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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

10.0 Brilliant

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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

9.9 Brilliant

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New Horizons

The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a...

Active Nasa Kuiper Belt Pluto

9.4 Excellent

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Curiosity Mars Rover

The Curiosity rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars from Gale Crater. Launched in 2011, it investigates the pla...

Geology Active Nasa Mars

9.3 Excellent

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Perseverance Mars Rover

The Perseverance rover is an active NASA mission exploring Mars. It operates within Jezero Crater, analyzing the geology...

Active Nasa Mars Rover

9.2 Excellent

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Chang'e 4

Chang’e 4 is a Chinese space mission successfully deploying a lander and rover to explore the Moon’s far side. This achi...

China Active Moon Lander

9.2 Excellent

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon. Launched in 2009, it provides d...

Mapping Active Nasa Moon

9.0 Excellent

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an active Earth observation satellite operated by NASA and the USGS. This mission continues a decades-long...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.8 Great

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars since 2006. It provides high-resolution imaging of th...

Imaging Active Nasa Mars

8.8 Great

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Surveyor 1

Surveyor 1 was a NASA spacecraft that became the first American probe to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, touching do...

Nasa Past Moon Lander

8.7 Great

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Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter is a spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency with NASA participation to study the Sun and the in...

Solar Active Nasa Orbiter

8.6 Great

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ICESat-2

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is an Earth observation satellite launched by NASA in 2018 as a fo...

Laser Active Nasa Ice

8.4 Great

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Queqiao

Queqiao is a Chinese communications relay satellite launched by the China National Space Administration in May 2018. It...

China Active Moon Relay

8.4 Great

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Ranger 7

Ranger 7 was an American lunar space probe launched by NASA in July 1964 as part of the Ranger program. It was designed...

Imaging Impact Nasa Past

8.4 Great

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ACE

The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a NASA space mission designed to study the composition of matter from the sol...

Active Nasa Solar Wind Heliophysics

8.3 Great

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Landsat 9

Launched in September 2021, Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological...

Imaging Active Nasa Earth

8.2 Great

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GRACE-FO

GRACE-FO, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On, is a joint NASA and German Research Centre for Geoscien...

Active Nasa Gravity Earth

8.2 Great

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MAVEN

MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, is a NASA orbiter launched in 2013 and placed into orbit around...

Active Nasa Mars Atmosphere

8.2 Great

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2001 Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a NASA spacecraft that entered orbit around Mars in 2001. Its instruments mapped the planet's surfa...

Mapping Active Nasa Mars

8.1 Great

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GRAIL

GRAIL, short for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, was a NASA mission that used two spacecraft to map variations...

Twin Nasa Gravity Past

8.1 Great