[118576] in Cypherpunks
Re: Science Bloopers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous User)
Sun Oct 3 05:34:47 1999
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:15:04 +0200
Message-Id: <199910030915.LAA17809@jengate.thur.de>
From: Anonymous User <tonne@jengate.thur.de>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous User <tonne@jengate.thur.de>
At 21:40 PM 10/01/99 -1000, Eric Reese wrote:
> Anyone have data on _all_ the red planet probes and orbiters that have
> been lost? not only ours, but russias (and anyone elses) as well?
Russian missions to Mars (courtesy Spaceflight, pub by Smithsonian Guides)
1962 : Mars 1 : Radio contact lost
1971 : Mars 2 : contact lost 20 seconds after landing on Mars
1971 : Mars 3 : contact also lost 20 seconds after landing on Mars
1973 : Mars 4 : lost in deep space
1973 : Mars 5 : operated successfully for 20 orbits
1973 : Mars 6 : crashed onto Mars
1973 : Mars 7 : missed planet
1988 : Phobos 1 : never reached Mars
1988 : Phobos 2 : contact lost after it entered Mars orbit
U. S. Missions: (same source)
1964 : Mariner 4 : successful flyby, 1st successful mission to Mars, 22
pictures taken
1969 : Mariner 6 : successful flyby
1969 : Mariner 7 : successful flyby, 201 total pictures between 6 & 7
1971 : Mariner 8 : launch failure
1971 : Mariner 9 : 1st successful orbit of another planet (moon is not a
planet of course) 7,300 images returned
1975 : Viking 1 :
1975 : Viking 2 : both successful missions to Mars, operated through 1980
& 1982
1992 : Mars Observer : lost preparing to enter Mars orbit
1996 : Mars Pathfinder : successful landing and rover deployment
1996 : Mars Global Surveyor : successful orbit of planet, still in mission
1998 : Mars Climate Observer : lost due to human error
1998 : Mars Polar Lander : due to land this December
