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Encyclopedia > Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes

Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes For the novel by Michael Crichton, see Timeline (novel). ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... Technicians work on the Ulysses space probe. ...

Contents


Key: Year - Origin - Target - Status - Description


1950s

  • 1957 - Soviet Union - Earth - Success - Sputnik 1 is launched, the first Earth orbiting satellite
  • 1957 - Soviet Union - Earth - Partial success - Sputnik 2 is launched, the first Earth orbiting satellite with an animal (Laika)
  • 1958 - USA - Earth - Success - Explorer 1 PIE , PIE, PIE AND MORE PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 1958 - USA - Moon - Failure - Pioneer 1 orbiter
  • 1958 - USA - Moon - Failure - Pioneer 3 flyby
  • 1959 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 1 flyby launched, it discovered solar wind
  • 1959 - USA - Moon - Pioneer 4 flyby
  • 1959 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 2 impactor launched, it was the first spacecraft to impact onto the surface of the moon
  • 1959 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 3 flyby launched, it returned the first image of the Moon's hidden side

1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sputnik 1 (Russian: , Satellite-1, byname ПС-1 (PS-1, i. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sputnik 2 (Russian: , Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on November 3, 1957, and the first to carry a living animal - a dog named Laika. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Laika, in 1957, became the first animal to be launched into orbit, paving the way for human spaceflight. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) 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. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pioneer 1 atop its launcher 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... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) 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... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 1 is 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. ... The plasma in the solar wind meeting the heliopause For the British comic, see Solar Wind (comic). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) 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. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna 2 (E-1A series) was the second of the Soviet Unions Luna program spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) 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. ...

1960s

1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Pioneer 5 Pioneer 5 (1960 Alpha 1) was a spin-stabilized space probe in the Pioneer program used to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Marsnik program of unmanned spacecraft were the Soviet Unions first attempt at interplanetary exploration. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Marsnik program of unmanned spacecraft were the Soviet Unions first attempt at interplanetary exploration. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Venera 7 lander Color image taken from the surface of Venus by the Soviet Venera 13 lander The Venera (Russian: Венера; formerly, sometimes referred to as Venusik in the West) series of probes was developed by the USSR to gather data from Venus. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Venera 1 Venera 1 diagram On February 12, 1961, 00:34:36 UTC, the first planetary probe was launched to Venus by the Soviet Union. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... -1... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Alternate use: Coleco Telstar, Telstar Records The original Telstar had a roughly spherical shape Telstar was the first active communications satellite, the first satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications, as well as the first privately owned satellite. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Launched 5 years after the USSR sent its satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957 and 4 years after the Americas Explorer 1 was launched in 1958, Alouette I was Canadas first satellite. ... Eight Canadians have participated on 11 NASA manned missions to date: Owing to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, two further shuttle flights (Steve MacLean in May 2003 and Dave Williams in November 2003) have been put on hold. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Ranger 3 was a spacecraft of the Ranger program that was launched to study the Moon on January 26, 1962. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 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... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 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... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 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. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 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. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Sputnik 24 (also known as Beta Xi 1, Korabl 13, and Mars 1962B) was an attempted Mars lander mission. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Syncom-type satellite Syncom was a program of three experimental, active geosynchronous communication satellites which was started by NASA in 1961. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Syncom-type satellite Syncom was a program of three experimental, active geosynchronous communication satellites which was started by NASA in 1961. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with geostationary orbit. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Luna 4 was the USSRs first successful spacecraft of their second generation Luna program. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Syncom-type satellite Syncom was a program of three experimental, active geosynchronous communication satellites which was started by NASA in 1961. ... A geostationary orbit (GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earths equator (0º latitude). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Venera 3MV-1 Zond 1, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the second Soviet research spacecraft to successfully reach position Venus. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 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. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... First image of the Moon taken by a US spacecraft. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Mariner 3 and 4 were identical spacecraft of the Mariner program designed to carry out the first flybys of Mars. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 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. ... 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. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Mars 3MV-4A Zond 2, a member of the Soviet Zond program, was the second Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 were all part of the Pioneer program, and together formed a series of solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements on a continuing basis of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Venera 2 Venera 2 (Russian: Венера-2) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Venera 3 Venera-3 on-board medal Venera 3 (Russian:Венера-3) was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 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. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 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. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Alouette 2 was launched on November 29, 1965. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Luna 5 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 5. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Luna 6 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 6. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 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... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Luna 7 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 7. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Astérix, the first French satellite, was launched on November 28, 1965 by a rocket of type Diamant A from Hammaguir in Algeria. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Luna 8 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 8. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 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. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 were all part of the Pioneer program, and together formed a series of solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements on a continuing basis of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Luna 9 (E-6 series), also known as Lunik 9 (internal name E-6 N. 13), was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Unions Luna program. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Luna 10 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Surveyor 1 was the first lunar lander in the American Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 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. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Luna 11 was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Unions Luna program. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Surveyor 2 was the second American lunar lander in the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Luna 12 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 12. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 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. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Luna 13 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 13. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Wresat (abbreviation for: Weapons Research Establishment Satellite) was the name of the first Australian Satellite. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 were all part of the Pioneer program, and together formed a series of solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements on a continuing basis of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Venera 4 Venera 4 landing capsule Venera 4 (Russian:Венера-4) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 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. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 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. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Surveyor 2 was the second American lunar lander in the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 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. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Surveyor 3 was the third lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Explorer 35 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary studies, at lunar distances, of the interplanetary plasma, magnetic field, energetic particles, and solar X rays. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 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. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Surveyor 6 was the sixth lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The galactic plane is the plane in which the majority of a flattened galaxys mass lies. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 were all part of the Pioneer program, and together formed a series of solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements on a continuing basis of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Surveyor 7 was the seventh and last lunar lander of the Surveyor program that explored the Moon. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Luna 14 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program run by the Soviet Union. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 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. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 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. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to orbit around the Moon. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... ISIS I was launched in 1969 as the first in the ISIS or International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies series and the third in a series of Canadian satellites sent up to study the ionosphere, in the wake of Alouette 1 and Alouette 2. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Venera 5 Landing of Venera-5 Venera 5 (Russian: Венера-5) was a probe in the Soviet space program Venera for the exploration of Venus. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Venera 6 Sketch of Venera 6 Venera 6 (Russian:Венера-6) was a Soviet spacecraft, launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-002C) on January 10 1969 towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 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. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Luna 15 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 15. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Apollo 11 mission was the first mission to land on the Moon. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 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... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 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. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 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. ...

