swap_horiz Soyuz-MS Alternatives

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Vostok 6

The Vostok 6 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft responsible for carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into Earth orbit on...

Cold War Soviet First Woman Crewed

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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SpaceX Crew Dragon

The SpaceX Crew Dragon is a spacecraft designed for transporting cargo and astronauts to Earth orbit. Notably, it repres...

Commercial Spacex Current Crewed

9.1 Excellent

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Gemini 12

Gemini 12 was a 1966 crewed spaceflight and the final mission of NASA's Project Gemini. Launched in November 1966, the s...

Cold War Nasa Crewed Earth Orbit

8.6 Great

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Soyuz-TM

Soyuz-TM is a crewed spacecraft developed by the Soviet Union as an upgrade to the earlier Soyuz-T model. Introduced in...

Soviet Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.6 Great

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Soyuz-TMA

The Soyuz-TMA is a Russian crewed spacecraft introduced in 2002 to serve as the primary transport vehicle for the Intern...

Russian Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.4 Great

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired NASA orbiter that completed 33 space missions during its operational lifetime from 1...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

8.4 Great

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Shenzhou

Shenzhou is China's crewed spacecraft series developed to support human spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit. In 2003...

Chinese Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.4 Great

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MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission)

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) is a four-spacecraft constellation launched on March 12, 2015, to study m...

Nasa Current Magnetosphere Probe

8.3 Great

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Vostok 2

Vostok 2 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight launched on August 6, 1961, carrying cosmonaut Gherman Titov. The mission made...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

8.2 Great

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Soyuz-T

The Soyuz-T was a Soviet crewed spacecraft developed as an modernization of the earlier Soyuz model, conducting its init...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

8.2 Great

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Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired NASA orbiter that served as the fifth and final operational vehicle in the Space Sh...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

8.2 Great

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Gemini 3

Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of NASA's Project Gemini, successfully launching on March 23, 1965. The two-person...

Cold War Two Person Nasa Crewed

8.0 Great

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Vostok 5

Vostok 5 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on June 14, 1963, carrying cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky. It flew concurren...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

7.9 Good

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Vostok 3

Vostok 3 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight launched on August 11, 1962, carrying cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev into Earth or...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.8 Good

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Vostok 4

Vostok 4 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft launched on August 12, 1962, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying cosmonaut Pavel...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.7 Good

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Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was the first operational orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet and conducted the progra...

Reusable Nasa Shuttle Crewed

7.7 Good

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Soyuz 7K-OK

The Soyuz 7K-OK was the first generation of the Soviet Soyuz crewed spacecraft, conducting its initial crewed orbital fl...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

7.6 Good

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Buran

Buran was a Soviet reusable spaceplane developed as a counterpart to the United States Space Shuttle program. It complet...

Reusable Soviet Shuttle Crewed

7.6 Good

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Boeing CST-100 Starliner

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is a reusable crewed spacecraft developed by Boeing under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. I...

Commercial Transport Boeing Crewed

5.4 Mediocre