1977 ⟶ Voyager 1 Space Probe Launched
On September 5 The Voyager 1 space probe launched by NASA to...
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🚀 Soviet Probe Venera 9 Lands on Venus
The Soviet probe Venera 9 lands on the surface of Venus and sends back the first picture of its surface. The first probe to land on another planet, Venera 7 in 1970, had no camera. Both break down within an hour in the hostile atmosphere.⟶
Space ExplorationVenusVenera ProgramPlanetary ScienceSoviet UnionSpace Probe1970s
Soviet Union🚀 Viking 1 and 2 Space Probes Arrive at Mars
NASA's Viking 1 and Viking 2 space probes arrive at Mars. Each Viking mission consists of an orbiter, which photographs the planet from above, and a lander, which touches down on the surface, analyzes the rocks, and searches unsuccessfully for life.⟶
Space ExplorationMarsPlanetary ScienceNASAViking ProgramSpace Probes1970sAstrobiology
United States🛰️ Voyager 1 Space Probe Launched
On September 5 The Voyager 1 space probe launched by NASA to study the Jovian system, Saturnian system and the interstellar medium.⟶
Space ExplorationNASAVoyager ProgramPlanetary ScienceOuter Solar System1970sSpace ProbesJovian SystemSaturnian SystemInterstellar Medium
United States🪐 Voyager 2 Space Probe Launched
On August 20 the Voyager 2 space probe launched by NASA to study the Jovian system, Saturnian system, Uranian system, Neptunian system, the Kuiper belt, the heliosphere and the interstellar space.⟶
Space ExplorationNASAVoyager ProgramPlanetary ScienceOuter Solar System1970sSpace ProbesJovian SystemSaturnian System
United States🛰️ Magellan Probe Maps Venus
The Magellan probe, launched by NASA, arrives at Venus and spends three years mapping the planet with radar. Magellan is the first in a new wave of probes that include Galileo, which arrives at Jupiter in 1995, and Cassini which arrives at Saturn in 2004.⟶
Space ExplorationVenusPlanetary ScienceRadar MappingMagellanNASA1980sAstronomyGeologyRemote Sensing
United States🔭 Hubble Space Telescope Launched and Initial Difficulties
The Hubble Space Telescope, the first large optical telescope in orbit, is launched using the Space Shuttle, but astronomers soon discovered that it is crippled by a problem with its mirror. A complex repair mission in 1993 allows the telescope to start producing spectacular images of distant stars, nebulae, and galaxies.⟶
AstronomySpace TelescopeHubble Space TelescopeSpace ExplorationOptical AstronomyNASA1990sCosmologyAstrophysicsEngineering
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