1970s

  • 1970 - Japan - Earth - Success - Osumi is the first Japanese satellite
  • 1970 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 7 is the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet
  • 1970 - USA - Moon - Failure - Apollo 13 manned lander
  • 1970 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 16 lander is the first automated return of samples from the Moon
  • 1970 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Zond 8 flyby
  • 1970 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 lander/rover is the first automated surface exploration of the Moon
  • 1970 - USA - Success - Launch of Uhuru, the first dedicated X-ray satellite
  • 1970 - China - Success - Launch of Dong Fang Hong I, the first satellite of China
  • 1971 - USA - Moon - Success - Apollo 14 manned lander
  • 1971 - USA - Moon - Success - Apollo 15 manned lander, the mission included the first deep spacewalk
  • 1971 - Soviet Union - Moon - Failure - Luna 18 lander
  • 1971 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 19 orbiter
  • 1971 - USA - Mars - Failure - Mariner 8 flyby
  • 1971 - Soviet Union - Mars - Failure - Cosmos 419 probe
  • 1971 - Soviet Union - Mars - Partial Failure - Mars 2 orbiter and lander, created the first human artifact on Mars
  • 1971 - Soviet Union - Mars - Partial Success - Mars 3 orbiter and lander, first successful landing on Mars
  • 1971 - USA - Mars - Success - Mariner 9 orbiter, first pictures of Mars' moons (Phobos and Deimos) taken
  • 1971 - UK - Earth - Success - Prospero X-3 satellite, first and only satellite launched by Britain using a British rocket
  • 1972 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 8 lander
  • 1972 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 20 lander
  • 1972 - USA - Moon - Success - Apollo 16 manned lander
  • 1972 - USA - Moon - Success - Apollo 17 manned lander
  • 1972 - Success - Launch of the Copernicus ultraviolet satellite
  • 1973 - USA - Sun - Success - Explorer 49 solar probe
  • 1973 - USA - Venus/Mercury - Success - Mariner 10 launched, it passed by and photographed Mercury, also was the first dual planet probe
  • 1973 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 lander/rover
  • 1973 - Soviet Union - Mars - Failure - Mars 4 orbiter
  • 1973 - Soviet Union - Mars - Success - Mars 5 orbiter
  • 1973 - Soviet Union - Mars - Failure - Mars 6 orbiter and lander
  • 1973 - Soviet Union - Mars - Failure - Mars 7 orbiter and lander
  • 1973 - USA - Success - Skylab was launched, re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 1979
  • 1974 - Germany - Sun - Success - Helios 1 solar probe
  • 1974 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 22 orbiter
  • 1974 - Soviet Union - Moon - Failure - Luna 23 probe
  • 1974 - Success - Launch of the Ariel V X-ray satellite
  • 1975 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 9 returns the first pictures of the surface of Venus
  • 1975 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 10 orbiter and lander
  • 1975 - USA - Mars - Partial Success - Viking 1 orbiter and lander; lands on Mars 1976
  • 1975 - USA - Mars - Success - Viking 2 orbiter and lander; lands on Mars 1976
  • 1975 - India - Earth - Success - Aryabhata India, launched by USSR
  • 1975 - India - India's first rocket SLV launched
  • 1976 - Germany - Sun - Success - Helios 2 solar probe
  • 1976 - Soviet Union - Moon - Success - Luna 24 lander
  • 1976 - Earth - Success - Hermes Communications Technology Satellite prototype for testing direct broadcast TV
  • 1976 - Success - The Vela and ANS X-ray satellites discover X-ray bursts
  • 1976 - Success - The OSO-8 X-ray satellite shows that X-ray bursts have blackbody spectra
  • 1977 - Success - Launch of the HEAO-1 X-ray satellite
  • 1978 - USA - Venus - Success - Pioneer Venus 1 orbiter
  • 1978 - USA - Venus - Success - Pioneer Venus 2 atmospheric probe
  • 1978 - Soviet Union - Venus - Partial Success - Venera 11 flyby and lander
  • 1978 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 12 flyby and lander
  • 1978 - Success - Launch of the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite
  • 1978 - Success - Launch of the Einstein X-ray satellite (HEAO-2) is the first X-ray photographs of astronomical objects
  • 1979 - Success - Launch of the Hakucho X-ray satellite (ASTRO-A)
  • 1979 - Success - Launch of the Ariel VI cosmic-ray and X-ray satellite
  • 1979 - USA - Jupiter - Success - Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 send back images of Jupiter and its system

