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True color image of the Earth from space. This image is a composite image collected over 16 days by the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite. NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019.
(See Other moons of Earth and Quasi-satellite.) Mars has two known moons, Phobos and Deimos ("fear" and "dread", after attendants of Ares, the Greek god of war, equivalent to the Roman Mars). Searches for more satellites have been unsuccessful, putting the maximum radius of any other satellites at 90 m (100 yd). [4]
Astrosaurs is a series of children's science fiction novels written by Steve Cole, which have been released since 2005.The main characters are space-going dinosaurs named Teggs Stegosaur (a Stegosaurus), Gipsy Saurine (a Hadrosaur), Arx Orano (a Triceratops) and Iggy Tooth (an Iguanodon).
List of natural satellites (moons) Lists of small Solar System bodies; Lists of comets; List of meteor showers; Minor planets. List of minor planets. List of exceptional asteroids; List of minor planet moons; List of damocloids; List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies) List of trans-Neptunian objects; List of unnumbered minor planets; List ...
Fifth GPS Block III satellite, named Neil Armstrong: USA-320: 2022-01-13 2022-002CV Falcon 9 Block 5: Unknown Launched with USA-321, USA-322 and USA-323 on Transporter 3 Rideshare Launch. Likely the satellites were built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 technology), were deployed by the US army.
Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9 were space probes in the Pioneer program, launched between 1965 and 1969.They were a series of solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar cell- and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements on a continuing basis of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space. [5]
Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1950s Year Date Origin Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog ...
Additionally, activities teach players how to use fossil photo records and illustrations for visual recognition of dinosaurs. The title comes packaged with 3D glasses and has special areas that make use of them. There is also a Doom clone in which the player has to save the dinosaurs from the comet that is about to hit the Earth.