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Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars ’71 / Mariner-I) was an unmanned NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 […]

Buran (Russian: Бура́н IPA: [bʊˈran] Snowstorm or Blizzard) was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project that began in 1974 at TsAGI and was formally suspended in 1993. It […]

Voyager 2 is a 722 kg (1592 lb) space probe launched by NASA on August 20 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space. It was actually […]

Voyager 1 is a 722-kilogram (1592 lb) space probe launched by NASA on September 5 1977 to study the outer Solar System. Operating for 36 years 10 months and 25 […]

Vostok 1 (Russian: Восто́к-1 East 1 or Orient 1) was the first spaceflight in the Vostok program and the first human spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA spacecraft was launched […]

Sputnik 1 (Russian: Спу́тник-1 Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputnʲɪk] Satellite-1 ПС-1 (PS-1 i.e. Простейший Спутник-1 or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter […]

Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a 259 kilogram (569 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6 1973 to study the asteroid belt the environment […]

Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner–Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to […]

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA and contracted out to Lockheed Martin with an expected cost for the entire […]

Galileo was an unmanned NASA spacecraft which studied the planet Jupiter and its moons as well as several other solar system bodies. Named after the astronomer Galileo Galilei it consisted […]