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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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Apollo Lunar Module

The Apollo Lunar Module was a specialized spacecraft developed by NASA to enable crewed landings on the Moon. This two-s...

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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Perseverance rover

The Perseverance rover is an American spacecraft exploring Mars. It’s currently operating within Jezero Crater, searchin...

Nasa Mars Rover Astrobiology

9.1 Excellent

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TOPEX/Poseidon

TOPEX/Poseidon was a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES, launched in 1992 to measure...

Ocean Satellite Completed Altimetry

9.0 Excellent

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Spirit rover

The Spirit rover was a robotic Mars exploration vehicle that successfully landed in Gusev Crater in January 2004 as part...

2000S Nasa Mars Rover

8.8 Great

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SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2010 to investigate the Sun's dynamic atmosphere....

Solar Nasa Observatory Current

8.7 Great

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WISE / NEOWISE

WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) is a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope launched on Decemb...

Nasa Infrared Observatory Completed

8.5 Great

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Swift (Neil Gehrels Observatory)

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA multiwavelength space telescope launched on November 20, 2004, designed pri...

Nasa Observatory Current Multi Wavelength

8.3 Great

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IUE (International Ultraviolet Explorer)

The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was an astronomical satellite launched in 1978 as a collaborative project b...

Science Observatory Completed Ultraviolet

8.3 Great

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STEREO-A

STEREO-A (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory-Ahead) is one of two identical NASA solar observation probes launched...

Science Nasa Sun Probe

8.1 Great

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OAO-2

OAO-2 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2), launched in December 1968, was NASA's first successful space-based ultravio...

Cold War Science Nasa Observatory

7.8 Good

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IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)

IRIS is a NASA small explorer spacecraft launched on June 27, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL r...

Nasa Observatory Current Sun

7.7 Good

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared observatory currently under development and scheduled for launc...

Nasa Observatory Dark Energy Upcoming

7.2 Good

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STEREO-B

STEREO-B, also called STEREO Behind, is one of two nearly identical NASA spacecraft launched in 2006 to observe the Sun...

Nasa Sun Probe Stereo Imaging

6.8 Fair