Satellite madness

When it happened

Period: Jan 4, 1975 to Jan 4, 2015

Verena 9

Oct 22, 1975

Verena 9 went into orbit of the planet Venus. It transmitted photos of the surface and the planet.

Helios 2

Apr 17, 1976

Helios 2 completed a giant sucsess by traveling closest to the sun.

Viking 1

Jul 20, 1976

Viking 1 landed on Mars sucssesfully and took magnificant photos of the surface.

ISEE-3

Nov 20, 1978

ISEE-3 was the first robot to orbit a libration point.

Voyager 1

Jan 4, 1979

Voyager 1 was the first robot to take close up pictures of Jupiter's moons.

Voyager 1#2

Mar 4, 1979

This robot was the first to take a picture of a volcano outside Earth. This picture was taken on Io, Jupiter's moon.

Pioneer 11

Sep 1, 1979

The first robot to fly by Saturn.

Venera 13

Mar 1, 1982

This robot was the first to have a soil analysis on another planet. This analysis was taken on Venus.

Pioneer 10

Jun 13, 1983

This was the first robot to cross the orbit of Neptune.

Vega 1

Jun 9, 1985

First robot to do balloon operations on another planet. It was operated on Venus.

ISEE-3

Sep 11, 1985

This robot performed the first comet flyby. The comet was Giacobini-Zinner

Voyager 2

Jan 24, 1986

This robot was the first to flyby Uranus.

Giotto

Mar 13, 1986

This robot took the first close up images of a comet. The robot took pictures of the comet Halley.

Voyager 2

Aug 25, 1989

This robot was the first to flyby Neptune.

Voyager 1 #3

Feb 14, 1990

This robot took the first pictures of our solar system beyond Neptune.

Hubble

May 20, 1990

First image from a space-based telescope.

Galileo

Jul 2, 1990

First robot to take close up pictures of asteroids.

Giotto

Jul 2, 1990

This robot was the first to flyby Earth in deep space.

Hiten

Mar 19, 1991

This robot was the first to use areobraking to reduce velocity.

Galileo #2

Aug 2, 1993

This robot discovered an asteroid's moon. He was the first to discover one. He discovered Ida and Dactyl.

Galileo #3

Jul 16, 1994

This robot made the first direct observations of a comet hitting a planet. The comet hit Jupiter.

Ulysses

Nov 5, 1994

This robot was the first to flyby the sun's poles.

Gallileo #4

Dec 8, 1995

This was the first robot to orbit a gas giant. The giant it orbited was Jupiter.

Spirit

Jan 3, 2005

This robot broke the record of operating on another planet. It was operating on Mars.

Hayabusa

Jun 13, 2010

This robot was the first to collect and return an asteroid sample.

Messenger

Mar 18, 2011

This was the first robot to orbit Mercury.

Oppertunity

May 20, 2011

This robot broke the record of the surface endurance record on this day.

Curiosity

Sep 5, 2012

This robot will be the largest ever operating on another planet.

Rosetta

Nov 5, 2014

This will be the first robot to land on a comet.

Dawn

Feb 5, 2015

This robot will be the first to orbit a dwarf planet. It will orbit the planet Ceres.

New Horizions

Jul 14, 2015

This robot was the first to flyby Pluto.

Juno

Jul 4, 2016

This robot will be the first spacecraft solarpowered on Jupiter.