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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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OSIRIS-REx (Bennu Sample Return)

OSIRIS-REx is a NASA spacecraft mission designed to travel to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu, collect a surface sa...

2023 Nasa Asteroid Earth Return

9.7 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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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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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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Hayabusa

The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. T...

Past Asteroid Jaxa Sample Return

8.8 Great

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Queqiao

Queqiao is a Chinese communications relay satellite launched by the China National Space Administration in May 2018. It...

China Active Moon Relay

8.4 Great

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Deep Space 1

The Deep Space 1 mission, undertaken by NASA, investigated Comet Hale-Bopp in 1998. This spacecraft demonstrated the via...

Nasa Comet Asteroid Ion Drive

8.1 Great

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Queqiao-2

Queqiao-2 is a Chinese lunar relay satellite launched in 2024 by the China National Space Administration. It was placed...

China Active Moon Far Side

7.9 Good

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Chang'e 2

Chang'e 2 was an uncrewed spacecraft launched by China in 2010 as the second mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Pr...

China Past Moon Asteroid

7.6 Good

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Chang'e 5-T1

Chang'e 5-T1 was a Chinese lunar test mission launched in 2014 to demonstrate technologies required for the later Chang'...

China Past Moon Sample Return

7.6 Good

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OSIRIS-APEX

OSIRIS-APEX is NASA's extended mission for the spacecraft that returned a sample from asteroid Bennu in 2023 under the O...

Active Nasa Extended Asteroid

7.2 Good

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Psyche

Psyche is a NASA robotic space mission to the asteroid 16 Psyche. The spacecraft is designed to orbit and study the meta...

Active Nasa Asteroid Orbiter

7.0 Good

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Hera

Hera is a European Space Agency space-safety mission to the binary asteroid system Didymos and Dimorphos. Launched on 7...

Active Binary Asteroid Esa

6.8 Fair