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WikiProject Space Missions aims to standardize articles on space missions (such as Vostok 1, Mercury 3, and Shenzhou 5). Manned space missions are the ideal target of this WikiProject, though it may also apply to unmanned space missions.

1 Title
2 Scope
3 Parentage
4 Descendants
5 Similar WikiProjects
6 Participants
7 Structure
- 7.1 Space Programs
- 7.2 Space Missions
8 Templates
- 8.1 Space Programs
- 8.2 Space Missions
9 New missions actions
10 Progress
11 Pages needing attention

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Title

WikiProject Space Missions

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Scope

WikiProject Space Missions aims to define a standard layout for articles about space missions.

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Parentage

WikiProject Space Missions has as a parent, WikiProject Transport

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Descendants

WikiProject Space Missions has no descendant WikiProjects.

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Similar WikiProjects

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Participants

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Structure

Three major classes of space missions exist, being country-based space exploration information (which currently exists in any primitive form, e.g. Space program of China, NASA, Canadian Space Agency), craft/program-based space exploration information (e.g. Shenzhou spacecraft, Mercury program, Vostok), individual mission information (e.g. Vostok 1, Mercury 3, and Shenzhou 5). These divisions likewise apply to uncrewed programs (e.g. Sputnik and Sputnik 1, Explorer program and Explorer 1) - see Wikipedia:WikiProject Unmanned Space Missions.

Ideally, there would thus be two differing formats, depending on whether a mission or a program is the article in question.

Please see Vostok 1, Apollo 11, etc. for good sample articles.

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Space Programs

nothing yet but use footers

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Space Missions

Space Missions should begin with the bolded name of the mission, followed by a simple description of the mission.

The page should be roughly divided up with several headers, in the rough following order: Crew Members, Mission Objective. Please note that this is not a hard and fast rule, but is meant for a general rule of thumb

On the right hand side should float a table containing mission insignia or logo (if applicable), mission name (again), any nicknames (for the craft itself, or call signs), Number of Crew Members, Launch date, time, and location, Landing date, time, and location, Duration, and Number of Orbits. Not all of these are necessary, and some other facts may be deemed important. In general, this box is to be used for specific information that can be quickly looked up. It should not have every last aspect of the mission however. If something is not known, the row should not appear. The exceptions to this rule are the basic information: Mission, Call Sign, Spacecraft Name, Launch, Landing, Duration, and Orbits.

On the bottom should be a table linking again to the program/spaceship.

As for other standards that do not pertain to a preferred page design:

Please be aware that the preferred terminology is "manned" and "unmanned"
Use astronaut for American spacefarers, cosmonaut for Soviet/Russian spacefarers, and yuhangyuan for Chinese spacefarers. The last name may be changed at any time as the official name still seems to be in question, and should be put up for a vote on the discussion page, but for the immediate future, use yuhangyuan (in tandem with astronaut if necessary) but NOT taikonaut.
Times in the table should be 24-hour UTC. Times in the text of a document should be in 12-hour local time (with UTC offset given). Any link of UTC in the table should only be done once. Years however should be linked every time.
Duration should have written out time words. (e.g. "1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes", not "1 day 01:08" or "25:08")
Even though this can be construed as a historical project, it is also very much a scientific project, so please use only metric units in the articles.
Date format (DMY or MDY) should be discussed on the talk page for now.
Longitude and Latitude should be in degrees, minutes, and seconds if possible, rather than in decimal format.

An example can be seen at Vostok 1 for now.

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Templates

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Space Programs

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions/Space Programs (nothing yet) but use appropriate footer as in Space Missions template

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Space Missions

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions/Space Missions

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New missions actions

Each new spacelaunch requires a series of changes to be made to Wikipedia:

Mission page updated to past tense, with exact launch time, expected facts verified. For ISS missions, expedition page must also be updated
Update both List of human spaceflights, 2000-present and List of human spaceflights chronologically
Update List of human spaceflights by program
Update each astronaut's biography
Update spacecraft page: If a Space Shuttle flight, update missions section of shuttle's article and List of space shuttle missions, for a Soyuz flight, update Soyuz article and possibly Soyuz programme; for Shenzhou, update Shenzhou spacecraft; for private spaceflights, both spacecraft and company articles, for example, SpaceShipOne and Scaled Composites
If a flight to the ISS, update ISS Expeditions section of International Space Station, and List of manned spaceflights to the ISS or List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS, as appropriate, and, after docking, List of International Space Station visitors
If a first time astronaut is present, update total astronauts in lead of Astronaut article and check that he/she is on List of astronauts by name
If a astronaut is the first from his country, update Timeline of astronauts by nationality and number of countries in Astronaut article. Ensure biography includes correct Category:Astronauts by nationality. Update national space agency and space program articles if existing.
If spacewalks occur, update List of spacewalks and moonwalks and, if appropriate, List of ISS spacewalks
In a few cases, Spaceflight records may need updating or Space disaster