Greatest NASA Missions
NASA Missions is a structured science dataset with 25 entries. Its fields include Mission, Year, Type. 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 25 rows
- Fields
- 7 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Mission, Year, Type, Crew Size, Duration, and 2 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1961 to 2022
- Across 25 preview rows
- Crew Size groups
- 5 distinct values
- Across 25 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Mission, Year, and Type across science entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 25 downloadable records
Mission↕ | Year↕ | Type↕ | Crew Size↕ | Duration↕ | Outcome↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) | 1961 | Crewed suborbital | 1 | 15 minutes | Success | First American in space (Alan Shepard) |
Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) | 1962 | Crewed orbital | 1 | 4 hours 55 min | Success | First American to orbit Earth (John Glenn) |
Gemini 4 | 1965 | Crewed orbital | 2 | 4 days | Success | First American spacewalk (Ed White) |
Apollo 8 | 1968 | Crewed lunar orbit | 3 | 6 days | Success | First humans to orbit the Moon, Earthrise photo |
Apollo 11 | 1969 | Crewed lunar landing | 3 | 8 days | Success | First humans on the Moon (Armstrong & Aldrin) |
Apollo 13 | 1970 | Crewed lunar (aborted) | 3 | 5 days 22 hours | Successful failure | Crew survived oxygen tank explosion, 'Houston we've had a problem' |
Skylab | 1973 | Space station | 3 | 171 days (longest stay) | Success | First American space station, studied solar science |
Apollo-Soyuz | 1975 | Joint US-Soviet | 3 | 9 days | Success | First international crewed space mission |
Viking 1 | 1975 | Mars lander/orbiter | 0 | 6 years (lander) | Success | First successful Mars landing, searched for life |
Voyager 1 | 1977 | Outer planet flyby | 0 | Ongoing (49 years) | Success | Farthest human-made object, entered interstellar space 2012 |
Voyager 2 | 1977 | Outer planet flyby | 0 | Ongoing (49 years) | Success | Only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune |
STS-1 (Columbia) | 1981 | Space Shuttle | 2 | 2 days 6 hours | Success | First Space Shuttle mission |
STS-31 (Hubble Deploy) | 1990 | Space Shuttle | 5 | 5 days | Success | Deployed the Hubble Space Telescope |
Mars Pathfinder | 1996 | Mars rover | 0 | 83 days | Success | First Mars rover (Sojourner), proved low-cost Mars missions possible |
ISS Assembly (Zarya) | 1998 | Space station | 0 | Ongoing | Success | First module of the International Space Station |
Mars Exploration Rovers | 2003 | Mars rovers | 0 | Spirit 6yr, Opportunity 15yr | Success | Opportunity drove 45 km on Mars, found evidence of water |
Cassini-Huygens | 1997 | Saturn orbiter/lander | 0 | 20 years | Success | Revealed Saturn's rings, landed on Titan, discovered Enceladus geysers |
New Horizons | 2006 | Pluto flyby | 0 | Ongoing | Success | First close-up images of Pluto and its heart-shaped glacier |
Curiosity (MSL) | 2011 | Mars rover | 0 | Ongoing (14+ years) | Success | Car-sized rover, found ancient habitable environment on Mars |
Juno | 2011 | Jupiter orbiter | 0 | Ongoing | Success | Studying Jupiter's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and interior |
OSIRIS-REx | 2016 | Asteroid sample return | 0 | 7 years | Success | Collected sample from asteroid Bennu, returned to Earth 2023 |
InSight | 2018 | Mars lander | 0 | 4 years | Success | First to detect marsquakes, studied Mars interior |
Perseverance | 2020 | Mars rover | 0 | Ongoing | Success | Searching for ancient microbial life, carried Ingenuity helicopter |
James Webb Space Telescope | 2021 | Space telescope | 0 | Ongoing | Success | Most powerful space telescope, observing earliest galaxies |
Artemis I | 2022 | Uncrewed lunar orbit | 0 | 25 days | Success | First Artemis mission, tested Orion capsule and SLS rocket for Moon return |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Greatest NASA 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 25 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 25 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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