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| x Voyager 1 |
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The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram (1,592 lb) robotic space probe of the outer Solar System and beyond, launched September 5, 1977. It remains operational, currently pursuing its extended mission to locate and study the boundaries of the...
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| x Voyager 2 |
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The Voyager 2 spacecraft is an unmanned interplanetary space probe launched on August 20, 1977. Identical in form to its sister Voyager program craft Voyager 1, Voyager 2 followed a slower trajectory that allowed it to be kept in the ecliptic (the...
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| x Pioneer 1 |
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On October 11, 1958, Pioneer 1 became the first spacecraft launched by NASA, the newly formed space agency of the United States. The flight was the second and most successful of the three Thor-Able space probes.
Pioneer 1 consisted of a thin...
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| x Pioneer 2 |
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Pioneer 2 was the last of the three project Able space probes designed to probe lunar and cislunar space. Shortly after launch at 07:30:00 UTC on November 8, 1958, the third stage of the launch vehicle separated but failed to ignite, and Pioneer 2...
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| x Mariner 1 |
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Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of the Mariner program. Launched on July 22, 1962 as a Venus flyby mission, a range safety officer ordered its destructive abort at 09:26:16 UT, 293 seconds after launch. According to NASA's current account for the...
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| x Mariner 2 |
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Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), a space probe to Venus, was the first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program. It was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact copy of Mariner 1. The missions of...
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| x MESSENGER |
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The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe is a NASA spacecraft, launched August 3, 2004 to study the characteristics and environment of Mercury from orbit. Specifically, the mission is to characterize the...
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| x Jules Verne ATV |
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Jules Verne ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 001 (ATV-001), was an unmanned European cargo resupply spacecraft named after French science-fiction author Jules Verne. The spacecraft was launched on 9 March 2008 on a mission to supply the...
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| x Progress spacecraft |
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The Progress (Russian: прогресс) is a Russian expendable freighter spacecraft. The spacecraft is an unmanned resupply spacecraft during its flight but upon docking with a space station it allows astronauts inside, hence it is classified manned by...
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| x Soyuz spacecraft |
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Soyuz (Russian: Союз, pronounced [sɐˈjus]); English: Union) is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolyov Design Bureau. The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet...
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| x Apollo Command/Service Module |
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The Command/Service Module (CSM) was a spacecraft built for NASA by North American Aviation. It was one of the two spacecraft that were utilized for the Apollo program, along with the Lunar Module, to land astronauts on the Moon. Together they were...
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| x Apollo Lunar Module |
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The Apollo Lunar Module was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program by Grumman to achieve the transit from lunar orbit to the surface and back. The module was also known as the LM from the manufacturer designation...
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| x UoSat-OSCAR 9 |
UO-9 (aka UoSAT-OSCAR 9, or the University of Surrey's UoSAT-1) was an amateur satellite built at the University of Surrey and launched into low Earth orbit on October 6, 1981. It exceeded its planned orbital lifespan by at least three years, being...
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| x Galileo spacecraft |
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Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moons. Named after the astronomer and Renaissance pioneer Galileo Galilei, it was launched on October 18, 1989 by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission....
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| x Clementine mission |
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Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, or SDIO) and NASA. The...
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| x SELENE |
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya (かぐや), was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and NASDA (both now part of the Japan...
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| x Chang'e program |
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China National Space Administration |
Chang’e 1 (pronounced roughly as chang-uh or chang-guh; simplified Chinese: 嫦娥一号; traditional Chinese: 嫦娥一號; pinyin: Cháng'é Yī Hào) was an unmanned Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecraft, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program....
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NGL Prime SpA |
The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is a European Space Agency experimental re-entry vehicle intended to validate European reusable launchers which could be evaluated in the frame of the FLPP program. The IXV development would be carried out...
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| x Apollo 8 |
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Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation |
Apollo 8 was the first human spaceflight mission to achieve a velocity sufficient to allow escape from the gravitational field of planet Earth; the first to be captured by and escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and the...
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| x Space Shuttle Discovery |
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Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Atlantis and Endeavour.) When first flown...
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| x Lunokhod 1 |
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Lunokhod 1 (Луноход, moon walker in Russian) was the first of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program. The spacecraft which carried Lunokhod 1 was named Luna 17. Lunokhod was the first roving...
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| x Luna 21 |
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Luna 21 (Ye-8 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. The Luna 21 spacecraft landed on the Moon and deployed the second Soviet lunar rover (Lunokhod 2). The primary objectives of the mission were to collect...
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| x Bristol Spaceplanes Ltd |
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Bristol Spaceplanes Limited was formed in 1991 to provide technical assistance and consultancy to commercial organisations and aerospace companies interested in commercial opportunities in space. Since then it has prepared plans to develop the...
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| x Spacecab |
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Spacecab is a fully reusable spaceplane designed to use only existing technology. It is in effect an enlarged and refined Ascender, air launched from a carrier aeroplane like a much simplified Concorde. It could start passenger operations much...
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| x EgyptSat 1 |
EgyptSat-1 is Egypt's first Earth remote-sounding satellite. This satellite has been jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine and was launched onboard a...
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| x Rosetta |
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European Space Agency |
Rosetta is a European Space Agency-led robotic spacecraft mission launched in 2004, intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta consists of two main elements: the Rosetta space probe and the Philae lander. The spacecraft will also...
