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Viking 1-2

01/01/1975

Mission: Viking 1-2
Destination: Orbit Mars
Purpose: Take pictures and explore the surface, discover atmosphere and geothermal mapping
Findings: it supported no life, many volcanoes and effect of wind on planet

Voyager 1-2

01/01/1977

Mission: Voyager 1-2
Destination: Jupiter and Saturn
Purpose: collect data from middle of solar system and look at rings and moons
Findings: research outer planets, 48 moons and the planets magnetic fields

Magellan

01/01/1989

Mission: Magellan
Destination: Venus
Purpose: explore atmosphere
Findings: take pictures of plants and volcanoes

Galileo

01/01/1989

Mission: Galileo
Destination: inter solar system
Purpose: Study Jupiter
Findings: Close up asteroid study

Mars Global Surveyor

01/01/1996

Mission: Mars Global Surveyor
Destination: mars
Purpose: take snapshots around poles
Findings: signs of water in past