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The Mariner Program
Space History

The Mariner Program

The Mariner program was carried out between 1962 and late 1973 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in which ten interplanetary probes were designed and built to explore the inner Solar System.
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James Webb Space Telescope
Space News

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest optical telescope in space, primarily designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high infrared sensitivity and resolution allow it to view objects...
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Artemis Moon Program
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Artemis Moon Program

The Artemis program is a planned NASA-led spaceflight program to explore the Moon, aiming for a touchdown near the lunar south pole by 2024
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The Space Shuttle Program
Space History

The Space Shuttle Program

NASA's Space Shuttle program was its fourth human spaceflight program, which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. It flew 135 missions that carried...
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Ax-1 and Axiom Space
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Ax-1 and Axiom Space

Ax-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on April 8, 2022, beginning a 10-day journey that includes eight days aboard the ISS, as the first-ever fully private crewed mission to launch to...
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Perseverance Mars Rover
Space History

Perseverance Mars Rover

Perseverance is a car-sized rover on Mars that is designed to explore the Jezero crater as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, and carried Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter, to Mars as an experimental...
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Rosetta Space Probe
Space History

Rosetta Space Probe

Rosetta was a space probe built by the ESA that launched on March 2, 2004, to perform a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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Clementine Mission
Space History

Clementine Mission

Clementine was launched on January 25, 1994, with the objective of testing sensors and spacecraft components in long-term exposure to space and making scientific observations of the Moon and the...
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Solar Dynamics Observatory
Space History

Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) NASA mission was developed to observe the Sun and enhance our understanding of our Solar System's star.
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Magellan Venus Probe
Space History

Magellan Venus Probe

The Magellan robotic space probe was launched on May 4, 1989, by NASA to map the surface of Venus and measure the gravitational field.
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Gemini 2
Space History

Gemini 2

Gemini 2 was the second uncrewed spaceflight of Project Gemini that was launched on January 19, 1965.
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Stardust Space Probe
Space History

Stardust Space Probe

Stardust was a robotic space probe launched in 1999, with the primary mission of collecting cosmic dust and dust samples from the comet Wild 2 and returning them to Earth.
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Gaia Space Observatory
Space History

Gaia Space Observatory

Gaia is a space observatory launched on December 19, 2013, by the European Space Agency (ESA), designed to measure stars' positions, distances, and motions with precision.
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, IXPE, is a space observatory that was launched on December 9, 2021, designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays.
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MAVEN Mars Orbiter
Space History

MAVEN Mars Orbiter

MAVEN is a 2013 American spacecraft intended to study the loss of Mars' atmospheric gases to space and provide insight into the planet's climate and water history.
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Gemini 12
Space History

Gemini 12

Gemini XII was the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight, commanded by NASA veteran James A. Lovell and rookie Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
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The Venera Program
Space History

The Venera Program

The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about Venus.
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2001 Mars Odyssey
Space History

2001 Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft project developed by NASA that was sent to orbit Mars to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, and to study Mars' radiation environment and...
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