Welcome back to the ‘Dataset of the Week’ blog series, where we bring you a mega compilation of free, available datasets on trending topics. The topic we chose for this week is ‘Space Race’.
You can also read previous blogs in the ‘Dataset of the Week’ series on the following blogs:
Space Race
The space race in the 20th century was merely focused on the Cold War between two rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union. But recently, the focus shifted from these two nations to the whole world working towards sending aircraft to outer space. Recently, nations like China, the United States of America, India, etc. were able to achieve success in sending their aircrafts to outer space, breaking several records.
Dataset Customization
Despite ample websites and data portals providing you with datasets related to the Space Race, you can’t always get a dataset that meets all the required criteria. For scenarios like this, there are providers like Newsdata.io and Datarade, who are leading providers of customized datasets.
You can request customized datasets on Space Race on Newsdata.io by following the given steps:
Search for Data
You can now look for a number of articles on the topic of your choice and fetch data using the search bar, as shown below.
Request News Data
You can request data by choosing the ‘Request News Data’ option. From there you will then be redirected to a request form, as shown below.
NOTE: You can choose the ‘Download Sample’ option if you want an overview of how the data will be segregated into datasets.
List of available datasets
1. Space exploration missions by type 2020–2030
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Nov 21, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169834/space-exploration-missions-worldwide-type/
Description: Between 2020 and 2030, approximately 150 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space exploration missions are planned to happen. During that same period, 11 new space explorations are planned for Mars.
2. NASA’s budget allocation for 1962–1972, by category
Source: Statista
Author: Aaron O’Neill
Publish Date: Feb 5, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023529/distribution-nasa-budget-1962-1972/
Description: A breakdown of NASA’s budget and how it was distributed from 1962 to 1972 (in million U.S. dollars).
3. Estimated space missions conducted by ISRO FY 2024 by satellite and launch vehicle
Source: Statista
Author: Shangliao Sun
Publish Date: Sep 1, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220038/isro-number-of-space-missions-by-satellite-and-launch-vehicle/
Description: Number of estimated space missions conducted by Indian space research organization (ISRO) in financial year 2024 by satellite and launch vehicle
4. SpaceFlights’MissionStatus
Source: Kaggle
Author: ROSETABARES
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rosetabares/spacemissionsflightstatus
Description: Unfortunately, throughout history, there have been both unmanned and manned space flight failures, which have tragically taken people’s lives and cost companies millions of dollars. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what influenced space flight failures in order to prepare and prevent tragedies for future astronauts and for the new era of commercial space flights.
5. Space Mission Launches
Source: Kaggle
Author: SEFERCAN APAYDIN
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/sefercanapaydn/mission-launches
Description: It has data on the mission status (success/failure), the cost of the mission, the number of launches per country, and much, much more. There’s so much we can learn from this dataset about the dominant organisations and the trends over time.
6. NASA science: current past and future missions
Source: Datastro
Author: Datastro
Link: https://www.datastro.eu/explore/dataset/nasa-science-current-past-and-future-missions/table/
Description: NASA science current past and future space missions.
7. Performance of exoplanet search space missions
Source: B2Find
Authors: Leger A.; Defrere D.; Malbet F.; Labadie L.; Absil O.
Publish Date: 2016
Link: https://b2find.dkrz.de/dataset/38bb0959-e540-54ac-ba1f-ba709244a6d5
Description: We present an analytic model to estimate the capabilities of space missions dedicated to the search for biosignatures in the atmosphere of rocky planets located in the habitable zone of nearby stars.
8. LunarCube for Deep Space Missions, Phase I
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 27, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/lunarcube-for-deep-space-missions-phase-i
Description: The primary objective is to demonstrate heretofore unavailable high ISP (~3000s) with a small and very efficient ion thruster.
9. Low Earth Otbit (LEO) missions by station 2020–2030
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Nov 21, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171044/low-earth-orbit-missions-worldwide-station/
Description: Projected Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions from 2020 to 2030, by station.
