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Galileo (U.S.)
Destination: Jupiter. Launched: Oct. 18, 1989. Achieved Orbit: Dec. 7, 1995. Mission ended: Sept. 2003. Mission: To study the chemical composition and physical state of the largest planet in the…Genesis (U.S.)
Destination: The Sun. Launched: Aug. 8, 2001. Return: Sept. 8, 2004. Mission: To gather samples of charged particles of the solar wind and return them to Earth. The drogue parachute of the…Stardust (U.S.)
Destination: Comet Wild 2. Launched: Feb. 7, 1999. Returned: Jan. 15, 2006. Mission: To fly through the coma of Comet Wild 2, capture particles spewing out of the comet, take pictures of the…Voyager (U.S.)
Destination: Jupiter and Saturn. Launched: Aug. 20 (Voyager 2) and Sept. 5 (Voyager 1), 1977. Mission: To explore Jupiter and the other outer planets. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and…AIM (U.S.)
Destination: Earth orbit. Launch: Fall 2006. Mission: To use the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission to help scientists investigate the causes of the recent rise in noctilucent…U.S. Open
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These regions have similar climate, geography, traditions, and history. New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Middle Atlantic Delaware,…Dawn (U.S.)
Destination: Vesta and Ceres. Launch: June 20, 2007. Arrival: Sept. 2011 (Vesta), 2015 (Ceres). Mission: To examine two of the largest asteroids and study the formation and evolution of…Phoenix (U.S.)
Destination: Mars. Launch: Aug. 2007. Arrival: May 25, 2008. Mission: To study and analyze past and current existence of water on Mars while assessing the…U.S. Government
The Capitol rotunda is the physical and symbolic center of Congress (and formerly the physical center of D.C.) The current government of the United States of America was created in 1789 with the…Trending
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