Beyond Earth · A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 by Siddiqi, Asif A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Preface Introduction A Note About Terminology Acknowledgments Firsts in the History of Deep Space Exploration 1958

1 [Pioneer 0] 2 [Luna, Ye-1 no. 1] 3 Able 2 [Pioneer] 4 [Luna, Ye-1 no. 2] 5 Pioneer II 6 [Luna, Ye-1 no. 3] 7 Pioneer III

1959

8 Soviet Space Rocket [Luna 1] 9 Pioneer IV 10 [Luna, Ye-1A no. 5] 11 Second Soviet Space Rocket [Luna 2] 12 Automatic Interplanetary Station [Luna 3] 13 Able IVB [Pioneer]

1960

14 Pioneer V 15 [Luna, Ye-3 no. 1] 16 [Luna, Ye no. 2] 17 Able VA [Pioneer] 18 [Mars, 1M no. 1] 19 [Mars, 1M no. 2] 20 Able VB [Pioneer]

1961

21 Heavy Satellite [Venera] 22 Automatic Interplanetary Station [Venera 1] 23 Ranger I 24 Ranger II

1962

25 Ranger III 26 Ranger IV 27 Mariner I 28 [Venera, 2MV-1 no. 3] 29 Mariner II 30 [Venera, 2MV-1 no. 4] 31 [Venera, 2MV-2 no. 1] 32 Ranger V 33 [Mars, 2MV-4 no. 3] 34 Mars 1 35 [Mars, 2MV-3 no. 1]

1963

36 [Luna, Ye-6 no. 2] 37 [Luna, Ye-6 no. 3] 38 Luna 4 39 Kosmos 21 [Zond]

1964

40 Ranger VI 41 [Zond, 3MV-1A no. 4A] 42 [Luna, Ye-6 no. 6] 43 Kosmos 27 [Venera] 44 Zond 1 [Venera] 45 [Luna, Ye-6 no. 5] 46 Ranger VII 47 Mariner III 48 Mariner IV 49 Zond 2

1965

50 Ranger VIII 51 [Atlas Centaur 5] 52 Kosmos 60 [Luna] 53 Ranger IX 54 [Luna, Ye-6 no. 8] 55 Luna 5 56 Luna 6 57 Zond 3 58 Surveyor Model 1 59 Luna 7 60 Venera 2 61 Venera 3 62 Kosmos 96 [Venera] 63 Luna 8 64 Pioneer VI

1966

65 Luna 9 66 Kosmos 111 [Luna] 67 Luna 10 68 Surveyor Model 2 69 Surveyor I 70 Explorer XXXIII 71 Lunar Orbiter I 72 Pioneer VII 73 Luna 11 74 Surveyor II 75 Luna 12 76 Lunar Orbiter II 77 Luna 13

1967

78 Lunar Orbiter III 79 Surveyor III 80 Lunar Orbiter IV 81 Kosmos 159 [Luna] 82 Venera 4 83 Mariner V 84 Kosmos 167 [Venera] 85 Surveyor IV 86 Explorer XXXV / Anchored International Monitoring Platform 6 87 Lunar Orbiter V 88 Surveyor V 89 [Zond, 7K-L1 no. 4L] 90 Surveyor VI 91 [Zond, 7K-L1 no. 5L] 92 Pioneer VIII

1968

93 Surveyor VII 94 [Luna, Ye-6LS no. 112] 95 Zond 4 96 Luna 14 97 [Zond, 7K-L1 no. 7L] 98 Zond 5 99 Pioneer IX 100 Zond 6

1969

101 Venera 5 102 Venera 6 103 [Zond, 7K-L1 no. 13L] 104 [Luna, Ye-8 no. 201] 105 [N1 launch test, 7K-L1S no. 2] 106 Mariner VI 107 [Mars, M-69 no. 521] 108 Mariner VII 109 [Mars, M-69 no. 522] 110 [Luna, Ye-8-5 no. 402] 111 [N1 test flight, 7K-L1S] 112 Luna 15 113 Zond 7 114 Pioneer 115 Kosmos 300 [Luna] 116 Kosmos 305 [Luna]

