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We talked about the history of the study of Mars and the first interplanetary missions. Today, we’ll talk about current research on the Red Planet: interplanetary probes, mapping of Mars’s surface, the USSR’s landing failures and the era of NASA’s rovers from Spirit and Opportunity to Perseverance.
The history of Europe as a global space player is full of difficulties and obstacles. After World War II, many outstanding astrophysicists and designers left the Old World. However, a certain percentage of scientists remained to work in Europe. This is the story of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Mars has been in the spotlight of both scientists and ordinary people for several centuries. Many see it as a potential second home that could save our civilization from extinction. Others hope to find life there. Others still view the planet as an example of a “failed Earth”
Signing the Budapest Memorandum, Ukrainian leadership believed that Ukraine’s extensive stocks of anti-aircraft weapons would be enough. Today Ukraine is investing a lot of money both in the modernization of Soviet ballistic missiles and in the construction of new types of modern missile weapons.
For seven decades, Pluto was known as the ninth planet in the solar system. Its orbit was thought to mark a boundary followed by a vast void extending all the way to the Oort cloud. We now know that this is not true. Pluto is not a lonely wanderer but only one of many icy bodies.
The first Ukrainian-made rockets began to take off into space after Ukraine regained its independence in 1991. However, almost the entire industrial base of Ukraine was linked with Russia. Only after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 would Ukraine begin to change this destructive vector.
Neptune is the most distant planet in the solar system, at least for now. It has already lost this title once and we cannot rule out that this will happen again in the future. is a very difficult target to study. However, scientists still managed to uncover some of the Neptune’s secrets
The space industry of the Ukrainian SSR played a significant role in the development of satellites. Since independence, Ukraine has maintained its course towards designing its own satellites, but has encountered obstacles, mainly associated with a lack of orders and an outdated technical base
Compared to all the other giant planets, Uranus seems the least distinguished. It is not as beautiful as Neptune, it does not have rings as Saturn or impressive moons as Jupiter. But this is a very misleading impression. Uranus is one of the most unusual and intriguing planets in the solar system.