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Vega Space Probe 19FortyFive Photo From Smithsonian Taken on June 30 2026

Vega Space Probe 19FortyFive Photo From Smithsonian Taken on June 30 2026

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In June 1985 Russia Flew 2 Balloons Through the Sulfuric Acid Clouds of Venus. They Rode 150-Mile-an-Hour Winds for 46 Hours and 11,600 Kilometers, and No Balloon Has Flown on Another Planet Since.

In June 1985 the Soviet Union released 2 balloons into the clouds of Venus. Each was 3.4 meters across, hung a 7-kilogram gondola from...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 8, 2026

Mars NASA Landers

Mars NASA Landers

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NASA’s twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity were each built to last 90 days, but one drove the surface for six years and the other for almost 15 — kept alive by Martian winds that randomly cleaned their solar panels — until a planet-wide dust storm finally silenced Opportunity, whose last message read: “My battery is low, and it’s getting dark.”

NASA's twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity were each built to last 90 days. Kept alive by Martian winds that cleaned their solar panels,...

Brandon WeichertJune 26, 2026

Lander Crashing on Mars

Lander Crashing on Mars

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In October 2016 a European spacecraft had almost landed on Mars, surviving the heat, the parachute, and the radar, when its sensor was overwhelmed for barely a second — just long enough for the computer to decide it was already on the ground, shut off its engines, and drop the lander 2.3 miles onto the surface at 335 miles an hour.

In October 2016 Europe's Schiaparelli probe had nearly landed on Mars — surviving entry, parachute, and radar — when a sensor was overwhelmed for...

Brandon WeichertJune 26, 2026

Mars USSR Rover Landing

Mars USSR Rover Landing

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On November 27, 1971 the Soviet Mars 2 became the first human-made object ever to reach the surface of Mars — but it arrived by crashing, its landing wrecked by one of the largest dust storms the planet has ever produced, carrying a tiny tethered rover on skis that would have driven on Mars 25 years before NASA’s first, had it survived.

On November 27, 1971, the Soviet Mars 2 became the first human-made object ever to reach the surface of Mars. It got there the...

Brandon WeichertJune 26, 2026

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