NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The mission was called Pioneer-Venus 1, but it’s also known as the Pioneer Venus Orbiter ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 both passed through the heliopause ... scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Meanwhile, NASA's Pioneer spacecraft is prominently known for becoming the first ...

Voyager 1 became the first human spacecraft to enter ... The idea for the Golden Record wasn't entirely original. In March 1972, NASA sent Pioneer 10 on its path toward Jupiter.

Voyager 2 is more than 12.1 billion miles away. NASA says next year, Voyager 2 will become the second-farthest artificial object from the Earth, surpassing the Pioneer 10 probe launched in 1972.

Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flew on the first Landsat satellite, making her the "Mother of Landsat," according to NASA. Landsat 1, launched in July ...