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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

The Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA robotic space mission that landed the car-sized Curiosity rover in Gale Crater on...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.7 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

Mars 2020 is an ongoing NASA space mission that successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Mars's Jezero Crater in Fe...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

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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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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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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Perseverance Mars Rover

The Perseverance rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars. It operates within Jezero Crater, analyzing the geology...

Active Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 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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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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Mariner 9

The Mariner 9 mission involved a NASA-operated spacecraft that orbited Mars from 1971 to 1973. It is significant as the...

Mapping Nasa Mars Orbiter

9.2 Excellent

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Opportunity

The Opportunity rover explored the Martian surface from 2003 to 2018. NASA’s mission investigated Gale Crater searching...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Curiosity

The Curiosity rover is a mobile science laboratory exploring Mars. Launched by NASA in 2011, it landed within Gale Crate...

Surface Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Ingenuity

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is an experimental rotorcraft deployed as part of the Mars Perseverance rover mission. It ac...

Helicopter Technology Nasa Mars

9.2 Excellent

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MOM (Mangalyaan)

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organis...

Mars 2013 Orbiter Isro

9.1 Excellent

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MMX (Martian Moons eXploration)

The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a robotic space mission currently in development by the Japan Aerospace Explorati...

2024 Mars Jaxa Sample Return

7.4 Good

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Chandrayaan-4

Chandrayaan-4 is a planned lunar sample-return mission led by the Indian Space Research Organisation. Its objective is t...

Lunar Planned Isro Sample Return

7.1 Good

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Mars Sample Return Campaign

The Mars Sample Return Campaign is a NASA and European Space Agency effort designed to bring Martian geological material...

Mars Planned Sample Return Nasa Esa

5.8 Mediocre

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Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (MOM-2)

MOM-2 is India's planned second interplanetary mission by ISRO to explore Mars, serving as the successor to the successf...

Science Mars Planned Orbiter

5.7 Mediocre

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Fobos-Grunt

Fobos-Grunt, also written Phobos-Grunt, was a Russian interplanetary spacecraft launched on 8 November 2011 to study and...

Mars Roscosmos Sample Return Phobos

1.9 Poor