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When did the first spacecraft touched down the moon?
July 20 1969
Has a space probe been to Jupiter?
Yes, the Galileo spacecraft sent a probe down into the atmosphere of Jupiter in 1995.
What was the name of the first spaceship to Mars?
It was Mars 2, from the Soviet Mars Lander Program.
What just touched down mean?
Touched down means something landed after flying. Example sentence: The plane finally touched down on the runway.
Have any space missions visted Jupiter?
Jupiter has been visited by 8 different probes:Pioneer 10 - 1973Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to ever pass through the asteroid belt, and the first to visit Jupiter up close. It made a flyby of Jupiter in December, 1973, passing 130,354 km away from the planet. During this encounter, the spacecraft took measurements of the planet's magnetosphere, radiation belts, magnetic field, and captured the first ever up close images of Jupiter and its moons. Pioneer 10 also used Jupiter's gravity to increase its velocity. Pioneer 10 then sped on a direction that will take it out of the Solar System.Pioneer 11 - 1974Pioneer 11 followed its partner past Jupiter in 1974. But it got much closer, passing only 43,000 km above the surface of Jupiter. It then went on to become the first spacecraft to visit Saturn. Just like Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 captured images of Jupiter and its moons, and made measurements of the planet's magnetic field, magnetosphere, atmosphere. It also sent home the most dramatic images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot ever seen.Voyager 1 - 1979Just a few years after the Pioneer spacecraft had sped past Jupiter, NASA's Voyager spacecraft came through the system and took even more detailed images and scientific data. Voyager 1 tracked the wind speeds in Jupiter's atmosphere, and observed lightning for the first time, crackling in the cloud tops. It also captured detailed photographs of Jupiter's largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.Voyager 2 - 1979The first step in its grand tour of the Solar System, Voyage 2 also visited Jupiter in 1979. It used the planet's gravity to give it a slingshot maneuver that allowed it to visit Saturn, Uranus and Neptune after Jupiter. Voyager 2 got within 722,000 km of the surface of Jupiter, and sent back stunning images of the entire planet.Ulysses - 1991NASA's Ulysses spacecraft's main purpose was to learn about the polar regions of the Sun, but no rocket engines are powerful enough to get a spacecraft above the Solar System's Ecliptic Plane. In order to complete its mission, Ulysses used the gravity of Jupiter to fling itself into a trajectory that took it above the plane of the ecliptic.Galileo - 1995Galileo was the first (and last) spacecraft to ever go into orbit around Jupiter. It was launched in 1989, but needed to make a few planetary flybys to get enough velocity to meet up with Jupiter in 1995. In addition to Galileo's amazing images and data, the spacecraft also carried a tiny probe that we dropped into Jupiter's atmosphere to sample the characteristics on the way down. The probe only lasted 58 minutes, reaching a depth of 200 km before it was destroyed. Galileo was deliberately crashed into Jupiter in 2003 to prevent it accidently contaminating one of Jupiter's moons.Cassini - 2000Although its final destination was Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a flyby of Jupiter to get a much needed gravity boost. While it was there, Cassini captured some of the most beautiful images of Jupiter and its moons ever seen.New Horizons - 2007The most recent spacecraft to fly past Jupiter was NASA's New Horizons, which visited in 2007. Already the fastest spacecraft ever launched, New Horizons increased its velocity even more from the Jupiter flyby, and will reach Pluto in 2015. During its Jupiter flyby, it captured extremely detailed images of Jupiter and its moons.
Which is the biggest planet and which is the smallest?
The smallest planet in the solar System is Mercury the biggest planet is Jupiter For the longest time, the smallest planet was considered to be Pluto, but now Pluto isn't a planet any more, so we're back to Mercury.
How long to Pluto on a spacecraft?
On the Space ShuttleThe distance from Earth to Pluto is not constant, but averages to 3.57 billion miles. The Space Shuttle orbits at 17,500 miles per hour. Therefore 205,000 hours or 8,500 days or 23 years 105 days.On the New Horizons probeIn January 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons probe on a mission to fly by Pluto. New Horizons is one of the fastest man-made objects ever launched, and is not scheduled to arrive at Pluto until July 2015 (it will not be entering orbit around Pluto. To do so it would have to slow down, significantly lengthening the travel time). So, as of now, it takes about 9.5 years to travel from the Earth to Pluto.
What is the primary reason why Pluto flyby mission would be cheaper than a Pluto orbiter?
A flyby mission requires less fuel and a shorter duration of operation compared to an orbiter mission. Since a flyby does not need to enter orbit around Pluto, it can be completed with fewer resources and less time, resulting in lower overall costs.
What is the optimal trajectory for a spacecraft to perform a Hohmann transfer to Jupiter?
The optimal trajectory for a spacecraft to perform a Hohmann transfer to Jupiter involves launching the spacecraft from Earth at a specific time and angle to intersect with Jupiter's orbit. This transfer orbit minimizes fuel usage and travel time by taking advantage of the gravitational pull of both Earth and Jupiter. The spacecraft will follow an elliptical path, with a periapsis at Earth's orbit and an apoapsis at Jupiter's orbit, allowing it to rendezvous with Jupiter efficiently.
How many tornadoes touched down in Minnesota in 2009?
24 tornadoes touched down in Minnesota in 2009.
How many tornadoes have touched down in Tennessee between 2000 and 2010?
From 2000 to 2010, 306 tornadoes touched down in Tennessee and another 5 touched down in other states and move into Tennessee.
Why would landing a spacecraft on the surface of Jovian planet be difficult?
Despite the belief that Jupiter is a gas giant, the clouds actually hide a dense rocky core that could be 20 times the mass of earth, but that doesn't answer the question, the answer (or at least what i have researched) is that the gravity of both planets is much denser than earths (Jupiter's is 2.5 time that of earth and Saturn's is 107% that of earths, so any spacecraft we make in a long long time will be crushed like a soda can practically as soon as it lands
