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Derelict landers (spacecraft)
Viking programThe Viking program began its life in 1968 when NASA Langley Research Center took charge of the effort. This initiative grew from an earlier, even more…
Venera 9The Soviet Union launched Venera 9 on the 8th of June 1975 at 02:38:00 UTC. This uncrewed spacecraft weighed a specific amount and carried two distinct…
NEAR ShoemakerJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory built the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in the mid-1990s. This robotic probe was designed to study asteroid…
Venera 4The 4V-1 No.310 probe stood nearly three meters tall when fully assembled in the Soviet Union. Its solar panels spanned four meters and covered an area of…
Surveyor programIn 1960, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory began work on a new robotic program to prepare for human lunar landings. The agency selected Hughes Aircraft…
Viking 1The Titan/Centaur rocket lifted off from Earth on the 20th of August 1975. This launch vehicle carried the Viking 1 spacecraft toward its distant target.
Surveyor 1Surveyor 1 touched down on the Ocean of Storms on the 2nd of June 1966. This event marked the first successful soft landing by an American space probe on any…
Philae (spacecraft)The European Space Agency launched the Philae lander from French Guiana on the 2nd of March 2004 at 07:17 UTC. This Ariane 5G+ rocket carried both the…
Venera 13Venera 13 launched on the 30th of October 1981 at 06:04 UTC. Venera 14 followed five days later on the 4th of November 1981 at 05:31 UTC.
Venera 7Soviet engineers designed the Venera 7 lander to withstand pressures of up to 100 atmospheres and temperatures reaching 475 degrees Celsius.