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Tufts Astronomy - Spacecraft
Lang midterm - Spacecraft
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2009

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Apollo 11
Definition
First humans on moon, mare tranquillitatis, samples
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Cassini / Huygens
Definition
Saturn, orbiter and probe, atmosphere, rings, magnetics,Titan probe
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Chandrayaan-1
Definition
India, evidence for water ice in craters of moon
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Clementine
Definition
Moon, mapped, possible evidence of water ice
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Dawn
Definition
Ceres and Vesta
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Deep Impact
Definition
Slams into Comet Temple, raises water
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Deep Space 1
Definition
Comet Borrely, image of nucleus
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Galileo
Definition
Asteroid flybys, Jupter orbiter and probe
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Giotto
Definition
Halley's Comet
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Hayabusa
Definition
Encounter with asteroid
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LCROSS
Definition
Return to moon, looking for water in crater
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Lunar Prospector
Definition
Mapped moon's global elements, magnetic, core, polar ice
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Definition
Global photographs of lunar surface
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Magellan
Definition
Venus orbiter, maps, volcanic resurfacing
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Mars Global Surveyor
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Mars orbiter, mapping, water flow/volcanic activity
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Definition
Ancient water flow from impacts bringing up subsurface ice
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MESSENGER
Definition
Unseen half of mercury
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NEAR Shoemaker
Definition
First orbiter and in depth study of asteroid, 433 Eros
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Odyssey (2001 Mars)
Definition
Chemical elements on surface, subsurface water ice
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Opportunity (Mars Exploration Rover)
Definition
Ancient water flow on Mars
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Phoenix
Definition
Scoops up subsurface water ice on mars
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Rosetta
Definition
Orbit comet, detailed look at nucleus
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Sojourner Rover
Definition
Accompanies Pathfinder
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Spirit (Mars Exploration Rover)
Definition
Mars rover, got stuck
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Stardust
Definition
Confirms comet nucleus, returns with some
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Venera
Definition
Venus orbiter, lander, surface
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Viking 1 and 2
Definition
Orbiter lander, photos, life search on Mars
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Voyager 1 and 2
Definition
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune flyby
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