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2001 Mars Odyssey (U.S.)

Destination: Mars. Launched: April 7, 2001. Arrival: Oct. 24, 2001. Mission: To conduct mineralogical mapping of the planet and study the radiation risk to humans over the course of three…

Space Movies

Some of the galaxy's best space-related movies by Beth Rowen and Mark Zurlo Related Links Scariest MoviesIrish Movies SlideshowThe Presidency on FilmDinosaur MoviesDisney Movies…

Space Exploration

Cite Discover timelines, data, slideshows, and features about space exploration, telescopes, the Columbia Disaster, Apollo 11, and more. Major Space Explorations Hubble Space Telescope…

Kubrick, Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Kubrick, StanleyKubrick, Stanleyk&oomacr;ˈbrĭk, ky&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1928–99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically…

Clarke, Arthur C.

(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Arthur C. (Sir Arthur Charles Clarke), 1917–2008, British science fiction writer. During World War II he served as a radar instructor and aviator in the Royal Air Force. After…

Ongoing Missions

Voyager (U.S.)Ulysses (U.S. and European Space Agency) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) (U.S.)Cassini-Huygens (U.S., the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency)2001 Mars Odyssey (U.S…

Odyssey

(Encyclopedia) OdysseyOdysseyŏdˈĭsē [key]: see Homer.

Roger Caras 2001 Deaths

Roger CarasAge: 72 animal-rights activist who served as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from 1991 to 1999. He studied film in college and worked as…

U.S. Staffed Space Flight Programs

Mercury. Project Mercury, initiated in 1958 and completed in 1963, was the United States' first human-in-space program. It was designed to further knowledge about humanity's capabilities…