Mechanical_Device

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero

Vehicle

former gamma-ray astronomy satellite

insert key

Place

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

Korabl-Sputnik 3

Event

space mission

Vanguard 2

Vehicle

Earth-orbiting weather satellite

EXOSAT

Vehicle

space observatory

Mariner 6

Vehicle

Shenzhou 3

Vehicle

2002 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

Altair

Vehicle

planned lunar lander component of NASA's cancelled Project Constellation

Shenzhou 2

Vehicle

2001 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

Shenzhou 4

Vehicle

2002 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight

Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Thing

proposed NASA spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter

Solar Maximum Mission

Vehicle

space observatory

Explorer 4

Vehicle

American research satellite launched in 1958

Project West Ford

Place

experimental space-based radio communication project

Prospero

Vehicle

British Satellite

Mars 1M

Vehicle

series of two uncrewed Soviet spacecraft

Mir-2

Vehicle

cancelled Soviet space station project

Granat

Vehicle

former Soviet/Russian space observatory

SPHEREx

Vehicle

NASA near-infrared space observatory

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Vehicle

NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy

Shenzhou 15

Event

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

system request

Place

computer key

Phobos 1

Vehicle

Soviet mars mission

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

Zond 7

Vehicle

1969 Soviet test spaceflight to the Moon

Saturn I SA-5

Vehicle

American rocket launch vehicle

SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory

Vehicle

cancelled NASA space telescope

Salyut 5

Vehicle

Soviet space station launched in 1976

Kosmos 111

Vehicle

Artificial Russian satellite

Soyuz-U

class

Soyuz rocket design variant - Universal

Azur

Vehicle

first German scientific satellite

Cosmos 1

Vehicle

solar sail project

Shenzhou 18

Event

2024 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station

Zond 8

Vehicle

uncrewed version of Soyuz 7K-L1

Nilesat

Organization

Egyptian satellite communication company

ISRO's mission to Venus

Thing

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

Tenma

Vehicle

space observatory

Zond 6

Vehicle

formal member of the Soviet Zond program

Kvant-1

Vehicle

module of the Mir space station

VERITAS

Thing

proposed spacecraft mission to Venus

Kosmos 305

Vehicle

failed Soviet lunar sample-return mission

Ariel 1

Vehicle

ionospheric research satellite

Small Astronomy Satellite 2

Vehicle

NASA space observatory launched on 1972

Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars

Vehicle

smallsat space telescope

Shenzhou 16

Event

crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China

A-102

Vehicle

1964 Saturn I failure

Cygnus CRS Orb-3

Vehicle

failed ISS resupply mission

Landsat 5

Vehicle

Earth observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite, lost in a launch failure

Martin X-23 PRIME

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American experimental aircraft

HALCA

Vehicle

Japanese space observatory

Pragyan

Vehicle

Indian lunar rover

compose key

Place

computer key changing the behaviour of the next key stroke

Explorer 11

Vehicle

space observatory

home key

Place

computer key to move the cursor to the start of the line

Mars 1969A

Vehicle

Soviet Mars probe

J002E3

Thing

designation of supposed asteroid that is actually the S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V ro

Pegasus

class

series of three American satellites launched in 1965

Project Echo

class

first passive communications satellite experiment