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The Mars 3 orbiter sent back data covering the period from December 1971 to March 1972, although transmissions continued through August. It was announced that Mars 3 had completed their mission by August 22, 1972, after 20 orbits. The probe, combined with Mars 2, sent back a total of 60 pictures.
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.
3 September 2006: Lunar orbiter, intentionally crashed at end of mission. Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe India: 14 November 2008: Impactor. Water found. SELENE Rstar (Okina) Japan: 12 February 2009 Lunar orbiter, intentionally crashed at end of mission. Chang'e 1 China: 1 March 2009: Lunar orbiter, intentionally crashed at end of mission ...
First Soviet spacecraft to orbit Mars Mars 3 orbiter USSR 2 December 1971 [15] Mission terminated on August 22, 1972 Mars 5 orbiter [16] USSR 12 February 1974 Contact lost on 28 February 1974 due to a loss of pressurization in the transmitter [17] Viking 1 orbiter USA 19 June 1976 Mission terminated 17 August 1980, spacecraft in derelict high ...
This spacecraft was designed as an orbiter only, while the next two probes of project M-71, Mars 2 and Mars 3, were multipurpose combinations of an orbiter and a lander with small skis-walking rovers, PrOP-M, that would be the first planet rovers outside the Moon. They were successfully launched in mid-May 1971 and reached Mars about seven ...
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 On December 2 it became in short sequence the third spacecraft to orbit another planet. [5] Operated for 20 orbits [8] [9] Proton-K/D: Mars 3 lander (SA 4M No.172) Lander Partial success [10] [11]
On December 24, Parker Solar Probe will come within 3.86 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) of the solar surface, closer than any human-made object to the sun.
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