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Which NASA observatory launched in 2021 as the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built?

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James Webb Space Telescope

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Which NASA space telescope launched in 2003 to study the universe mainly in infrared light?

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Spitzer Space Telescope

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Which NASA mission began the first all-sky survey dedicated to finding transiting exoplanets?

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TESS

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Which NASA mission first photographed Mars close-up, returning images in 1965?

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Mariner 4

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Which NASA mission made the second crewed Moon landing in November 1969?

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Apollo 12

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Which NASA mission carried Alan Shepard on the first U.S. human spaceflight in 1961?

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Mercury-Redstone 3

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Which NASA mission carried the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, entering orbit around Eros in 2000?

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NEAR Shoemaker

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Which NASA mission mapped about 80 percent of Earth’s land surface with radar in 2000?

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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

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Which NASA mission launched the NuSTAR telescope, the first focusing hard X-ray space observatory?

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NuSTAR

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Which NASA mission became the first to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth?

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Apollo 11

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Which NASA mission was the first Space Shuttle flight, launching Columbia in April 1981?

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STS-1

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Which NASA mission was the first to use a rover on the Moon, carrying the Lunar Roving Vehicle during Apollo 15 in 1971?

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Apollo 15

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