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href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-073A">1966-073A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932976#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">SATCAT <abbr title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">2394</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-orbiters-program/">science.nasa.gov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">2 months, 19 days</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">386.9 kg (853 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Siddiqi_2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siddiqi_2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dimensions</th><td class="infobox-data">3.72 × 1.65 × 1.5 m (12.2 × 5.4 × 4.9 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-nssdc1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power</th><td class="infobox-data">375 watts<sup id="cite_ref-nssdc1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">August 10, 1966, 19:31<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1966-08-10UTC19:31</span>)</span> UTC<sup id="cite_ref-nasa2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Atlas SLV-3 Agena-D</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_13" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13">LC-13</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disposal</th><td class="infobox-data">Deorbited</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decay date</th><td class="infobox-data">October 29, 1966, 13:29:06<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1966-10-29UTC13:29:07</span>)</span> UTC<sup id="cite_ref-drewex_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drewex-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nssdc1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Selenocentric_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Selenocentric orbit">Selenocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-major axis">Semi-major axis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,694 km (1,674 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.33</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Periselene altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">189.1 to 40.5 km (117.5 to 25.2 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Aposelene altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,866.8 km (1,160.0 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12 degrees</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">208.1 minutes</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;"><a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Lunar</a> orbiter</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbital insertion</th><td class="infobox-data">August 14, 1966</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Impact site</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">-</th><td class="infobox-data">Lunar Photographic Studies<sup id="cite_ref-nssdc3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">-</th><td class="infobox-data">Meteoroid Detectors<sup id="cite_ref-nssdc4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">-</th><td class="infobox-data">Selenodesy<sup id="cite_ref-nssdc5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nssdc5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div 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It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">lunar</a> surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_program" title="Surveyor program">Surveyor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo</a> missions. It was also equipped to collect <a href="/wiki/Selenodetic" class="mw-redirect" title="Selenodetic">selenodetic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radiation" title="Radiation">radiation</a> intensity, and <a href="/wiki/Micrometeoroid" title="Micrometeoroid">micrometeoroid</a> impact data. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission_summary">Mission summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunar_Orbiter_1&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mission controllers injected the spacecraft into a <a href="/wiki/Parking_orbit" title="Parking orbit">parking orbit</a> around <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> on August 10, 1966, at 19:31 UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-nasa1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Trans-lunar_injection" title="Trans-lunar injection">trans-lunar injection</a> burn occurred at 20:04 UTC. The spacecraft experienced a temporary failure of the <a href="/wiki/Canopus" title="Canopus">Canopus</a> star tracker (probably due to stray sunlight) and overheating during its cruise to the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>. The star tracker problem was resolved by navigating using the Moon as a reference, and the overheating was abated by orienting the spacecraft 36 degrees off-Sun to lower the temperature.<sup id="cite_ref-drewex_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drewex-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lunar Orbiter 1 was injected into an elliptical near-equatorial lunar orbit 92.1 hours after launch. The initial orbit was 189.1 km × 1,866.8 km (117.5 mi × 1,160.0 mi) and had a period of 3 hours 37 minutes and an inclination of 12.2 degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-nasa1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 21, <a href="/wiki/Perilune" class="mw-redirect" title="Perilune">perilune</a> was dropped to 58 km (36 mi) and on August 25 to 40.5 km (25.2 mi). The spacecraft acquired photographic data from August 18 to 29, 1966, and readout occurred through September 14, 1966. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg/220px-Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg/330px-Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg/440px-Lunar_Orbiter_1_coverage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>Spacecraft orbit and photographic coverage on the near side (left) and far side (right)</figcaption></figure> <p>A total of 42 high-resolution and 187 medium-resolution frames were taken and transmitted to Earth covering more than 5 million square kilometers of the Moon's surface, accomplishing about 75% of the intended mission, although a number of the early high-resolution photos showed severe smearing. It also took the <a href="/wiki/First_images_of_Earth_from_space" class="mw-redirect" title="First images of Earth from space">first two pictures of Earth from the Moon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lpi1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lpi1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accurate data were acquired from all other experiments throughout the mission.<sup id="cite_ref-Hansen_1970_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hansen_1970-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While not disclosed until after the end of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the imaging system on the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were the same <a href="/wiki/Kodak" title="Kodak">Eastman Kodak</a> cameras developed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the <a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">SAMOS</a> reconnaissance satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-nro1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nro1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NASA extended the camera innovation further by developing the film onboard the spacecraft and then scanning the photos for transmission via a video signal.