Spacecraft

International Space Station

Organization

modular space station in low Earth orbit

Hubble Space Telescope

Vehicle

NASA and ESA space telescope (launched 1990)

James Webb Space Telescope

Vehicle

NASA/ESA/CSA space telescope launched in 2021

Voyager 1

Thing

space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, furthest spacecraft from Earth

New Horizons

Vehicle

NASA probe that visited Pluto and Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth

Voyager 2

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space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, second furthest spacecraft from Earth

Mir

Organization

1986–2001 modular space station in low Earth orbit

Kepler Space Telescope

Vehicle

defunct NASA space telescope

Pioneer 10

Vehicle

NASA space probe launched in March 1972

Pioneer 11

Vehicle

robotic space probe launched by NASA for planetary and heliosphere exploration

Skylab

Organization

space station launched and operated by NASA

Challenger

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American Space Shuttle orbiter

Juno

Vehicle

NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Jupiter

Vostok 1

Event

spaceflight of the Vostok programme

Spirit

Vehicle

former NASA Mars rover

Dawn

Vehicle

NASA space probe exploring Vesta and Ceres

Discovery

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American Space Shuttle orbiter

Opportunity

Vehicle

former NASA Mars rover

MESSENGER

Vehicle

seventh mission of the Discovery program; orbital reconnaissance of the planet Mercury (2004–2015)

Luna 2

Vehicle

first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

Curiosity

Vehicle

American robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars

Atlantis

VisualArtwork

American Space Shuttle orbiter

Columbia

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American Space Shuttle orbiter

Endeavour

VisualArtwork

American Space Shuttle orbiter

Chandra X-ray Observatory

Vehicle

NASA space observatory

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Vehicle

NASA space probe in orbit of Mars

Explorer 1

Vehicle

first satellite of the United States

Ingenuity

VisualArtwork

decommissioned NASA rotorcraft on the Mars 2020 mission

Parker Solar Probe

Vehicle

NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun

Mars Pathfinder

Vehicle

Mars lander

Buran

VisualArtwork

first and only operational spaceplane in the Soviet Buran programme

OSIRIS-REx

Vehicle

NASA sample return mission, launched in 2016

Magellan

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NASA robotic space probe that studied the planet Venus

Mars 2020

Vehicle

Mars mission by NASA, with rover named "Perseverance" and helicopter named "Ingenuity"

Salyut 1

Organization

first space station launched by the Soviet Union

Enterprise

VisualArtwork

American Space Shuttle test vehicle

BepiColombo

Vehicle

space probe mission

Soyuz 1

Vehicle

first crewed flight of the Soyuz programme

Soyuz 11

Vehicle

crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 1 Space Station

Mars Climate Orbiter

Vehicle

robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998

Vanguard 1

Vehicle

fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

Lunar Gateway

Organization

planned lunar international space station

Voskhod 2

Vehicle

Soviet crewed spacecraft

Europa Clipper

Thing

NASA space mission en route to Jupiter and Europa

Mercury-Redstone 3

Vehicle

first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961

Gemini 4

Event

second crewed space flight in NASA's Project Gemini

Gemini 5

Event

human spaceflight

Gemini 3

Event

1965 American crewed space mission

Mercury-Atlas 6

Vehicle

first American orbital spaceflight

Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory

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alleged Earth satellite of extraterrestrial origin

Gemini 7

Event

1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

Psyche

Vehicle

NASA spacecraft en route to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche

Gemini 12

Event

1966 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini

Gemini 9A

Event

crewed spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program

Mercury-Redstone 4

Vehicle

crewed spacecraft

Venera 13

Vehicle

space probe

Titan Dragonfly

Vehicle

mission planned by NASA to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a robotic aircraft

Salyut 7

Vehicle

space station launched on 19 April 1982

Mercury-Atlas 7

Vehicle

crewed spacecraft

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Vehicle

planned NASA infrared space observatory