Mechanical Device

Command key

Thing

computer key on Macintosh keyboards

EXOSAT

Vehicle

space observatory

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Korabl-Sputnik 3

Event

space mission

insert key

Place

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

Korabl-Sputnik 5

Vehicle

Soviet spacecraft

Pause/Break

Place

Key on a PC keyboard

Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

Vehicle

NASA space observatory

Mars 1M

Vehicle

series of two uncrewed Soviet spacecraft

Prospero

Vehicle

British Satellite

Mariner 6

Vehicle

unmanned NASA space flight to Mars

Shenzhou 4

Vehicle

2002 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

Project West Ford

Place

experimental space-based radio communication project

Altair

Vehicle

planned lunar lander component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation

Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Thing

proposed NASA spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter

Shenzhou 2

Vehicle

2001 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

SPHEREx

Vehicle

NASA near-infrared space observatory

Explorer 4

Vehicle

American research satellite launched in 1958

Shenzhou 15

Event

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

Mir-2

Vehicle

cancelled Soviet space station project

Solar Maximum Mission

Vehicle

former solar observatory satellite

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Vehicle

NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy

Granat

Vehicle

former Soviet/Russian space observatory

Shenzhou 3

Vehicle

2002 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

system request

Place

computer key

Zond 8

Vehicle

uncrewed version of Soyuz 7K-L1

Salyut 5

Vehicle

Soviet space station launched in 1976

Tenma

Vehicle

space observatory

Kvant-1

Vehicle

module of the Mir space station

Saturn I SA-5

Vehicle

fifth test flight and first orbital flight of the Saturn I

Soyuz-U

class

Soyuz rocket design variant - Universal

ISRO's mission to Venus

Thing

planned orbiter by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the atmosphere of Venus

Shenzhou 18

Event

2024 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station

Nilesat

Organization

Egyptian satellite communication company

Zond 6

Vehicle

formal member of the Soviet Zond program

Cosmos 1

Vehicle

solar sail project

SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory

Vehicle

cancelled NASA space telescope

Phobos 1

Vehicle

Soviet mars mission

Azur

Vehicle

first German scientific satellite

Kosmos 111

Vehicle

Artificial Russian satellite

Zond 7

Vehicle

1969 Soviet test spaceflight to the Moon

Landsat 5

Vehicle

Earth observation satellite

Pragyan

Vehicle

Indian lunar rover

HALCA

Vehicle

Japanese space observatory

Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars

Vehicle

smallsat space telescope

Small Astronomy Satellite 2

Vehicle

NASA space observatory launched on 1972

Cygnus CRS Orb-3

Vehicle

failed ISS resupply mission

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite, lost in a launch failure

Ariel 1

Vehicle

ionospheric research satellite

VERITAS

Thing

proposed spacecraft mission to Venus

Kosmos 305

Vehicle

failed Soviet lunar sample-return mission

A-102

Vehicle

1964 Saturn I failure

Martin X-23 PRIME

VisualArtwork

American experimental aircraft

Shenzhou 16

Event

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

Project Echo

class

first passive communications satellite experiment

compose key

Place

computer key changing the behaviour of the next key stroke

Kosmos 670

Vehicle

1974 Soviet test spaceflight

Mars 1969A

Vehicle

Soviet Mars probe

Pegasus

class

series of three American satellites launched in 1965