swap_horiz Sputnik 2 Alternatives

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Sputnik 1

A polished metal sphere fitted with radio transmitters and projecting antennas, Sputnik 1 became the world's first artif...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.20 Excellent

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 became the first United States satellite successfully placed in Earth orbit in 1958. Built by the Jet Propuls...

Cold War Satellite Nasa Earth Orbit

9.20 Excellent

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Telstar 1

Developed by AT&T's Bell Laboratories and launched by NASA in 1962, Telstar 1 was an early American communications satel...

Cold War Att Satellite Communications

9.20 Excellent

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Vostok 6

Vostok 6 carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into Earth orbit on June 16, 1963, making her the first woman to...

Cold War Soviet First Woman Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Mercury Friendship 7

Friendship 7 was the single-seat Mercury capsule that carried John Glenn on February 20, 1962. During the Mercury-Atlas...

Cold War Nasa First Us Orbit Crewed

9.20 Excellent

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Luna 17 (Lunokhod 1)

Luna 17 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1970. It deployed Lunokhod 1, the first remotely operated rover to explore t...

Cold War Soviet Rover Moon

9.05 Excellent

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Early Bird (Intelsat I)

Intelsat I, also known as Early Bird, was the first commercial geostationary communications satellite. Built by the Hugh...

Cold War Geostationary Satellite Communications

8.85 Great

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Zond 5

Zond 5 was an uncrewed Soviet spacecraft launched in September 1968 as part of the Soviet Union's lunar program. It beca...

Cold War Soviet Moon Probe

8.65 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

8.55 Great

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Vanguard 1

Vanguard 1 is an American satellite launched on March 17, 1958, as part of the U.S. Navy's Vanguard project. It was the...

Cold War Solar Powered Satellite Nasa

8.45 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

8.20 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

8.15 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

7.85 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

7.75 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

7.70 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

7.60 Good

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Salyut 4

Salyut 4 was a Soviet civilian space station launched on December 26, 1974, into low Earth orbit as part of the long-run...

Cold War Science Soviet Space Station

7.25 Good

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Sputnik 3

Sputnik 3 was a Soviet scientific satellite launched into low Earth orbit on May 15, 1958. The conical, unmanned spacecr...

Cold War Science Satellite Soviet

7.20 Good

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Salyut 5

Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station launched on 22 June 1976 as the third and final Almaz military station to reach orbi...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.55 Fair

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Salyut 3

Salyut 3 was a Soviet military space station launched on 25 June 1974 as part of the Almaz program. It was operated unde...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.35 Fair