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Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17 was a crewed Chinese spaceflight launched on October 26, 2023, bound for the Tiangong space station. The mis...

Long Duration 2023 Crewed Cnsa

7.9 Good

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Challenger STS-51-L

Challenger STS-51-L was NASA's 25th Space Shuttle mission and the tenth flight of the orbiter Challenger, launched from...

Tragedy Nasa 1986 Shuttle

2.1 Poor