Taylor M Potter

Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer 0Mission destination

Spacecraft: Able 1
Launch system: Thor-Able I
Primary objective: Send the first spacecraft beyond Earth orbit and use a solid-propellant motor to enter lunar orbit for imaging and measurements of magnetic fields, micrometeoroids, radiation, and temperature.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter attempt and near-Earth science missionPioneer 1Mission destination

Spacecraft: Able 2
Launch system: Thor-Able I
Primary objective: Enter lunar orbit, image the Moon, and measure micrometeoroids, magnetic fields, radiation, and spacecraft temperature.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer 2Mission destination

Spacecraft: Able 3
Launch system: Thor-Able I
Primary objective: Orbit the Moon with an improved television scanner, radiation telescope, magnetometer, micrometeoroid detector, and engineering sensors.

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Uncrewed lunar flyby attemptPioneer 3Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer 3
Launch system: Juno II
Primary objective: Fly past the Moon into heliocentric orbit while measuring radiation and testing an optical trigger for later lunar imaging.

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Uncrewed lunar flybyPioneer 4Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer 4
Launch system: Juno II
Primary objective: Fly close enough to the Moon to trigger an imaging sensor, measure radiation, and continue into orbit around the Sun.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter mission lost during prelaunch testPioneer P-1Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer P-1
Launch system: Atlas-Able
Primary objective: Prepare an instrumented, maneuverable spacecraft for lunar orbit and qualify the first Atlas-Able flight stack.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer P-3Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer P-3
Launch system: Atlas-Able
Primary objective: Enter lunar orbit, image the surface, study radiation and magnetic fields, measure micrometeoroids, and demonstrate midcourse and orbit-insertion propulsion.

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Uncrewed heliocentric space-science missionPioneer 5Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer 5
Launch system: Thor-Able IV
Primary objective: Demonstrate deep-space communications and telemetry while measuring particles, radiation, micrometeoroids, and the magnetic field between Earth and Venus.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer P-30Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer P-30
Launch system: Atlas-Able
Primary objective: Enter lunar orbit to study radiation, magnetic fields, plasma, micrometeoroids, and the Moon while demonstrating navigation and spacecraft propulsion.

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Uncrewed lunar orbiter attemptPioneer P-31Mission destination

Spacecraft: Pioneer P-31
Launch system: Atlas-Able
Primary objective: Orbit the Moon to study radiation, micrometeoroids, plasma, and a possible lunar magnetic field with an improved instrument suite.

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Uncrewed lunar flight testArtemis IDistant retrograde orbit around the Moon

Primary spacecraft: Orion crew module and European Service Module
Secondary payloads: ArgoMoon, BioSentinel, CuSP, EQUULEUS, Lunar IceCube, LunaH-Map, LunIR, NEA Scout, OMOTENASHI, and Team Miles
Destination: Moon and deep space

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