Famous Space Missions
Famous Space Missions is a structured science dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Name, Mission Name, Agency. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- NASA
- Data updated
- Feb 14, 2026
Included fields: Name, Mission Name, Agency, Year, Type, and 2 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1957 to 2023
- Across 20 preview rows
- Agency groups
- 10 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Mission Name, and Agency across science entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Name↕ | Mission Name↕ | Agency↕ | Year↕ | Type↕ | Key Achievement↕ | Status↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sputnik 1 | Sputnik 1 | Soviet Space Program | 1957 | Satellite | First artificial satellite to orbit Earth | Completed |
Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) | Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) | NASA | 1962 | Crewed Orbital | First American to orbit Earth (John Glenn) | Completed |
Gemini 4 | Gemini 4 | NASA | 1965 | Crewed Orbital | First American spacewalk (Ed White) | Completed |
Apollo 11 | Apollo 11 | NASA | 1969 | Crewed Lunar | First humans to walk on the Moon | Completed |
Apollo 13 | Apollo 13 | NASA | 1970 | Crewed Lunar | Successful failure — crew returned safely after oxygen tank explosion | Completed (aborted landing) |
Pioneer 10 | Pioneer 10 | NASA | 1972 | Flyby Probe | First spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter | Mission ended 2003 |
Voyager 2 | Voyager 2 | NASA | 1977 | Flyby Probe | Only spacecraft to visit all four outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) | Active (interstellar space) |
Voyager 1 | Voyager 1 | NASA | 1977 | Flyby Probe | Farthest human-made object from Earth; entered interstellar space in 2012 | Active (interstellar space) |
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) | Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) | NASA | 1981 | Crewed Orbital | First orbital flight of the Space Shuttle program | Completed |
Hubble Space Telescope | Hubble Space Telescope | NASA / ESA | 1990 | Space Telescope | Revolutionized astronomy with deep-field images and precise measurements | Active |
Cassini-Huygens | Cassini-Huygens | NASA / ESA / ASI | 1997 | Orbiter / Lander | Orbited Saturn for 13 years; Huygens landed on Titan | Completed (2017 Grand Finale) |
ISS Assembly (Zarya module) | ISS Assembly (Zarya module) | NASA / Roscosmos / ESA / JAXA / CSA | 1998 | Space Station | Largest human-made structure in space; continuous habitation since 2000 | Active |
Rosetta | Rosetta | ESA | 2004 | Orbiter / Lander | First spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet (67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) | Completed (2016) |
New Horizons | New Horizons | NASA | 2006 | Flyby Probe | First close-up images of Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth | Active (extended mission) |
Mars Curiosity Rover | Mars Curiosity Rover | NASA | 2011 | Mars Rover | Found evidence of ancient habitable environment on Mars | Active |
Chang'e 5 | Chang'e 5 | CNSA | 2020 | Lunar Sample Return | First lunar sample return mission since 1976; returned 1.73 kg of Moon rock | Completed |
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 | SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 | SpaceX / NASA | 2020 | Crewed Orbital | First crewed orbital spaceflight by a commercial spacecraft | Completed |
Perseverance Mars Rover | Perseverance Mars Rover | NASA | 2020 | Mars Rover | Searching for signs of ancient microbial life; carried Ingenuity helicopter | Active |
James Webb Space Telescope | James Webb Space Telescope | NASA / ESA / CSA | 2021 | Space Telescope | Most powerful space telescope; observing the earliest galaxies in infrared | Active |
Chandrayaan-3 | Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO | 2023 | Lunar Lander / Rover | First successful landing near the lunar south pole | Completed |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Space Missions organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 20 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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