10. Familiarity with NASA “Artemis” mission by region, U.S. 2019
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Dec 1, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027323/space-exploration-familiarity-region-united-states/
Description: Share of people in the United States familiar with the NASA “Artemis” mission in 2019, by region.
11. Government space program spending worldwide, 2014–2022.
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Dec 8, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/745731/global-governmental-spending-on-space-programs/
Description: In 2022, government expenditure on space programs worldwide amounted to 103 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of almost 11.5 percent compared to the previous year.
12. List of Spacecraft Missions launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Source: Dataful
Author: Dataful (Faculty)
Link: https://dataful.in/datasets/5813/
Description: Indian Space Research Organization. List of Spacecraft Missions Launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) [Data Set].
13. The Effects of Spaceflight Factors on the Human Plasma Proteome, Including Both Real Space Missions and Ground-Based Experiments
Source: Government of US
Author: Data.Gov
Publish Date: January 31, 2023
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/the-effects-of-spaceflight-factors-on-the-human-plasma-proteome-including-both-real-space–e8bdc
Description: The aim of the study was to continue the proteomic data accumulation on the effects of space flight factors on the human body, including ground-based model experiments.
14. Number of manned space missions, 1961–2009, by country
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jan 31, 2009
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264468/number-of-manned-space-missions-since-1961/
Description: The statistic shows the number of manned space missions from 1961 to 2009, by country. In that period, the United States conducted 155 manned space missions.
15. Adults willing to travel to space if given the opportunity by age U.S. 2019
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: November 21, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033894/space-travel-opportunity-united-states-age/
Description: This statistic depicts the share of people in the U.S. willing to travel to space if given the opportunity in 2019, broken down by age.
16. Share of people who would travel to space if given the opportunity U.S. 2019
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Nov 21, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033891/space-travel-opportunity-united-states/
Description: This statistic depicts the share of U.S adults who would travel to space if given the opportunity in 2019.
17. Telepresence for Deep Space Missions
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 30, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/telepresence-for-deep-space-missions
Description: Incorporating telepresence technologies into deep space mission operations can give the crew and ground personnel the impression that they are in a location at a time that they are not.
18. Astronaut database
Source: B2Find
Author: Stavnichuk, M
Publish Date: 2020
Link: https://b2find.dkrz.de/dataset/55c95ccf-b700-584b-b864-1f085ad14b9c
Description: This database contains publicly available information about all astronauts who participated in space missions before January 15, 2020, collected from NASA, Roscosmos, and fun-made websites.
19. Government expenditure on space sector in India, FY 2017-2024
Source: Statista
Author: Shangliao Sun
Publish Date: Oct 20, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220036/india-public-expenditure-on-space-sector/
Description: In fiscal year 2022, the Indian government spent more than 124.7 billion Indian rupees on the space sector. It was a significant increase in comparison with the previous year.
20. Advanced Exploration Systems Program
Source: Government of US
Author: Data.Gov
Publish Date: November 12, 2020
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/advanced-exploration-systems-program
Description: AES consists of more than 35 projects that target high-priority capabilities needed for human exploration, such as crew mobility, deep-space habitation, vehicle systems, robotics, deep-space operations, advanced life support, and extra-vehicular activity (EVA) systems.
21. USSR: expenditure on space programs, 1963–1972.
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Nov 7, 2022
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343294/expenditure-space-programs-soviet-union/
Description: The 1960s were an active decade in space exploration, dominated entirely by the space race between the U.S. and the USSR.
22. Data for: A Satellite Mission Concept for High Drag Environments
Source: Mendeley Data
Author: Lance McCreary
Publish Date: July 18, 2019
Link: https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=0&query=Space%20missions&docid=L2cvMTFqbnowems1Ng%3D%3D
Description: This manuscript follows an established and robust systems engineering process to propose a space mission concept that uses in-situ low-earth orbit resources, comprised mostly of N, O, N2, and O2, as propellant.
