Timeline of planetary exploration by date of launch.

Already-launched missions in italics have not yet achieved success or failure.

1950s

• 1957
  • Sputnik 1 - 4 October 1957 - 1st Earth Orbiter
  • Sputnik 2 - 3 November 1957 - Earth Orbiter
  • Vanguard TV3 - 6 December 1957 - Attempted Earth Orbiter (Launch Failure)
• 1958
  • Explorer 1 - 1 February 1958 - Earth Orbiter
  • Vanguard 1 - 17 March 1958 - Earth Orbiter
  • Pioneer 0 - 17 August 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1958A - 23 September 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
  • Pioneer 1 - 11 October 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1958B - 12 October 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
  • Pioneer 2 - 8 November 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1958C - 4 December 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
  • Pioneer 3 - 6 December 1958 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
• 1959
  • Luna 1 - 2 January 1959 - Lunar Flyby (Attempted Lunar Impact?) 1st Lunar Flyby
  • Pioneer 4 - 3 March 1959 - Lunar Flyby
  • Luna 1959A - 16 June 1959 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 2 - 12 September 1959 - 1st Lunar Impact
  • Luna 3 - 4 October 1959 - Lunar Flyby
  • Pioneer P-3 - 26 November 1959 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)

1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be launched into orbit, on October 4, 1957. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, at 19:12:00 on November 3, 1957, and was the first spacecraft to carry biological material. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vanguard TV3 was the first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Explorer-I, officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, was the first United States Earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vanguard 1 is the oldest still orbiting artificial satellite, though there is no longer communication with it. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pioneer 0 (also known as Thor-Able 1) probe was designed to go into orbit around the Moon and carried a TV camera and other instruments as part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science payload. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of three project Able space probes and the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA, was intended to study the ionizing radiation, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and micrometeorites in the vicinity of the Earth and in lunar orbit. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NASA photo of the Pioneer 2 probe Pioneer 2 was the last of the three project Able space probes designed to probe lunar and cislunar space. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pioneer III Pioneer 3 was a spin stabilized spacecraft launched by the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile agency in conjunction with NASA. The spacecraft was intended as a lunar probe, but failed to go past the Moon and into a heliocentric orbit as planned, but did reach an altitude of... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and the first of the Luna programme of Soviet automatic interplanetary stations successfully launched in the direction of the Moon. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pioneer III Pioneer 4 was a spin stabilized spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first US probe to escape from the Earths gravity. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 2 was the second of the Luna program of spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 3, an automatic interplanetary station of the Luna program, was the third spacecraft successfully launched to the Moon and the first to return images of the lunar far side. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pioneer P-3 (also known as Atlas-Able 4 or Pioneer X) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1960s