1970

117 [Luna, Ye-8-5 no. 405] 118 Venera 7 119 Kosmos 359 [Venera] 120 Luna 16 121 Zond 8 122 Luna 17 and Lunokhod 1

1971

123 Mariner 8 124 Kosmos 419 [Mars] 125 Mars 2 126 Mars 3 127 Mariner 9 128 Apollo 15 Particle and Fields Subsatellite 129 Luna 18 130 Luna 19

1972

131 Luna 20 132 Pioneer 10 133 Venera 8 134 Kosmos 482 [Venera] 135 Apollo 16 Particles and Fields Subsatellite 136 [N1 launch test, 7K-LOK no. 6A]

1973

137 Luna 21 and Lunokhod 2 138 Pioneer 11 139 Explorer 49 140 Mars 4 141 Mars 5 142 Mars 6 143 Mars 7 144 Mariner 10

1974

145 Luna 22 146 Luna 23 147 Helios 1

1975

148 Venera 9 149 Venera 10 150 Viking 1 151 Viking 2 152 [Luna]

1976

153 Helios 2 154 Luna 24

1977

155 Voyager 2 156 Voyager 1

1978

157 Pioneer Venus 1 158 Pioneer Venus 2 159 ISEE-3 160 Venera 11 161 Venera 12

1981

162 Venera 13 163 Venera 14

1983

164 Venera 15 165 Venera 16

1984

166 Vega 1 167 Vega 2

1985

168 Sakigake 169 Giotto 170 Suisei

1988

171 Fobos 1 172 Fobos 2

1989

173 Magellan 174 Galileo

1990

175 Hiten and Hagoromo 176 Ulysses

1992

177 Geotail 178 Mars Observer

1994

179 Clementine 180 Wind

1995

181 SOHO

1996

182 NEAR Shoemaker 183 Mars Global Surveyor 184 Mars 8 / Mars 96 185 Mars Pathfinder

1997

186 ACE 187 Cassini-Huygens 188 Asiasat 3 / HGS 1

1998

189 Lunar Prospector 190 Nozomi 191 Deep Space 1 192 Mars Climate Orbiter

1999

193 Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 194 Stardust

2001

195 2001 Mars Odyssey 196 Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) 197 Genesis

2002

198 CONTOUR

2003

199 Hayabusa 200 Mars Express and Beagle 2 201 Spirit 202 Opportunity 203 SIRTF / Spitzer Space Telescope 204 SMART-1

2004

205 Rosetta and Philae 206 MESSENGER

2005

207 Deep Impact 208 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 209 Venus Express

2006

210 New Horizons 211 STEREO A and STEREO B

2007

212 Artemis P1 and Artemis P2 213 Phoenix 214 Kaguya 215 Dawn 216 Chang’e 1

2008

217 Chandrayaan-1 and MIP

2009

218 Kepler 219 Herschel 220 Planck 221 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) 222 Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

2010

223 Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) / Akatsuki 224 Shin’en 225 IKAROS 226 Chang’e 2

2011

227 Juno 228 Ebb and Flow 229 Fobos-Grunt 230 Yinghuo-1 231 Curiosity

2013

232 LADEE 233 Mangalyaan / Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) 234 MAVEN 235 Chang’e 3 and Yutu 236 Gaia

2014

237 Chang’e 5-T1 238 Hayabusa 2 239 PROCYON 240 Shin’en 2 241 DESPATCH / ArtSat-2

2015

242 DSCOVR 243 LISA Pathfinder

2016

244 ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli EDM Lander 245 OSIRIS-REx

Tables

Table 1. Master Table of All Launch Attempts for Deep Space, Lunar, and Planetary Probes 1958–2016 Table 2. Programs Table 3. Total Lunar Spacecraft Attempts by Nation/Agency 1958–2016 Table 4. Total Mars Spacecraft Attempts by Nation/Agency 1958–2016 Table 5. Total Venus Spacecraft Attempts by Nation/Agency 1958–2016

Abbreviations Bibliography of Secondary Sources About the Author The NASA History Series

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