23. Reasons U.S. adults are interested in going into space 2018
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Dec 1, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/947247/space-exploration-reasons-for-going-us/
Description: This statistic depicts the reasons that U.S. adults are interested in going into space in 2018.
24. List of Missions launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, by ISRO
Source: Dataful
Author: Dataful (Faculty)
Publish Date: 17 February, 2024
Link: https://dataful.in/datasets/5812/
Description: This dataset contains a list of missions launched by ISRO from Payload, Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It has details like mission name, launch date, launcher type, payload, etc.
25. The space race
Source: Kaggle
Author: DELALIE RAWLLINGS
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/fredrawllings/the-space-rance-19572020
Description: Space missions since 1957.
26. Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS)
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Paul Chodas
Publish Date: 28 July 28, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/da_DK/dataset/9337a4c8-aebc-42e8-9e6e-c4759d5a2c76
Description: This list of potential mission targets should not be interpreted as a complete list of viable NEAs for an actual human exploration mission.
27. Multi-Mission SDR, Phase II
Source: Amerigeoss
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/organization/about/us
Description: United States government open data is being migrated to support CKAN v9. Data continues to be available and updated under the United States organization.
28. Tracking Logistical Constraints Across Missions and Organizations: A Multipurpose Information Infrastructure
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: EDWARD BALABAN
Publish Date: November 12, 2020
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/tracking-logistical-constraints-across-missions-and-organizations-a-multipurpose-informati
Description: Based on previous work on combined maintenance and operations planning and scheduling for Marine Aviation, we propose a software-based infrastructure that coordinates planning, scheduling, and execution across multiple departments and disciplines.
29. Cellular Load Responsive MLI: Structural In-air and In-space LH2 Insulation, Phase I
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: August 24, 2022
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/cellular-load-responsive-mli-structural-in-air-and-in-space-lh2-insulation-phase-i1
Description: Advanced space propulsion systems are a critical need for future NASA deep space missions.
30. NASA: U.S. space shuttle missions 1981–2011
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jul 21, 2011
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264606/nasas-us-space-shuttle-missions-since-1981/
Description: The timeline depicts the number of NASA’s U.S. space shuttle missions from 1981 to 2011.
31. Solar Electric Propulsion CubeSat Bus for Deep Space Missions, Phase I
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: August 21, 2022
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/solar-electric-propulsion-cubesat-bus-for-deep-space-missions-phase-i1
Description: As electronics continue to shrink in size, the capabilities of CubeSats continues to expand. CubeSats can now perform a wide range of sensing and telecommunications applications.
32. General Purpose Data-Driven System Monitoring for Space Operations
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: MARK SCHWABACHER
Publish Date: August 15, 2022
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/general-purpose-data-driven-system-monitoring-for-space-operations1
Description: Modern space propulsion and exploration system designs are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex. Determining the health state of these systems using traditional methods is becoming more difficult as the number of sensors and component interactions grows.
33. Space Technology Research Grants Program
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Andrew Eckel
Publish Date: July 26, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/tl/dataset/space-technology-research-grants-program
Description: The Space Technology Research Grants Program will accelerate the development of “push” technologies to support the future space science and exploration needs of NASA, other government agencies and the commercial space sector.
34. Astronaut database
Source: Kaggle
Author: JESSE MOSTIPAK
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/jessemostipak/astronaut-database/discussion
Description: This database contains publically available information about all astronauts who participated in space missions before 15 January 2020 collected from NASA, Roscosmos, and fun-made websites.
35. CoRoT space mission.
Source: B2Find
Publish Date: 2008
Link: https://b2find.dkrz.de/dataset/1d7d10b6-cbf9-51d1-aced-9681efcea941
Description: The pioneer space mission for photometric planet searches, CoRoT, steadily monitors about 12000 stars in each of its fields of view.
36. A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 26, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/a-tall-ship-and-a-star-to-steer-her-by
Description: The Differential Deployable Autonomous Radio Navigation (ΔDARN) brings astronomical radio observations of quasars, masers and pulsars into play as a means to autonomously guide spacecraft among the planets, and even to the stars.
