swap_horiz Stardust-NExT Alternatives

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity)

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover to Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. Designed to stu...

Nasa Mars Rover 2011

9.72 Brilliant

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Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

NASA's Mars 2020 mission landed Perseverance in Jezero Crater in February 2021 to investigate an ancient environment tha...

2020 Nasa Mars Rover

9.68 Brilliant

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OSIRIS-REx (Bennu Sample Return)

Launched in 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu to collect material for lab...

2023 Nasa Asteroid Earth Return

9.66 Brilliant

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STS-61 Hubble Servicing

During NASA's 1993 STS-61 mission, Space Shuttle Endeavour carried the crew and equipment for the first servicing visit...

Nasa 1993 Shuttle Hubble Repair

9.58 Brilliant

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Friendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)

Friendship 7 was the Mercury capsule that carried John Glenn on NASA's Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on February 20, 1962. Lau...

Orbital Nasa 1962 Crewed

9.35 Excellent

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Mariner 9

NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around another planet when it reached Mars in 1971. Its work...

Mapping Nasa Mars Orbiter

9.20 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

9.20 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

9.20 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

9.20 Excellent

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COBE

The COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) mission, operated by NASA from 1989 to 1993, provided crucial data about the early...

Cosmology Nasa Microwave Observatory

9.20 Excellent

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Apollo 15

The Apollo 15 mission, launched in July 1971, represents a significant chapter in lunar exploration. NASA’s crew conduct...

Lunar Nasa Rover Crewed

9.18 Excellent

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Columbia STS-1

STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched on April 12...

Nasa 1981 Shuttle Crewed

9.18 Excellent

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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

9.15 Excellent

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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

9.13 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

9.10 Excellent

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Gemini 6A

Launched by NASA in 1965, Gemini 6A was a crewed spaceflight that successfully achieved the first space rendezvous in hi...

1965 Nasa Gemini Crewed

9.08 Excellent

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Perseverance

The Perseverance rover is a NASA spacecraft exploring Mars. Launched in 2020, it landed in Jezero Crater to investigate...

Nasa Mars Rover Sample Cache

9.05 Excellent

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EPOXI (Deep Impact Extended)

EPOXI was a NASA extended mission that repurposed the Deep Impact spacecraft after its primary mission to study extrasol...

2010 Nasa Comet Extended Mission

8.36 Great

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Atlantis STS-135

Atlantis STS-135 was the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched in July 2011. Commanded by Ch...

Nasa 2011 Shuttle Iss

8.30 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

8.10 Great