Space Shuttle Enterprise was a test vehicle used for approach and landing tests in 1977; it lacked engines and a heat shield for orbit.

The Parker Solar Probe, launched to study the Sun, uses gravity assists to achieve record-breaking speeds, eventually exceeding 430,000 mph.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022 to change its orbit.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 marked the first time US and Soviet spacecraft docked in space, symbolizing a thaw in the Cold War.

Zhurong is the rover of the Tianwen-1 mission, which successfully landed on Mars in May 2021.

Perseverance landed on Mars in February 2021 to seek signs of ancient life and collect samples.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on December 25, 2021, to succeed Hubble, focusing on infrared astronomy.

Manabe and Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth's climate and how humanity influences it.

Their discovery led to blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives from liver cirrhosis and cancer.

They identified the sensors in our nerve endings that allow us to feel heat, cold, and mechanical force.