Awesome Space Robots

Awesome Space Robots

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2. The first U.S. space robot to reach the Moon was Ranger 7 on July 31,1964.

   • Ranger 7´s mission was simple, take photos of the moon

3. Types of Space Robots

   • Probes
   • Orbiters
   • Rovers
   • Landers

4. NASA has sent many robotic explorers to learn about our solar system

   • However, some of the most useful space robots can be found just above Earth
   • Since 1960s robots have been used to explore the other planets in the solar system

5. NASA´s Galileo explorer began its mission to Jupiter in 1989

   • Part of Galileo´s mission was to launch a probe to study the planet´s atmosphere
   • The robotic probe discovered wind gusts of 400 miles per hour.
   • In 2003 Galileo´systems began to fail

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