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Viking probes
1 billion American dollars
Took first ever images of mars
Discovered geological forms on mars
Viking 1 was launched on august 20th, 1975
Viking 2 was launched on September 9th, 1975 -
Voyager Probes 1-2
Launched 1977
Discovered 48 new moons
14.7 billion kilometers away from the sun
Voyager 1 launched on August 20th ,1977
Voyager 2 launched September 5th 1977 -
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Space Timeline
The Space projects, and missions that heppen in this timespan. -
Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini
SPUTNIK:
Soviet Union launched Sputnik to orbit in space
Sputnik II was launched, carrying a dog named Laika
First Artificial Satellite
MERCURY:
NASA announced manned spaceflight project
Made it 15 minutes 22 seconds into flight before clamps dethatched the Redstone rocket
GEMINI:
Multiple tests to see if two crew men and supporting equipment could stay orbiting around the earth for two weeks
SPUTNIK:
October 4, 1957- Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1
November 3: Sputnik II launc -
Mariner Program
10 space crafts
3 failed to exit Earth’s atmosphere
Went to Mars, Venus, and Mercury
Only one mission sent to Mercury
First to fly by these planets
Mariner 9 was first to enter Mars’ orbit
Took lots of pictures
Found riverbeds, craters, volcanoes, canyons, and wind driven deposition on Mars
Learned a lot about atmospheres and surfaces of mars, Mercury, and Venus
1962-1973
1962 was first attempted launch but failed
1973 Mariner 10 was launched -
Space Stations
Orbit started on May 14, 1973 with Saturn V rocket
9 people lived on Skylab, 171 days 13 hours total. 300 experiments were taken on the space station.
Deorbit July 11, 1979
Means ‘space’ and ‘world’ in Russian
Orbit started on February 20, 1986
Kvant-1 module added April 1987
Kvant-2 module added December 1989
Mir launches Znamya-2 as an experiment. The banner is visible to people on Earth.
Deorbit on March 22 -
Space shuttles
Cost 196 million dollars
135 launched
Lasted 30 years
The first shuttle landing was at Edwards air force base in California
All 135 launches took place at the Kennedy space center, in Florida
The first space shuttle launched on April 14, 1981
Final voyage was on July 8, 2011 -
Magellan
First spacecraft to land on/explore Venus
Cost $551 million
Learned the geography of Venus
Venus, Earth’s ‘planetary twin’
U.S. beat Soviet Union to landing on Venus
Launched from U.S. space shuttle Atlantis
Launched April 28, 1989 -
Galileo spacecraft
It was launched on October 18, 1989.
Galileo arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995.
Made the closest yet observations on asteroids Gaspra and Ida -
Hubble Space Telescope
2.5 million dollars
Was going to be launched in 1986 but after the Challenger accident it was delayed 4 years.
Launched on April 24,1990
The Hubble Space Telescope brought back many pictures of space
Helped scientists learn more about space and what is in space with the pictures that were taken -
N.E.A.R Mission
N.E.A.R. Shoemaker
Took approximately 5 years
Cost about $224 million
February 17,1996 – Launch Day
February 12, 2001 – Shoemaker lands on Eros
February 28,2001 – Shoemaker’s last call to Earth -
Cassini Mission
Cost 3.26 billion
Deployed in 1977
Arrived at Jupiter in 2004
Launched on October 15, 1997 -
Genesis Program
Launched on August 8, 2001
Crash landed on September 8, 2004
It cost the U.S. $260 million
Collected atoms from the solar wind into a disk
Took 27 months of being exposed to the solar wind
First samples from space beyond the moon
This furthered our understanding of our solar system and the particles in it -
Mars Exploration Rover
Two rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) sent into space to land on Mars
Goal was to have rovers on Mars for 3 months
Rovers landed on Mars and took samples and pictures of their surroundings
Cost $820 million
June 10, 2003- Spirit rover is sent into space
July 7, 2003- Opportunity rover is sent into space
January 4, 2004- Spirit lands on Mars
January 25, 2004- Opportunity lands on Mars
May 25, 2011- Spirit ends its mission due to loss of front wheel
