[118595] in Cypherpunks
Re: Science Bloopers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese)
Sun Oct 3 20:53:54 1999
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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 14:37:48 -1000
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From: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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Thanks Anon, someone published a list from another source on another
list,,, this is great (there are some differences)
Reese
At 11:15 AM 10/3/99 +0200, Anonymous User wrote:
>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
>
>
