Mechanical Device

Zond 3

Thing

1965 Soviet moon probe

Soyuz MS-02

Event

Russian crewed flight to the ISS

Shenzhou 12

Vehicle

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

Terra

Vehicle

NASA climate research satellite

Soyuz MS-06

Event

Russian crewed flight to the ISS

Num Lock

Place

key on computer keyboards which enables or disables a numerical pad on the keyboard

Schiaparelli EDM lander

Vehicle

ExoMars 2016 lander module

Astron

Vehicle

Soviet spacecraft

Einstein Observatory

Vehicle

space observatory

Akari

Vehicle

infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Spektr-RG

Vehicle

Russian–German X-ray observatory

Soyuz MS-15

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Soyuz MS-07

Event

2017 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

BeppoSAX

Vehicle

former Italian-Dutch satellite used for X-ray astronomy

Shenzhou 13

Vehicle

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

Yohkoh Gamma and X-ray solar satellite

Vehicle

former solar observatory satellite

Venera 16

Vehicle

space probe

space bar

Place

key on a typewriter or alphanumeric keyboard in the form of a horizontal bar

Explorer 2

Vehicle

American research satellite, lost during a launch vehicle failure

Matplotlib

CreativeWork

comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Vehicle

cancelled United States Air Force space station

Shenzhou 1

Vehicle

first launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft

Soyuz MS-13

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

Place

space observatory which reentered in 2023

Hinode

Vehicle

JAXA space observatory

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105

VisualArtwork

proposed Russian spaceplane

Gravity Probe B

Vehicle

space observatory to test frame dragging and geodetic effect

Soyuz MS-09

Event

Russian crewed flight to the ISS

Soyuz MS-16

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Transition Region And Coronal Explorer

Vehicle

former NASA space observatory

Soyuz MS-04

Event

Russian crewed flight to the ISS

delete key

Place

computer keyboard key used to delete the character succeeding the cursor

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

Event

joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center

International Cometary Explorer

Vehicle

American magnetospheric research satellite

Soyuz MS-11

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Kosmos 557

Vehicle

Soviet Salyut space station that malfunctioned shortly after launch

Pioneer 5

Vehicle

American space probe

Soyuz MS-18

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Terrestrial Planet Finder

Vehicle

proposed project by NASA to construct a system of space telescopes for detecting extrasolar terrestrial planets; postponed several times and finally cancelled in 2011

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

Vehicle

NASA solar observation satellite

Soyuz MS-19

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Korabl-Sputnik 4

Event

Soviet spacecraft

Astronomical Netherland Satellite

Vehicle

Dutch space-based X-ray and ultraviolet telescope

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster

Vehicle

sports car launched into space in 2018

CONTOUR

Vehicle

space probe intended to visit two or more comets; contact lost after solar orbit injection

Soyuz MS-12

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Suzaku

Vehicle

decommissioned Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite

Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle

Vehicle

atmospheric re-entry vehicle by the European Space Agency

Print screen

Place

computer key

Soyuz MS-14

Event

uncrewed orbital spaceflight mission to International Space Station

Ptichka

VisualArtwork

unfinished second spaceplane in the Soviet Buran programme

PDFCreator

CreativeWork

open-source software

Soyuz MS-17

Event

Russian crewed mission to the ISS

Mariner 7

Vehicle

unmanned NASA space flight to Mars

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

Vehicle

decommissioned NASA space observatory

Rosalind Franklin

Vehicle

planned robotic Mars rover

Sakigake

Vehicle

Japanese space probe

Command key

Thing

computer key on Macintosh keyboards

EXOSAT

Vehicle

space observatory

insert key

Place

lock key which alternates a computer keyboard between insert mode and the less common overtype mode