Spacecraft

Mercury-Atlas 9

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crewed spacecraft

Mercury-Atlas 8

Vehicle

crewed spacecraft

Sojourner

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former NASA Mars rover

Lockheed Martin X-33

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uncrewed re-usable spaceplane technology demonstrator for the VentureStar

Space Station Freedom

Organization

proposed American space station, predecessor to the International Space Station

Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, Plus

Vehicle

planned Venus atmospheric-entry probe

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

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joint NASA and ISRO synthetic aperture radar satellite

Eagle

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lunar module used during Apollo 11; first crewed spacecraft on the Moon

Galileo

Thing

NASA robotic space probe that studied the Jupiter system, as well as asteroids Gaspra and Ida

Space Reactor‑1 Freedom

Vehicle

proposed nuclear-powered spacecraft

Habitable Worlds Observatory

Vehicle

planned space telescope to directly image and spectroscopically analyse exoplanets

Sputnik 1

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first artificial Earth satellite

Rosetta

Thing

robotic space probe which orbited comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Phoenix

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robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program

Perseverance

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American robotic rover exploring Jezero Crater on Mars

Spitzer Space Telescope

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decommissioned NASA infrared space observatory

Sputnik 2

Vehicle

Soviet artificial satellite that took the dog Laika to the space

Luna 1

Thing

Soviet lunar probe

Mariner 10

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American space probe

Philae

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robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft

InSight

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robotic lander on Mars

Mars Orbiter Mission

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Indian Mars orbiter (2013-2022)

Mariner 9

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Mars orbiter

Chandrayaan-1

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India's first lunar exploration mission

Mariner 4

Thing

robotic spacecraft sent by NASA to Mars

Herschel Space Observatory

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former ESA space observatory

Mars Express

Thing

European Mars orbiter

Mars Science Laboratory

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Mars mission by NASA, with rover named "Curiosity"

MAVEN

Thing

Martian orbiter operated by NASA

Gaia

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European Space Agency astrometric mission

Tiangong space station

Organization

Chinese space station in low Earth orbit

Mariner 2

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1962 space probe to Venus

Tiangong-1

Organization

Chinese prototype space station in orbit from 2011 to 2018

2001 Mars Odyssey

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2001 NASA orbiter studying the geology and hydrology of Mars

Luna 9

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lander in the Soviet Union's Luna programme

Venera 7

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space probe of the Soviet Union which landed on the planet Venus

Luna 3

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lunar probe, first-ever mission to photograph the far side of the Moon

Chang'e 4

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Chinese Moon lander

Mars Global Surveyor

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US spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Chandrayaan-2

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India's second lunar exploration mission

Mars 3

Vehicle

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Hayabusa2

Vehicle

Japanese asteroid sample-return spacecraft

Venera 1

Vehicle

space probe

SELENE

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former Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft

Mariner 1

Vehicle

First US attempt to fly by Venus

Venus Express

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ESA spacecraft which orbited Venus

Tianwen-1

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Chinese Mars probe with an orbiter, lander and rover

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon

Venera 3

Thing

Soviet space probe

Hipparcos

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scientific satellite of the European Space Agency

Vostok 6

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Soviet space mission of 1963, the first human spaceflight to carry a woman (Valentina Tereshkova) in

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

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NASA Cosmic Microwave Background probe launched in 2001

Luna 25

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Russian lunar lander, lost after an engine overburn and resulting crash on the lunar surface

Giotto

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retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup

Luna 10

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spacecraft in the Soviet Union's Luna programme

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

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mission of the European Space Agency to explore Jupiter’s moons

Chang'e 5

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Chinese lunar lander

Mariner 3

Event

robotic deep-space probe to Mars

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

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NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Chang'e 3

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lunar exploration mission operated by the China National Space Administration