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0.5 × 0.3 × 0.2 (350 meters) 1998 Hayabusa: 2005 landed: landed: Landed; returned dust samples to Earth in 2010 - first sample return mission from asteroid; smallest asteroid visited by a spacecraft, first asteroid visited by a non-NASA spacecraft. 2867 Šteins: 4.6: 1969 Rosetta: 2008 800 302 Flyby; first asteroid visited by the ESA. 21 ...
Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission stayed for 74 hours 59 minutes and 40 seconds (over 3 days) on the lunar surface after they landed on 11 December 1972. [38] They performed three EVAs (extra-vehicular activity) totaling 22 hours 3 minutes, 57 seconds. As Apollo commanders were the first to leave the LM and the last to ...
Neptune's rings had been observed from Earth many years prior to Voyager 2 's visit, but the close inspection revealed that the ring systems were full circle and intact, and a total of four rings were counted. [4] Voyager 2 discovered six new small moons orbiting Neptune's equatorial plane, dubbed Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa and ...
On May 14, 2005, at 07:08 NPT in the early morning (01:23 UTC), Delsalle set the world record for highest altitude landing of a helicopter when his Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel touched down on the 8,848 m (29,029 ft) summit of Mount Everest. [1]
Neptune has long been known to have white clouds circling it, but images of the furthest planet in the solar system have shown this changing over time - the most recent image, taken by the Hubble ...
2 July 1913 6 August 1913 A combination of steamers, yachts, and trains [12] Linton Wells, Edward S. Evans: 28 days 14 hours 36 minutes and 5 seconds 1926 1926 A combination of boat, airplane, and trains [13] [14] John Henry Mears: 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes and 3 seconds 1928 1928 [15] Hugo Eckener: 21 days, 5 hours and 31 minutes 8 August 1929
Sun–Earth L 2: ESA Arrived at L 2 July 2009. Mission ended on 23 October 2013; Planck has been moved to a heliocentric parking orbit. [33] Chang'e 2: Sun–Earth L 2: CNSA: Arrived in August 2011 after completing a lunar mission before departing en route to asteroid 4179 Toutatis in April 2012. [12] ARTEMIS mission extension of THEMIS: Earth ...
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...