Space Missions Archives | Search Articles | Astronomy Trek https://www.astronomytrek.com/missions/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 10 Interesting Facts About the Voyager 2 Probe https://www.astronomytrek.com/10-interesting-facts-about-the-voyager-2-probe/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:17:06 +0000 https://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=19927 NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft embarked on one of the most remarkable journeys in space exploration. Launched in 1977, it became the only spacecraft ever to visit all four giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—before continuing ...

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]]> China’s Zhurong Mars Rover Takes a Drive on the Red Planet https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/china-zhurong-rover-on-mars/ Sun, 30 May 2021 11:45:03 +0000 https://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=14465 China has become the first country after the United States to successfully land a rover on Mars. On May 14, 2021, China’s Zhurong rover rolled from its platform onto the red sand, with this historical ...

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]]> Chinese Tianwen-1 Mars Mission On Track For Its July Launch https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/chinese-tianwen-1-mars-mission/ Tue, 05 May 2020 11:06:40 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=14155 On April 24th, China has revealed the name and logo of its first independent interplanetary mission. This was done in honor of the 50th anniversary of the launch of the country’s first satellite; the DFH-1 ...

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]]> Clay on Mars Finding Hints at Once Supporting Life https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/clay-on-mars-precursor-to-life/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/clay-on-mars-precursor-to-life/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:38:59 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=13822 NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed the existence of clay on Mars, suggesting that there was once water on the Red Planet. In August 2012, Curiosity landed on the surface of Mars with one of its ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/clay-on-mars-precursor-to-life/feed/ 0 Can Tardigrades Survive in Open Space? https://www.astronomytrek.com/can-tardigrades-survive-in-open-space/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:06:40 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=13265 Are we alone in the universe? This is perhaps the greatest unanswered question in astronomy right now. So far we have sent probes in search of life and have found nothing. Sure there is still ...

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]]> Chinese Land Rover On Dark Side Of Moon https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/chinese-change-4-mission-moon/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/chinese-change-4-mission-moon/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:23:12 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12927 The image above shows the culmination of the Chinese space agency’s Chang’e 4 mission to the dark side of the Moon. In the photo, the mission’s Jade Rabbit 2 lunar rover can be seen rolling ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/chinese-change-4-mission-moon/feed/ 0 Voyager 2 Becomes Second Human-made Object to Leave Solar System https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/voyager-2-leaves-solar-system/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/voyager-2-leaves-solar-system/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:18:49 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12891 The artist’s impression above shows the approximate current positions of both Voyager spacecraft relative to the Sun and other surviving spacecraft. Note that while Voyager 1 left the solar system in 2012 above the orbital ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/voyager-2-leaves-solar-system/feed/ 0 Latest Mars Colonization Plan May Be Waste of Time and Resources https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/latest-mars-colonization-plan-may-be-waste-of-time-and-resources/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/latest-mars-colonization-plan-may-be-waste-of-time-and-resources/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:20:40 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12781 The image above shows what may turn out to be a proposed semi-permanent base on Mars, but the notion that Mars could be colonized by humans is not new, and a plethora of plans on ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/latest-mars-colonization-plan-may-be-waste-of-time-and-resources/feed/ 0 Making Stuff in Space: Off-Earth Manufacturing is Just Getting Started https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/making-stuff-in-space-off-earth-manufacturing-is-just-getting-started/ Wed, 30 May 2018 09:41:55 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12677 Space is a perilous place for humans to inhabit: microgravity slackens our muscles and upsets our fluid balance, radiation threatens to ravage DNA, and the yawning vacuum outside is a constant threat. However, for other ...

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]]> New InSight Spacecraft to Study Interior Structure of Mars https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/new-insight-spacecraft-to-study-interior-structure-of-mars/ Mon, 07 May 2018 15:33:10 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12637 The image above shows an artists’ impression of the deployed InSight spacecraft on the surface of Mars. The craft was launched from the west coast of the USA on May 5. 2018, after a two-year ...

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