Home›Sources›Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)SourcesWikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)General ReferenceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSpace and Astronomy Atlas. "Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://space.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-space-articles.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSpace and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://space.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-space-articlesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-wikipedia-space-and-spaceflight-articles, author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://space.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-space-articles}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe collaboratively edited online encyclopedia, cited here for its articles on space agencies, missions and pioneers fetched directly for this depth wave.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (1,362 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedWikimedia FoundationSource TypeWell-attestedOnline encyclopediaSourcesWikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)Wikimedia FoundationSelf-citationQuote, Self-citationWikipedia 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 TopicConcepts, 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.Well-attested740Astronauts and CosmonautsAlan ShepardAlexei LeonovBuzz AldrinChris HadfieldEileen CollinsGene CernanGus GrissomJim LovellJohn GlennMae JemisonMichael CollinsNeil ArmstrongSally RideValentina TereshkovaYuri GagarinCelestial Objects67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoAsteroid BeltBetelgeuseCeresComet Hale-BoppComet NEOWISEEarthEnceladusEuropaGanymedeHalley's CometJupiterKuiper BeltMarsNeptuneOort Cloud'OumuamuaPallasPolarisProxima CentauriSagittarius A*SaturnSiriusSunTitanUranusVenusVestaConceptsAerobrakingBig Bang TheoryCosmic InflationCosmic Microwave BackgroundCosmological ConstantDark EnergyDark MatterShowing 1 to 50 of 181 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate3Celestial ObjectsCeresConceptsHabitable ZoneHolds51Missions and ProgramsApollo 11Apollo 13Apollo ProgramChandrayaan ProgrammeEmirates Mars MissionGemini ProgramMercury ProgramMirPioneer ProgramSkylabSpace Shuttle ProgramSputnik ProgramViking ProgramVostok 1Vostok 6Observatories and InstrumentsFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeSpitzer Space TelescopePioneersChristopher KraftHermann OberthJohn HouboltKonstantin TsiolkovskyPoppy NorthcuttRobert GoddardSergei KorolevValentin GlushkoSpacecraftAtlas VCanadarmCST-100 StarlinerCygnusElectronHayabusa2International Space StationJunoMariner 4New ShepardOSIRIS-RExParker Solar ProbePioneer 10RosettaSputnik 1Viking 1Connected110Astronauts and CosmonautsChris HadfieldCelestial ObjectsCeresComet Hale-BoppComet NEOWISEEnceladusGanymede'OumuamuaPallasVestaConceptsAerobrakingBig Bang TheoryCosmic InflationCosmic Microwave BackgroundCosmological ConstantDark EnergyDark MatterDelta-vDrake EquationDyson SphereEscape VelocityExoplanetFermi ParadoxGeostationary OrbitGravity AssistGreat FilterHabitable ZoneHeliocentrismHohmann Transfer OrbitKessler SyndromeLagrange PointsOlbers' ParadoxOrbital EccentricityOrbital InclinationOrbital MechanicsRedshiftRoche LimitSphere of InfluenceTsiolkovsky Rocket EquationVan Allen Radiation BeltsVon Neumann ProbeMissions and ProgramsApollo-Soyuz Test ProjectCassini-Huygens MissionChang'e ProgramLuna ProgramNew Horizons MissionRanger ProgramSalyut ProgramTiangong ProgramVenera ProgramOpen QuestionsDid James Webb personally know of, direct, or enable the dismissal of federal employees for being gay or suspected of being gay, during his State Department tenure (1949-1952) and as NASA Administrator (1961-1968), the question behind the 2021-2023 petition to rename the James Webb Space Telescope?Showing 1 to 50 of 64 entities carrying this claim. NextGeneral References458Astronauts and CosmonautsAlan ShepardAlexei LeonovBuzz AldrinChris HadfieldEileen CollinsGene CernanGus GrissomJim LovellJohn GlennMae JemisonMichael CollinsNeil ArmstrongSally RideValentina TereshkovaYuri GagarinCelestial Objects67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoAsteroid BeltBetelgeuseCeresComet Hale-BoppComet NEOWISEEarthEnceladusEuropaGanymedeHalley's CometJupiterKuiper BeltMarsNeptuneOort Cloud'OumuamuaPallasPolarisProxima CentauriSagittarius A*SaturnSiriusSunTitanUranusVenusVestaConceptsAerobrakingBig Bang TheoryCosmic InflationCosmic Microwave BackgroundCosmological ConstantDark EnergyDark MatterShowing 1 to 50 of 181 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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