Space Exploration

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  1. 1. (8): A series of Chinese space stations launched in 2011, 2016, and 2021.
  2. 4. (4): A NASA spacecraft launched in 2011 to study the planet Jupiter.
  3. 7. (9): A Mars rover launched by NASA in 2011, designed to explore the Gale Crater.
  4. 9. (7): A pair of space probes launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer Solar System and beyond.
  5. 12. (7): The first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  6. 13. (7): A space probe launched by NASA in 1989 to study the planet Jupiter and its moons.
  7. 15. (6): An American space station launched by NASA in 1973 and manned until 1974.
  8. 16. (7): A series of space probes launched by NASA in the 1970s to study the Solar System.
  9. 17. (4): The fourth planet from the sun and a focus of current and future space exploration efforts.
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  1. 2. (6): A series of manned missions by NASA to the moon from 1969 to 1972.
  2. 3. (6): A NASA program that involved manned spaceflights in the 1960s.
  3. 5. (11): A space probe launched by NASA in 2006 to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
  4. 6. (7): A space probe launched by NASA in 1997 to study the planet Saturn and its system.
  5. 7. (9): A NASA Space Shuttle that broke apart during launch in 1986, killing all seven crew members.
  6. 8. (5): A series of Soviet/Russian spacecraft used for manned and unmanned space missions since the 1960s.
  7. 9. (6): A Soviet spacecraft used for the first manned spaceflight in 1961.
  8. 10. (7): A space probe launched by the European Space Agency in 2004 to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
  9. 11. (6): A space telescope launched by NASA in 1990, named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble.
  10. 14. (3): The International Space Station, a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit.