Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016
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English
ISBN
9781626830431
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
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