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Galileo continued it’s study of Jupiter and it’s moons and the first rover started to explore mars |
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Mission |
Launch |
End |
Details |
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Hiten |
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1990 |
1990 |
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Lunar flybys and orbiter |
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Ulysses |
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1990 |
2009 |
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This was the first mission to orbit the poles of the sun obtaining valuable data |
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory |
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1991 |
2000 |
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This orbiting satellite made break through discoveries in Gamma Ray astronomy including Gamma Ray bursts |
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Mars Observer |
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1992 |
Failed |
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Topex/Poseidon |
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1992 |
2005 |
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Joint US/French mission mapping wave heights |
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Clementine |
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1994 |
1994 |
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Lunar Orbiter |
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ISO |
 |
1995 |
1998 |
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The European Infrared Space Observatory |
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Mars Global Surveyor |
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1996 |
2006 |
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NASA Martian mapping mission |
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NEAR |
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1996 |
2001 |
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First landing on asteroid Eros |
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NASA Scatterometer |
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1996 |
1997 |
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Ocean wind observing satellite |
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Mars 96 |
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1996 |
Failed |
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Mars Pathfinder |
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1996 |
1997 |
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Mars soft landing & deployment of Sojourner rover |
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Low Energy Gamma Ray Imager (LEGRI) |
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1997 |
2002 |
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Gamma Ray observatory |
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Lunar Prospector |
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1998 |
1999 |
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Lunar Orbiter |
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Nozomi |
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1998 |
1998 |
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Mars orbiter |
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Deep Space 1 |
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1998 |
2001 |
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Primarily a new technology test mission took some asteroid and comet observations |
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Mars Climate Orbiter |
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1998 |
Failed |
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Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) |
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1998 |
Inactive |
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The satellite examined microwaves |
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Stardust |
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1999 |
2006 |
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Cometary sample return mission |
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) |
 |
1999 |
2007 |
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Ultraviolet observatory |
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Mars Polar Lander |
|
1999 |
Failed |
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Deep Space 2 |
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1999 |
Failed |
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Wide-Field infrared explorer |
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1999 |
1999 |
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Galaxy observations, coolant rapidly ran out |
This decade saw the launch of the