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Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 was a polished metal sphere with radio transmitters, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Its significance li...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.2 Excellent

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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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Telstar 1

Telstar 1 was a pioneering American communications satellite launched in 1962 by AT&T. Its significance lies in being th...

Cold War Att Satellite Communications

9.2 Excellent

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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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SpaceX Cargo Dragon

The SpaceX Cargo Dragon is a class of reusable uncrewed spacecraft developed to deliver supplies, experiments, and equip...

Commercial Spacex Cargo Earth Orbit

8.8 Great

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Yutu-2 rover

Yutu-2 is a robotic lunar rover that operates on the far side of the Moon as part of the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission. Laun...

Rover Moon Current Far Side

8.7 Great

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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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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

8.5 Great

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Chinese Space Station (Tiangong)

Tiangong is China's modular space station, assembled in low Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 340–450 km. Cons...

Modular Chinese Space Station Current

8.5 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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HTV Kounotori

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), nicknamed Kounotori, was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace...

Japanese Cargo Jaxa Iss

8.2 Great

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ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle)

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to re...

European Cargo Esa Iss

8.1 Great

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Zhurong rover

Zhurong is a robotic Mars rover developed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) as part of its Tianwen-1 int...

Science Chinese Mars Rover

8.0 Great

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Northrop Grumman Cygnus

Cygnus is an uncrewed cargo spacecraft developed for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program and operated by Northro...

Commercial Cargo Northrop Grumman Iss

7.9 Good

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Yutu rover

Yutu is China's first lunar rover, deployed by the Chang'e 3 spacecraft during a successful soft landing on the Moon in...

Chinese 2013 Rover Moon

7.8 Good

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Tiangong-2

Tiangong-2 was a Chinese space laboratory launched into Earth orbit in September 2016 to test advanced life-support and...

Chinese Laboratory Space Station Earth Orbit

7.4 Good

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Tiangong-1

Tiangong-1 was China's first prototype space laboratory and an early test platform for technologies needed to operate a...

Chinese Prototype Space Station Earth Orbit

6.9 Fair