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Discovery and exploration of the Solar System
Exploration of MarsOn the 14th of July 1965, the Mariner 4 spacecraft flew past Mars at a distance of about 9,800 kilometers. It returned the first close-up photographs of…
Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemIn 560 BCE, a map of the universe drawn by Anaximander placed Earth at the center of a flat disk. Ancient civilizations from Egypt to China viewed the sky as…
Spacecraft propulsionA remote camera captures a close-up view of an RS-25 during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.