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Falcon 9 Block 5Orbital launch vehicle/ActiveFalcon 9 Block 5, produced or operated by SpaceX, launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, Sentinel-6B into the precise orbit required for ocean altimetry.
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Contextual image from Apollo 13; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Odyssey and Aquarius record.
Odyssey and AquariusApollo command/service and lunar module spacecraft/FlownOdyssey and Aquarius supported Apollo 13 in the Apollo program.
No imageChang'e 6 orbiter, returner, lander, and ascenderFour-element robotic lunar sample-return spacecraft/Mission concludedChang'e 6 orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender divides a complete lunar sample-return chain among specialized elements.
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Mesoscale Lightning Experiment technical reference plate summarizing reviewed specifications and program integration.
Mesoscale Lightning ExperimentAtmospheric imaging experiment/Mission concludedThe Mesoscale Lightning Experiment repurposed standard Shuttle imaging hardware into a wide-area storm observatory.
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Terra Scout technical reference plate summarizing reviewed specifications and program integration.
Terra ScoutCrew-operated direct-view optical observation system/Flown hardwareTerra Scout paired Army imagery analyst Thomas Hennen with the Spaceborne Direct-View Optical System during STS-44.
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iss074e0792341 (June 7 ,2026) --- Expedition 74 flight engineers Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA (background) are pictured inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module.
Columbus Laboratory ModuleEuropean International Space Station research laboratory/OperationalColumbus is the European Space Agency's permanently attached multidisciplinary research laboratory, built under European industrial leadership.
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Already-reviewed real photograph from the one canonically related axiom-mission-4 mission. It supplies mission context for Crew Dragon Grace; it is not necessarily the exact hardware subject and does not establish the record's exact hardware article, serial, configuration, markings, deployment, operation, condition, or visibility.
Crew Dragon GraceReusable Crew Dragon spacecraft/ActiveCrew Dragon Grace is a reusable SpaceX crew spacecraft that made its first flight on Axiom Mission 4, carrying a multinational private astronaut crew to the International Space Station in 2025.
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ISS002-E-5497 (05 April 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J.
Destiny Laboratory ModuleInternational Space Station research laboratory/OperationalDestiny is the NASA and Boeing United States Laboratory Module and the primary pressurized research laboratory for NASA payloads.
Landsat 9 spacecraftUncrewed Earth-observation satellite/OperationalLandsat 9 spacecraft was a about 5,975 pounds (2,710 kilograms) Earth-observation platform operated by NASA and U.
No imageKristall moduleTechnology and docking station module/InactiveKristall launched on May 31, 1990 and joined Mir in June.
No imageLandsat 1 spacecraftUncrewed Earth-observation satellite/InactiveLandsat 1 spacecraft was a about 2,100 pounds (953 kilograms) Earth-observation platform operated by NASA with USGS, NOAA, and program partners.
No imageLandsat 2 spacecraftUncrewed Earth-observation satellite/InactiveLandsat 2 spacecraft was a about 2,100 pounds (953 kilograms) Earth-observation platform operated by NASA with USGS, NOAA, and program partners.
