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  2. Reach for the Stars (will.i.am song) - Wikipedia

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    "Reach for the Stars" was written in February 2011, after NASA asked will.i.am to write and produce a song for the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars. The songwriter said that the experience with NASA administrator Charles Bolden discussing the possibility of broadcasting a song from Mars was "surreal", The song is part of NASA's educational outreach, with will.i.am stating that the song "aims ...

  3. List of Mars landers - Wikipedia

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    List of Mars landers S.No Landers Launch date Landing date Mass (kg) [1] Landing site Region Status Country MOLA Entry velocity References 1. Mars 2MV-3 No.1: 04 Nov 1962 25 Nov 1962 890 - - Failure Soviet Union - - [2] 2. Mars 2: 19 May 1971 27 Nov 1971 1210 45°S 47°E ♦ - Failure Soviet Union - - [3] [4] 3. Mars 3: 28 May 1971 02 Dec 1971 ...

  4. The Flying Saucer (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song lyrics, when taken out of their original context, would describe the Martians landing on Earth." [4] Buchanan's "title-mangling" radio disc jockey character was supposedly based on Alan Freed. [1] The song uses clips from 17 different songs, each of which was a top 20 hit in 1955 or 1956. In order of occurrence: Side One

  5. List of missions to Mars - Wikipedia

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    First lander to impact Mars. Deployed from Mars 2, failed to land during attempt on 27 November 1971. [7] PrOP-M: Rover Failure Lost with Mars 2: First rover launched to Mars. Lost when the Mars 2 lander crashed into the surface of Mars. 16 Mars 3: Mars 3 (4M No.172) 28 May 1971 Soviet Union: Orbiter Successful

  6. List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies - Wikipedia

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    First man-made object on Mars. No contact after crash landing. Mars 3 lander: USSR: 2 December 1971: First soft landing on Mars. Transmission began about 90 seconds after landing. [4] Transmitted a partial image for 14.5 seconds before the signal was lost. [5] Mars 6 lander: USSR: 12 March 1974

  7. List of songs about close encounters with aliens - Wikipedia

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    "Fallout of the 4th Kind", by Edison's Children on In The Last Waking Moments..., 2011, in this creepy final section of Edison's Children's alien abduction concept album our protagonist wakes up inside the hull of UAP to find that this was not a descent into madness, as he was led to believe by doctors and family in the previous song "The ...

  8. Viking 1 - Wikipedia

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    The landing was delayed until a safer site was found, [9] and took place instead on July 20, [8] the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. [10] The lander separated from the orbiter at 08:51 UTC and landed at Chryse Planitia at 11:53:06 UTC. [11] It was the first attempt by the United States at landing on Mars. [12]

  9. List of Mars orbiters - Wikipedia

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    The orbiter reached Mars orbit on September 24, 2014. Through this mission, ISRO became the first space agency to succeed in its first attempt at a Mars orbiter. The mission is the first successful Asian interplanetary mission. [6] Ten days after ISRO's launch, NASA launched their seventh Mars orbiter MAVEN to study the Martian atmosphere.