swap_horiz Van Allen Probes Alternatives

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Apollo 8

The Apollo 8 mission involved a three-man NASA crew – Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders – undertaking the f...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

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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Apollo 17

The Apollo 17 mission represents NASA’s concluding journey to the Moon within the Apollo program. Launched in December 1...

Lunar Nasa Apollo Past

9.4 Excellent

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Cosmic Background Explorer

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) was a NASA space mission launched in 1989 to study the cosmic microwave background...

Survey Cosmology Nasa Microwave

9.4 Excellent

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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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WMAP

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was a NASA space mission that studied the cosmic microwave background ra...

Survey Cosmology Nasa Microwave

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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Pioneer 10

NASA’s Pioneer 10 is a historic space probe launched in 1972. It achieved several significant milestones including being...

Nasa Deep Space Jupiter Past

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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Space Shuttle STS-1

The Space Shuttle STS-1 mission marked America’s first crewed launch of the Space Shuttle program. This historic flight...

Nasa Past Shuttle Orbiter

9.1 Excellent

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Landsat 5

Landsat 5 is a NASA space mission providing continuous global imagery since its launch in 1984. This satellite’s extende...

Imaging Nasa Earth Landsat

9.1 Excellent

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Pioneer 11

NASA’s Pioneer 11 is a historic space mission launched in 1973. It achieved the first-ever close flyby of Jupiter and su...

Nasa Jupiter Saturn Past

9.0 Excellent

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GRACE

The GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission involved two identical satellites launched by NASA and DLR i...

Nasa Gravity Past Earth

8.7 Great

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Aqua

Aqua is a NASA Earth Observing System satellite launched on May 4, 2002, into a sun-synchronous polar orbit. It carries...

Nasa Eos Past Earth

8.4 Great

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Landsat 7

Landsat 7 is an Earth observation satellite launched on April 15, 1999, as part of the joint NASA–U.S. Geological Survey...

Imaging Nasa Past Earth

8.3 Great

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ICESat

ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite) was NASA's Earth observation mission launched on January 12, 2003, to...

Laser Nasa Ice Past

8.1 Great

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CALIPSO

CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) was a joint Earth-observing satellite missio...

Nasa Lidar Past Earth

8.1 Great

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CloudSat

CloudSat was a NASA Earth observation satellite launched in 2006 as part of the agency's Earth System Science Pathfinder...

Radar Nasa Past Earth

7.8 Good

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Geotail

Geotail was a joint Japanese and United States space mission launched in 1992 to investigate Earth's magnetosphere, espe...

Nasa Past Magnetosphere Earth

7.6 Good

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Arase

Arase, formerly known as the Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG), is a Japanese scientific satel...

Active Plasma Earth Jaxa

7.3 Good