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Luna (space program), series of spacecraft launched toward the moon in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The name Luna to a variety of automated lunar probes. Early Luna probes were simple, in part because they were rushed into service to win quick victories in the Cold War space race with the United States. Later Luna robots surpassed the capabilities of the unpiloted moon probes developed by the United States. Like U.S. Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter spacecraft, the Lunas scouted the moon in preparation for planned visits by humans. The Soviet piloted moon program suffered technical setbacks, however, and was eventually cancelled. See also Space Exploration.
Mars (space program), series of spacecraft launched toward the planet Mars in the 1960s and 1970s. The Mars program spacecraft included fly-by spacecraft, orbiters, and landers. The USSR hoped to use human fascination with Mars to win highly visible victories in the Cold War space race with the United States. Soviet engineers tried for the first close-up photographs of Mars and the first non-crash landing on Mars; although the Mars spacecraft failed to meet these goals, they did manage the first Mars flyby, the first Martian orbit, and the first Mars surface impact.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), agency of the United States government responsible for developing space exploration and research initiatives, as well as coordinating various communications-related projects. NASA also administers the space shuttle program and a variety of other endeavors, which include improving the performance of airplanes and rockets (aeronautics), conducting scientific experiments in space, improving data-tracking technology, increasing international alliances for space activities, and establishing partnerships between private companies and government agencies in the aeronautics industry.
Phobos (space program), two space probes that the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) launched in 1988 toward Phobos, the innermost moon of the planet Mars. They launched both Phobos 1 and Phobos 2 in July 1988. The probes were designed to study the sun and Mars as they traveled to Phobos, where they would each deposit a small lander. Phobos 1 failed soon after leaving Earth orbit. Phobos 2 successfully studied the sun and Mars, but failed as it neared Phobos. The Phobos program took place as the Cold War space race between the United States and the USSR began shifting toward cooperation in the post-Cold War era. Western European governments took part, and individual U.S. researchers worked with European and Soviet engineers and scientists.
Vega (space program), two robot spacecraft launched in 1984 toward the planet Venus and Halleys Comet. The twin Vega spacecraft were each designed to fly past Venus and drop off a lander and a balloon, then fly past Halley's Comet during the comets passage through the inner solar system. Vega was an international effortthe spacecraft carried instruments from the USSR, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, the former East and West Germany, France, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The Vega probes were the first of a fleet of Halleys Comet probes, including Giotto from the European Space Agency, Suisei and Sakigake from Japan, and International Comet Explorer (ICE) from the United States.
Venera (space program), series of spacecraft launched toward the planet Venus from the 1960s to the 1980s. Venus is the planet nearest Earth, but dense clouds hide its surface. Before space flight, Venus was a mystery to space scientists, so the most important objective of the Venera program was to peer beneath the clouds of Venus. The Cold War space race between the United States and the Soviet Union also shaped the Venera program. In the 1960s and 1970s, Venera gave the USSR significant firststhe first probe to orbit Venus, the first spacecraft to land successfully on another planet, and the first photograph from another planetary surface. Before the Venera program ended in 1984, however, the United States launched successful missions toward all of the planets save Pluto. These missions overshadowed the achievements of the Venera space program.
Skylab, first American space station. In 1973 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the 100-ton Skylab module into orbit around the earth from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Each of the three crews of Skylab astronauts was launched separately in an Apollo command and service module (CSM), and they stayed in Skylab for periods of 28, 59, and 84 days, respectively. The Skylab astronauts proved that it was feasible for humans to live and work in a weightless environment for extended stays without suffering ill effects. Astronauts also made key repairs to Skylab in space, paving the way for future repairs of satellites from the space shuttle. In addition, the Skylab astronauts successfully completed experiments on solar physics, earth observations, and crystal growth in zero gravity.
Hubble Space Telescope (HST), first general-purpose orbiting observatory. Named after American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. The HST makes observations in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (see Electromagnetic Radiation). The primary mirror of the HST has a diameter of 94.5 in (240 cm), and the optics of the telescope are designed so that, theoretically, when making a visible-light observation, the telescope can resolve astronomical objects that are at an angular distance of 0.05 arcsecond apart (see Angle). In comparison, traditional large ground-based telescopes, under very good sky conditions, have an image resolution of about 0.5 arcsecond. Originally, the HST was equipped with five detectors: the Wide-Field Planetary Camera, the Faint Object Camera, the Faint Object Spectrograph, the High-Resolution Spectrograph, and the High Speed Photometer (see Spectroscopy). It also has three fine guidance sensors that can be used for precision astronomy measurements such as determining the distances of stars from Earth.After the HST was launched, scientists discovered that its primary mirror had a systematic aberration, the result of a manufacturing error. A service mission was carried out in December 1993 using the space shuttle Endeavour. A corrective optical device, called the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR), was inserted in the slot for the High Speed Photometer, which had to be removed to make room for COSTAR. The Wide-Field Planetary Camera, which had a different optical path from the other four instruments, was replaced with a second camera, which has a built-in correction for the aberration in the primary mirror. The service mission, which involved numerous intricate procedures, was successful.
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I have here one of the animations of exploring a new planet in the game..
http://www.geocities.com/morpheusprince22/t627508a.wmv
I made this in just a half an hour so please be easy on the comments.
please note that all of the files on here are converted so you could sample it. I usually convert the file to something common which everyone has..Like media player.
