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Tufts Astronomy - Spacecraft
Lang midterm - spacecraft
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Astronomy
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2009

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Apollo 11
Definition
first humans on moon, samples
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Cassini / Huygens
Definition
Mars, 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, poss evidence water ice
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Dawn
Definition
Ceres and Vesta
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Deep Impact
Definition
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 (Gaspra and Ida), Jupter orbiter and probe
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Giotto
Definition
Halley's Comet
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Hayabusa
Definition
Encounter with asteroid Iyokawa
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LCROSS
Definition
Return to moon, looking for water in crater
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Lunar Prospector
Definition
mapped global elements, magnetic, core, polar ice
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Definition
global photographs of surface
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Magellan
Definition
Venus orbiter, maps
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Mars Global Surveyor
Definition
Mars orbiter, mapping, water flow/volcanic activity
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Definition
ancient water flow from impacts
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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
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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
got stuck
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Stardust
Definition
confirms comet nucleus, returns with some (organic molecules)
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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 flybys
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