• 1960
  • Luna 1960A - 15 April 1960 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1960B - 18 April 1960 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Pioneer P-30 - 25 September 1960 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Marsnik 1 (Mars 1960A) - 10 October 1960 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Marsnik 2 (Mars 1960B) - 14 October 1960 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Pioneer P-31 - 15 December 1960 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
• 1961
  • Sputnik 7 - 4 February 1961 - Attempted Venus Impact
  • Venera 1 - 12 February 1961 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
  • Ranger 1 - 23 August 1961 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight
  • Ranger 2 - 18 November 1961 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight
• 1962
  • Ranger 3 - 26 January 1962 - Attempted Lunar Impact
  • Ranger 4 - 23 April 1962 - Lunar Impact
  • Mariner 1 - 22 July 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Sputnik 19 - 25 August 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
  • Mariner 2 - 27 August 1962 - 1st Venus Flyby
  • Sputnik 20 - 1 September 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
  • Sputnik 21 - 12 September 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
  • Ranger 5 - 18 October 1962 - Attempted Lunar Impact
  • Sputnik 22 - 24 October 1962 - Attempted Mars Flyby
  • Mars 1 - 1 November 1962 - Mars Flyby (Contact Lost)
  • Sputnik 24 - 4 November 1962 - Attempted Mars Lander
• 1963
  • Sputnik 25 - 4 January 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Luna 1963B - 2 February 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 4 - 2 April 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Cosmos 21 - 11 November 1963 - Attempted Venera Test Flight?
• 1964
  • Ranger 6 - 30 January 1964 - Lunar Impact (Cameras Failed)
  • Venera 1964A - 19 February 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Venera 1964B - 1 March 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1964A - 21 March 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
  • Cosmos 27 - 27 March 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby
  • Zond 1 - 2 April 1964 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
  • Luna 1964B - 20 April 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
  • Zond 1964A - 4 June 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
  • Ranger 7 - 28 July 1964 - Lunar Impact
  • Mariner 3 - 5 November 1964 - Attempted Mars Flyby
  • Mariner 4 - 28 November 1964 - 1st Mars Flyby
  • Zond 2 - 30 November 1964 - Mars Flyby (Contact Lost)
• 1965
  • Ranger 8 - 17 February 1965 - Lunar Impact
  • Cosmos 60 - 12 March 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Ranger 9 - 21 March 1965 - Lunar Impact
  • Luna 1965A - 10 April 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander? (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 5 - 9 May 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft Landing)
  • Luna 6 - 8 June 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Zond 3 - 18 July 1965 - Lunar Flyby
  • Luna 7 - 4 October 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft Landing)
  • Venera 2 - 12 November 1965 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
  • Venera 3 - 16 November 1965 - Venus Lander (Contact Lost) 1st Venus Impact
  • Cosmos 96 - 23 November 1965 - Attempted Venus Lander?
  • Venera 1965A - 23 November 1965 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 8 - 3 December 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft Landing?)
• 1966
  • Luna 9 - 31 January 1966 - 1st Lunar Lander
  • Cosmos 111 - 1 March 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter?
  • Luna 10 - 31 March 1966 - 1st Lunar Orbiter
  • Luna 1966A - 30 April 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter? (Launch Failure)
  • Surveyor 1 - 30 May 1966 - Lunar Lander
  • Explorer 33 - 1 July 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 1 - 10 August 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Luna 11 - 24 August 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Surveyor 2 - 20 September 1966 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Luna 12 - 22 October 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 2 - 6 November 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Luna 13 - 21 December 1966 - Lunar Lander
• 1967
  • Lunar Orbiter 3 - 4 February 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Surveyor 3 - 17 April 1967 - Lunar Lander
  • Lunar Orbiter 4 - 8 May 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Venera 4 - 12 June 1967 - 1st Venus Atmospheric Probe
  • Mariner 5 - 14 June 1967 - Venus Flyby
  • Cosmos 167 - 17 June 1967 - Attempted Venus Probe
  • Surveyor 4 - 14 July 1967 - Attempted Lunar Lander
  • Explorer 35 (IMP-E) - 19 July 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 5 - 1 August 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Surveyor 5 - 8 September 1967 - Lunar Lander
  • Zond 1967A - 28 September 1967 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight (Launch Failure)
  • Surveyor 6 - 7 November 1967 - Lunar Lander
  • Zond 1967B - 22 November 1967 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight (Launch Failure)
• 1968
  • Surveyor 7 - 7 January 1968 - Lunar Lander
  • Luna 1968A - 7 February 1968 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Zond 4 - 2 March 1968 - Test Flight
  • Luna 14 - 7 April 1968 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Zond 1968A - 23 April 1968 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight? (Launch Failure)
  • Zond 5 - 15 September 1968 - 1st Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
  • Zond 6 - 10 November 1968 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
  • Apollo 8 - 21 December 1968 - 1st Manned Lunar Orbiter
• 1969
  • Venera 5 - 5 January 1969 - Venus Probe
  • Venera 6 - 10 January 1969 - Venus Probe
  • Zond 1969A - 20 January 1969 - Attempted Lunar Flyby and Return (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1969A - 19 February 1969 - Attempted Lunar Rover? (Launch Failure)
  • Zond L1S-1 - 21 February 1969 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Mariner 6 - 25 February 1969 - Mars Flyby
  • Mariner 7 - 27 March 1969 - Mars Flyby
  • Mars 1969A - 27 March 1969 - Attempted Mars Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Mars 1969B - 2 April 1969 - Attempted Mars Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1969B - 15 April 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return? (Launch Failure)
  • Apollo 10 - 18 May 1969 - Manned Lunar Orbiter
  • Luna 1969C - 14 June 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return? (Launch Failure)
  • Zond L1S-2 - 3 July 1969 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 15 - 13 July 1969 - Lunar Orbiter (Attempted Lunar Lander?)
  • Apollo 11 - 16 July 1969 - 1st Manned Lunar Landing
  • Zond 7 - 7 August 1969 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
  • Cosmos 300 - 23 September 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return?
  • Cosmos 305 - 22 October 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return?
  • Apollo 12 - 14 November 1969 - Manned Lunar Landing

