planetary
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"Beagle 2 started the UK down the line of being able to do planetary missions and knowing it could engineer them," said Professor Mark Sims, who managed the Beagle 2 mission.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It has always been the case that any megapower that seeks multi-domain planetary power must have a presence in the Middle East be it Cold War superpowers, Europeans or the Ottomans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Mars' innermost moon, Phobos, has puzzled planetary scientists for decades.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
It will be followed by the impressive Orionid meteor shower in late October, and a planetary parade, the Leonid meteor shower and a supermoon in November.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Five Soviet spacecraft— Veneras 8 through 12—have landed on Venus and successfully returned data from the surface, no insignificant feat in so hot, dense and corrosive a planetary atmosphere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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