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What was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet?
Mariner 9 took on that spacecraft's mission of mapping 70 percent of the Martian surface in addition to its own objective of studying changes over time in the Martian atmosphere and surface.
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.
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.
What was the first spacecraft sent to explore Mars and in what year?
the first spacecraft to explore mars is the mariner 4
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
What was the first spacecraft to make a close approach to mercury?
The first of two spacecraft to visit the planet was Mariner 10, which mapped only about 45% of the planet's surface from 1974 to 1975. The second is the MESSENGER spacecraft, which mapped another 30% during its flyby of January 14, 2008. MESSENGER will make one more pass by Mercury in 2009, followed by orbital insertion in 2011, and will then survey and map the entire planet.
What is the first spacecraft that landed on mercury?
As far as is known to the public, no man-made object has ever landedon Mercury.The MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury to gather data on the planetonce in 2009, and once again in early 2010.1
Mariner 2 was the first American spacecraft to scan another planet?
That statement is incorrect. Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to successfully fly by and study another planet, Venus, not scan. It provided valuable data on Venus' atmosphere and surface temperature.
What spacecraft gave us the first close-up photographs of mercurys surface?
the spacecraft is the MESSENGER i the spacecraft is the MESSENGER i
Which Russian vehicle landed on venus?
Venera 3 was the first spacecraft to reach the planet's surface on March 1, 1966. It didn't land as such, more crashed.
What was the year the first planet was landed on?
The mariner spacecraft first landed on Mars 1971 I think.