1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pioneer P-30 (also known as Atlas-Able 5A, or Pioneer Y) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Marsnik program of unmanned spacecraft were the Soviet Unions first attempt at interplanetary exploration. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... The Marsnik program of unmanned spacecraft were the Soviet Unions first attempt at interplanetary exploration. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pioneer P-31 (also known as Atlas-Able 5B or Pioneer Z) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sputnik 7 was the first Soviet attempt at launching prode to explore Venus. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... Venera 1 was the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 1 was a spacecraft in the Ranger program whose primary mission was to test the performance of those functions and parts necessary for carrying out subsequent lunar and planetary missions. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 2 was a flight test of the Ranger spacecraft system of the Ranger program designed for future lunar and interplanetary missions. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 3 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program that was launched to study the Moon on January 26, 1962. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 4 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough-land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma-ray data in flight... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Launch of Mariner 1 Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of the Mariner program. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sputnik 19 (also known as Alpha Pi 1) was a Soviet Venera-type spacecraft intended to make a landing on Venus. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Conceptual drawing Mariner 2 was the first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program, which began by sending spacecraft to Venus. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sputnik 20 (also known as 1962 Alpha Tau 1) was intended to be a Venus landing mission. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 5 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough-land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma-ray data in flight... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sputnik 22 (also known as Korabl 11 and Mars 1962A) was an attempted Mars flyby mission, presumably similar to the Mars 1 mission launched 8 days later. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mars 1 (1962 Beta Nu 1) was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the Soviet Mars probe program, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sputnik 24 (also known as Beta Xi 1, Korabl 13, and Mars 1962B) was an attempted Mars lander mission. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The mission of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 25 was an attempted lunar soft landing, with the purpose of returning data on the mechanical characteristics of the lunar surface, the hazards presented by the topology such as craters, rocks, and other obstructions, and radiation, in preparation for future manned landings. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Luna 4 was the USSRs first successful spacecraft of their second generation Luna program. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cosmos 21 is the NASA designation for a Soviet spacecraft with unknown mission. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ranger 6 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This spacecraft mission was intended as a Venus flyby. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Venera 3MV-1 Zond 1, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the second Soviet research spacecraft to successfully reach position Venus. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... First image of the Moon taken by a US spacecraft. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mariner 3 and 4 were identical spacecraft of the Mariner program designed to carry out the first flybys of Mars. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The first close-up image ever taken of Mars, this photo shows an area about 330 km across by 1200 km from limb to bottom of frame. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mars 3MV-4A Zond 2, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the second Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Ranger 8 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Cosmos 60 probe, launched by the Soviet Union on March 12, 1965, was intended to be a lunar soft-landing mission, with a design similar to that of Luna 4. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Ranger 9 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Luna 5 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 5. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Luna 6 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 6. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Mars 3MV-4A Zond 3, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the first Zond spacecraft to successfully complete its mission (a Lunar flyby) and took a number of amazing photographs for its time, though it is believed that it was initially intended to fly by Mars with Zond... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Luna 7 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 7. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Venera 2 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Venera 3 was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Luna 8 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 8. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Luna 9 was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Unions Luna program. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Luna 10 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Surveyor 1 was the first lunar lander in the American Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic (unmanned) spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Luna 11 was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Unions Luna program. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Surveyor 2 was the second American lunar lander in the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Luna 12 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Lunar Orbiter 2 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Luna 13 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 13. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lunar Orbiter 3 was a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1967, designed primarily to photograph areas of the lunar surface for confirmation of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surveyor 3 was the third lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lunar Orbiter 4 was designed to take advantage of the fact that the three previous Lunar Orbiters had completed the required needs for Apollo mapping and site selection. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venera 4 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mariner 5 was a spacecraft of the Mariner program that carried a complement of experiments to probe Venus atmosphere with radio waves, scan its brightness in ultraviolet light, and sample the solar particles and magnetic field fluctuations above the planet. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surveyor 4 was the fourth lunar lander in the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the Lunar Orbiter series, was designed to take additional Apollo and Surveyor landing site photography and to take broad survey images of unphotographed parts of the Moons far side. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Surveyor 7 was the seventh and last lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Zond 4 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 4, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was a short flight that was one of the first Soviet experiments towards manned spaceflight. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Luna 14 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program run by the Soviet Union. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Zond 5 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 5, a member of the Soviet Unions Zond program, was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (68-076B) in Earth parking orbit to make scientific studies during a lunar flyby and to return to Earth. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Zond 6 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 6, a member of the Soviet Unions Zond program, was launched on a lunar flyby mission from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program that was launched. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Venera 5 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Venera 6 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-002C) on January 10 1969 towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... As part of the wider Mariner program, in 1969 Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 completed the first dual mission to Mars, flying by over the equator and south polar regions and analysing atmosphere and surface with remote sensors as well as recording and relaying hundreds of pictures. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... As part of the wider Mariner program, in 1969 Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 completed the first dual mission to Mars, flying by over the equator and south polar regions and analysing atmosphere and surface with remote sensors as well as recording and relaying hundreds of pictures. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Luna 15 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 15. ... July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Zond 7 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 7, a member of the Soviet Unions Zond program and the only truly successful test of the Soyuz 7K-L1, was launched towards the Moon from a mother spacecraft (69-067B) on a mission of further studies of the Moon and circumlunar space... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

