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Sputnik, Gemini, and Mercury Programs
Sputnik-Moscow, Russia, first satellite sent into orbit
Gemini-U.S., January 3, 1962-November 16, 1966
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Pioneer Program
A series of unmaned aircrafts that were sent into space for different missions and was famous for Pioneer 10. NASA wanted to study ionizing radiation, cosmic rays, magnetic fields and micrometeorites around the Earth and lunar orbit. America beat the Soviet Union into space. -
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Venera Probes
The Soviet Union sent out spacecrafts to explore Venus. The mission was shut down because of low funding but it did send back the first colored pictures from Venus. -
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Mariner Program
NASA created an interplanetary probe used to capture pictures of Mars, Mercury, and Venus. They wanted to know how bug the planets were and how they compared to Earth. NASA wanted to be first to get pictures of these planets and learn about their inner solar systems. -
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Viking Probes
NASA sent 2 probes to Mars to explore the atmosphere and the land. We wanted to see how the planets are alike and if they were related. This mission taught us a lot more about other planets, -
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Space Stations
1971-Russian Saylut
1973-America Skylab
1986-Russian Mir
1998-Internation Space Station
Huge amounts of scientific data has been collected from these space stations and they use them to test many things and then bring the new inventions to Earth. -
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Voyager 2 Probe
NASA created a probe to explore our solar system and beyond it. They wanted to take advantage of rare planets and visit Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2 was created to follow Voyager 1 but in the opposite direction. -
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Voyager 1 Probe
Voyager Probe 1 was created to enter interstellar space and study the planet Saturn. NASA wanted to expand their knowledge of space beyond the area of the Sun's spehere of infulence. -
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The Space Shuttle
NASA launched 5 space shuttles that flew to Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and as close to the sun as we could get. The scinetists wanted to explore unknown areas of space and get samples of unknown rocks and liquids. -
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Magellan Spacecraft
NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The spacecraft orbited the planet multiple times taking pictures. It was the first spacecraft to use an intertial upper stage booster and was the first spacecraft to test aero braking. The main reason this spacecraft was created was to map the surface of Venus by using Synthetic Aperture Radar. -
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Galileo Spacecraft
The Galileo Spacecraft was sent into space to record information about Jupiter and it’s moons. Scientists thought that Jupiter could answer many questions about the universe and that this mission could uncover how the sun and other planets were formed and how they are related. -
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Hubble Space Telescope
NASA and European space agency created the telescope to get images of planets, stars, and galaxies. With this mission they coud learn about the birth and death of stars and estimate the age of the universe. The scientists who made the telescope wanted an idea of what was in space and be able to see it clearer, -
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N.E.A.R. Mission
John Hopkins funded the mission that would study around Earth and the asteriod Eros, This mission could answer many questions about nature. -
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Cassini Misson
NASA and the European Space agency along with 17 other countries made the Cassini misson to explore Saturn and its biggest moon Titan. Scientists wanted to verify the 3D structure of Saturn's rings and behavior of them. -
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Genesis Spacecraft
A misson to collect solar wind lead by NASA. With this information we could learn more about what the Sun and other planets of our solar system are made of and it was the first spacecraft to collect solar winds. -
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Mars Rover
NASA built 2 rovers, Spirit and Oppurtunity. They were sent to see if there was earth and water on Mars. Scientists learned about the presence of water-contained and iron-containing rocks and minerals on Mars.