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Space exploration
Space race -
Sputnik
sputnik the first man made satellite in space
still orbiting -
Pioneer 0
the start of the pioneer programs probes -
Mercury mission
to put a man in space -
Mecury puts man in space
put a man in space program closed -
Venera Probes launched
these were to explore venus and the launches prceeded from 1961-1983 -
Mariner program
the program starts
there where 10 probes in all -
Gemini
Gemini launched from Cape Canaveral -
Gemini mission ends
Gemini mission ends -
Voyager probes
first launched voyager probe -
Pioneer 11
last pioneer probe launch
there where about 14 probes launched -
Mariner program ends
took many pictures of mars -
Viking 2
launched before viking 1 and about 5 years in space -
Viking 1
this was launched afer Viking 2 to explore mars in space for about 5 years -
voyager probes program ends
last probe loses contact with earth -
Space shuttles
started program with columbia -
Venera program ends
there where about 16 probes in all -
Magellan is launched
the probe was to explore venus was launched this day -
International Space Station
first piece of it sent up -
Hubble Telescope
the Telescope is still in space today
this is possibly the most important telescope in space exploration -
Galilieo
the galileo probe launches to discover more about Jupiter -
Magellan mission is terminated
the mission is terminated -
NEAR mission starts
the Eugene shoe maker is launched -
Cassini
to study saturn
first launch -
NEAR mission ends
the shoemaker mad its last call down to earth -
Genesis
used to collect solar winds
also we laerned how to make spacecraft sturdier -
Opportunity launched
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Galelio probe losses contact with earth
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Spirit launched
Rover goes to mars to explore -
Genesis sends back information
they got samples from a return capsule -
Cassini program ends
the probe lands on titan and sneds back informations
mission ends -
International space station completed
completely assembled in space -
Space shuttles
Program ended with atlantis