<sup id="cite_ref-inverse1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inverse1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Orbit tracking showed a slight "pear-shape" of the Moon based on the gravity field, and no micrometeorite impacts were detected. The spacecraft was tracked until it impacted the lunar surface on command at 7 degrees north latitude, 161 degrees east longitude (<a href="/wiki/Selenographic_coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Selenographic coordinates">selenographic coordinates</a>) on the Moon's far side on October 29, 1966, on its 577th orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-nasa1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The early end of the nominal one-year mission resulted from a shortage of remaining attitude control gas and other deteriorating conditions and was planned to avoid transmission interference with <a href="/wiki/Lunar_Orbiter_2" title="Lunar Orbiter 2">Lunar Orbiter 2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nasa1_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasa1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Instruments </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Lunar Photographic Studies </th> <td>Evaluation of Apollo and Surveyor landing sites </td></tr> <tr> <th>Meteoroid Detectors </th> <td>Detection of micrometeoroids in the lunar environment </td></tr> <tr> <th>Caesium Iodide Dosimeters </th> <td>Radiation environment en route to and near the Moon </td></tr> <tr> <th>Selenodesy </th> <td>Gravitational field and physical properties of the Moon </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Launch of Lunar Orbiter 1 from an Atlas-Agena rocket in August 10, 1966"><img alt="Launch of Lunar Orbiter 1 from an Atlas-Agena rocket in August 10, 1966" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg/131px-Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg/196px-Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg/261px-Lunar_Orbiter_I_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2063" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Launch of <i>Lunar Orbiter 1</i> from an <a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Atlas-Agena</a> rocket in August 10, 1966</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The first image of Earth from the distance of the Moon, August 23, 1966. This probe took a second such image on August 25."><img alt="The first image of Earth from the distance of the Moon, August 23, 1966. This probe took a second such image on August 25." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg/190px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg/285px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg/380px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3061" data-file-height="1215" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The first image of Earth from the distance of the Moon, August 23, 1966. This probe took a second such image on August 25.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 225px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220px; height: 220px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Part of the photo to the left as reprocessed by LOIRP in 2008."><img alt="Part of the photo to the left as reprocessed by LOIRP in 2008." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png/90px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png/135px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png/180px-First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon_-_reprocessed.png 2x" data-file-width="1740" 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space program">Soviet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_crewed_lunar_programs" title="Soviet crewed lunar programs">Crewed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_programme" title="Luna programme">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunokhod_programme" title="Lunokhod programme">Lunokhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_program" title="Zond program">Zond</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Active<br />missions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Orbiters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/THEMIS#ARTEMIS" title="THEMIS">ARTEMIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAPSTONE" title="CAPSTONE">CAPSTONE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-2" title="Chandrayaan-2">Chandrayaan-2</a> Orbiter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_5-T1" title="Chang'e 5-T1">Chang'e 5-T1</a> (service module)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danuri" title="Danuri">Danuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queqiao_relay_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Queqiao relay satellite">Queqiao 1</a> (relay satellite at <a href="/wiki/Lagrange_point#L2" title="Lagrange point">L<sub>2</sub></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queqiao-2_relay_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Queqiao-2 relay satellite">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiandu" title="Tiandu">Tiandu-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiandu" title="Tiandu">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICUBE-Q" title="ICUBE-Q">ICUBE-Q</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ArgoMoon" title="ArgoMoon">ArgoMoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Past<br />missions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Crewed landings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_12" title="Apollo 12">12</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_14" title="Apollo 14">14</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">15</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-1" title="Chandrayaan-1">Chandrayaan-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-3" title="Chandrayaan-3">Chandrayaan-3</a> (propulsion module)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementine_(spacecraft)" title="Clementine (spacecraft)">Clementine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_35" title="Explorer 35">Explorer 35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_49" title="Explorer 49">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRAIL" title="GRAIL">GRAIL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiten_(spacecraft)" title="Hiten (spacecraft)">Hiten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LADEE" title="LADEE">LADEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_4#Microsatellites" title="Chang'e 4">Longjiang-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_10" title="Luna 10">Luna 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_11" title="Luna 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_12" title="Luna 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_14" title="Luna 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_19" title="Luna 19">19</a></li> <li><a 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that impacted the Moon">Impactors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LCROSS" title="LCROSS">LCROSS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_2" title="Luna 2">Luna 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Impact_Probe" title="Moon Impact Probe">Moon Impact Probe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_4" title="Ranger 4">Ranger 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_6" title="Ranger 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_7" title="Ranger 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_8" title="Ranger 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_9" title="Ranger 9">9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Moon_landing" title="Moon landing">Landers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-3" title="Chandrayaan-3">Vikram</a> (Chandrayaan-3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EagleCam" class="mw-redirect" title="EagleCam">EagleCam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IM-1" title="IM-1">IM-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_rover" title="Lunar rover">Rovers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Roving_Vehicle" title="Lunar Roving Vehicle">Lunar Roving Vehicle</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">Apollo 15</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_16" title="Apollo 16">16</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">17</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunokhod_1" title="Lunokhod 1">Lunokhod 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunokhod_2" title="Lunokhod 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yutu_(rover)" title="Yutu (rover)">Yutu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pragyan_(Chandrayaan-2)" title="Pragyan (Chandrayaan-2)">Pragyan (Chandrayaan-2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pragyan_(Chandrayaan-3)" title="Pragyan (Chandrayaan-3)">(Chandrayaan-3)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_Lander_for_Investigating_Moon#Lunar_Excursion_Vehicle_1" title="Smart Lander for Investigating Moon">LEV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_Lander_for_Investigating_Moon#Lunar_Excursion_Vehicle_2" title="Smart Lander for Investigating Moon">LEV-2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sora-Q" title="Sora-Q">Sora-Q</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_6" title="Chang'e 6">Jinchan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Sample-return_mission" title="Sample-return mission">Sample return</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_12" title="Apollo 12">12</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_14" title="Apollo 