Pioneer 2

Pioneer 2 was a spacecraft of the U.S. Space Agency NASA as part of the Pioneer program. Pioneer 2 should fly past the moon and thereby transmit pictures of the lunar surface.

Construction

Mission

After the successful launch of the 2nd stage engines switched off too early. The third stage not fired due to a malfunction. So the spacecraft could not leave the gravitational field of the earth. Instead, they only reached a peak altitude of about 1,550 kilometers and burned up after 45 minutes in the Earth's atmosphere. However, the experiments could collect few data on the outer radiation belt of the earth, and the frequency of micro- meteorites.

External links and sources

• Description of the Pioneer Mission 2 on nasa.gov (English)
• Description of the Pioneer Mission 2 on jpl.gov (English)
• Bernd Leitenberg: The Pioneer program

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Luna Luna 4 • 5 • 6 • Luna Luna Luna 7 • 8 • 9 • Luna Luna 10 Luna 11 • • • Luna 12 Luna 13 Luna 14 • • • Luna 15 Luna 16 Luna 17 • • • Luna 18 Luna 19 Luna 20 • • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • Luna Luna Luna 25 • • 1958a 1958b Luna Luna 1958C • • • Luna Luna 1959a 1960A • Luna Luna 1963A 1960B • • • Luna Luna 1964a 1964b 1965a • 1968a • Luna • • 1969a • 1970a 1969b • 1975a • Luna -Grunt - 1 • Luna -Grunt -2 • Luna - Resurs -2

Lunar Orbiter 1 Lunar Orbiter • 2 • 3 • Lunar Orbiter Lunar Orbiter 4 Lunar Orbiter • 5

Lunik Lunik 1 • 2 • 3 • Lunik Lunik 1958a 1958b Lunik • • • 1958C Lunik Lunik 1959a • • Lunik Lunik 1960A 1960B

Pioneer Pioneer 0 • 1 • 2 • Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer 3 • 4 • Pioneer • Pioneer P-1 P-3 P-30 • Pioneer • Pioneer P-31

Ranger Ranger 1 • 2 • 3 • Ranger Ranger Ranger 4 • 5 • 6 • Ranger Ranger Ranger 7 • 8 • 9 Ranger

Surveyor 1 Surveyor 2 • • • Surveyor 3 Surveyor 4 Surveyor • 5 • 6 • Surveyor Surveyor 7

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AsiaSat 3 • Chandrayaan -1 Chandrayaan -2 • • • Chang'e -1 Chang'e -2 • Chang'e -3 • Clementine • ESMO • Explorer 33 Explorer 35 • • Google Lunar X-Prize GRAIL • • • Hiten Kaguya • LEO • LUNAR - A • ladee • • LCROSS Lunar Prospector Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter • • • Moonlite Explorer 49 • SMART - 1 • 2 • Selene - Sputnik 25

See also: Chronology of lunar missions

Pioneer Pioneer 0 • 1 • 2 • Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer 3 • 4 • Pioneer • Pioneer P-1 P-3 P-30 • Pioneer • Pioneer P-31 Pioneer • 5 • 6 • Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer 7 • 8 • 9 • Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer e • 10 • 11 • Pioneer Pioneer Venus 1 Pioneer Venus 2 •

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