List of Notable Space Probes and Their Discoveries

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Voyager 1 - First spacecraft to reach interstellar space
Voyager 2 - Only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune
Pioneer 10 - First spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt
Pioneer 11 - First spacecraft to fly by Saturn
Mariner 4 - First successful flyby of Mars
Mariner 10 - First spacecraft to use a gravity assist trajectory
Venera 7 - First successful landing on another planet (Venus)
Venera 13 - First color pictures from Venus's surface
Luna 2 - First human-made object to reach the Moon
Luna 3 - First images of the far side of the Moon
Mars Rover Opportunity - Longest operating rover on Mars
Mars Rover Spirit - Uncovered evidence of past water on Mars
Mars Rover Curiosity - Confirmed Mars could have supported life in the past
New Horizons - First flyby of Pluto
Galileo - First spacecraft to orbit Jupiter
Cassini-Huygens - First spacecraft to orbit Saturn
Rosetta - First spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet
Philae - First successful landing on a comet
Magellan - Detailed mapping of Venus's surface
Mars Express - Discovered water ice on Mars
Viking 1 - First successful landing on Mars
Viking 2 - Long term climate observations of Mars
MESSENGER - First spacecraft to orbit Mercury
Stardust - First sample return from a comet
Hayabusa - First sample return from an asteroid
Chandrayaan-1 - Discovered water molecules on the Moon
Kepler - Discovered thousands of exoplanets
Hubble Space Telescope - Revolutionized understanding of the universe
Chandra X-ray Observatory - Detailed study of the universe in X-ray
Spitzer Space Telescope - Detailed study of the universe in infrared
Juno - Detailed study of Jupiter's composition
Insight - Studying the interior of Mars
Parker Solar Probe - Closest approach to the Sun
TESS - Searching for exoplanets
Herschel Space Observatory - Studying the formation of stars
Planck - Detailed measurements of the cosmic microwave background
Dawn - First spacecraft to orbit two destinations beyond Earth
Voyager Interstellar Mission - Studying the outermost edge of the Sun's domain
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Detailed mapping of the Moon's surface
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - Detailed study of Mars's climate and geology
SOHO - Studying the Sun from its deep core to outer corona
STEREO - 3D views of the Sun
Solar Dynamics Observatory - Detailed study of the Sun's influence on Earth
Mars Science Laboratory - Assessing Mars's habitability
BepiColombo - Studying Mercury's composition and magnetic field
OSIRIS-REx - Sample return from an asteroid
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover - Searching for signs of ancient life on Mars
James Webb Space Telescope - Successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
Europa Clipper - Studying Jupiter's moon Europa
Dragonfly - Planned rotorcraft to study Saturn's moon Titan

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