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    Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's "cosmic neighborhood"...
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    This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordering events in the exploration of the Solar System by date of spacecraft launch. It includes: All spacecraft...
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    characteristics of Neptune Structure of Neptune Atmosphere of Neptune Great Dark Spot History of the Solar System Discovery and exploration of the Solar System – Timeline...
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    The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object...
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    of the above bodies. Spaceflight portal Solar System portal Lists of spacecraft List of uncrewed spacecraft by program Discovery and exploration of the...
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    moons, Phobos and Deimos, polar ice caps and the feature now known as Olympus Mons, the Solar System's tallest mountain. The discoveries piqued further...
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    List of lunar probes Lunar resources Moon landing Timeline of Solar System exploration Starship HLS "India's Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon"...
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  • exploration of the Solar System List of spaceflight records List of spaceflight records#Human spaceflight firsts Timeline of Solar System exploration...
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    enroute to the Oort Cloud and has exited the Solar System, it is listed as "mission complete" because its primary task of studying Jupiter and Saturn has...
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    on the USPS stamp In October 1991, the United States Postal Service released a series of stamps commemorating NASA's exploration of the Solar System. The...
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    gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009. "Solar System Exploration: Galileo Legacy Site: Discovery Highlights". Solarsystem...
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  • list of proposed spacecraft that are planned to focus on the exploration of the Solar System, ordered by date of spacecraft launch. Timeline of Solar System...
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    previous and upcoming missions to the outer Solar System (including Saturn) can be found at the List of missions to the outer planets article. Saturn was first...
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    "MESSENGER performs first flyby of Venus". NASA's Solar System Exploration: News & Events: News Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved...
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    The following is a timeline of Solar System astronomy and science. It includes the advances in the knowledge of the Earth at planetary scale, as part...
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    (2007). Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Part I: The Golden Age 1957–1982. Springer. pp. 424–425. ISBN 9780387493268. See the "Neptune" page from...
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    The exploration of Mercury has a minor role in the space interests of the world. It is the least explored inner planet. As of 2015, the Mariner 10 and...
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    The history of scientific thought about the formation and evolution of the Solar System began with the Copernican Revolution. The first recorded use of...
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    institutions, and the Solar System Exploration program of NASA-led missions that focus on prioritized planetary science objectives. The Discovery and New Frontiers...
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    moon Titan. Uranus is the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion kilometers...
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  • S2CID 240070397. Siraj, Amir. "Spy Satellites Confirmed Our Discovery of the First Meteor from beyond the Solar System". Scientific American. Retrieved 2 November 2022...
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    string of discoveries in the Solar System (and beyond) followed, then and in the next centuries: the mountains of the Moon, the phases of Venus, the main...
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    The exploration of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean and third-largest moon, began with its discovery in 1610 and continues today with Earth-based observations...
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    Historical models of the Solar System began during prehistoric periods and are updated to this day. The models of the Solar System throughout history were...
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  • Interplanetary spaceflight (category Discovery and exploration of the Solar System)
    (the article List of Solar System probes gives a full list). Many astronomers, geologists and biologists believe that exploration of the Solar System provides...
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  • Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory...
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    Spacecraft propulsion (category Discovery and exploration of the Solar System)
    space science and exploration needs. These propulsion technologies are intended to provide effective exploration of the Solar System and will permit mission...
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    The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It was formed 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region...
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    Sample-return mission (category Discovery and exploration of the Solar System)
    and knowledge as part of the discovery and exploration of the Solar System. Until now, many important scientific discoveries about the Solar System were...
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    The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through...
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