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dsc_cover (Converted)-1 8/6/02 10:33 AM Page 1 Deep Space Chronicle Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology ofDeep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958–2000 |Asif A.Siddiqi National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA SP-2002-4524 A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 Asif A. Siddiqi NASA SP-2002-4524 Monographs in Aerospace History Number 24 dsc_cover (Converted)-1 8/6/02 10:33 AM Page 2 Cover photo: A montage of planetary images taken by Mariner 10, the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter, Voyager 1, and Voyager 2, all managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Included (from top to bottom) are images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars) and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. NASA SP-2002-4524 Deep Space Chronicle A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958–2000 ASIF A. SIDDIQI Monographs in Aerospace History Number 24 June 2002 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of External Relations NASA History Office Washington, DC 20546-0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- Deep space chronicle: a chronology of deep space and planetary probes, 1958-2000 / by Asif A. Siddiqi. p.cm. – (Monographs in aerospace history; no. 24) (NASA SP; 2002-4524) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Space flight—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Series. III. NASA SP; 4524 TL 790.S53 2002 629.4’1’0904—dc21 2001044012 Table of Contents Foreword by Roger D. Launius . .1 Introduction . .11 1958 . .17 1) Able 1 / “Pioneer 0” . .17 2) no name / [Luna] . .17 3) Able 2 / “Pioneer 0” . .18 4) no name / [Luna] . .18 5) Pioneer 2 . .18 6) no name / [Luna] . .19 7) Pioneer 3 . .19 1959 . .21 8) Cosmic Rocket . .21 9) Pioneer 4 . .22 10) no name / [Luna] . .22 11) Second Cosmic Rocket . .23 12) Automatic Interplanetary Station . .23 13) Able IVB / “Pioneer” . .23 1960 . .25 14) Pioneer 5 . .25 15) no name / [Luna] . .25 16) no name / [Luna] . .26 17) Able VA / “Pioneer” . .26 18) no name / [Mars] . .26 19) no name / [Mars] . .27 20) Able VB / “Pioneer” . .27 1961 . .29 21) Tyazhelyy Sputnik / [Venera] . .29 22) Venera . .29 23) Ranger 1 . .31 24) Ranger 2 . .31 1962 . .33 25) Ranger 3 . .33 26) Ranger 4 . .33 27) Mariner 1 . .34 28) no name / [Venera] . .34 29) Mariner 2 . .34 30) no name / [Venera] . .35 31) no name / [Venera] . .35 32) Ranger 5 . .35 33) no name / [Mars] . .36 34) Mars 1 . .36 35) no name / [Mars] . .37 Table of Contents i 1963 . .39 36) no name / [Luna] . .39 37) no name / [Luna] . .39 38) Luna 4 . .40 39) Kosmos 21 / [Zond] . .40 1964 . .41 40) Ranger 6 . .41 41) no name / [Zond] . .41 42) no name / [Luna] . .42 43) Kosmos 27 / [Zond] . .42 44) Zond 1 . .42 45) no name / [Luna] . .43 46) Ranger 7 . .43 47) Mariner 3 . .43 48) Mariner 4 . .44 49) Zond 2 . ..