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| x Sundancer |
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Bigelow Aerospace |
Sundancer is the proposed third prototype space habitat to be launched by Bigelow Aerospace and the first human-rated inflatable module based on Transhab technology acquired from NASA. It will be used to test and confirm systems used in the company...
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| x Space Shuttle Atlantis |
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Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour) Atlantis was the...
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| x Space Shuttle Challenger |
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Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia being the first. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking...
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| x Space Shuttle Endeavour |
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Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is one of three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Atlantis.) Endeavour is the...
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| x Chandrayaan |
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Indian Space Research Organisation |
Chandrayaan-1, (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: Moon-traveller, or moon vehicle pronunciation (help·info)) was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009....
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| x Anik F1 |
Anik F1 is a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched on November 21 2000 by an Ariane 44 rocket from the European Space Agency Guiana space center at Kourou. Anik is an Inuit word that means "little brother". At the moment...
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| x Alouette 1 |
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Alouette 1 was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from...
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| x Explorer I |
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Explorer 1 (international designation 1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the United States, launched on February 1, 1958 at 03:48 UTC from LC-26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the United States program for the...
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| x Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer |
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The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. One in the series of NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) spacecraft, FAST was designed to observe and measure the plasma...
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| x Explorer 49 |
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Explorer 49 (also called RAE-B) was a 328 kilogram satellite launched on June 10, 1973 for longwave radio astronomy research. It had four 230-meter long X-shaped antenna elements, which made it one of the largest spacecraft ever built.
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| x Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
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The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) is a space-based telescope operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on June 24, 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins program. FUSE...
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| x Alouette 2 |
Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 4h48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California. It was (like its predecessor Alouette 1, and Explorer 31)...
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| x Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
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The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) was an astronomical observatory launched on December 5, 1998 as part of the Small Explorer program within NASA. Investigators at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Goddard Space Flight Center...
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| x Third Small Astronomy Satellite |
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The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from May 7, 1975 to April 1979. It covered the X-ray range with four experiments on board. The satellite, built...
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| x COBE |
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The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), also referred to as Explorer 66, was a satellite dedicated to cosmology. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) of the universe and provide measurements that would help...
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| x Interstellar Boundary Explorer |
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The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a NASA satellite that will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. The mission is part of NASA's Small Explorer program. The IBEX satellite was launched with a...
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| x International Cometary Explorer |
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The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) spacecraft was originally known as International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) satellite, launched August 12, 1978. It was part of the ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer) international cooperative...
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| x Venus In-Situ Explorer |
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The Venus In-Situ Explorer (VISE) is a mission that was proposed by the NASA planetary science Decadal Survey as a space probe designed to answer fundamental scientific questions by landing and performing experiments on Venus. It would be part of...
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| x Advanced Composition Explorer |
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Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a space exploration mission being conducted as part of the Explorer program to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources. Real-time...
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| x SEEDS-2 |
The Space Engineering EDucation Satellite 2 (SEEDS-2) is a Japanese amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Nihon University. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. It was...
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| x RUBIN-8 |
RUBIN-8, also known as RUBIN-AIS (Automatic Identification System), is a German space experiment package, built by OHB-System, which was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. Following launch, it...
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| x Chandrayaan-2 |
Chandrayaan-2 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-२, lit: Moon-vehicle pronunciation (help·info)), is the second unmanned lunar exploration mission proposed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at a projected cost of Rs. 425 crore (US$ 90 million). The...
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| x COMPASS-1 |
COMPASS-1 (also known as Compass One) is a German amateur CubeSat picosatellite, built and operated by Aachen University of Applied Science. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aboard a PSLV rocket, on 28 April 2008. Its...
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| x Orbcomm |
Orbcomm satellites are low Earth orbit communications satellites, operated by the United States satellite communications company Orbcomm, Inc. As of 2008, 44 such satellites are in orbit.
Orbcomm-CDS (Concept or Capability Demonstration Satellites)...
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| x BanXing |
BanXing or BX-1 (伴星; Chinese for Companion Satellite), is a small Chinese technology development satellite which was deployed from the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft at 11:27 GMT on 27 September 2008. Prior to deployment, the satellite was mounted on top of...
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| x Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment |
The Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) is an interplanetary mission being developed by the Planetary Society. It will consist of sending selected microorganisms on a three-year interplanetary round-trip in a small capsule aboard the...
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| x 2001 Mars Odyssey |
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2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. Its mission is to use spectrometers and imagers to hunt for evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity on Mars. It is hoped that the data Odyssey obtains will help...
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| x Mariner 4 |
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Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft, launched on November 28, 1964, intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode and performed the first successful flyby of the planet Mars,...
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| x Pioneer 11 |
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Pioneer 11 (also called Pioneer G) was the second mission of the Pioneer program (after its sister probe Pioneer 10) to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system and the first to explore Saturn and its main rings. Pioneer 11 used Jupiter's mass...
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| x Sputnik 1 |
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Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Спутник-1" Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk], "Satellite-1", ПС-1 (PS-1, i.e. "Простейший Спутник-1", or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low earth...
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| x NEAR Shoemaker |
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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M. Shoemaker, is a robotic space probe designed to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of...
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| x Mariner 9 |
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Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a NASA space probe orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and reached...
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