Well, so far, the NASA exploratory missions are going well.
This afternoon Stardust flew within 240 kilometers and flew through the particle and gas-laden coma around comet Wild 2, The really cool thing is that this is actually a sample return mission (it picked-up material when flying through the comet's "tail"), and the craft will land at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range on January 15, 2006 (or in 744 days! - It was launched February 7, 1999.)
Now, let's see how the Mars landers do...
2009
2008- Clean entry
- Plunged into the cold...
2007- Rear view mirror
2006- Wasting - Day 2
2005- 84?
- Bluetooth
2002- No UPS