2015 ⟶ New Horizons and Dawn Spacecraft Transmit First Close-Up Images of Ceres and Pluto

First close-up images of Ceres and Pluto.
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🪐 Pioneer 10 Sends First Close-Up Jupiter Images

December 3: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.⟶
Pioneer 10 Sends First Close-Up Jupiter Images (1973)
Space ExplorationAstronomyJupiterNASAPlanetary ScienceSpace Race
United StatesUnited States

🪐 Voyager 2 Sends First Close-Up Images of Uranus

January 24: First close-up images of the planet Uranus⟶
Voyager 2 Sends First Close-Up Images of Uranus (1986)
Space ExplorationAstronomyPlanetary ScienceVoyager ProgramNASASolar SystemSpacecraft
United StatesUnited States

🔭 New Horizons and Dawn Spacecraft Transmit First Close-Up Images of Ceres and Pluto

First close-up images of Ceres and Pluto.⟶
New Horizons and Dawn Spacecraft Transmit First Close-Up Images of Ceres and Pluto (2015)
Space ExplorationAstronomyPlanetary ScienceSolar SystemNASADwarf Planets
United StatesUnited States

🪐 New Horizons Obtains First Close-Up Image of Kuiper Belt Object

New Horizons takes the first close up image of a classical kuiper belt object.⟶
New Horizons Obtains First Close-Up Image of Kuiper Belt Object (2019)
Space ExplorationAstronomyKuiper BeltPlanetary ScienceSolar SystemSpacecraftNASA
United StatesUnited States

🚀 NASA Launches Mars 2020 Rover Mission

July 30: NASA successfully launches its Mars 2020 rover mission to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples for return to Earth.⟶
NASA Launches Mars 2020 Rover Mission (2020)
Space ExplorationMarsNASAAstronomyPlanetary Science
United StatesUnited States