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A proposed probe designed to land on Pluto, similar to the concept of the Triton Hopper mission. [145] 6 Pluto Kuiper Express: Pluto Kuiper Express: December 2004 Delta II or Space Shuttle NASA: Orbiter Cancelled A proposed probe to fly by Pluto, with a planned 2004 launch, a Jupiter assist in 2006, and a Pluto arrival by 2012.
This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at List of lunar probes and List of Apollo missions.
Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail interstellar probes named Starchip, [1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.34 light-years away.
This is a list of proposed space probes that are planned to focus on the exploration of the Solar System, ordered by date of spacecraft launch. Launched probes are in the List of Solar System probes and the List of active Solar System probes .
It was the first NASA sample-return mission to return material since the Apollo program, and the first to return material from beyond the orbit of the Moon. [4] [5] Genesis was launched on August 8, 2001, and the sample return capsule crash-landed in Utah on September 8, 2004, after a design flaw prevented the deployment of its drogue parachute ...
A space probe is a robotic spacecraft that does not orbit Earth, but instead, explores further into outer space. Space probes have different sets of scientific instruments onboard. A space probe may approach the Moon; travel through interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land on other planetary bodies; or enter interstellar space. Space probes ...
C++ has also been found useful in many other contexts, with key strengths being software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications, [15] including desktop applications, video games, servers (e.g., e-commerce, web search, or databases), and performance-critical applications (e.g., telephone switches or space probes). [16] C++ is ...
The uncrewed Atlas V rocket launched the two space probes towards the Moon, where they will provide a 3D map and search for water in conjunction with the Hubble Space Telescope, [4] [5] launching on June 17, 2009. This lunar program marked the first United States mission to the Moon in over ten years. [6]