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Soyuz 29 (Russian: Союз 29 Union 29) was a 1978 manned Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the fifth mission the fourth successful docking and […]

The Magellan spacecraft also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper was a 1035-kilogram (2282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4 1989 to map the surface […]

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a US spacecraft developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States’ return to Mars after a 10-year absence. […]

The Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic (unmanned) spacecraft part of the Lunar Orbiter Program was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas […]

Apollo 6 launched on April 4 1968 was the second A type mission of the United States Apollo program an unmanned test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It was […]

Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. It lifted off on January 22 1968 with […]

Apollo 4 (also known as Apollo-Saturn 501 and AS-501) was the first test flight for the Saturn V the launch vehicle which was ultimately used by the U.S. Apollo program […]

Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2 Union TMA-2) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final manned space mission of the U.S. Mercury program launched on May 15 1963 from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Florida. The spacecraft named Faith […]

Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States manned space mission part of NASA’s Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 […]