14">14</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_15" title="Apollo 15">15</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_16" title="Apollo 16">16</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">17</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_16" title="Luna 16">Luna 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_20" title="Luna 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_24" title="Luna 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_5" title="Chang'e 5">Chang'e 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_6" title="Chang'e 6">6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Failed landings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beresheet" title="Beresheet">Beresheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_Lunar_Mission" title="Emirates Lunar Mission">Emirates Lunar Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_1" title="Hakuto-R Mission 1">Hakuto-R M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_5" title="Luna 5">Luna 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_7" title="Luna 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_8" title="Luna 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_15" title="Luna 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_18" title="Luna 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_25" title="Luna 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OMOTENASHI" title="OMOTENASHI">OMOTENASHI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_2" title="Surveyor 2">Surveyor 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_4" title="Surveyor 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-2#Vikram_lander" title="Chandrayaan-2">Vikram</a> (Chandrayaan-2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peregrine_Mission_One" title="Peregrine Mission One">Peregrine Mission One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Lunar_flybys" title="Category:Lunar flybys">Flybys</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Memorial_Moon_Mission" title="Manfred Memorial Moon Mission">4M</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_13" title="Apollo 13">Apollo 13</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_5-T1" title="Chang'e 5-T1">Chang'e 5-T1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geotail" title="Geotail">Geotail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_project" title="Galileo project">Galileo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer" title="International Cometary Explorer">ICE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_4#Microsatellites" title="Chang'e 4">Longjiang-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_1" title="Luna 1">Luna 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_3" title="Luna 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_4" title="Luna 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_6" title="Luna 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Polar_Hydrogen_Mapper" title="Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper">LunaH-Map</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Flashlight" title="Lunar Flashlight">Lunar Flashlight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_IceCube" title="Lunar IceCube">Lunar IceCube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LunIR" title="LunIR">LunIR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariner_10" title="Mariner 10">Mariner 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Near-Earth_Asteroid_Scout" title="Near-Earth Asteroid Scout">NEA Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nozomi_(spacecraft)" title="Nozomi (spacecraft)">Nozomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_4" title="Pioneer 4">Pioneer 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_5" title="Ranger 5">Ranger 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STEREO" title="STEREO">STEREO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite" title="Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite">TESS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe" title="Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe">WMAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_(spacecraft)" title="Wind (spacecraft)">Wind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_3" title="Zond 3">Zond 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_5" title="Zond 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_6" title="Zond 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_7" title="Zond 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zond_8" title="Zond 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAS-22" title="PAS-22">PAS-22</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Planned<br />missions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Artemis_program" title="Artemis program">Artemis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_II" title="Artemis II">Artemis II</a></i> (2025)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Gateway" title="Lunar Gateway">Lunar Gateway</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_III" title="Artemis III">Artemis III</a></i> (2026)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_IV" title="Artemis IV">Artemis IV</a></i> (2028)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_V" title="Artemis V">Artemis V</a></i> (2030)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Artemis VI">Artemis VI</a></i> (2031)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Artemis VII">Artemis VII</a></i> (2032)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artemis_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Artemis VIII">Artemis VIII</a></i> (2033)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services" title="Commercial Lunar Payload Services">CLPS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace_Blue_Ghost" title="Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost">Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IM-2" title="IM-2">IM-2</a> (2025) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Trailblazer" title="Lunar Trailblazer">Lunar Trailblazer</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Luna-Glob" title="Luna-Glob">Luna-Glob</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luna_26" title="Luna 26">Luna 26</a> (2027)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_27" title="Luna 27">Luna 27</a> (2028)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_28" title="Luna 28">Luna 28</a> (2030)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luna_29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luna 29 (page does not exist)">Luna 29</a> (2030s)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luna_30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luna 30 (page does not exist)">Luna 30</a> (2030s)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luna_31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luna 31 (page does not exist)">Luna 31</a> (2030s)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program" title="Chinese Lunar Exploration Program">CLEP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_7" title="Chang'e 7">Chang'e 7</a> (2026)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang%27e_8" title="Chang'e 8">Chang'e 8</a> (2028)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan_programme" title="Chandrayaan programme">Chandrayaan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-4" title="Chandrayaan-4">Chandrayaan-4</a> (2027)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Polar_Exploration_Mission" title="Lunar Polar Exploration Mission">Chandrayaan-5 (LUPEX)</a> (2028)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_2" title="Hakuto-R Mission 2">Hakuto-R M2</a> (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beresheet_2" title="Beresheet 2">Beresheet 2</a> (2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ispace_(Japanese_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ispace (Japanese company)">ispace M3</a> (2026)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Pathfinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar Pathfinder">Lunar Pathfinder</a> (2026)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DESTINY%2B" title="DESTINY+">DESTINY<sup>+</sup></a> (2028)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cislunar_Explorers" title="Cislunar Explorers">Cislunar Explorers</a> (2020s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth_Escape_Explorer" title="Earth Escape Explorer">CU-E<sup>3</sup></a> (2020s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology#Rovers" title="Astrobotic Technology">MoonRanger</a> (2020s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argonaut_(lunar_lander)" title="Argonaut (lunar