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Mariner Program
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Sputnik, Mercury, and Gemini
Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957
On October 7, 1958 this project was announced by NASA, but was revealed to the public on April 9, 1959.
The first mission was on April 8, 1964
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Pioneer 0
Pioneer 0 (or Able-1) had a flight of a whopping 77 seconds before crashing into the Pacific Ocean
1965 was when the Pioneer Space Program had launched a successful probe into space and did what it was supposed to do
Pioneers 10 and 11 ventured out of our solar system to observe the other planets for 22-25 years
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Vanera Space Probes
Soviet space probes
launched between 1961
and 1981
There were 16 launches
The first successful launch
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Mars Exploration Rover
This project ran from 1971-2013.
It is an ongoing mission.
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Viking 1
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Viking 2
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Voyager 2
Was launched August 20, 1977
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Explored giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn
July 9, 1979
August 25, 1981
January 24, 1986
August 25, 1989
March 2012 -
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Voyager 1
Was launched September 5, 1977
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Explored giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn
February 17, 1998
March 5, 1979
November 12, 1980
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Space Shuttle
Kennedy space station in Florida
Built all six there
The building of the first space shuttle began in 1968.
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Magellan spacecreft
Magellan burned up in 1995 in the Venus’s atmosphere before mapping nearly the planet’s entire surface. -
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Galileo Spacecraft
December 4th 1995: Galileo releases its probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere and brakes into orbit around the planet.
November 4th 1996: The Galileo's first flyby of Callisto at an altitude of 1,136km (706 miles).
June 19th 2000: Galileo leaves Jupiter’s magnetosphere for the first time.
December 2000-January 2001: Galileo and Cassini collaborate to study the Jovian System.
January 17th 2002: No data returned during Galileo’s final flyby of IO after radiation places the spacecraft in standby mode.etc -
Hubble space telescope
1962 NASA decided to make a telescope to reach their expectations.
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Cassini
The Venus flyby was on April 26, 1998 at 234 km, and June 24, 1999 at 600 km
The Earth flyby was on August 18, 1999 at 1,171 km
Jupiter's flyby was on December 30, 2000 at 10 million km -
Space Stations
The international space station was launched on November 20th 1998
The Skylab space station was launched on August 8th 1969
MIIR space station was launched on February 20th 1986