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7) was launched as part of the Venera program by the Soviet Union. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of Project Apollo under the NASA in the United States. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Luna 16 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 16. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) 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. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Luna 17 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 17. ... Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle A panorama shot from Lunokhod 1 A photo from Lunokhod 1 showing the Luna 17 lander The tracks of Lunokhod showing the little wheel in the center that was used for odometry. ... Two different Mars rover designs. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Uhuru is the Swahili word for freedom. Uhuru may also refer to: Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa Uhuru Movement, a black power movement. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Dong Fang Hong I (东方红一号), also known as China 1, was the Peoples Republic of Chinas first successful space satellite, launched on April 24, 1970 as part of the PRCs Dong Fang Hong space satellite program. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth mission to land on the Moon. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Luna 18 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 18. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Luna 19 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 19. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Mariner 8 (also known as Mariner H) was a part of NASAs Mariner program. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Cosmos 419 This launch was intended to be a Mars orbiting mission. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mars 2. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Mariner 9 launch Mariner 9 was a NASA space probe orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. ... Phobos (IPA or , Greek Φόβος: Fright), is the larger and innermost of Mars two moons (the other being Deimos), and is named after Phobos, son of Ares (Mars) from Greek Mythology. ... Deimos (IPA or ; Greek Δείμος: Dread), is the smaller and outermost of Mars’ two moons, named after Deimos from Greek Mythology. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The Prospero X-3 satellite (official designation 05580 / 71093A) was the only satellite to be launched by a British rocket. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Venera 8 Venera 8 landing capsule Venera 8 (Russian: Венера-8) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Luna 20 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 20. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik, German Nikolaus Kopernikus - February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed a heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Mariner 10 probe. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Luna 21 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 21. ... Lunokhod series Soviet Moon exploration robot vehicle Lunokhod 2 was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod program. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) 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. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) 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. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) 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. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) 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. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Prototype of the Helios spacecraft Helios I sitting atop its Titan IIIE Centaur launcher (LC-41, CCAFS, 1974) The Helios deep space probes were launched in the mid 1970s by the Federal Republic of Germany and NASA, using US Air Force launch vehicles. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Luna 22 was an unmanned space mission, part of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 22. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Luna 23 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 23. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Venera 9 (Russian: Венера-9) was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Venera 10 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASAs Viking program. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Frost on Mars. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Aryabhata was Indias first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 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... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Luna 24 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 24. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Hermes Communications Technology Satellite was an experimental high-power direct broadcast communications satellite which was also known as the CTS or simply as the Hermes. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, and other nuclear-capable states. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two components, launched separately: an Orbiter and a Multiprobe. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two components, launched separately: an Orbiter and a Multiprobe. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Venera 11 was an USSR unmanned space mission to explore the planet Venus. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Venera 12 (Russian: Венера-12) was an USSR unmanned space mission to explore the planet Venus. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was an astronomical observatory satellite primarily designed to take ultraviolet spectra. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Einstein Observatory Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASAs three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Trajectory The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 733-kilogram robotic space probe of the outer solar system and beyond, launched September 5, 1977, and is currently operational. ... Trajectory Voyager 2 is an unmanned interplanetary spacecraft, launched on August 20, 1977. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ...

