swap_horiz Perseverance rover 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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Apollo Command/Service Module

The Apollo Command/Service Module was a critical component of NASA’s manned lunar missions during the Cold War era. It c...

Cold War Nasa Moon 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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Spirit rover

NASA Mars Exploration Rover that landed in Gusev Crater in January 2004 and operated for over six years before becoming...

2000S Nasa Mars Rover

8.8 Great

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Yutu-2 rover

China's second lunar rover, delivered by Chang'e 4 in January 2019 to the Moon's far side, making it the first rover eve...

Rover Moon Current Far Side

8.7 Great

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Sojourner rover

NASA's Sojourner, delivered to Mars by the Pathfinder mission in July 1997, was the first wheeled vehicle to successfull...

1990S Nasa Mars Rover

8.7 Great

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SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory launched in 2010 that continuously observes the Sun in multiple extreme-ultraviolet wave...

Solar Nasa Observatory Current

8.7 Great

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Mars Odyssey

NASA orbiter launched in 2001 that became the longest-operating spacecraft at Mars, and detected hydrogen deposits sugge...

Nasa Mars Current Orbiter

8.6 Great

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Phoenix lander

NASA lander that touched down in Mars's northern polar region in May 2008 and directly confirmed the presence of water i...

Polar Nasa Mars Lander

8.3 Great

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Swift (Neil Gehrels Observatory)

NASA Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory launched in 2004, designed to detect gamma-ray bursts and autonomously repoint withi...

Nasa Observatory Current Multi Wavelength

8.3 Great

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MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission)

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, launched in 2015, uses four identical spacecraft flying in close formation to...

Nasa Current Magnetosphere Probe

8.3 Great

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Zhurong rover

China's first Mars rover, which landed in Utopia Planitia in May 2021, making China the second country to successfully o...

Science Chinese Mars Rover

8.0 Great

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Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

UAE Mars orbiter launched in July 2020, making the United Arab Emirates the first Arab nation to reach Mars orbit when i...

Mars Uae Current Orbiter

7.9 Good

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IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)

NASA Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph launched in 2013 to study the solar chromosphere and transition region, helpi...

Nasa Observatory Current Sun

7.7 Good

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Psyche spacecraft

NASA spacecraft launched in October 2023 en route to 16 Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid in the main belt thought to be a r...

Science Nasa Current Orbiter

7.3 Good

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Mars Observer

NASA's Mars Observer orbiter, launched in 1992, lost contact three days before its planned orbital insertion in 1993, re...

1990S Nasa Mars Orbiter

3.4 Poor