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Space
The 11 Missions Redefining Space Exploration
Missions that expanded what we can see, reach, and understand beyond our own planet.
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This ranking is illustrative. The eleven entries are real, but the order they appear in was not produced by testing, scoring, voting or measurement of any kind, and Top11 publishes no scores, view counts or reach figures because it has never recorded any.
The short answer
The best missions combine craft with lasting influence.
The Top11 index
The complete ranking.
- #2
Artemis Program
- #3
Perseverance Rover
- #4
Hubble Space Telescope
- #5
Voyager 1
- #6
Chandrayaan-3
- #7
Parker Solar Probe
- #8
Cassini-Huygens
- #9
New Horizons
- #10
Starship
- #11
Europa Clipper
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