1970s

• 1970
  • Luna 1970A - 6 February 1970 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return? (Launch Failure)
  • Luna 1970B - 19 February 1970 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter? (Launch Failure)
  • Apollo 13 - 11 April 1970 - Manned Lunar Mission (Landing Aborted)
  • Venera 7 - 17 August 1970 - 1st Venus Lander
  • Cosmos 359 - 22 August 1970 - Attempted Venus Probe
  • Luna 16 - 12 September 1970 - 1st Unmanned Lunar Sample Return
  • Zond 8 - 20 October 1970 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
  • Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 - 10 November 1970 - 1st Lunar Rover
• 1971
  • Apollo 14 - 31 January 1971 - Manned Lunar Landing
  • Mariner 8 - 8 May 1971 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure)
  • Cosmos 419 - 10 May 1971 - Attempted Mars Orbiter/Lander
  • Mars 2 - 19 May 1971 - 1st Mars Orbiter/Attempted Lander/1st Mars Impact
  • Mars 3 - 28 May 1971 - Mars Orbiter/1st Mars Lander and 1st Mars Atmospheric Probe
  • Mariner 9 - 30 May 1971 - Mars Orbiter
  • Apollo 15 - 26 July 1971 - Manned Lunar Landing
  • Luna 18 - 2 September 1971 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return
  • Luna 19 - 28 September 1971 - Lunar Orbiter
• 1972
  • Luna 20 - 14 February 1972 - Lunar Sample Return
  • Pioneer 10 - 3 March 1972 - 1st Jupiter Flyby and 1st to leave solar system
  • Venera 8 - 27 March 1972 - Venus Probe
  • Cosmos 482 - 31 March 1972 - Attempted Venus Probe
  • Apollo 16 - 16 April 1972 - Manned Lunar Landing
  • Soyuz L3 - 23 November 1972 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
  • Apollo 17 - 7 December 1972 - Manned Lunar Landing
• 1973
  • Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 - 8 January 1973 - Lunar Rover
  • Pioneer 11 - 5 April 1973 - Jupiter/1st Saturn Flyby
  • Skylab - 14 May 1973 - Manned Earth Orbiter
  • Explorer 49 (RAE-B) - 10 June 1973 - Lunar Orbiter/Radio Astronomy
  • Mars 4 - 21 July 1973 - Mars Flyby (Attempted Mars Orbiter)
  • Mars 5 - 25 July 1973 - Mars Orbiter
  • Mars 6 - 5 August 1973 - Mars Lander (Contact Lost)
  • Mars 7 - 9 August 1973 - Mars Flyby (Attempted Mars Lander)
  • Mariner 10 - 4 November 1973 - Venus Flyby/1st Mercury Flyby
• 1974
  • Luna 22 - 2 June 1974 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Luna 23 - 28 October 1974 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return
• 1975
  • Venera 9 - 8 June 1975 - 1st Venus Orbiter and Lander
  • Venera 10 - 14 June 1975 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
  • Viking 1 - 20 August 1975 - Mars Orbiter and Lander
  • Viking 2 - 9 September 1975 - Mars Orbiter and Lander
  • Luna 1975A - 16 October 1975 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return?
• 1976
  • Helios 2 - 15 January 1976 - Closest Solar Approach
  • Luna 24 - 9 August 1976 - Lunar Sample Return
• 1977
  • Voyager 2 - 20 August 1977 - Jupiter/Saturn/1st Uranus/1st Neptune Flyby
  • Voyager 1 - 5 September 1977 - Jupiter/Saturn Flyby
• 1978
  • Pioneer Venus 1 - 20 May 1978 - Venus Orbiter
  • Pioneer Venus 2 - 8 August 1978 - Venus Probes
  • ISEE-3/ICE - 12 August 1978 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner and Comet Halley Flybys - 1st Comet flyby
  • Venera 11 - 9 September 1978 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
  • Venera 12 - 14 September 1978 - Venus Orbiter and Lander

