stackyFACTSInstead of letting it retire peacefully, scientists violently steered their incredibly expensive spacecraft directly into a crushing gas giant. They incinerated it entirely just to make sure it wouldn't accidentally contaminate an ice moon.
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Because a surface full of unending storms wasn't bad enough, we sent a heavily shielded robot to peek under the chaotic clouds. It swoops in aggressively…
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Engineers hurled a heavily armored metal ball at an inferno planet full of crushing pressure and acid. It survived just long enough to send back a few…
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After snapping some blurry photos of Jupiter, this plucky spacecraft was essentially abandoned to drift into the abyss. It will reach a dead star in about two…
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Because the near side was getting too crowded with dead robots and human waste, a lander decided to explore the dark side of the moon. It successfully touched…
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After spending years carefully collecting fragile particles from the sun, the spacecraft returned to Earth and immediately face-planted into the desert.…
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