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3 December 1973 flyby success first probe to cross the asteroid belt; first Jupiter probe; first man-made object on an interstellar trajectory; now in the outer regions of the Solar System but no longer contactable 1972-012A: Pioneer 11: NASA: 4 December 1974 flyby success went on to visit Saturn 1973-019A: Voyager 1: NASA: 5 March 1979 flyby ...
Sakigake (さきがけ, lit. ' pioneer', 'pathfinder '), known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the US or the Soviet Union.
Space exploration themed. The Battle Pass was increased from 70 tiers to 100. Season 4 ("Brace for Impact") May – July 2018 Superhero themed. Leading up to the start of Season 4, players had observed shooting stars crossing the game's map during Season 3, which later became small meteorites that hit the ground and caused some damage.
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.
First interplanetary flight, contact lost en route, before it performed the first flyby at another planet. April 27 US: Explorer 11: Juno II: Earth Partial success: Was the first space-borne gamma-ray telescope. Limited Battery Power caused the data collection to only be in the ascension stage. August 16 US: Explorer 12 (EPE-A) Thor-Delta A: Earth
Mariner 1, built to conduct the first American planetary flyby of Venus, was the first spacecraft of NASA's interplanetary Mariner program.Developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and originally planned to be a purpose-built probe launched summer 1962, Mariner 1's design was changed when the Centaur proved unavailable at that early date.
The map for Fortnite Chapter 5 leaked a couple of weeks ago, and now we have a list of the points of interest to fill out the map. These aren’t likely the final names though, as pointed out by ...
Solar System space probes operational as of November 2024. This is a list of active space probes which have escaped Earth orbit. It includes lunar space probes, but does not include space probes orbiting at the Sun–Earth Lagrangian points (for these, see List of objects at Lagrangian points). A craft is deemed "active" if it is still able to ...