Space and Astronomy Atlas

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Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

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The collaboratively edited online encyclopedia, cited here for its articles on space agencies, missions and pioneers fetched directly for this depth wave.

Facts
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
Source Type
Online encyclopedia
Sources
Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world.
Claims Backed By This Source (1,362 claims)

This source backs 1,362 claims across the atlas. As facts: 740 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 51 holds, 110 connected. Plus 458 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Concepts, 233 claims: 108 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 66 connected, 57 general references.
  • Pioneers, 195 claims: 101 well-attested, 11 holds, 9 connected, 74 general references.
  • Spacecraft, 191 claims: 97 well-attested, 19 holds, 5 connected, 70 general references.
  • Missions and Programs, 186 claims: 91 well-attested, 19 holds, 17 connected, 59 general references.
  • Celestial Objects, 146 claims: 80 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 8 connected, 57 general references.
  • Space Agencies and Companies, 135 claims: 83 well-attested, 52 general references.
  • Astronauts and Cosmonauts, 122 claims: 86 well-attested, 1 connected, 35 general references.
  • Observatories and Instruments, 119 claims: 67 well-attested, 2 holds, 50 general references.
  • Open Questions, 32 claims: 24 well-attested, 4 connected, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.

Scholarly debate

3

Celestial Objects

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