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Programs and launch sites

Crewed vehicles

Unmanned spacecraft

First crewed Moon landing (1969)

1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program

Person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Rocket launch complex in Kazakhstan, used by Russia

Cassini–Huygens

Space research mission sent to the Saturnian system

China National Space Administration

National space agency of the People's Republic of China

Cosmic Background Explorer

Space observatory satellite

Curiosity (rover)

NASA robotic rover exploring the crater Gale on Mars, arrived in August 2012

European Space Agency

Intergovernmental organization dedicated to the exploration of space

Galileo project

Unmanned NASA spacecraft which studied the planet Jupiter and its moons

International Space Station

Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit

Interstellar travel

Hypothetical travel between stars or planetary systems

Israel Space Agency

Government space agency of Israel

India's national space agency

Japan's national aerospace agency

Kennedy Space Center

United States space launch site in Florida

Facility from which rockets are launched

Rocket used to carry an object into space

First spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

1966 uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna programme

First Robotic Rover On The Moon (1970)

1962 space probe to Venus

Robotic vehicle for Mars surface exploration

Seventh mission of the Discovery program; orbital reconnaissance of the planet Mercury (2004-2015)

Soviet/Russian space station that operated in Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001

American space and aeronautics agency

NASA spacecraft launched in 2006

Opportunity (rover)

NASA Mars rover deployed in 2004

Orbital spaceflight

Spaceflight where spacecraft orbits an astronomical body

Perseverance (rover)

NASA Mars rover deployed in 2021

First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the outer Solar System (1972–2003)

Robotic space probe launched by NASA in 1973 to study the outer solar system

Pioneer program

Series of United States uncrewed lunar and planetary space probes

1961–1966 US human spaceflight program

Project Mercury

1958–1963 United States spaceflight program which sent the first American astronauts into space

Vehicle propelled by a reaction gas engine

Reaction engine using stored propellant(s) to produce thrust

Space agency of Russia

Soviet space station in orbit from April to October 1971

Human-made object put into an orbit

American super heavy-lift expendable rocket

First space station launched and operated by NASA (1973–1979)

Sojourner (rover)

First NASA Mars rover on Mars Pathfinder mission

Soviet space program

Space exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from the 1950s to 1991.

Soyuz (spacecraft)

Series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space programme

Soyuz programme

Human spaceflight programme of the Soviet Union

Type of spacecraft

Space colonization

Concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth

Space settlement

A type of space station, intended as a permanent settlement

Partially reusable launch system and space plane

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

1986 breakup of U.S. Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Fatal in-flight breakup of the space vehicle

Habitable artificial satellite

A garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space

Flight into or through outer space

NASA Mars rover

First artificial Earth satellite

Second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit

Sub-orbital spaceflight

Spaceflight where the spacecraft does not go into orbit

Uncrewed spacecraft

Unmanned robotic spacecraft that doesn't orbit the Earth, but, instead, explores further into outer space

Voskhod programme

Soviet spaceflight program

First human spaceflight in history

Vostok programme

Soviet human spaceflight project

NASA space probe launched in 1977

NASA space probe launched in 1977

Voyager program

American NASA scientific program about the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

NASA satellite of the Explorer program