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'''Spacefaring''' allows you to explore details and connections between spacecraft, technology, missions and astronauts. Use it to research sites, connect to fellow enthusiasts or just explore space from your armchair. Pages have descriptions, maps, photo albums, timelines, links to heritage resources, powerful filters and targeted searches.
'''Spacefaring''' allows you to explore details and connections between spacecraft, technology, missions and astronauts. Use it to research sites, connect to fellow enthusiasts or just explore space from your armchair. Pages have descriptions, maps, photo albums, timelines, links to heritage resources, powerful filters and targeted searches.


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For example, in the [[Q30|US]] you have [[Q240708]] who launched on [[Q96206989]], a [[Q105095031]] built by [[Q193701|SpaceX]], from [[Q24256513|Launch Complex 39A]] at [[Q48821]] and visited the [[Q25271]] as part of [[Q56042850]] for [[Q23548|NASA]].
For example, in the [[Q30|US]] you have [[Q240708]] who launched on [[Q96206989]], a [[Q105095031]] built by [[Q193701|SpaceX]], from [[Q24256513|Launch Complex 39A]] at [[Q48821]] and visited the [[Q25271]] as part of [[Q56042850]] for [[Q23548|NASA]].


The site is a work in progress, with plenty of rough edges. '''It only covers SpaceX at the moment, but will be expanded. Many of the QXXXXXX references are for foreign stuff to come''' Suggestions for improvement, including new data sources or display methods, are welcome, contact [https://www.johnbray.org.uk/ John Bray]
The site is a work in progress, with plenty of rough edges. Suggestions for improvement, including new data sources or display methods, are welcome, contact [https://www.johnbray.org.uk/ John Bray]


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Latest revision as of 18:28, 4 March 2025

Spacefaring allows you to explore details and connections between spacecraft, technology, missions and astronauts. Use it to research sites, connect to fellow enthusiasts or just explore space from your armchair. Pages have descriptions, maps, photo albums, timelines, links to heritage resources, powerful filters and targeted searches.

Part of the Expounder family of websites. It does not host much original content, but uses Wikidata as a backbone to display Wikipedia and Wikimedia data and link to other sites in a friendly fashion.


For example, in the US you have Shannon Walker who launched on Resilience, a Crew Dragon built by SpaceX, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center and visited the International Space Station as part of SpaceX Crew-1 for NASA.

The site is a work in progress, with plenty of rough edges. Suggestions for improvement, including new data sources or display methods, are welcome, contact John Bray

It has 5,445 pages on 982 astronauts, 1,124 objects, 1,674 classes, 0 subpages, 209 areas, 731 events, 267 organisations and 2 publications.

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