1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Apollo 13 was an American space mission, part of the Apollo program. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Venera 7 lander The Venera 7 was launched as part of the Venera program by the Soviet Union on August 17, 1970. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Luna 16 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 16. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Zond 8 (Soyuz 7K-L1) Zond 8, a member of the Soviet Unions Zond program, was launched from an Earth orbiting platform, Tyazheliy Sputnik (70-088B), towards the Moon. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Luna 17 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the moon. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Mariner 8 (also known as Mariner H) was a part of NASAs Mariner program. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Cosmos 419 This launch was intended to be a Mars orbiting mission. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Mariner 9 was a NASA space probe orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Luna 18 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 18. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Luna 19 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 19. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Luna 20 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 20. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Launch of Pioneer 10 Launched on March 2, 1972 by an Atlas-Centaur rocket, Pioneer 10 (also called Pioneer F) was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt, and was the first spacecraft to make direct observations of Jupiter. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... Venera 8 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program, and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Luna 21 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Pioneer 11 at Saturn (artists impression) Pioneer 11 was the second mission to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system and the first to explore the planet Saturn and its main rings. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... Americas first space station, the 75 metric ton Skylab, was in Earth orbit from 1973-1979, and visited by crews three times in 1973 and 1974. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mariner 10 probe. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Luna 22 was an unmanned space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 22. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Luna 23 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 23. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Venera 9 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Venera 10 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASAs Viking program. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...    Frost on Mars. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Luna 1975A was a Soviet unmanned space mission, part of the Luna program, and similar to the later Luna 24 mission which successfully collected and returned to Earth a sample of lunar material. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Helios prototype Helios 1 sitting atop its Titan IIIE Centaur launcher (CCAFS, 1974) The Helios deep space probes were launched in the mid 1970s by the Federal Republic of Germany with the co-operation of NASA. There were two in the series, Helios I and Helios II. They were launched... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Luna 24 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 24. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Voyager 2 spacecraft was launched in 1977, originally planned as Mariner 12 of the Mariner program. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ... Atmospheric characteristics Surface pressure ≫100 MPa Hydrogen - H2 80% ±3. ... A NASA artists rendition of a Voyager spacecraft The Voyager 1 spacecraft is an 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and currently operational. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two components, launched separately: an Orbiter and a Multiprobe. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two components, launched separately: an Orbiter and a Multiprobe. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Comet Giacobini-Zinner was discovered by Michel Giacobini (Nice, France) in Aquarius on December 20, 1900. ... Comet Halley as taken with the Halley Multicolor Camera on the ESA Giotto mission. ... Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small astronomical object similar to an asteroid but composed largely of ice. ... The Venera 11 was an USSR unmanned space mission to explore the planet Venus. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Venera 12 (Russian: Венера-12) was an USSR unmanned space mission to explore the planet Venus. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

