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took 98 minutes to orbit once. Made to observe Earth and collect data. 1st was launched October 4, 1957. Sputnik was 23 inches and weighed 183 pounds. Spent 1.5 million to make. Six flights in all. 3 goals of the program. Established and launched in the US.
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Who: USAF, NASA, and TRW. 15 space probes launched. Took place in Cape Canaveral. August 17 1958- August 8, 1978
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Soviet Union was invloved in program. 1st probe:May 19, 1961. 16 missions. 4-16 succeeded. 1-3 failed miserably. Soviet Union was in full control of the Venera Probes. Russians wanted to beat americans to venus and get more pictures than them.
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Launched April 19, 1966. Made to get humans into space.
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Spacecraft was made to discover Mars, Venus and Mercury. This occured from 1962-1973 and was many spacecrafts were launched between this time.
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When: April 19, 1971 and returned October 11, 1971. Russia launched Almaz. Mir: launched Fuburary 20 1986. ISS launched November 20, 1998. Tiangong: launched by China. This happened because space stations needed more research.
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NASA and Chris McKay were the main people who designed the probes. Used to get images of mars. Scientists were doing this to find different chemicals and any signs of life. Manufactured in the US. Launched Aug. 20 1975 arrived June 19, 1976 and on June 20, 1976 the viking 1 landed on Mars's surface.
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2 probes were used to view Jupiter and Saturn. All these launches were conducted at the Kennedy space station. Voyager launched for 1977-1986. 4 probes were launched.
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An alternate to space exploration. Launched April 12, 1981-July 21, 2011. NASA, and some other helped design the shuttle. Launches happened in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Launched May 4, 1989. NASA launched this to go to Venus and learn more about the planet.
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NASA launched spacecraft to Jupiter to explore its moon
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Weighed 24500 pounds. and 43.5 feet long. Launched to take pictures of the galaxy and teach about galaxies interacting. Launched April 24, 1990 and broke that year and took 3 years to fix.
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Funded by the NASA organization. cost 120 million dollars. First satellite to land on an asteroid. First mission under NASA's discovery. Launched from cape canaveral air force base in the US. Launched 1996-2001. Happened to advance human knowledge.
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Rovers were sent to mars to examine territory. Launched from England, Europe, Russia, and the US.
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Cassinni was launched this date
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NASA, CIT, and JPL made this spacecraft. It was made to collect things in space and gain enough energy to enter the atmosphere. IN space for 886 days. Launched August 6 2001.