lander)">Argonaut M1</a> (2031)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Lunar_Research_Station" title="International Lunar Research Station">International Lunar Research Station</a> (2030s)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Proposed<br />missions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Robotic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_Transportation_Systems" title="Planetary Transportation Systems">ALINA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draper_Laboratory#Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services" title="Draper Laboratory">Artemis-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)" title="Blue Moon (spacecraft)">Blue Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BOLAS_(spacecraft)" title="BOLAS (spacecraft)">BOLAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garat%C3%A9a-L" title="Garatéa-L">Garatéa-L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISOCHRON_(spacecraft)" title="ISOCHRON (spacecraft)">ISOCHRON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LunaNet" title="LunaNet">LunaNet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Crater_Radio_Telescope" title="Lunar Crater Radio Telescope">Lunar Crater Radio Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCandless_Lunar_Lander" title="McCandless Lunar Lander">McCandless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Diver_(spacecraft)" title="Moon Diver (spacecraft)">Moon Diver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;">Crewed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/DSE-Alpha" title="DSE-Alpha">DSE-Alpha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Lunar_Lander" title="Boeing Lunar Lander">Boeing Lunar Lander</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Lunar_Lander" title="Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander">Lockheed Martin Lunar Lander</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Orbital_Station" title="Lunar Orbital Station">Lunar Orbital Station</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Cancelled /<br />concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Altair_(spacecraft)" title="Altair (spacecraft)">Altair</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_1" title="Baden-Württemberg 1">Baden-Württemberg 1</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DearMoon_project" title="DearMoon project">#dearMoon project</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Lunar_Explorer" title="European Lunar Explorer">European Lunar Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Lunar_Outpost" title="First Lunar Outpost">First Lunar Outpost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Lunar_Network" title="International Lunar Network">International Lunar Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LEO_(spacecraft)" title="LEO (spacecraft)">LEO</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/LK_(spacecraft)" title="LK (spacecraft)">LK</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar-A" title="Lunar-A">Lunar-A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Lander_(spacecraft)" title="Lunar Lander (spacecraft)">Lunar Lander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Mission_One" title="Lunar Mission One">Lunar Mission One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_Observer_program" title="Planetary Observer program">Lunar Observer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunokhod_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunokhod 3">Lunokhod 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MoonLITE" title="MoonLITE">MoonLITE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MoonRise" title="MoonRise">MoonRise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OrbitBeyond" title="OrbitBeyond">OrbitBeyond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Harvest_Moon" title="Project Harvest Moon">Project Harvest Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prospector_(spacecraft)" title="Prospector (spacecraft)">Prospector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resource_Prospector_(rover)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resource Prospector (rover)">Resource Prospector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SELENE-2" title="SELENE-2">SELENE-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrselena" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrselena">Ukrselena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masten_Space_Systems#XL-1" title="Masten Space Systems">XL-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIPER_(rover)" title="VIPER (rover)">VIPER</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon" title="Colonization of the Moon">Colonization of the Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Lunar_X_Prize" title="Google Lunar X Prize">Google Lunar X Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lunar_probes" title="List of lunar probes">List of lunar probes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon" title="List of missions to the Moon">List of missions to the Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon" title="List of artificial objects on the Moon">List of artificial objects on the Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_species_that_have_landed_on_the_Moon" title="List of species that have landed on the Moon">List of species that have landed on the Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_resources" title="Lunar resources">Lunar resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fe,_Fi,_Fo,_Fum,_and_Phooey" title="Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey">Apollo 17 Moon mice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories" title="Moon landing conspiracy theories">Moon landing conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings" title="Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings">Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11_anniversaries" title="Apollo 11 anniversaries">Apollo 11 anniversaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crewed_lunar_landers" title="List of crewed lunar landers">List of crewed lunar landers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#DDDDDD;"><div> <ul><li>Missions are ordered by launch date. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_104" title="Kosmos 104">Kosmos 104</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_2394&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 2394 (page does not exist)">OPS 2394</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_7253&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 7253 (page does not exist)">OPS 7253</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_3179&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 3179 (page does not exist)">OPS 3179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_105" title="Kosmos 105">Kosmos 105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_106" title="Kosmos 106">Kosmos 106</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1593&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1593 (page does not exist)">OPS 1593</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_9" title="Luna 9">Luna 9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_7291&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 7291 (page does not exist)">OPS 7291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESSA-1" title="ESSA-1">ESSA-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1439&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1439 (page does not exist)">OPS 1439</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_107" title="Kosmos 107">Kosmos 107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_108" title="Kosmos 108">Kosmos 108</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1184&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1184 (page does not exist)">OPS 1184</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_3011&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 3011 (page does not exist)">OPS 3011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_3031&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 3031 (page does not exist)">OPS 3031</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dipason&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dipason (page does not exist)">Dipason</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 109 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 109</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=DS-K-40_No.2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DS-K-40 No.2 (page does not exist)">DS-K-40 No.2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_110" title="Kosmos 110">Kosmos 