1980s

• 1981
  • Venera 13 - 30 October 1981 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
  • Venera 14 - 4 November 1981 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
• 1983
  • Venera 15 - 2 June 1983 - Venus Orbiter
  • Venera 16 - 7 June 1983 - Venus Orbiter
• 1984
  • Vega 1 - 15 December 1984 - Venus Lander and Balloon/Comet Halley Flyby
  • Vega 2 - 21 December 1984 - Venus Lander and Balloon/Comet Halley Flyby
• 1985
  • Sakigake - 7 January 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
  • Giotto - 2 July 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
  • Suisei (Planet-A) - 18 August 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
• 1988
  • Phobos 1 - 7 July 1988 - Attempted Mars Orbiter/Phobos Landers
  • Phobos 2 - 12 July 1988 - Mars Orbiter/Attempted Phobos Landers
• 1989
  • Magellan - 4 May 1989 - Venus Orbiter
  • Galileo - 18 October 1989 - 1st Asteroid Flyby, 1st Asteroid moon discovery, 1st Jupiter Orbiter and 1st Jupiter Atmospheric Probe

1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venera 13 Soviet Venus lander Venera 13 and Venera 14 were a pair of identical probes in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venera 13 Soviet Venus lander Venera 13 and Venera 14 were a pair of identical probes in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venera 15 and Venera 16 were two identical spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venera 15 and Venera 16 were two identical spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Vega mission was a Venus mission which also took advantage of the appearance of Comet Halley in 1986. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Vega mission was a Venus mission which also took advantage of the appearance of Comet Halley in 1986. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spacecraft Sakigake Sakigake (MS-T5), was Japans first interplanetary spacecraft and was lauched January 7, 1985 from Kagoshima Space Center. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In this artists concept, Giotto points its white high-gain antenna dish towards earth with the ring of solar cells facing the sun. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Suisei (PLANET-A) (すいせい PLANET-A) was a Japanese space probe sent to Comet Halley. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Phobos program was an unmanned space mission consisting of two probes launched by the Soviet Union to study Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Phobos program was an unmanned space mission consisting of two probes launched by the Soviet Union to study Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Magellan spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center The Magellan spacecraft carried out a mission from 1989-1994, orbiting Venus from 1990-1994. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Galileo being deployed after being launched by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moons. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... An asteroid moon is an asteroid that orbits another asteroid. ...

1990s

• 1990
  • Hiten - 24 January 1990 - Lunar Flyby and Orbiter
  • Hubble Space Telescope - 25 April 1990 - Earth Orbiting Observatory
  • Ulysses - 06 October 1990 - Jupiter Flyby and Solar Polar Orbiter
• 1992
  • Mars Observer - 25 September 1992 - Attempted Mars Orbiter (Contact Lost)
• 1994
  • Clementine - 25 January 1994 - Lunar Orbiter/Attempted Asteroid Flyby
• 1996
  • NEAR - 17 February 1996 -1st Near-Earth asteroid Flyby, 1st Asteroid Orbit and 1st Asteroid Landing - Eros Orbiter
  • Mars Global Surveyor - 7 November 1996 - Mars Orbiter
  • Mars 96 - 16 November 1996 - Attempted Mars Orbiter/Landers
  • Mars Pathfinder - 4 December 1996 - Mars Lander and 1st Mars Rover
• 1997
  • Cassini-Huygens - 15 October 1997 - Saturn Orbiter and Titan Probe and Lander, 1st Saturn Orbiter, 1st Titan Lander
  • AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 - 24 December 1997 - Lunar Flyby
• 1998
  • Lunar Prospector - 7 January 1998 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Nozomi (Planet-B) - 3 July 1998 - Attempted Mars Orbiter (failed to enter Mars orbit)
  • Deep Space 1 (DS1) - 24 October 1998 - Asteroid and Comet Flyby
  • Mars Climate Orbiter - 11 December 1998 - Attempted Mars Orbiter
• 1999
  • Mars Polar Lander - 3 January 1999 - Attempted Mars Lander
  • Deep Space 2 (DS2) - 3 January 1999 - Attempted Mars Penetrators
  • Stardust - 7 February 1999 - Comet Coma Sample Return

