In July 1998 Japan launched Nozomi; it's set to reach this "Red Planet" in 2003
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ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: Missions to Mars  More than 40 missions have attempted to reach the Red Planet, with varying degrees ... This page lists these missions, chronologically by launch date, and provides a brief ... Closest approach was at a distance of 9846 km from the surface, on 15 July. .... The orbiter continued to examine Mars' surface and monitor its global...
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Bob Gardner's "Mar's, Here We Come!" Talk, Section 5 (2003 version)  In 2003, two powerful new Mars rovers are on their way to the red planet. With far greater ... Japan launched Nozomi ("Planet B") on July 4, 1998. It's objective is...
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NASA - The World Goes to Mars :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search ...  Jul 14, 2003 ... The latest Mars rover, Opportunity, launched July 7th, and its sister rover, ... Nozomi, first launched five years ago, is Japan's first attempt to explore the Red Planet. ... a confluence set officially for 5:46 AM, Wednesday, August 27, 2003. .... It was originally scheduled to reach its destination in October 1998,...
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A Brief History of Mars Missions - Space.com  Mar 17, 2015 ... The nation made multiple attempts to reach the Red Planet, and NASA also tried with its spacecraft Mariner 3: Marsnik 1 (USSR) launched Oct.
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Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack  IN JULY 1998, JAPAN LAUNCHED NOZOMI; IT'S SET TO REACH THIS "RED PLANET" IN 2003, MARS. A 25-YEAR-LONG TELESCOPE SEARCH FOR IT...
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NASA's Journey to Mars | NASA  Dec 1, 2014 ... Our next step is deep space, where NASA will send a robotic mission to ... Beginning in FY 2018, NASA's powerful Space Launch System ... Future missions like the Mars 2020 rover, seeking signs of past life, ... guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov .... citizens of planet Earth donate their time to help study Mars," said...
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July 20, 1976: Landing on the red planet  Spaceflight Now  Jul 20, 2016 ... Today marks the 40th anniversary  July 20, 1976  of the first U.S. robotic landing on another planet by the Viking 1 spacecraft on Mars.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  May 13, 2010 ... Japan has 3 separate observances marking this man's birth, enlightenment & death. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek. Springfield...
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Historic Spacecraft - Asteroid and Comet Space Probes  Information about unmanned asteroid and comet space probes. ... 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup - Giotto 1992. Flyby. ESA Flag 1P/Halley - Vega 1 1986. Flyby. .... Hayabusa was launched on the M-V-5 booster (illustration at right) on 9 May 2003 from the Kagoshima launch center. ... Contact was not made again until March 2006.
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J! Archive - Show #3579, aired 2000-03-09  It's the only known planet in our solar system JPL spacecraft haven't visited ... A JPL engineer designed this Larami Ltd. product that puts water pistols to shame...
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J! Archive - Show #3259, aired 1998-11-05  When this Chinese leader died February 19, 1997 it was noted he hadn't ... Pioneer 10, which was launched in 1972 to study this planet, was retired in 1997...
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China May Put Man in Orbit - Dreams of the Great Earth Changes  The former Soviet Union and the United States first sent men into orbit in 1961. ... that the country will likely attempt to put another manned space craft into orbit around the 13th ... On October the 15th, 2003, China began its great leap upward. ..... After four unmanned test flights capped by the launch of Shenzhou 5, all taking...
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Sakigake & Susei - Stardust - NASA  Spacecraft, Sakigake, Suisei. Country, Japan, Japan. Mission, Comet Halley ... Key Dates, Mar 11, 1986 - Comet Halley Flyby, Mar 8, 1986 - Comet Halley Flyby.
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February 10 - Game Show NewsNet - Jeopardy! Ultimate ...  Feb 10, 2005 ... Clue: on Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city. Rachael's guess: "What is... Tokyo?" Correct response: What...
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KenJen Knew, Do You? - latimes  Dec 5, 2004 ... Mideast: In 2003 after a struggle, the British gained control of this southern Iraqi city, the country's main port. 3. Astronomy: Jupiter's feature...
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Missions to Venus and Mercury | The Planetary Society  As one of the first planets to be visited by spacecraft, Venus witnessed many failed ... planetary exploration mission since the Nozomi probe, which was launched in 1998 ... The mission was named after Giusepppe Colombo, a scientist, engineer, and ... MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment,...
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NASA's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic ...  Jul 14, 2015 ... New Horizons' almost 10-year, three-billion-mile journey to closest ... The first detection of Pluto in X-rays has been made using NASA's .... Last Updated: Sept. ..... For example, when solar sail spacecraft reach the asteroid belt at 5 AU, ... Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 took almost 35 years to make its 121...
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The moment a planet is born: Astronomers spot a star's dust ... - Etsuri  Oct 8, 2016 ... Astronomers have found signs of a growing planet around a star 176 ... Astronomers from Ibaraki University in Japan have observed the growing ... The star is about 80 per cent of the mass of the sun, but is only about 5-10 million years old. Its proximity and direction gives us a face-on-view from Earth,...
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Going to Mars Could Mess Up the Hunt for Alien Life  Sep 25, 2016 ... Elon Musk wants to send humans to the red planet. ... Day by landing several thousand invaders on the surface of Mars. ... On July 4, 1997, the Pathfinder spacecraft touched down in a ... Chryse Planitia carrying a small rover named Sojourneras well as a ..... If the trip doesn't kill you, living there might.
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Stardust Launch - JPL - NASA  STARDUST MISSION SET TO BRING BACK A PIECE OF A COMET. NASA's Stardust mission, scheduled for launch February 6, 1999 from Cape Canaveral, ..... what little carbon and water there is on Earth was delivered here ..... spacecraft is scheduled to fire its thrusters to fine-tune its flight path through the comet's coma,.
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Nozomi Archives  MarsNews.com  December 9th, 2003 ... Officials have decided not to put the Nozomi space craft into orbit around the planet. ... Japan abandoned its troubled mission to Mars Tuesday, after space officials failed in ... JAXA spokesman Junichi Moriuma said the operation had failed, and that scientists had given up hope of salvaging the probe.