Topic
Planetary exploration
3 questions tagged Planetary exploration — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
when
When was the first probe sent to Venus?
The Soviet Venera 1 was launched toward Venus on 12 February 1961.
SpacePlanetary exploration
where
Where is the Huygens probe’s landing site on Titan?
The Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, after descending through its atmosphere in 2005. The landing site is in a region later nicknamed ‘Adiri’ near Xanadu in popular mapping.
SpacePlanetary exploration
which
Which spacecraft first visited Pluto?
NASA’s New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto, flying by in July 2015. It returned the first close-up images of Pluto and its moons.
AstronomyPlanetary exploration