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What is a Space Probe?
A spacecraft that carries scientific instruments that can collect data but no human crew.
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What was the first Space Probe to enter space and what year did it happen?
Sputnik 1 in 1957.
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What is the name of the first American satellite?
Explorer 1
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What was the name of the first rover on the moon?
Lunokhod 1
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When was the most recent entry of a space probe into Jupiter's atmosphere?
July 4, 2016
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What is the first space probe to Jupiter that took detailed images and data about it and its moons.
Galileo and in 1995
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What year did the Canada launch their first satellite?
1962
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What is the name of the first spacecraft into space?
Sputnik 1
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What is a rover?
Small robots that move around on the surface of an object.
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What country put Akatsuki into orbit around Venus?
Japan
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Did the first American space mission fail?
Yes
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When was Curiosity sent and when did it land on mars?
2011 then 2012
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What was the name of the first Canadian Satellite?
Alouette 1
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Who put the first rover on the moon and what year was it?
USSR in 1970
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What space probe recently entered Venuses orbit?
Akatsuki
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What is the oldest space probe still in space?
Vanguard 1
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When was the first launch of the failing Vanguard TV3?
1957
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What is the first space probe to reach mars?
It is Mariner 4 launched by the U.S. in 1965
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Who put the first mars rover on mars and when?
1997 by the USA.
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What country recently got their first interplanetary space probe to enter mars's atmosphere?
India
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What was the name of the first North Korean space probe?
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2
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When was Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 launched?
2012
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What are the 2 rovers names that are currently on Mars?
It is Opportunity and Spirit
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What was the name of the first mission to mars?
Prop-m
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When did China put its first object on the moon?
December 14, 2013