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What was the first planet other then earth to have a spacecraft crash on it?
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Venus was "hit" by the soviet Venera 3 in 1966.
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What planet was the first to be visited by spacecraft?
Every planet except Pluto has been explored by spacecraft.
How often does earth communicate with the new horizons satellite?
First of all, New Horizons is not a satellite, since it doesn't orbit around planet Earth (or any other planet). Anyway, such spacecraft usually send information to Earth more or less continuously.
What was the year the first planet was landed on?
The mariner spacecraft first landed on Mars 1971 I think.
First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
What is the name of the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth?
The Sputnik I believe.
What planet was the first to be visited by spacecraft?
Every planet except Pluto has been explored by spacecraft.
Why was mars the first planet to be visited by a spacecraft?
It's the closet and rather similar to the earth.
What is the name of the first spacecraft to map the planet Mercury?
The First spacecraft was the MESSENGER. The First spacecraft was the MESSENGER.
Which planets did the the mariner spacecraft explore?
The mariner spacecraft explored Mercury, Mars, and Venus. The first successful space probe and first spacecraft visit to a planet was Mariner 2.
Which of the planets did American spacecraft visit first mars or venus?
venus was the first planet visited by the American spacecraft
How often does earth communicate with the new horizons satellite?
First of all, New Horizons is not a satellite, since it doesn't orbit around planet Earth (or any other planet). Anyway, such spacecraft usually send information to Earth more or less continuously.
What spacecraft was the first to actually touch down on the surface of the planet mars?
MARS 3 from the USSR was the first, if you don't count ones that crash landed. However it failed after a few seconds. So the "real" first is reckoned to be Viking 1 of the USA.
Which spacecraft was the first to successfully fly past another planet?
Mariner 2 in 1962. The planet was Venus.
What are some really really facts about neil Armstrong?
he was the first person to set foot on the moon. He was also the first person to land a spacecraft on the moon. When returning to earth, he had to make a crash landing in the pacific ocean.
What was the year the first planet was landed on?
The mariner spacecraft first landed on Mars 1971 I think.
First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
When and by discovered planet mars?
Mars, the planet, was first travelled to in 1965 by Mariner 4 (a spacecraft) by the country USA from NASA.