110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESSA-2" title="ESSA-2">ESSA-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_111" title="Kosmos 111">Kosmos 111</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_3488&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 3488 (page does not exist)">OPS 3488</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GATV-5003&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GATV-5003 (page does not exist)">GATV-5003</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Gemini_8" title="Gemini 8">Gemini VIII</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_112" title="Kosmos 112">Kosmos 112</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_0879&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 0879 (page does not exist)">OPS 0879</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_0974&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 0974 (page does not exist)">OPS 0974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_113&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 113 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 113</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=N-4_No.3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N-4 No.3 (page does not exist)">N-4 No.3</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1117&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1117 (page does not exist)">OPS 1117</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1_No.5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1 No.5 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1 No.5</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-4" title="OV1-4">OV1-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-5" title="OV1-5">OV1-5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_0340&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 0340 (page does not exist)">OPS 0340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_10" title="Luna 10">Luna 10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_114&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 114 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 114</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1612&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1612 (page does not exist)">OPS 1612</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surveyor_SD-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surveyor SD-3 (page does not exist)">Surveyor SD-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory#OAO-1" title="Orbiting Astronomical Observatory">OAO-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_0910&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 0910 (page does not exist)">OPS 0910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_115" title="Kosmos 115">Kosmos 115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV3-1" title="OV3-1">OV3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya_1-03&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya 1-03 (page does not exist)">Molniya 1-03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_116" title="Kosmos 116">Kosmos 116</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1508&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1508 (page does not exist)">OPS 1508</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_117" title="Kosmos 117">Kosmos 117</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_118&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 118 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 118</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1950&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1950 (page does not exist)">OPS 1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6785&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6785 (page does not exist)">OPS 6785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimbus_2" title="Nimbus 2">Nimbus 2</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_1966_Voskhod_launch_failure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 1966 Voskhod launch failure (page does not exist)">Zenit-4</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=GATV-5004&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GATV-5004 (page does not exist)">GATV-5004</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_0082&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 0082 (page does not exist)">OPS 0082</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1788&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1788 (page does not exist)">OPS 1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_119" title="Kosmos 119">Kosmos 119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_32" title="Explorer 32">Explorer 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_1" title="Surveyor 1">Surveyor 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augmented_Target_Docking_Adapter" class="mw-redirect" title="Augmented Target Docking Adapter">ATDA</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Gemini_9A" title="Gemini 9A">Gemini IX-A</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1577&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1577 (page does not exist)">OPS 1577</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1856&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1856 (page does not exist)">OPS 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OGO-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OGO-3 (page does not exist)">OGO-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_120" title="Kosmos 120">Kosmos 120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV3-4" title="OV3-4">OV3-4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FTV-1351&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FTV-1351 (page does not exist)">FTV-1351</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secor_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secor 6 (page does not exist)">Secor 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ERS-16" class="mw-redirect" title="ERS-16">ERS-16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9311&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9311 (page does not exist)">OPS 9311</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9312&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9312 (page does not exist)">OPS 9312</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9313&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9313 (page does not exist)">OPS 9313</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9314&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9314 (page does not exist)">OPS 9314</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9315&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9315 (page does not exist)">OPS 9315</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9316&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9316 (page does not exist)">OPS 9316</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_9317&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 9317 (page does not exist)">OPS 9317</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Gradient_Technology_Satellite" title="Gravity Gradient Technology Satellite">GGTS</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_121&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 121 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 121</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1599&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1599 (page does not exist)">OPS 1599</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAGEOS" title="PAGEOS">PAGEOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_122" title="Kosmos 122">Kosmos 122</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_33" title="Explorer 33">Explorer 33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AS-203" title="AS-203">AS-203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proton_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Proton 3">Proton 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_123" title="Kosmos 123">Kosmos 123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1850&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1850 (page does not exist)">OPS 1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-7" title="OV1-7">OV1-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-8" title="OV1-8">OV1-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_124" title="Kosmos 124">Kosmos 124</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GATV-5005&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GATV-5005 (page does not exist)">GATV-5005</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Gemini_10" title="Gemini 10">Gemini