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Outcome

This dimension marks whether a mission actually succeeded, partly succeeded or failed. Wikipedia notes that spacecraft "are designed to deorbit themselves" at the end of a successful mission, while "used upper stages or failed spacecraft" often do not, a distinction that begins with how the mission itself concluded. Browsing by outcome separates missions that met their goals from those that did not.

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Field Origin Era
1961 1
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1. Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin
Wikimedia FoundationYuri Gagarin, lead section
Quote, Yuri Gagarin, lead section
Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.
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