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History of Space Exploration Timeline
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Sputnik
Launched by Russia, it was the first satellite ever launched into space. It was the beginning of the "Space Race." -
Apollo Mission to the Moon
The first time man had left the Earth and landed on the Moon. -
Magellan
Magellan was the first interplanetary mission launched from the Space Shuttle. Its mission is to map the planet Venus -
Ulysses
Launched from Europe, Ultsses went into orbit to study Earth's heliosphere -
Clementine
Launched from America, its purpose was to study the moon. It orbited the moon for three months. -
Cassini-Huygens Mission
Launches from Pasadena CA, it was a mission to study the planet Saturn -
Satellite Stardust
Launched in Utah, it was used to study stardust, just like its name implies. -
Fuse
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fuse was sent out to study the Big Bang Theory of how solar systems are formed -
Satellite Champ
Launched in Germany, it was the first satellite to give precise gravity and magnetic field measurements -
Satellite Calipso
Launched in Hampton VA, it used lasers to study Earth's atmosphere -
Dawn
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Dawn's mission is to visit two planets (Vesta and Ceres) located in the asteroid belt. If successful, it will be the first satellite to orbit two bodies in space that doesn't include Earth. -
Satellite Cindi
It was launched by America to study Earth's upper atmosphere -
Fermi
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fermi is a telescope that is studying gamma rays in space from a low Earth orbit -
Kepler
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Kepler's mission is to see if there are other Earth sized planets in the universe -
Juno
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Juno's mission is to go around Jupiter and come back, collecting data along the way. -
Works Cited Part 1
SPUTNIK http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sputnik-1.htm
APOLLO http://www.space.com/17362-apollo-8.html
CLEMENTINE http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/316317/peaks_of_eternal_light_on_the_moon/
MAGELLAN http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/magellan.htm
ULYSSES http://science.nasa.gov/missions/ulysses/
CASSINI-HUYGENS http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/cassinihuygens-spacecraft/cassinihuygens-spacecraft3.html
FUSE http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=23835 -
Works Cited Part 2
STARDUST http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index-old-donotuse.html
CHAMP http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/challenging-mini-satellite-payload
CALIPSO http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/mission-chronicles/en/
DAWN http://thegalaxytoday.com/tag/dawn-mission/
CINDI http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/cindi-cnofs.html#.U0tIkLlOWM8
FERMI http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/new-structure.html -
Works Cited Part 3
