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Launched with a dog inside
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16 probes in total. Launched for the Soviet Union
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Mercury goes into oribt
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Started in 1962. Mariner 11 and 12 were planned but canceled. NASA wanted to learn more about other farther away planets but they couldn't send humans. Therefore, they sent the Mariner probes. 10 mariners 3 failed
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The astronauts were Gus Grissom and John Young
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This project was to ensure that they could safely send someone to space
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First space station operated by the United States. Weighed 77,088
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roughly a billion dollars cost. Arrived on Mars on July 20, 1976
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Sent to Mars aswell. Arrived on September 3, 1976
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Last launch of a venera probe was on June 7, 1983
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the Hubble Spacecraft was assembled during the month of December
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the challenger exploded mid-air on January, 28, 1986
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Cost 551$ million to send. Weighed 7,612 pounds. Discovered a planet that astronauts couldn't get on.
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Program ended in 2003. Discovered salt water on planets and moons. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center
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it was launched on April 24, 1990. revolves around the Earth 14-15 times a day. 354 miles above Earth
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The Magellan Spacecraft Arrives
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Sent to Saturn because scientists wanted to know more about Saturn. Arrived on July 1, 2004.
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orbited over 1.5 billion miles which is 8 round trips around the sun. It weighs 861,804 pounds
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the first launch was in August 2001
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the last flight of the columbia was on January 16th, 2003
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Launched on July 7, 2003
Landed January 3, 2004 -
Meant to last 90 days but lasted 9 years
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The landing of the Genesis was meant to be plucked out of the sky by helicoptors, but the parachute malfunctioned causing it to crash into a desert in Utah
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the most recent space shuttle launch
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NASA will be 55 years old on July 29th, 2013