Machine

Luna 15

Vehicle

space probe

Lunar Orbiter 1

Vehicle

first American robotic spacecraft to orbit the Moon

Venera 6

Thing

Soviet Venus space probe

iPhone 14 Pro

Place

smartphone by Apple Inc.

Ranger 7

Vehicle

space probe

Nexus S

Place

Android smartphone

Pioneer 1

Vehicle

first satellite launched by NASA, unable to reach lunar orbit due to rocket guidance failure

Pentium Pro

Place

family of Intel microprocessors

Chang'e 6

Thing

Chinese uncrewed lunar expedition

enter key

Place

key on computer keyboards for making a hard return or accepting a choice

taximeter

Thing

a meter in a taxi that registers the fare

Mars 6

Vehicle

space probe

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Vehicle

former NASA ultraviolet space telescope

Surveyor 5

Vehicle

NASA lunar lander

Venera 11

Vehicle

space probe

ESTCube-1

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite

Luna 13

Vehicle

Soviet lunar lander

SpaceShipOne

class

suborbital, air-launched spaceplane

KVM switch

class

device that connects computer front-end hardware to multiple computers

Surveyor 6

Vehicle

American lunar lander

Genesis

Vehicle

NASA sample return probe

Luna 14

Vehicle

space probe

LCROSS

Vehicle

NASA monitoring spacecraft and lunar impactor

Nexus 6

Place

Android smartphone by Google

Ranger 8

Vehicle

space probe

OpenWrt

Place

Linux distribution for wireless routers and embedded systems

iPhone Air

Place

iPhone model by Apple (2025)

Samsung Galaxy Note N7000

Place

smartphone from Samsung

caps lock

Place

computer key

digital subscriber line access multiplexer

class

network device, often located in telephone exchanges, that connects multiple customer DSL interfaces to a high-speed digital communications channel using multiplexing techniques

Vostok 3

Vehicle

Euclid

Vehicle

ESA space telescope aimed at mapping the distribution of dark matter

Vostok 4

Vehicle

Nokia Lumia 800

Place

2011 smartphone manufactured by Nokia

Gemini 1

Event

first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft in NASA's Gemini program

Voskhod 1

Event

Soviet crewed spacecraft

Macintosh 128K

Place

first Macintosh computer by Apple

Macintosh Classic

Place

personal computer by Apple, Inc.

Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Vehicle

NASA satellite

Luna 12

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Luna 11

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Salyut 4

Organization

Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974

Lunar Prospector

Vehicle

NASA mission designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon

Ranger 1

Vehicle

space probe

Surveyor 2

Vehicle

failed lunar lander launched in 1966

Luna 8

Vehicle

space probe

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Place

Android smartphone model with stylus

Mars 96

Vehicle

failed Russian Mars mission

Venera 12

Vehicle

space mission to Venus

XMM-Newton

Vehicle

ESA space observatory

Gemini 6A

Event

1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

Luna 7

Vehicle

space probe

Ranger 4

Vehicle

US unmanned spaceprobe

Apple III

Place

computer made by Apple

Kosmos 482

Thing

Soviet Venera spacecraft which failed to escape Earth orbit

Yinghuo-1

Vehicle

first attempted Chinese mission to Mars

Athlon 64

Product

microprocessor produced by AMD

Mars 4

Vehicle

space probe

Lunar Orbiter 4

Vehicle

space probe