1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hiten spacecraft The Hiten spacecraft, built by the Japanese Space Agency (ISAS), was launched by Japan on January 24, 1990. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in orbit around the Earth. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ulysses spacecraft Ulysses is an unmanned probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mars Observer, launched in September 25, 1992, was the first of the Observer series of planetary missions, was designed to study the geoscience and climate of Mars. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Clementine was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, or SDIO) and NASA. The objective of the mission was to test sensors and spacecraft components under extended exposure to the space environment and to make scientific observations of the Moon... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Near East Ancient Near East Near-Earth object Near-Earth asteroid Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research NEAR Shoemaker (spacecraft) Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Near Field Communication Near-death experience Near beer → distance → far List of nearest stars List of nearest bright stars List of nearest galaxies Vowels... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are asteroids whose orbit intersects Earths orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger, as well as being most easily accessible for spacecraft from Earth. ... The asteroid 433 Eros was named after the Greek god of love Eros. ... Computer generated image of Global Surveyor spacecraft (NASA) The launch of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft in November 1996 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory began Americas return to Mars after a 20-year absence. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Mars 96 surface station Mars 96 penetrator Mars 96 was an orbiter launched in 1996 by Russia and not directly related to the Soviet Mars probe program of the same name. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article was Spanish Translation of the Week. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Titan (tye-tun, Greek Τιτάνας) is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system[1], after Jupiters moon Ganymede. ... HGS-1, formerly known as AsiaSat 3, is a geosynchronous communications satellite. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... NASAs Lunar Prospector The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Nozomi is also the fastest train service running on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Conceptual drawing The spacecraft Deep Space 1 was launched October 24, 1998 on top of a Delta rocket. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor 98 Orbiter) was one of two spacecraft in the Mars Surveyor 98 program, the other being the Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor 98 Lander). ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Conceptual drawing The Mars Polar Lander was part of the Mars Surveyor 98 program, which consisted of two spacecraft launched separately, the Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor 98 Orbiter) and the Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor 98 Lander). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Deep Space 2 mission, which launched in January 1999 as part of NASAs New Millennium Program, consisted of two highly advanced miniature probes to Mars. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An artists rendering of Stardust (NASA image) Stardust is an American interplanetary spacecraft launched on February 7, 1999. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

2000s

• 2001
  • 2001 Mars Odyssey - 7 April 2001 - Mars Orbiter
  • Genesis - 8 August 2001 - Solar Wind Sample Return
• 2002
  • CONTOUR - 3 July 2002 - Attempted Fly-by of three Comet Nuclei
• 2003
  • Champollion/DS4 - 19 April 2003 - Comet Orbiter and Lander (cancelled)
  • Hayabusa (Muses-C) - 9 May 2003 - Asteroid Lander and Sample Return
  • Mars Exploration Rovers - 10 June/7 July 2003 - Two Mars Rovers
  • Mars Express - 1 June 2003 - Mars Orbiter/Attempted Lander
  • SMART 1 - 27 September 2003 - Lunar Orbiter
• 2004
  • Rosetta - 2 March 2004 - Comet Orbiter and Lander
  • MESSENGER - 3 August 2004 - Mercury Orbiter
  • Pluto Kuiper Express - cancelled, now New Horizons
• 2005
  • Deep Impact - 12 January 2005 - 1st Comet Impact

2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artists concept of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft 2001 Mars Odyssey is an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In its collecting configuration, the Genesis spacecraft exposed collecting wafers to the solar wind. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) was a Discovery-class space mission. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Champollion was a planned cometary rendezvous and landing spacecraft. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hayabusa (はやぶさ - Peregrine Falcon) is a Japanese-led unmanned space mission designed to collect a sample of material from an asteroid named 25143 Itokawa and return the sample to Earth for analysis. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artists Concept of Rover on Mars NASAs Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission (since 2003) is a unmanned Mars exploration mission that includes sending two Rovers (robots) to explore the Martian surface and geology. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Concept model of the Mars Express spacecraft Mars Express is a Mars exploration mission of the European Space Agency and Italian Space Agency. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SMART-1. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conceptual drawing of the Rosetta orbiter and Philae lander Rosetta is a European Space Agency-led unmanned space mission launched in 2004 intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Messenger is the following: MESSENGER is a NASA Mercury probe launched in 2004. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pluto Kuiper Express mission, originally designated the Pluto Fast Flyby, was designed to fly by and make studies of the planet Pluto and its satellite Charon in 2012 and fly on to encounter one or more of the large bodies in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Pluto. ... New Horizons New Horizons is a NASA unmanned spacecraft designed to fly by Pluto and its moon Charon and transmit images and data back to Earth. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Illustration of the Deep Impact space probe after impactor separation (artists conception) Deep Impact is a NASA space probe designed to study the composition of the interior of the comet Tempel 1. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Planned/scheduled