37. RFID-Enabled Navigation and Communication Networks for Long-Duration Space Missions, Phase I
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 30, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/rfid-enabled-navigation-and-communication-networks-for-long-duration-space-missions-phase
Description: Virtual EM Inc. proposes a system that employs semi-passive RFID sensors with carbon nanotube inkjet-printed antenna and solar powered mesh-networked beacons.
38. All Rockets From 1957
Source: Kaggle
Author: Akhil Ram
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/akhilram7/allrocketsfrom1957
Description: This dataset includes all the rocket details of various companies.
39. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM GL3) Global 90m
Source: Amerigeoss
Publish Date: November 12, 2020
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/shuttle-radar-topography-mission-srtm-gl3-global-90m
Description: The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth.
40. An Integrated Human System Interaction (HSI) Framework for Human-Agent Team Collaboration, Phase II
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 26, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/an-integrated-human-system-interaction-hsi-framework-for-human-agent-team-collaboration-ph-fea1
Description: As space missions become more complex and as mission demands increase, robots, human-robot mixed initiative teams and software autonomy applications are needed to provide increasing levels of support to the mission and to Astronauts.
41. Reasons U.S. adults are not interested in going into space 2018
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Dec 1, 2023
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/
Description: This statistic depicts the reasons that U.S. adults are not interested in going into space in 2018. During the survey, 28 percent of respondents believed that it would be too expensive to go into space.
42. NASA 3D Models: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 (SM4)
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Beth Beck
Publish Date: November 12, 2020
Link: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/nasa-3d-models-hubble-space-telescope-servicing-mission-4-sm4
Description: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Mission 4 (SM4) Carriers.
43. Space & Security Power Systems Facility
Source: Amerigeoss
Publish Date: July 29, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/space-security-power-systems-facility
Description: INL’s Space & Security Power Systems Facility is the manufacture point for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) used to provide heat and electric power for deep space exploration and national security purposes.
44. Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 26, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/cryogenic-propellant-storage-and-transfer
Description: Space Flight Demonstration development has been canceled in favor of a ground test bed development for of passive/active cryogenic propellant storage, transfer, and gauging systems in space for infusion into future extended in-space missions.
45. A Photon Counting Imaging Detector for NASA Exoplanet Missions
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 29, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/a-photon-counting-imaging-detector-for-nasa-exoplanet-missions
Description: The key objective of the proposed project is to advance the maturity of a 256×256 pixel single-photon optical imaging detector.
46. LEOrbit: A program to calculate parameters relevant to modeling Low Earth Orbit spacecraft–plasma interaction
Source: Mendeley Data
Author: R. Marchand,D. Purschke,J. Samson
Publish Date: 1 March 2013
Link: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/5j2b45ktvr/1
Description: Abstract Understanding the physics of interaction between satellites and the space environment is essential in planning and exploiting space missions.
47. Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle
Source: Amerigeoss
Author: Techport Support
Publish Date: July 27, 2019
Link: https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/multi-mission-space-exploration-vehicle
Description: Develop a manned vehicle allowing brief sorties to items of interest during multiple types of exploration missions.
48. The Space Race Tweets
Source: Kaggle
Author: AMARTYA NAMBIAR
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/amartyanambiar/the-space-race-tweets
Description: This dataset contains tweets from Twitter regarding the recent Space Race involving Billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson and their respective Companies – SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
49.Moon Landings
Source: Kaggle
Author: ANOOP JOHNY
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/anoopjohny/moon-landings
Description: The dataset chronicles the fascinating journey of human ambition and ingenuity, reaching for the stars and touching the surface of the moon.
Conclusion
With this, we come to an end to this week’s ‘Dataset of the Week’ blog. Make sure to check out our previously published blogs in ‘Dataset of the Week’ on Newsdata.io. I hope to see you again next week for yet another blog on trending topics.
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