The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
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were planned to be: the Solar Orbiter, the Pluto and Kuiper belt reconnaissance Pluto Kuiper Express mission, and the Europa Orbiter astrobiology mission...
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A heliocentric orbit (also called circumsolar orbit) is an orbit around the barycenter of the Solar System, which is usually located within or very near...
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spacecraft include: Venera program — USSR Venus orbiter and lander (1961–1984) Pioneer Venus project — US Venus orbiter and entry probes (1978) Vega program —...
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"Lunar Orbiter 2". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019. "In Depth | Lunar Orbiter 2". Solar System...
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The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of American space telescopes primarily intended to study the Sun, though...
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Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan (Sanskrit: Maṅgala 'Mars', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle'), was a space probe orbiting Mars since...
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2007 Destination: Moon (in lunar orbit) Arrival: July 2011 Institution: NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission: Orbiter engaged in lunar mapping intended...
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The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion...
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The Uranus Orbiter and Probe is an orbiter mission concept to study Uranus and its moons. The orbiter would also deploy an atmospheric probe to characterize...
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