The U.S.-built planetary probe Pioneer 10 satellite was launched on March 2, 1972, from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Then on December 3, 1973, as Pioneer 10 passed Jupiter, it took Close-up photographs of of the giant planet. Continue reading
Category: Planetary Exploration
The Spacecraft to reach another planet
The Soviet planetary probe Venera 3, which crash-landed on Venus on March 1, 1966, became the first Spacecraft to reach another planet. Continue reading
Mars probe called Mars 1
After a series of failures, Mars 1, successfully launched from the USSR’s Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on November 1, 1962. Continue reading
Discovery that Uranus has rings
On March 10th 1977, when Uranus passed between a star and the earth, we discovery that Uranus has rings. Continue reading