Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
An Atlas Centaur Rocket Launches
Explanation:
Atlas Centaur [ http://www.lerc.nas…] rockets have launched over 75 successful unmanned missions. These missions included the Surveyor [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] series - the first vehicles to make soft landings on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], Pioneer [ http://pyroeis.arc.…] 10 and 11 - the first missions to fly by Jupiter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Saturn [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the first man-made objects able to leave our Solar System [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], the Viking missions [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] which landed on Mars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], several satellites in the High Energy Astrophysics Observatory [ http://heasarc.gsfc…] (HEAO) series, Pioneer Venus [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] which circled and mapped the surface of Venus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and numerous Intelsat [ http://www.intelsat…] satellites. Of recent scientific interest was the Atlas [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] launched SOHO [ http://sohowww.nasc…] mission which will continually observe the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Atlas rockets are manufactured by Lockheed Martin [ http://www.mmc.com/] Co.
Credit and Copyright:
NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/], LeRC [ http://www.lerc.nas…]
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Mars
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Venus
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Moon
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Sun
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Mars
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Atlas
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Surveyor
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Centaur
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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SOHO
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Venus
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Viking
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Pioneer Venus
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap951214

An Atlas Centaur Rocket Launches
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