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ISS
The Russian Segment would be disconnected from the ISS and independently operated by Russia starting in 2024. Afterwards, with support for it declining globally and within the US, it would be deconstructed over the course of 2027 to 2030 and brought back to Earth. Afterwards, it would be rebuilt over the next three years on Earth, and displayed on top of the National Air and Space Museum.

USA

 * Fifth Great Awakening (2020s-2030s): Result of COVID-19, revival of the Christian Left as the Christian Right declines
 * Sixth Great Awakening (2060s-2070s): Result of the news from survey for alien life in the Orion Arm (3,500 ly across, 10,000 ly long), the only life is in the Solar System: Earth, Europa, Enceladus
 * Titan: Bound to have life any moment (in galactic standards of "any moment")
 * Mars: Had life but it died when its magnetosphere went
 * Venus: Own Great Oxygenation event, but life didn't make it through (unlike Earth)
 * Response: Proof that God is real and that the three Es (Earth, Europa, Enceladus) are his chosen planets, the latter two must be protected to preserve his other creations (irreligous people would also agree, due to well, it's the only other life we know of). Since we are one of God's chosen planets, we are meant to spread Earth life across the galaxy, make an impact. In general, support for space travel and colonization goes up massively by both religious and irreligious people


 * Another Great Migration but its peoples in general moving South: to reconnect with heritage/ancestry/history, warmer weather, etc (reversed with climate change)
 * Wars in West Africa brings immigrants to the South, rise in people who identify as Muslim there

Biotech

 * De-extinction of other members of the genus Homo, archaic humans, starting in the 2080s, part of "Reviving Our Sisters Project"


 * GMO Apple - Apple size of an adult human head, "Branchbreakers" (Trees that grown them weren't modified to handle the weight, so they break when they're ready)

NASA Probes/Shit
The planetary exploration missions and programs of NASA.

Mariner Program

 * Mariner 1 (July 1962)
 * Mariner 2 (August 1962)
 * Mariner 4 (November 1964)
 * Mariner 5 (June 1967)
 * Mariner 6 (February 1969)
 * Mariner 7 (March 1969)
 * Mariner 9 (May 1971)
 * Mariner 10 (November 1973)

Pioneer Program

 * Pioneer 6 (A) (December 1965)
 * Pioneer 7 (B) (August 1966)
 * Pioneer 8 (C) (December 1967)
 * Pioneer 9 (D) (November 1968)
 * Pioneer 10 (F) (March 1972)
 * Pioneer 11 (G) (April 1973)
 * Pioneer 12 (H) (May 1974) - Out-of-the-ecliptic mission that took magnetometer observations of Jupiter as it used it as a gravitational slingshot to travel outside the ecliptic.
 * Pioneer Venus Orbiter (May 1978)

Viking Program

 * Viking 1 (August 1975)
 * Viking 2 (September 1975)

Voyager Program

 * Voyager 1 (September 1977)
 * Voyager 2 (August 1977)

1990s

 * Hermes (1994) [OTL MESSENGER]

Flagship Telescopes

 * Hubble Space Telescope (1990)
 * Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (1991)
 * Chandra X-Ray Observatory (1999)
 * James Webb Space Telescope (2015)
 * HabEx (2020) [OTL Proposed]
 * LUVOIR (2024) [OTL Proposed LUVOIR-A Design]
 * Origins Space Telescope (2028) [OTL Proposed]
 * Lynx X-Ray Observatory (2033) [OTL Proposed]

Discovery

 * NEAR Shoemaker (1996)
 * Mars Pathfinder (1996)
 * Lunar Prospector (1998)
 * Stardust (1999)
 * Genesis (2000) [Goes as OTL]
 * CONTOUR (2001) [Goes as OTL]
 * (2002)
 * Deep Impact (2003) [Goes as OTL]
 * (2004)
 * Dawn (2005) [Goes as OTL]
 * (2006)
 * Juno (2007) [OTL]
 * FOSSIL (2008) [OTL Proposed]
 * Kepler (2009)
 * Titan Mare Explorer (2009) [OTL Proposed]
 * OSIRIS (2010) [OTL OSIRIS-REx]
 * GRAIL (2011)
 * Phobos Surveyor (2012) [OTL Proposed] - 2 feet sea urchin-like rovers landing near the crater Stickney.
 * Lucy (2013) [OTL Planned]
 * Mars Geyser Hopper (2014) [OTL Proposed]
 * Whipple (2015) [OTL Proposed]
 * Comet Hopper (2016) [OTL Proposed]
 * Psyche (2017) [OTL Planned]
 * InSight (2018)
 * Io Volcano Observer (2018) [OTL Proposed]
 * MANTIS (2019) [OTL 2019 concept]
 * VERITAS (2021) [OTL Proposed]
 * Zephyr (2023) [OTL Proposed/Venus Landsailing Rover]
 * Zephyr (2023) [OTL Proposed/Venus Landsailing Rover]

Mars Exploration Rovers

 * Spirit (June 2001) - makes last contact March 2010
 * Opportunity (July 2001) - Makes last contact in June 2016
 * Curiosity (November 2009)
 * Perserverance ( 2018)

2010s

 * Europa Clipper (2018) [OTL Planned]

2020s

 * Europa Lander (2021) [OTL Proposed]