Historical Probes

The Historical Probes are part of the Wanderer adventure, added in the Wanderer Update. The probes are replicas of real-world probes, such a the Hubble Space Telescope or the Sputnik Satellite. Each probe requires a to activate, and as a reward, you unlock palettes for each one.

Kepler Space Telescope

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Grey Mountains
 * Database Entry: 2009.03.07
 * Reward: Wanderer Blue Palette

The Kepler Space Telescope was launched on March 7, 2009, in a heliocentric orbit around Earth. It's primary mission was to discover Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. It was deactivated on November 15, 2018.

New Horizons Probe

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Grey Mountains
 * Database Entry: 2006.01.19
 * Reward: Wanderer Yellow Palette

The New Horizons probe was launched on January 19, 2006, into an earth and solar system escape trajectory. It was launched as part of NASA's New Frontiers program, with the primary mission to do a flyby study of Pluto.

Hubble Space Telescope

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Orange Crags
 * Database Entry: 1990.04.25
 * Reward: Wanderer Orange Palette

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, into a low Earth orbit. It provides extremely high-resolution images that ground-based telescopes could not provide, due to being outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere. It is the only satellite designed to be maintained by astronauts.

Voyager 2 Probe

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Mountain Forest
 * Database Entry: 1977.08.20
 * Reward: Wanderer Fuchsia Palette

Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, with the primary mission to study the Jovian, Saturnian, Uranian and Neptunian systems. It left the heliosphere for interstellar space on November 5, 2018, and remains in contact with the NASA Deep Space Network.

Mariner X Probe

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Rocky Peaks
 * Database Entry: 1977.08.20
 * Reward: Wanderer Red Palette

Pioneer I Spacecraft

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Dark Peaks
 * Database Entry: 1958.10.11
 * Reward: Wanderer Teal Palette

Sputnik Satellite

 * Planet:
 * Biome: Yellow Cavern Mountains
 * Database Entry: 1957.10.04
 * Reward: Wanderer Green Palette