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Who was the first space probe to fly past the moon?
What was the first space probe to fly past the moon?
First space probe to fly past the moon?
The Luna 16 was the first space probe to fly past the moon. The Lunokhod 1 was the first rover on the moon. It was sent to the Moon on November 10, 1970.
Mariner 2 was the first American spacecraft to scan another planet?
Yes Mariner 2 flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to achieve this.
Neptune was the last planet to be visited by what space probe?
Neptune was the last planet to be visited by the space probe called Voyager II. It was launched by NASA and the probed flew past the planet in 1989.
Did the project mercury missions land on mercury or just fly past it?
We have sent probes that have flown past Saturn. The Cassini space probe is currently in orbit around the planet. It is impossible to land anything on Saturn because it does not have a surface. We have, however, landed a probe on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Has there ever been a robot or satellite in Neptune?
The space probe "Voyager 2" flew past Neptune.
Why do space probes go to space?
Since we can't get human beings past the moon, we need space probes to explore past the moon. We don't have the technology and fuel to build a rocket that travels that far.
What are the names of the major space projects in recent history?
"Recent history" meaning the past 20 years gives you the International Space Station, the Ares and Orion components of the Constellation program, the Herschel and Planck space telescopes of the European Space Agency, and the Japanese Space Agency's moon-orbiting probe Selene.
Can a rocket reach Pluto?
Yes. The space probe New Horizons flew past Pluto in 2015 after being launched from Earth in 2006.
Why doesn't asteroids have moons?
Some asteroids do in fact have moons. The asteroid Ida has a moon, Dactyl, which was found when the space probe Galileo flew past on the way to Jupiter. Two asteroids that are roughly the same mass would be a binary asteroid, while a large disparity in mass means the smaller one is a moon of the larger one.
Is there a man passing Pluto in the fastest space shuttle?
No. No space shuttle was ever built to leave orbit around Earth. The New Horizons space probe, an unmanned spacecraft, flew past Pluto in July 2015.
Was Triton ever explored?
The Voyager 2 space probe flew past Neptune and its moons, including Triton. That has been Triton's only exploration.
