Planets Visited By Spacecraft
Planets Visited By Spacecraft
Venus :
Mariner 2 ( USA) flyby 1962
Venera 4 (USSR) landed 1967
Messenger (USA) flyby 2006, 2007
Mars :
Mariner 4 (USA) flyby 1965
Mars pathfinder (USA) landed 1997
Orbiter (USA) in orbit 2006
Jupiter :
Pioneer 10 (USA) flyby 1973
Galileo (USA) landed 2003 ( Deliberately destroyed entering Jupiter's atmosphere, rather than risk contaminating moon Europa with bacteria from Earth)
New Horizons (USA) flyby 2007
Mercury :
Mariner 10 (USA) flyby 1974
Messenger (USA) flyby 2008, 2009 scheduled to orbit 2011
Saturn :
Pioneer 11 (USA) flyby 1979
Cassini/ Huygens (USA/ESA) orbiter/lander 2004/2005
Uranus :
Voyager 2 (USA) flyby 1986
Neptune :
Voyager 2 (USA) flyby 1989
Pluto :
New Horizons (USA) scheduled flyby 2015
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