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Mars Exploration Rovers (MER-A & B) (Delta II) NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers launched aboard Delta II vehicles from CCAFS. MER-A "Spirit" launched June 2003, and MER-B "Opportunity" launched July 7 that same year. Both rovers reached Mars in January 2004. Information sent back to Earth from the rovers revealed the existence of water in the Red ...
First spacecraft to photograph another spacecraft landing on another celestial body (Phoenix, on Mars). USA (NASA) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [55] 8 November 2008: First discovery of lunar water in the form of ice. [note 4] India Chandrayaan-1 [56] [57] 6 March 2009: First space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets. USA (NASA)
The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]
On 6 August 2013, NASA celebrated Curiosity 's first year on Mars (6 August 2012 to 5 August 2013) by programming the rover to perform the "Happy Birthday" song to itself. [99] [100] NASA also released several videos (video-1, video-2) summarizing the rover's accomplishments over the year.
Akatsuki, the first Japanese mission to Venus, was launched on an H-IIA carrier rocket in May. It is intended to look for lightning and volcanoes on Venus. [2] Despite a successful launch, [3] the spacecraft failed to enter Cytherocentric orbit in December, but it managed to enter the orbit around Venus five years later in December 2015.
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Spirit is a robotic rover that was active on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2010. Launched on June 10, 2003, Spirit landed on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin Opportunity (MER-B), also part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission, touched down on the other side of the planet.
Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite; 75th ULA launch. AV-038 November 18, 2013, 18:28 Atlas V 401: CCAFS SLC-41: MAVEN: 2,454 kg Heliocentric: NASA: Success [22] NASA Mars atmospheric research probe. AV-042 December 6, 2013, 07:14 Atlas V 501: VAFB SLC-3E: USA-247 + 12 cubesats Classified LEO: US NRO: Success [23]