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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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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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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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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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Luna 2

The Luna 2 mission, launched by the Soviet Union in 1959, represents a pivotal moment in space exploration. It achieved...

Impact Soviet Past Moon

9.1 Excellent

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Luna 3

Luna 3 was a Soviet space mission launched in 1959. It achieved a unique flyby trajectory around the Moon, capturing the...

Imaging Soviet Past Moon

9.0 Excellent

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DART

NASA’s DART mission successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in October 2022. This marked the first demonstration of...

Impact Nasa Past Asteroid

8.9 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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Landsat 7

Landsat 7 is a NASA-USGS Earth imaging satellite launched in 1999, notable for ETM+ data and a 2003 scan-line corrector...

Imaging Nasa Past Earth

8.3 Great

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GRAIL

GRAIL was a NASA twin-spacecraft mission launched in 2011 to map the Moon's gravity field and reveal details of its inte...

Twin Nasa Gravity Past

8.1 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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Clementine

Clementine was a 1994 U.S. Defense Department and NASA mission that mapped the Moon multispectrally and tested lightweig...

Nasa Past Moon Orbiter

7.7 Good

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Lunar Prospector

Lunar Prospector was a NASA orbiter launched in 1998 that mapped lunar gravity and composition, including evidence for p...

Mapping Nasa Past Moon

7.6 Good

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LADEE

LADEE was a NASA lunar orbiter launched in 2013 to study the Moon's thin exosphere and dust environment before a planned...

Nasa Past Moon Atmosphere

7.4 Good