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In the arena of space exploration, the U.S. and Russia share a history of competition and cooperation.

The NASA EFT-1 (Exploration Flight Test 1) Mission was the first planned unmanned test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew…

NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 was the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It photographed potential Apollo landing sites and…

The fifth Moon landing mission began with the April 16, 1972 launch of Apollo 16 with Commander John W. Young,…

STS-120 was the 23rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, and launched an Italian-built U.S. multi-port module for the…

STS-119 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March…

Apollo 12, launched November 14, 1969, was the second mission to land humans on the Moon. Astronauts Pete Conrad and…

The Apollo 10 mission was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the Moon. It…

Apollo 9 (March 3–13, 1969) was a Type D mission, a lunar module manned flight demonstration in Earth orbit.

Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31,…