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Space & Astonomy > Probes


On 4th January, 1959,
 The Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to pass by the Moon... Read more »

On 11th March, 1960,
 NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe, which explored the area between Earth and Venus... Read more »

On 4th February, 1961,
 The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 7 space probe, hoping to reach Venus... Read more »

On 23rd April, 1962,
 NASA launched the Ranger 4 spacecraft... Read more »

On 17th April, 1967,
 The space probe, Surveyor 3, was launched... Read more »

On 5th January, 1969,
 The Venera 5 probe was launched to inspect Venus... Read more »

On 4th May, 1989,
 The Magellan space probe was launched... Read more »

On 3rd January, 1999,
 The Mars Polar Lander was launched... Read more »

On 12th January, 2005,
 The Deep Impact space probe, which studied comet 9P/Tempel, was launched... Read more »

On 14th January, 2005,
 The Huygens space probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan... Read more »