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Pioneer Series
Pioneer 5 Launch Date
March 11, 1960 | 13:00:00 UT
Launch Site
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA | Launch Complex 17A
Destination
Our Solar System
Type
Orbiter
Status
Successful
Nation
United States
Alternate Names
1960 Alpha 1, 00027, 1960-001A -
Venera Series
The objective was to gather data about Venus -
Exploration of earth's moon
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first people to reach the moon when their Apollo 11 lunar lander touched down in the Sea of Tranquility.
Earth's moon, the longest known of all, was given the name "Selene" by the Greeks and "Luna" by the Romans, each a goddess.
Launch: July 16, 1969. Saturn V rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 a.m. EDT
The purpose of this mission was to explore the moon -
Exploration of Mercury
Mariner 10 was launched on November 3 1973 The objective was to measure the environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics of mercury and to investigate Venus. -
Mariner Series 1962 - 1973
Mariner 1 7/22/1962 Attempted flyby of Venus but was destroyed shortly after launched.
Mariner 2 8/27/1962 First Venus Flyby
Mariner 3 11/5/1964 Attempted Mars flyby, transmissions ceased 9 hours after launch
Mariner 4 11/28/1964 First Mars Flyby
Mariner 5 6/14/1967 Another Venus Flyby
Mariner 6 2/24/1969 Another Mars Flyby
Mariner 7 3/27/1969 Mars Flyby
Mariner 8 5/8/1971 Attempted Mars Orbiter
Mariner 9 5/30/1971 Probe entered Mars orbit
Mariner 10 11/3/1973-1975 Flyby's of Mars and Venus -
Voyager Series
Launch: Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977, from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. On September 5, Voyager 1 launched, also from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket.
The twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA in separate months in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Purpose: As originally designed, the Voyagers were to conduct close up studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets. -
Pioneer Venus
The spacecraft was inserted into an elliptical orbit around Venus on December 4, 1978. It returned data on Venus until October 1992.” -
Viking Program
Viking 1 first of the two space crafts sent to Mars and the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. The spacecraft's mission concluded 8/7/1980.
The second spacecraft of a two probe program. Viking 2 operated for 1316 days -
Magellan
To map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field. -
Mars Orbiters
Mars Global Surveyor - An American spacecraft launched by nasa 11/7/1996 to examine the entire planet. It’s mission ended 9/14/2006
Odyssey - Launched by nasa 4/7/2001 this spacecraft orbits mars to this day
Express - Launched 6/2/2003 still operating. Mission is to search for subsurface water from orbit. -
Mars Rovers
Sojourner and Spirit and Opportunity. Mars Pathfinder Sojourner landed on Mars 7/4/97. It explored mars and conducted experiments for 3 months. Mars exploration rover spirit and opportunity landed on Mars 1/4/2004. Spirit and Opportunity is still exploring mars -
Galileo
Galileo
Studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies. consisted of an orbiter and an entry probe. It was delivered into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989 by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Costing 1.6 billion US dollars Orbital insertion: December 8, 1995, 01:16 UTC. After 14 years it completed its mission. -
Cassini
Purpose was to send a probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites. Launched from Cape Canaveral on October 15, 1997
294 Saturn Orbits Spent 20 years