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Where can you find the world's most famous spacecraft today?

Where legendary spacecraft ended up
Sputnik 1: Earth's atmosphere
Explorer 1: Earth's atmosphere
Vanguard 1: Earth's orbit
Luna 2: Autolycus crater, Mare Imbrium, Moon
Vostok 1: RKK Energiya museum, Korolyov, Russia, Earth
Freedom 7: John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, USA, Earth
Mariner 2: Sun's inner orbit
Telstar 1: Earth's orbit
Ariel 1: Earth's atmosphere
Mariner 4: Sun's outer orbit
Gemini 3: Grissom Memorial Museum in Mitchell, USA, Earth
Saturn V: Kennedy Space Center, Florida and Johnson Space Center, Houston
Columbia: National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, USA, Earth
Odyssey: Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, USA, Earth
Venera 7: Guinevere Planitia, Venus
Skylab: Western Australia
Mir: Point Nemo, South Pacific Ocean, Earth
Pioneer 10: Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri)
Pioneer 11: Scutum constellation
Viking 1: Chryse Planitia, Mars
Voyager 2: Interstellar space
Voyager 1: Interstellar space
Giotto: Sun's inner orbit
New Horizons: Sagittarius constellation
Rosetta: Ma'at region, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Tiangong-1: South Pacific Ocean, Earth
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Where legendary spacecraft ended up

Have you ever wondered where the most famous rockets, satellites, probes, manned craft and space stations end up once they've served their purpose? From museums here on Earth to infinity and beyond, read on to discover the final destinations of some of the most iconic spacecraft in history.

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Daniel Coughlin

11 August 2022

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