Browse By

Outcome

This dimension marks whether a mission actually succeeded, partly succeeded or failed. Wikipedia notes that spacecraft "are designed to deorbit themselves" at the end of a successful mission, while "used upper stages or failed spacecraft" often do not, a distinction that begins with how the mission itself concluded. Browsing by outcome separates missions that met their goals from those that did not.

Facts
Comparison
Field Origin Era
1962 1
Outcome
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Mariner program
Wikimedia FoundationMariner program, lead section
Quote, Mariner program, lead section
Between 1962 and late 1973, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) designed and built 10 robotic interplanetary probes named Mariner to explore the inner Solar System, visiting the planets Venus, Mars and Mercury for the first time, and returning to Venus and Mars for additional close observations.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

Space and Astronomy Atlas

How The Universe Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme