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Five notable space probes are:
- Mariner 10, an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on November 3, 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus.
- Venera 3, a Soviet Venera program space probe was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus in November 1965.
- The Venera 7, a Sovietspacecraft, was part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. It became the first man-made spacecraft to land successfully on another planet, and transmit data from there back to Earth. It was launched in August of 1970.
- A solar observatory in the International Sun-Earth Explorer series, ICE was sent into solar orbit to make the first close observations of a comet, Comet Giacobini-Zinner, in 1985 as a prelude to studies of Halley's Comet.
- Sakigake(translating to "pioneer", or "Pathfinder0 was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft. Launched in January 1985, it was the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the USA or the Soviet Union.
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How fast do space probes travel when launched from Earth?
My answer is that space probes go 5,075 mph, when launched from Earth. Hope I helped you find your answer.
When was the space probes launched?
1957 by the russians
What space probes have traveled to this part of the universe?
Only the ones we have launched.
How long does the space probes stay in space?
Most Space Probes never come back, the Space Probe Voyager 1 has traveled so far that it is out of our solar system. It was launched in the 1970s.
Are space probes piloted or unpiloted why would they be that way?
Space probes are not piloted. Probes are launched to places that are months or years away in travel time. A pilot would require too much food, air, and water.
The names of two US space probes were?
Two of the US space probes are Voyager I and Voyager 2. NASA launched Voyager I on September 5, 1977. Voyager II ended up being launched before Voyager I on August 20, 1977.
What country launched the space probe named viking?
The Viking Program, which created Viking 1 and Viking 2 space probes, was invented and launched by the United States.
Did NASA send voyagers 1 and 2 into space?
Yes, NASA did send both probes into space but they were launched at different dates.
Which space shuttle launched the planetary probes Magellan and Galileo as well as the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory?
Space Shuttle Atlantis
What different space probes where sent to space?
It's not that I don't want to answer this question, it's that it's scope is beyond Answers.com. There have been scores of space probes sent into space (taking all nations into consideration). Your best bet is to research "space probes launched from earth". Allow yourself a couple of hours to read it all.
How do space probes get to space?
They are made out of technology and they have cameras to take pictures of the planet. There are 2 types of probes a space probe wicth flys around the planet and takes pictures and planet probes or planet rovers. But they have no people living on the probes.
What do space probes explore in space?
Space probes explore space for a quite obvious reason; they are SPACE probes. They probe space.
