[DOC] [TLE] Nozomi (spacecraft) - Wikipedia [PAR] Nozomi () was a planned and launched Mars-orbiting aeronomy probe. It 
did not reach Mars orbit due to electrical failures. Operation was terminated on 
December 31, 2003. It was constructed by the Institute of Space and 
Astronautical Science, University of Tokyo and launched on July 4, 1998 at 03:12 
JST (18:12 UTC) ... After launch on the third M-V launch vehicle, Nozomi was put 
into an... [DOC] [TLE] Exploration of Mars - Wikipedia [PAR] 1998. 1. 1997. 2. 1990-1996. 0. 1989. 1. 1983-1988. 0. 1982. 1. 1981. 1. The 
exploration of Mars is the study of Mars by spacecraft. Probes sent from Earth, 
beginning in .... Starting in 1960, the Soviets launched a series of probes to Mars 
including the .... After launch, the third stage pumps on both launchers were 
unable to... [DOC] [TLE] Mars Climate Orbiter - Wikipedia [PAR] The Mars Climate Orbiter was a 338-kilogram (745 lb) robotic space probe 
launched by NASA on December 11, 1998 to study the Martian ... The first 
mission in the new program was Mars Global Surveyor, launched in .... The Mars 
Climate Orbiter probe was launched on December 11, 1998 at 18:45:51 UTC by 
the National... [DOC] [TLE] Time Line of Space Exploration - RocketMime [PAR] October 1, 1958 - N.A.S.A. is founded, taking over existing National Advisory ... 
October 11, 1958 - Pioneer 1, U.S. - IGY space probe, launched to a height of .... 
August 30, 1984 - The third space shuttle, Discovery, lifts off on it's maiden .... July 
3, 1998 - Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, the first planetary mission 
by... [DOC] [TLE] 1998 Mars Missions - JPL - NASA [PAR] Dec 10, 1998 ... NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION .... launched atop 
identical Delta II launch vehicles from Launch ... The 1998 missions will advance 
our understanding of Mars' climate history and the ..... Nozomi (Planet-B), Japan, 
7/4/98, Mars orbiter; currently in Earth orbit; swingbys of Earth's. [DOC] [TLE] Russia's unmanned missions to Mars - RussianSpaceWeb.com [PAR] Launch date. Country. No. Spacecraft. Launcher. Mission goal. Comments. 1 ... 
Mars flyby. Third stage failure at T+290 seconds. 3. 1962 Oct. 24. USSR. 3 .... 
Nozomi. M-V. Mars orbit. Failed in cruise in 2003. 31. 1998 Dec. 11. USA. 8 ... 
Russia's only independent planetary exploration project, which targets Mars' 
moon... [DOC] [TLE] Space Today Online - Spacefaring Japan goes to the Moon [PAR] The nation has sent a spacecraft that passed Mars and another that is on its way 
to ... The Japanese lunar penetrator mission, LUNAR-A, will be launched on an 
.... the third country ever to send a spacecraft to the Moon when its Muses-A 
probe .... Japan launched a spacecraft in 1998, called Planet-B or Nozomi, to 
carry out... [DOC] [TLE] India's mission to Mars cost less than the movie Gravity - Vox [PAR] Sep 24, 2014 ... It is, by far, the cheapest successful interplanetary mission ever carried out. ... 
especially important for a country like India  critics point out that the country ... 
Japan's first and only Mars attempt, the 1998 Nozomi orbiter, was unable to ... 
The spacecraft itself, launched November 5, 2013, had to go through a... [DOC] [TLE] Japan probe reaches Venus but shuts itself down (Update) - Phys.org [PAR] Dec 7, 2010 ... (AP) -- A Japanese space probe sent to the thick clouds of Venus shut ... It would 
be the first time Japan has ever placed a spacecraft into orbit around another 
planet ... was the third country to send a human into orbit after Russia and the ... 
The Mars mission, called Nozomi, or "hope," and launched in 1998... [DOC] [TLE] Japanese probe entering orbit around Venus, a first for their space ... [PAR] Dec 7, 2010 ...

Question: The third country ever to launch a planetary mission, this nation launched the Nozomi probe to Mars in 1998
Answer: Japan