Space Missions Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 4 flagged · 7 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 5 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Apollo 11 — The entry states that Luna 15 crashed while Armstrong and Aldrin were still on the lunar surface, but they had already lifted off before the crash.

Apollo 11 — [contradicted] The Soviet uncrewed lunar probe Luna 15 crashed on the Moon on July 21, but Armstrong and Aldrin had already lifted off from the surface before the crash. :: Luna 15 crashed about two hours before Armstrong and Aldrin took off from the Moon's su

Cassini-Huygens — The Huygens module separated from Cassini on December 25, 2004, but the correct separation date is December 24, 2004 (UTC).

New Horizons — [contradicted] New Horizons is the fifth space probe to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System. :: The source states it is the 'fifth space probe to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System.' This is consistent, so no

Galileo — [contradicted] Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. :: The source article is about the astronomer Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), not about a sp

Galileo — [contradicted] Galileo was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere on September 21, 2003, to prevent contaminating any of Jupiter's moons. :: The source states Galileo Galilei died on 8 January 1642 and spent his last years under house arrest; it says

Open data

All content is fetchable as JSON at /data/content/ · llms.txt · sitemap

Corrections

Spotted an error? Suggest an edit — reader reports go straight into the audit queue.

← back to Space Missions