ERSC 1P94 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hirise, Hubble Space Telescope, Buzz Aldrin
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Carried yuri gagarin into space, the first human to make the journey: vostok 1. First close-up pictures of another planet, first flyby of mars: mariner 4. First mission to measure the composition the atmosphere of another planet "in person": venera. First orbit of the moon by humans, first view of earthrise, first humans to see the far side of the. First satellite to orbit earth, triggered the space race: sputnik 1. First spacecraft to reach the surface of another world", the moon, on which it purposefully impacted: luna 2. Lunar orbiter, first attempt to leave earth orbit, destroyed during launch: pioneer 0. Q9: hubble space telescope, deployed in a 380-statute-mile orbit. Q12: curiosity landed on mars in the year of 2012. Q13: a martian day ( also referred to as "sol"), is as long as 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. It is approximately 40 minutes longer than that of earth.
