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This dimension groups spacecraft by the company that built them. Wikipedia defines an aerospace manufacturer as "a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft." Browsing this way collects every spacecraft built by a single manufacturer.

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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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1. Wikipedia: Luna 1
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was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to be placed in heliocentric orbit.
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