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This dimension names the specific mission a spacecraft flew. Wikipedia notes that spacecraft "are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo," each purpose tied to one named mission. Browsing this way finds the spacecraft that carried out a particular mission.

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Field Origin Era
1957 1
Mission

2001 Mars Odyssey

Mission
1 entry

Akatsuki Mission

Mission
1 entry

Apollo 11

Mission
1 entry

Apollo Program

Mission
4 entries

Artemis Program

Mission
2 entries

BepiColombo Mission

Mission
1 entry

Beresheet Mission

Mission
1 entry

Buran Program

Mission
1 entry

CAPSTONE Mission

Mission
1 entry

Cassini-Huygens Mission

Mission
2 entries

Chandrayaan-3

Mission
2 entries

Chang'e 4

Mission
1 entry

Clementine Mission

Mission
1 entry

Commercial Crew Program

Mission
3 entries

Danuri Mission

Mission
1 entry

Dawn

Mission
1 entry

Deep Space 1 Mission

Mission
1 entry

Discovery Program

Mission
8 entries

Europa Clipper Mission

Mission
1 entry

ExoMars Program

Mission
1 entry

Explorer Program

Mission
1 entry

Galileo

Mission
1 entry

Gemini Program

Mission
1 entry

Giotto Mission

Mission
1 entry

Hakuto-R Lunar Landing Mission

Mission
1 entry

Hayabusa Mission

Mission
2 entries

IKAROS Mission

Mission
1 entry

IM-1 Mission

Mission
1 entry

InSight

Mission
1 entry

International Space Station Program

Mission
18 entries

Juno Mission

Mission
1 entry

LADEE Mission

Mission
1 entry

LCROSS Mission

Mission
1 entry

Luna Program

Mission
10 entries

Magellan

Mission
1 entry

Mariner Program

Mission
4 entries

Mars 2020 Mission

Mission
2 entries

Mars Exploration Program

Mission
2 entries

Mars Exploration Rover

Mission
2 entries

Mars Pathfinder

Mission
2 entries

Mars Science Laboratory Mission

Mission
1 entry

MAVEN

Mission
1 entry

Mercury Program

Mission
1 entry

New Horizons Mission

Mission
1 entry

OSIRIS-REx Mission

Mission
1 entry

Parker Solar Probe Mission

Mission
1 entry

Peregrine Lunar Landing Mission

Mission
1 entry

Phobos Program

Mission
2 entries

Pioneer Program

Mission
2 entries

Ranger Program

Mission
9 entries

Rosetta Mission

Mission
1 entry

Sakigake Mission

Mission
1 entry

Salyut Program

Mission
1 entry

SELENE Mission

Mission
1 entry

SLIM Mission

Mission
2 entries

SMART-1 Mission

Mission
1 entry

Solar Orbiter Mission

Mission
1 entry

Soviet Mars Program

Mission
4 entries

Space Shuttle Program

Mission
6 entries

Sputnik Program

Mission
1 entry

Suisei Mission

Mission
1 entry

Surveyor Program

Mission
7 entries

Tiangong Program

Mission
2 entries

Tianwen-1

Mission
1 entry

Ulysses Mission

Mission
1 entry

Vega Program

Mission
1 entry

Venera Program

Mission
6 entries

Venus Express Mission

Mission
1 entry

Viking Program

Mission
2 entries

Voskhod Program

Mission
1 entry

Vostok 1

Mission
1 entry

Voyager Program

Mission
2 entries

Zond Program

Mission
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
Wikimedia FoundationSputnik 1, lead section
Quote, Sputnik 1, lead section
It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program.
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