X</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_125&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 125 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 125</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_126&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 126 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_3014&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 3014 (page does not exist)">OPS 3014</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OV3-3" title="OV3-3">OV3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 127 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 127</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1545&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1545 (page does not exist)">OPS 1545</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lunar Orbiter 1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1832&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1832 (page does not exist)">OPS 1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6810&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6810 (page does not exist)">OPS 6810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Pioneer 7">Pioneer 7</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_2366&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 2366 (page does not exist)">OPS 2366</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FTV-1352&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FTV-1352 (page does not exist)">FTV-1352</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secor_7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secor 7 (page does not exist)">Secor 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ERS-15" class="mw-redirect" title="ERS-15">ERS-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_11" title="Luna 11">Luna 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Initial_Defense_Communications_Satellite_Program" title="Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program">IDSCP 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GGTS" class="mw-redirect" title="GGTS">GGTS</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_128&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 128 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 128</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GATV-5006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GATV-5006 (page does not exist)">GATV-5006</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Gemini_11" title="Gemini 11">Gemini XI</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6026&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6026 (page does not exist)">OPS 6026</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1686&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1686 (page does not exist)">OPS 1686</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6874&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6874 (page does not exist)">OPS 6874</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zenit-2_No.40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zenit-2 No.40 (page does not exist)">Zenit-2 No.40</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6026&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6026 (page does not exist)">OPS 6026</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1686&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1686 (page does not exist)">OPS 1686</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_6874&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 6874 (page does not exist)">OPS 6874</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OGCh_No.05L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OGCh No.05L (page does not exist)">OGCh No.05L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_2" title="Surveyor 2">Surveyor 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1703&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1703 (page does not exist)">OPS 1703</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Csumi_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ōsumi 1 (page does not exist)">Ōsumi 1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_4096&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 4096 (page does not exist)">OPS 4096</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ESSA-3" title="ESSA-3">ESSA-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FTV-1583&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FTV-1583 (page does not exist)">FTV-1583</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secor_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secor 8 (page does not exist)">Secor 8</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_2055&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 2055 (page does not exist)">OPS 2055</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_5345&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 5345 (page does not exist)">OPS 5345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_129" title="Kosmos 129">Kosmos 129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya_1-04&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya 1-04 (page does not exist)">Molniya 1-04</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_130&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 130 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_12" title="Luna 12">Luna 12</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surveyor_SM-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surveyor SM-3 (page does not exist)">Surveyor SM-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_II_F-1" title="Intelsat II F-1">Intelsat II F-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV3-2" title="OV3-2">OV3-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OGCh_No.06L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OGCh No.06L (page does not exist)">OGCh No.06L</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_2070&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 2070 (page does not exist)">OPS 2070</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_5424&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 5424 (page does not exist)">OPS 5424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OPS_0855" title="OPS 0855">OPS 0855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV4-1R" class="mw-redirect" title="OV4-1R">OV4-1R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV4-1T" class="mw-redirect" title="OV4-1T">OV4-1T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-6" title="OV1-6">OV1-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Orbiter_2" title="Lunar Orbiter 2">Lunar Orbiter 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1866&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1866 (page does not exist)">OPS 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=GATV-5001A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GATV-5001A (page does not exist)">GATV-5001A</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Gemini_12" title="Gemini 12">Gemini XII</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_131&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 131 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 131</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strela-2_No.1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strela-2 No.1 (page does not exist)">Strela-2 No.1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_132" title="Kosmos 132">Kosmos 132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_133" title="Kosmos 133">Kosmos 133</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_134&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 134 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 134</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1890&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1890 (page does not exist)">OPS 1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATS-1" title="ATS-1">ATS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-9" title="OV1-9">OV1-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OV1-10" title="OV1-10">OV1-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_135" title="Kosmos 135">Kosmos 135</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_7K-OK_No.1" title="Soyuz 7K-OK No.1">Soyuz 7K-OK No.1</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_8968&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 8968 (page does not exist)">OPS 8968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biosatellite_1" title="Biosatellite 1">Biosatellite 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_136" title="Kosmos 136">Kosmos 136</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Csumi_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ōsumi 2 (page does not exist)">Ōsumi 2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_137" title="Kosmos 137">Kosmos 137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luna_13" title="Luna 13">Luna 13</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=OPS_1584&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OPS 1584 (page does not exist)">OPS 1584</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).