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Magellan spacecraft
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The Magellan spacecraft was a space probe arrived at its orbit around Venus on August 10, 1990. Read more
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Luna 24
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Luna 24 (Ye-8-5M series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 24. The last of the Luna series of spacecraft, the mission of the Luna 24 probe was the third Soviet mission to retrieve Lunar soil samples from the moon of earth (the first two missions returning samples were...
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Mars 7
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The Mars program was a series of unmanned spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union between 1960 and 1973. The spacecraft were intended to explore Mars, and included flyby probes, landers and orbiters. Mars 7 successfully lifted off on August 9, 1973, into an intermediate Earth orbit on a Proton SL-1...
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Salyut 5 space station
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Salyut 5 (Russian: Salute 5), also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme, it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two cosmonauts. A third Soyuz mis...
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STS-28
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STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defence purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission launched on 8 August 1989, lasted just over 5 days, and travelled 2.1 million miles during 81 orbits of...
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Pioneer Venus Multiprobe-2
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On this day, 32 years ago the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe-2 was launched. Read more
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Explorer 6 satellite
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Explorer 6 (1959-004A or S-2) was a United States satellite launched on August 7, 1959. It was a small, spheroidal satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation in the upper atmosphere, and the flux of micrometeorites....
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Zond 2 spacecraft
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Zond 2 was an automatic interplanetary station launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (64-078A) in Earth parking orbit towards Mars to test space-borne systems and to carry out scientific investigations. Read more...
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Lunar Orbiter 5
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45th Anniversary of the Lunar Orbiter 5 launch in 1967.
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STS-46
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STS-46 anniversary Launched 20 years ago this week, STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission of the orbiter Atlantis that marked a number of European firsts. Launched on 31 July 1992, the crew of seven included ESA's Claude Nicollier and Franco Malerba of the Italian space agency ASI. Together with N...
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A Soyuz rocket with the Progress M-15M/47P spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 12:50 GMT, 20th April, 2012. The Unmanned spacecraft will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The Progress M-15M/47P spacecraft is scheduled to at ~14:4...
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Lunar Prospector mission
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The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole in an unsuccessful attempt to detect the presence of...
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Salyut 6 Space Station
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Salyut 6 was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth flown as part of the Salyut programme. Launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket, the station was the first of the 'second-generation' type of space station. Salyut 6 was deorbited on 29 July 1982, almost five years after its launch. [url=...
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Dezik and Tsygan
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Dezik and Tsygan ("Roma") were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight on July 22, 1951. Both dogs were recovered unharmed after travelling to a maximum altitude of 110 km. Read more
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Europe Moon lander
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UK teams assess Europe's 2018 Moon lander[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13443...
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