The Evolution of Spacecrafts

  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1
    -three portholes,
    -external radio antennas
    -radios as a life support system
    -an ejection seat.
    -Wasn’t capable of landing with a human on board
    -crewed
  • Mars Pathfinder

    Mars Pathfinder
    -Image for Mars Pathfinder
    -Atmospheric Structure Instrument
    -Alpha/Proton/X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
    -Rover imaging cameras
    -Uncrewed
    -Mission was to deliver scientific instruments to mars
  • Galileo

    Galileo
    -Solid-state imaging camera
    -Ultraviolet spectrometer
    -Magnetometer
    -Energetic particles detector
    -Plasma wave spectrometer
    -Dust detector
    -Uncrewed
    -Mission was to study Jupiter and its moons
  • Genesis

    Genesis
    -Solar wind collectors
    -Ion monitors
    -Electron motors
    -Uncrewed
    -Mission was to collect a sample of solar wind
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
    -High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
    -Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
    -Mars Color Imager
    -Context Imager
    -Shallow Radar
    -Mars Climate Sounder
    -Accelerometers
    -Misson was to study mars
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
    -Supply information on Lunar radiation environment
    -Evaluating the biological impacts and allowing the development of -protective technologies
    -Provide the first highly accurate 3D lunar cartographic maps
    -Map mineralogy across the whole moon
    -Search for polar volatiles (especially water ice)
    -Provide an assessment of features for landing sites
    -Uncrewed
  • Orion

    Orion
    -A launch abort system
    -A service module
    -Solar panels
    -A spacecraft adapter to protect the service module
    -uncrewed test run
  • Parker Solo Probe

    Parker Solo Probe
    -Voltage sensors
    -Fluxgate magnetometers
    -Electric antennas
    -Uncrewed
    -Mission was to orbit the sun