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Sputnik, Mercury, and Gemini Projects
Max Jensen and Aidan McFarlad: Sputnik, Mercury, and Gemini
Sputnik was the first manmade object in orbit
Sputnik October 4th
Mercury wanted to put man into space
First tests were on chimps
Spacecraft was tiny and uncomfortable October 7th, 1958
Mercury wanted to put man into space
First tests were on chimps
Spacecraft was tiny and uncomfortable
Mercury 1965 - 1966 -
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Pioneer
Maheck Terceros and Lana Cho: Pioneer
8/17/58 Pioneer 03/3/59 Pioneer 4 launch3/3/72 Pioneer 10 launch3/31/97 Operations discontinued 12/9/78 13 burned into Venus’ atmosphere -
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Venera Probes
Mitchell Smith and Mitchell Overholt: Venera Probes
First probe February 12, 1961Last October 14 1983Landers lasted 22 minutes to 2 hours3 – 4 months to get to Venus -
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Mariner Project
Ellie Baxter and Sahra Leslie: Mariner Project
Mariner Projects 1 and 2
First Robotic Interplanetary Probes launched near Venus, total cost: 544 million
July 22, 1962 and August 27, 1962
Mariner Project 3 and 4
Mars flyby mission. Three was lost but four was successful.
November 28, 1964
Mariner Project 10
Entered gravitational influence of Venus then went on a path to Mercury
November 3, 1973 -
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Magellan Space Craft
Jake Lahaie and Kyle Lind: Magellan Space Craft
Launched May 4th 1969Arrived at Venus August 10th, 1990October 12th lost signal October 13th presumed loss of spacecraftIt took 1 year and 3 months to get thereOrbited Venus for 4 years until it lost connection with the Kennedy space center -
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Voyager Probes
Tessa Baumann and Devon Jordon: Voyager ProbesLaunched 1977Officially approved May 1972Voyager 2 launched August 20Voyager 1 launched September 20
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Viking Probes
Cole Peterson and Shealen Stratton: Viking Probes
Viking 1 Launched August 20, 1975Viking 2 Launched September 9 1975Viking 1 Orbited Mars June 19, 1976Viking 2 Orbited Mars June 20, 1976 -
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Space Exploration Project
William Ronnerburg: Space Exploration Project
First Space Shuttle in April 12, 1981Final Space Shuttle lands July 21, 2011 -
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Galileo Spacecraft
Toros Ozakan and Rachel Ryan: Galileo Spacecraft
Launched October 18, 1989Arrived at Jupiter 1995 (6 years)Mission ended September 21, 2003 -
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Mars Rover
Peyten Tucker and Mary McCaughey: Mars Rover
1991 – First mission was to pricy but it was too pricy993 – The Mars observer leaked fuel and the trigger exploded 1994 – Team used smaller faster cheaper rover1993 – Lost Mars Rover1994 – New technology to develop cheaper micro rover -
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Hubble Space Telescope
Lucas Hansel and Ben Stromeseth: Hubble Space Telescope
1977 congress approved funding1990 is launched into space1993 Servicing Mission 12009 Servicing Mission 4 -
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Cassini Project
Raafay Ahmed & Jacob MCcomas: Cassini Project
October 1997 was the day the project was launched
4 year initial mission plus 2 year extension
June 30, 2004 was the day it entered Saturn orbit
Project is still in use today
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N.E.A.R
Zach and Francisca: N.E.A.R
It got near Eros 2/12/01
Designed and built in 26 months -
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Genesis Spacecraft
Payton Moriarity and Andrew Hoyt: Genesis Spacecraft
Launched August 8, 2000Crash landed September 8th, 2004 -
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International Space Station
Ryan Oveson: ISS
American ISS was launched October 31st 2000
Docked November 2, 200combinig with Zaray
Construction of the ISS completed in 2011