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Iconic Space Missions

Name: Iconic Space Missions
Creator: NASA

The most significant space missions in human history, from the first satellite to Mars rovers.

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Mission↕	Year↕	Agency↕	Achievement↕	Crew↕	Destination↕
Sputnik 1	1,957	USSR	First artificial satellite	Unmanned	Earth orbit
Vostok 1	1,961	USSR	First human in space	Yuri Gagarin	Earth orbit
Apollo 11	1,969	NASA	First Moon landing	Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins	Moon
Apollo 13	1,970	NASA	Successful failure / survival	Lovell, Swigert, Haise	Moon (aborted)
Voyager 1	1,977	NASA	Farthest human-made object	Unmanned	Interstellar space
Voyager 2	1,977	NASA	Grand tour of outer planets	Unmanned	Interstellar space
Space Shuttle Columbia	1,981	NASA	First reusable spacecraft	Young, Crippen	Earth orbit
Hubble Space Telescope	1,990	NASA/ESA	Deep space imaging	Unmanned (serviced)	Earth orbit
ISS Assembly	1,998	International	Permanent space station	Multiple crews	Earth orbit
Mars Pathfinder	1,997	NASA	First Mars rover	Unmanned	Mars
Curiosity Rover	2,012	NASA	Advanced Mars exploration	Unmanned	Mars
New Horizons	2,015	NASA	First Pluto flyby	Unmanned	Pluto
SpaceX Crew Dragon	2,020	SpaceX/NASA	First commercial crew flight	Behnken, Hurley	ISS
James Webb Space Telescope	2,021	NASA/ESA/CSA	Most powerful space telescope	Unmanned	L2 point
Chandrayaan-3	2,023	ISRO	India's Moon landing	Unmanned	Moon
Perseverance Rover	2,021	NASA	Mars sample collection	Unmanned	Mars
Cassini-Huygens	2,004	NASA/ESA	Saturn exploration	Unmanned	Saturn
Mir Space Station	1,986	USSR/Russia	Long-duration habitation	Multiple crews	Earth orbit
Artemis I	2,022	NASA	Return to Moon program	Unmanned	Moon orbit
Chang'e 4	2,019	CNSA	First far-side Moon landing	Unmanned	Moon

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