<br /><u>Crewed flights</u> are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NASA" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NASA_space_program" title="Template:NASA space program"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NASA_space_program" title="Template talk:NASA space program"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NASA_space_program" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NASA space program"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NASA" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Space policy of the United States">Policy</a> and history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">History<br />(<a href="/wiki/Creation_of_NASA" title="Creation of NASA">creation</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics" title="National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics">NACA</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Act" title="National Aeronautics and Space Act">National Aeronautics and Space Act</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Task_Group" title="Space Task Group">Space Task Group</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_O._Paine#National_Commission_on_Space" title="Thomas O. Paine">Paine</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Commission_Report" title="Rogers Commission Report">Rogers</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ride_Report" title="Ride Report">Ride</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Exploration_Initiative" title="Space Exploration Initiative">Space Exploration Initiative</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_Committee" title="Augustine Committee">Augustine</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_United_States#Clinton_administration" title="Space policy of the United States">U.S. National Space Policy</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_on_the_Future_of_the_United_States_Aerospace_Industry" title="Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry">CFUSAI</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Accident_Investigation_Board" title="Columbia Accident Investigation Board">CAIB</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration" title="Vision for Space Exploration">Vision for Space Exploration</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Commission_on_Implementation_of_United_States_Space_Exploration_Policy" title="President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy">Aldridge</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Review_of_United_States_Human_Space_Flight_Plans_Committee" title="Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee">Augustine</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Race" title="Space Race">Space Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrators_and_deputy_administrators_of_NASA" class="mw-redirect" title="List of administrators and deputy administrators of NASA">Administrator and Deputy Administrator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Chief_Scientist" title="NASA Chief Scientist">Chief Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Corps" title="NASA Astronaut Corps">Astronaut Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Ranks and positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Astronaut_Office" title="Chief of the Astronaut Office">Chief</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budget_of_NASA" title="Budget of NASA">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_research" title="NASA research">NASA research</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA spinoff technologies">spinoff technologies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA%2B" title="NASA+">NASA+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_TV" title="NASA TV">NASA TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Social" title="NASA Social">NASA Social</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Launch_Services_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Launch Services Program">Launch Services Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Control_Center" title="Mercury Control Center">Mercury Control Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Space_Flight_Network" title="Manned Space Flight Network">Manned Space Flight Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building" title="Vehicle Assembly Building">Vehicle Assembly Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39">Launch Complex 39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_48" title="Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 48">Launch Complex 48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Launch_Control_Center" title="Launch Control Center">Launch Control Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_and_Checkout_Building" title="Operations and Checkout Building">Operations and Checkout Building</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Johnson Space Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr._Mission_Control_Center" title="Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center">Mission Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Sample_Laboratory_Facility" title="Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility">Lunar Sample Laboratory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Mission_Directorate" title="Science Mission Directorate">Science Mission Directorate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight">Human spaceflight</a><br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">X-15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sub-orbital_spaceflight" title="Sub-orbital spaceflight">suborbital</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo%E2%80%93Soyuz" title="Apollo–Soyuz">Apollo–Soyuz</a> (with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_space_program" title="Soviet space program">Soviet space program</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuttle%E2%80%93Mir_program" title="Shuttle–Mir program">Shuttle–<i>Mir</i></a> (with <a href="/wiki/Roscosmos" title="Roscosmos">Roscosmos State Corporation</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constellation_program" title="Constellation program">Constellation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station_programme" title="International Space Station programme">International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services" title="Commercial Orbital Transportation Services">Commercial Orbital Transportation Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program" title="Commercial Crew Program">Commercial Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)" title="Orion (spacecraft)">Orion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemis_program" title="Artemis program">Artemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Gateway" title="Lunar Gateway">Lunar Gateway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Robotic_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic spacecraft">Robotic</a> programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hitchhiker_Program" title="Hitchhiker Program">Hitchhiker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariner_program" title="Mariner program">Mariner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariner_Mark_II" title="Mariner Mark II">Mariner Mark II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MESUR" title="MESUR">MESUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Surveyor_%2798" title="Mars Surveyor '98">Mars Surveyor '98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Millennium_Program" title="New Millennium Program">New Millennium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Orbiter_program" title="Lunar Orbiter program">Lunar Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_program" title="Pioneer program">Pioneer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planetary_Observer_program" title="Planetary Observer program">Planetary Observer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_program" title="Ranger program">Ranger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_program" title="Surveyor program">Surveyor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_program" title="Viking