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   Mars

   Following the 1992 failure of the Mars Observer orbiter, NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor in 1996. This mission was a complete success, having finished its primary mapping mission in early 2001.
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   NASA

   The HST is a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), and its success has paved the way for greater collaboration between the agencies. ... The New Horizons mission to Pluto was launched in 2006 and will fly by Pluto in 2015.
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   Hubble Space Telescope

   An orbiting solar telescope was launched in 1962 by the United Kingdom as part of the Ariel space program, and in 1966 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the first Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) mission. ... The mission had been one of the most complex ever undertaken, involving five lengthy periods of extravehicular activity and its resounding success was an enormous boon for NASA, as well as for the astronomers who now had a fully capable space telescope.
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   List of Solar System probes

   This is a list of all space probes that have left Earth orbit or were launched with that intention but failed, organised by their planned destination. ... | | Impactor | NASA | 4 July 2005 | impactor | success | | |
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   Apollo program

   Between December 21, 1968 and May 18, 1969, NASA launched three Apollo missions (8, 9, and 10) using the Saturn V launch vehicle. ... Following the success of the Apollo program, both NASA and its major contractors investigated several post-lunar applications for the Apollo hardware.
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   Saturn V

   In total NASA launched thirteen Saturn V rockets with no loss of payload. ... Launch of Apollo 15 running from T-30s through to T+40s
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   Sea Launch

   Although Sea Launch is currently the world's only ocean-based space launch company, the idea is not unique: in 1964–1988 the University of Rome La Sapienza in Italy and NASA launched spacecraft from the San Marco platform off the coast of Kenya and Shtil' rockets have been used to orbit payloads launched from submarines. ... | July 28, 2000 | PAS-9 | 3.7 t | success | 4 |
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   Moon landing

   | U.S.S.R Mission | Mass (kg) | Booster | Launched | Mission Goal | Payload | Mission Result | ... NASA.
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   Crew Return Vehicle

   In order to develop the design and technologies for the operational CRV at a fraction of the cost of other space vehicles, NASA launched a program to develop a series of low-cost, rapid-prototype vehicles that were designated the X-38 Advanced Technology Demonstrators.
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    Dawn (spacecraft)

    The spacecraft finally launched at 7:34 a.m. EDT from pad 17-B on a Delta II launch vehicle. ... ↑ NASA.

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