• 2005
  • Lunar-A - 2005 - JAXA - Lunar Orbiter and Penetrators (delayed)
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - 10 August 2005 - Mars Orbiter
  • Venus Express - November 2005 - Venus polar orbiter
  • Selene - 2005 - Lunar Orbiter
• 2006
  • New Horizons - 9 January 2006 - Pluto/Charon and Kuiper Belt Flyby
  • Dawn - 17 June 2006 - Asteroid Ceres and Vesta Orbiter
  • Kepler - October 2006 - Extrasolar Terrestrial Planet Detection Mission
  • NEAP - 2006 - possible Asteroid Nereus Rendezvous
• 2007
  • Phoenix - Late 2007 - Mobile Scientific Laboratory, Small Scout Missions
  • NetLander - Late 2007 - Mars Netlanders (cancelled)
  • Chang'e 1 - Late 2007 - Lunar Orbiter
  • Chandrayan I - 2007 - Lunar Orbiter
• 2008
  • Planet-C - 2008 - JAXA Venus Orbiter
  • Solar Dynamics Laboratory - continuous solar monitoring
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
• 2009
  • Mercury Orbiter - August 2009 - ISAS Mercury Orbiter
  • Mars Science Laboratory - December 2009 - Rover
  • Mars Telecommunications Orbiter - Late 2009 - Communications Satellite, Technology Demonstrator
  • ExoMars - 2009 - Mars Rover
  • Phobos-Grunt - 2009 - Phobos Sample Return
• 2011
  • Mars 2011 - scouting mission
• 2012
  • BepiColombo - Sep 2012 - ESA and ISAS Mercury Orbiters
• 2015
  • Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) - Orbiter to Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto

2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) is Japans aerospace agency. ... Conceptual drawing NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (acronym: MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft scheduled to launch August 10, 2005 to advance human understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Venus Express Venus Express is the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency. ... In Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη, moon) (Roman equivalent: Luna) was an ancient lunar deity, traditionally one of the race of titans, and the daughter of Theia and Hyperion. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Horizons New Horizons is a NASA unmanned spacecraft designed to fly by Pluto and its moon Charon and transmit images and data back to Earth. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dawn spacecraft, powered by ion thrusters The Dawn Mission is a NASA unmanned space mission that will send an orbiting space probe to examine the asteroids Ceres and Vesta. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... External links Official website Categories: Stub ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Star Trek spacecraft, see Phoenix (Star Trek). ... For late 2007 (or 2009) CNES (French Space Agency) and ESA (European Space Agency) had planned to send to Mars remote sensing orbiter and four small Netlanders. ... Change (嫦娥工程 cháng é gōng chéng) is a program of unmanned missions to the Moon by China announced in 2003. ... Chandrayan I (Chandra=Moon, yan=Ship) is the name for a mission of the Indian space agencies to send an unmanned spacecraft to the Moon which will then take a polar orbit around. ... 2008 is a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PLANET-C, also known as Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO), is a planned Japanese unmanned spacecraft to explore Venus. ... The Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) is Japans aerospace agency. ... The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is an unmanned orbiter planned for launch to the Moon in 2008. ... 2009 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conceptual drawing The Mars Science Laboratory (or MSL for short) is a NASA rover scheduled to launch in December, 2009 and perform a precision landing on Mars in October, 2010. ... Introduction NASA will extend the Internet to Mars when the space agency launches the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter in 2009. ... ExoMars. ... Phobos-Grunt is a planned Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. ... 2011 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BepiColombo is a European Space Agency (ESA) Cornerstone mission to Mercury. ... 2015 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artistss Conception of Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) was a proposed spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 1 µPa Oxygen 100% Europa (ew-roe-pa, /juro:pa/  listen?, Greek Ευρώπη) is a moon of the planet Jupiter, smallest of the four Galilean moons. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Oxygen 100% Ganymede (gan-i-meed, Greek Γανυμήδης) is Jupiters largest moon, and indeed the largest moon in the entire solar system; it is larger in diameter than Mercury but only about half its mass. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Carbon dioxide 100% Callisto (ka-lis-toe, Greek Καλλιστώ) is a moon of the planet Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. ...

See also

• Landings on other planets
• List of artificial objects on the Moon
• List of artificial objects on Mars
• List of artificial objects on Venus