Sentences with phrase «first planetary probe»
This will be its first planetary probe.
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«It's long been a goal in planetary exploration to send a dedicated probe into the atmosphere of Saturn, and we're laying the groundwork for future exploration with this first foray.»
Akatsuki was JAXA's bid to vindicate itself following the failure of its first planetary mission, the Mars probe Nozomi, launched in 1998 to enter the red planet's orbit the following year.
In Richard Kerr's News Focus article, «Pluto, the Last Planetary First,» Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and principal investigator of the New Horizons mission, called the arrival of the New Horizons probe at Pluto — expected in July 2015 — «an epochal milestone in the exploration of the solar system.»
From the first space probes to the most recent planetary rovers, they have continually delivered impressive discoveries and reshaped our understanding of the cosmos.
On Jan. 14, 2005, the Huygens entry probe became the first spacecraft to land on a planetary surface in the outer solar system, carrying out various physical and chemical measurements of Titan's atmosphere and transmitting high - resolution images as it descended by parachute.