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Chandra X-ray Observatory
Space telescope launched by NASA to detect X-ray emissions from very hot regions of the universe.
Voyager 1
First spacecraft to reach interstellar space.
Hubble Space Telescope
First major optical telescope placed in space.
Mars Pathfinder
Landmark mission featuring a lander and a lightweight rover (Sojourner) on the surface of Mars.
Viking 1
First successful Mars lander and provided the first high-resolution images of the Martian surface.
MESSENGER
First spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
Kepler Space Telescope
Space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
Juno
Mission to study Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.
Venera 13
First spacecraft to successfully land on Venus and transmit images from the surface.
Pioneer 10
First spacecraft to travel through the Asteroid belt and make direct observations of Jupiter.
Galileo
Mission to study the planet Jupiter and its moons.
New Horizons
First spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Pluto.
Apollo 11
First manned mission to land on the Moon in 1969.
Curiosity Rover
Mars rover designed to explore the Gale crater as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Spirit and Opportunity
Twin rovers that explored the Martian surface and geology.
Mariner 4
First successful flyby and examination of Mars.
Rosetta
First spacecraft to orbit a comet (67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) and deploy a lander to its surface.
James Webb Space Telescope
Advanced space telescope designed to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as the premier space observatory.
Sputnik 1
First artificial Earth satellite.
Cassini-Huygens
Mission to Saturn and its largest moon, Titan.
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