swap_horiz Phoenix Mars Lander 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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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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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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WMAP

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was a NASA space mission that studied the cosmic microwave background ra...

Survey Cosmology Nasa Microwave

9.3 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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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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Pioneer 10

NASA’s Pioneer 10 is a historic space probe launched in 1972. It achieved several significant milestones including being...

Nasa Deep Space Jupiter Past

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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Luna 9

The Luna 9 mission represents a significant achievement in early space exploration. Launched by the Soviet Union in 1966...

Soviet Past Moon Lander

9.2 Excellent

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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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Mars Pathfinder

Mars Pathfinder was a NASA lander that reached Ares Vallis in 1997 and deployed Sojourner, the first successful rover on...

Nasa Mars Rover Past

8.4 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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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