swap_horiz Queqiao-2 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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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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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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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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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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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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Chang'e 4

Chang’e 4 is a Chinese space mission successfully deploying a lander and rover to explore the Moon’s far side. This achi...

China Active Moon Lander

9.2 Excellent

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Chang'e 6

Chang’e 6 is a Chinese space mission successfully delivering lunar samples from the Moon’s far side in December 2024. Th...

China Past Moon Sample Return

9.2 Excellent

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Chang'e 5

The Chang’e 5 spacecraft represents a significant achievement in space exploration. Launched by China in 2020, it succes...

China Past Moon Lander

9.1 Excellent

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Tianwen-1

The Tianwen-1 mission represents China’s ambitious exploration of Mars. This active space project launched in July 2020...

China Active Mars Lander

9.0 Excellent

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon. Launched in 2009, it provides d...

Mapping Active Nasa Moon

9.0 Excellent

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Queqiao

Queqiao is a Chinese relay satellite launched in 2018 to enable communications with Chang'e 4 on the far side of the Moo...

China Active Moon Relay

8.4 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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Chang'e 2

Chang'e 2 was China's 2010 lunar orbiter, later sent beyond the Moon to fly by asteroid 4179 Toutatis and test deep-spac...

China Past Moon Asteroid

7.6 Good

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Chang'e 5-T1

Chang'e 5-T1 was China's 2014 test mission that sent a return capsule around the Moon to validate high-speed Earth reent...

China Past Moon Sample Return

7.6 Good

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Chang'e 1

Chang'e 1 was China's first lunar orbiter, launched in 2007 to map the Moon and begin the country's robotic lunar explor...

China Mapping Past Moon

7.3 Good

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CAPSTONE

CAPSTONE is a NASA-funded 2022 small satellite testing the near-rectilinear halo orbit planned for the lunar Gateway sta...

Active Nasa Moon Cubesat

6.9 Fair

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Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 was India's 2019 lunar mission with an orbiter, lander, and rover; its orbiter continued science after the...

Active Moon Lander Orbiter

6.8 Fair

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Tianwen-2

Tianwen-2 is China's 2025 asteroid sample-return mission to Kamo'oalewa, designed to return material before continuing t...

China Active Comet Asteroid

6.7 Fair