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Sputnik 1
Triggered space race between Soviet Russia and the U.S
December 7th 1961 U.S 2 man spacecraft
Febuary 20th 1962 the Atlas Rocket was sent into orbit -
Pioneer
Pioneer 5 was the first to success
Was from 1958 to 2001 -
Venera Probes
The Soviet Union was involved
16 probes were launched to record data from Venus
Vanera is Russian for Venus
Between 1961- 1984
June 12th 1967 Vanera 4 was the first probe to record
August 17th 1979 Vanera 7 was the first successful probe to land on Venus
June 8th 1975 Vanera 9 was the first probe to take a black and white picture of Venus
September 14th 1978 Vanera 12 recorded Venus first sound
October 30th 1981 Venera 13 was the first probe to get a color image of Venus -
Mariner Program
Lasted from 1962-1973
Mariner 1 launched July 22nd 1962
Mariner 2 launched August 27th 1962
Mariner 3 launched August 5th 1964
Mariner 4 launched November 28th 1964
Mariner 5 launched June 14th 1967
Mariner 6 launched Febuary 24th 1969
Mariner 7 launched March 29th 1969
Mariner 8 launched May 9th 1971 -
Space Stations
Skylab was launched on May 14th 1973
Saslyut was launched on April 17th 1971
Mir launched on Febuary 20th 1896, first permanent and longest lasting space station to today
Almaz military space station 1946
Tiangong launched on September 29th 2011
ISS Launched in 1998 -
Viking Probe 1 and 2 (Mars)
1st launch was in 8/20/1975 arrived in June 29th 1976 and landed in July 20th 1876
2nd launch was on September 9th 1975, arrived on August 7th 1976, and landed on Sepember 3rd -
Space Shuttles
First launch was on April 12th 1981
April 4th 1983: First challenger flight
August 30th 1984: First discovery flight
October 3rd 1985: First Atlantis flight
April 24th 1990: Discovery launches Hubble Space Telescope
May 7th 1992: First Endeavor flight
Last flight on July 21st 2001 (Atlantis) -
Magellan Spacecraft
Studied Venus
U.S was involoved
Launched on May 4th 1989
Arrived on Venus on August 10th 1990
Took 1 year and 3 months to reach Venus
The U.S wanted to beat the Soviets -
Galileo Spacecraft
Galileo was designed to studied Jupiter
The launch was on October 18th 1989
July 1994: The probe separates from the spacecraft
In December 1995: Probe hits Jupiter's atmosphere
Galileo mission extended into 2001
Final Mission ended on September 21st 2003 -
Voyager Probes
Mission was to explore Saturn and Jupiter
August 20th 1977, voyager 2 launched
September 5th 1977 voyager 1 launched
January 1st 1990 Mission Begins
December 2004, Voyager 1 passes termination shock
August 2007, voyager 2 passes termination shock -
Hubble
Named after Edwin Hubble
Took 11 years to construct
1923- Herman Oberth comes up with the idea
1946- Lyman Spitzer tries to make it happen
1977- Congress approves to help fund the mission
1990- Hubble launches into space
1993- Astronauts travels to Hubble to make repairs -
N.E.A.R Mission
N.E.A.R= Near Earth Asteriod Rendezvous
In Febuary 17th 1996: N.E.A.R spacecraft was launched
Febuary 14th 2000: N.E.A.R Shoemaker started orbitting Eros
Febuary 12th 2001: N.E.A.R shoemaker landed safely on Eros
Lost connection was on Febuary 28th 2001 -
Cassini Mission
Launched on October 15th 1997
Venus flyby 1: April 26th 1998
Venus flyby 2: June 24th 1999
Earth flyby: August 17th 1999
Cassini's arrival to Saturn: June 30th 2004
Cassini release Huygens probe to Tatian: December 24th 2004 -
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Genesis
The first spacecraft to go past the moon
Launched on August 8th 2001
Sampling ended on April 2nd 2004
There was 3 different ways to collect particles -
Mars Rover
2 rovers:
Opportunity launched on July 7th 2003, and arrived on January 24th 2004
Spirit launched on June 10th 2003, landed January 4th 2004
Spirit stopped operating in 2010