program">Viking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Prometheus" title="Project Prometheus">Project Prometheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Program" title="Mars Exploration Program">Mars Exploration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Living_With_a_Star" title="Living With a Star">Living With a Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Precursor_Robotic_Program" title="Lunar Precursor Robotic Program">Lunar Precursor Robotic Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth_Observing_System" title="Earth Observing System">Earth Observing System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Observatories_program" title="Great Observatories program">Great Observatories program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorers_Program" title="Explorers Program">Explorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voyager_program" title="Voyager program">Voyager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Program" title="Discovery Program">Discovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Frontiers_program" title="New Frontiers program">New Frontiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_Terrestrial_Probes_program" title="Solar Terrestrial Probes program">Solar Terrestrial Probes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services" title="Commercial Lunar Payload Services">Commercial Lunar Payload Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Innovative_Missions_for_Planetary_Exploration" title="Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration">SIMPLEx</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Individual featured<br /> <a href="/wiki/List_of_NASA_missions" title="List of NASA missions">missions</a><br />(human and robotic)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_Background_Explorer" title="Cosmic Background Explorer">COBE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_3" title="Mercury-Redstone 3">Mercury 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_6" title="Mercury-Atlas 6">Mercury-Atlas 6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magellan_(spacecraft)" title="Magellan (spacecraft)">Magellan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_10" title="Pioneer 10">Pioneer 10</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_11" title="Pioneer 11">Pioneer 11</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_project" title="Galileo project"><i>Galileo</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Galileo_(spacecraft)" title="Timeline of Galileo (spacecraft)">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GALEX" title="GALEX">GALEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRAIL" title="GRAIL">GRAIL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe" title="Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe">WMAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitzer_Space_Telescope" title="Spitzer Space Telescope">Spitzer Space Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sojourner_(rover)" title="Sojourner (rover)"><i>Sojourner</i> rover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_(rover)" title="Spirit (rover)"><i>Spirit</i> rover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LADEE" title="LADEE">LADEE</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MESSENGER" title="MESSENGER">MESSENGER</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(SAC-D_instrument)" title="Aquarius (SAC-D instrument)">Aquarius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens"><i>Cassini</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)"><i>Dawn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope" title="Kepler space telescope">Kepler space telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)" title="Opportunity (rover)"><i>Opportunity</i> rover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Opportunity" title="Timeline of Opportunity">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_surface_features_of_Mars_visited_by_Spirit_and_Opportunity" title="List of surface features of Mars visited by Spirit and Opportunity">observed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaty_High_Energy_Solar_Spectroscopic_Imager" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager">RHESSI</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/InSight" title="InSight">InSight</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter)" title="Ingenuity (helicopter)"><i>Ingenuity</i> helicopter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ingenuity_flights" title="List of Ingenuity flights">flights</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Currently<br />operating</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey" title="2001 Mars Odyssey">2001 Mars Odyssey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Gehrels_Swift_Observatory" title="Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory"><i>Swift</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/THEMIS" title="THEMIS">THEMIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)"><i>Curiosity</i> rover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_14" title="GOES 14">GOES 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_15" title="GOES 15">GOES 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Allen_Probes" title="Van Allen Probes">Van Allen Probes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory" title="Solar Dynamics Observatory">Solar Dynamics Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)" title="Juno (spacecraft)"><i>Juno</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Mars Science Laboratory">Mars Science Laboratory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NuSTAR" title="NuSTAR">NuSTAR</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_1" title="Voyager 1">Voyager 1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_2" title="Voyager 2">Voyager 2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer" title="Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer">WISE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAVEN" title="MAVEN">MAVEN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnetospheric_Multiscale_Mission" title="Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSIRIS-REx" title="OSIRIS-REx">OSIRIS-REx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite" title="Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite">Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_2020" title="Mars 2020">Mars 2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perseverance_(rover)" title="Perseverance (rover)"><i>Perseverance</i> rover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_2020" title="Timeline of Mars 2020">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope">James Webb Space Telescope</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plankton,_Aerosol,_Cloud,_ocean_Ecosystem" title="Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem">PACE</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Europa_Clipper" title="Europa Clipper">Europa Clipper</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)" title="NISAR (satellite)">NISAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telescope" title="Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope">Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DAVINCI" title="DAVINCI">DAVINCI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VERITAS_(spacecraft)" title="VERITAS (spacecraft)">VERITAS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: 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href="/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Smiled" title="The Day the Earth Smiled">The Day the Earth Smiled</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Astronaut" title="Fallen Astronaut">Fallen Astronaut</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deep_fields" title="List of deep fields">Deep fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_plaque" title="Lunar plaque">Lunar plaques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_plaque" title="Pioneer plaque">Pioneer plaques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record" title="Voyager Golden Record">Voyager Golden Record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11_goodwill_messages" title="Apollo 11 goodwill messages">Apollo 11 goodwill messages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_insignia" title="NASA insignia">NASA insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_space-flown_Gemini_and_Apollo_medallions" title="NASA space-flown Gemini and Apollo medallions">Gemini and Apollo medallions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_patch" title="Mission patch">Mission patches</a></li> 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