1980s

  • 1980 - USA - Sun - Success - Solar Maximum Mission solar probe succeeded after being repaired in Earth orbit
  • 1980 - USA - Saturn - Success - Voyager 1 sends back images of Saturn and its system
  • 1980 - USA - Success - Launch of the Solar Maximum Mission satellite
  • 1981 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 13 launched, it returned the first colour pictures of the surface of Venus
  • 1981 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 14 flyby and lander
  • 1981 - USA - Saturn - Success - Voyager 2 sends back images of Saturn and its system
  • 1983 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 15 orbiter
  • 1983 - Soviet Union - Venus - Success - Venera 16 orbiter
  • 1983 - Success - Launch of the EXOSAT X-ray satellite
  • 1983 - Success - Launch of the Tenma X-ray satellite (ASTRO-B)
  • 1983 - Success - Launch of the IRAS satellite
  • 1984 - Soviet Union - Venus/Halley's Comet - Success - Vega 1 flyby, atmospheric probe and lander
  • 1984 - Soviet Union - Venus/Halley's Comet - Success - Vega 2 flyby, atmospheric probe and lander
  • 1986 - Europe - Halley's Comet - Success - Giotto flyby
  • 1986 - USA - Uranus - Success - Voyager 2 sends back images of Uranus and its system
  • 1986 - Soviet Union - Success - Mir Core Module is launched, in 1987 becoming the first multi-module spacestation.
  • 1987 - Success - Launch of the Ginga X-ray satellite (ASTRO-C)
  • 1988 - Soviet Union - Mars - Failure - Phobos 1 orbiter and lander
  • 1988 - Soviet Union - Mars - Partial Failure - Phobos 2 flyby and lander
  • 1989 - Venus - Success - Magellan orbiter launched which mapped 99 percent of the surface of Venus (300 m resolution)
  • 1989 - USA - Venus/Earth/Moon/Gaspra/Ida/Jupiter - Success - Galileo flyby, orbiter and atmospheric probe
  • 1989 - USA - Neptune - Success - Voyager 2 sends back images of Neptune and its system
  • 1989 - Success - Launch of the Granat gamma-ray and X-ray satellite
  • 1989 - Europe - Success - Launch of the Hipparcos satellite
  • 1989 - Success - Launch of the COBE satellite

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Solar Maximum Mission satellite (or SolarMax) was designed to investigate solar phenomenon, particularly solar flares. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was 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. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was 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. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was 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. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was 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. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Exosat satellite was operational from May 1983 until April 1986 and in that time made 1780 observations in the X-ray band of most classes of astronomical object including active galactic nuclei, stellar coronae, cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, X-ray binaries, clusters of galaxies, and supernova remnants. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tenma (known as Astro-B before launch) was the Japans second X-ray astronomy satellite, developed by Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science (then a division of University of Tokyo). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was a space-based observatory that performed a survey of the entire sky at infrared wavelengths. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was 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. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was 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. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday 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. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mir insignia Mir Statistics Crew: 3 Call sign Mir Launch February 19, 1986 21:28:23 UTC Baikonur, USSR Re-entry March 23, 2001 05:50:00 UTC Perigee: 385 km (239 NM) Apogee: 393 km (244 NM) Orbital period: 89. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Astro-C, renamed Ginga (Japanese for galaxy), was launched from the Kagoshima Space Center on 5 February 1987. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on 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. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on 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. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was 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. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was 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. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hipparcos (for High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite) was an astrometry mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to the measurement of stellar parallax and the proper motions of stars. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), also referred to as Explorer 66, was the first satellite built dedicated to cosmology. ...

1990s

MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Ulysses spacecraft Ulysses is an unmanned probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Hiten spacecraft The Hiten spacecraft (known before launch as Muses-A), built by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science of Japan, was launched on January 24, 1990. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... ROSAT ROSAT (short for Röntgensatellit) was a German X-ray satellite telescope. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... The Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT) was flown on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-35) on 1990 December 2-December 11, as part of the ASTRO-1 payload. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yohkoh (Sunbeam in Japanese), also known as SOLAR-A, was a Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Solar mission with United States and United Kingdom collaboration. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Illustration of CGRO The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory(CGRO) was the second of the NASA Great Observatories to be launched to space, following the Hubble Space Telescope. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 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. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... ASCA can refer to: Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics Australian Shepherd Club of America Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis Anti saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies Category: ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 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... Terrain or relief is an essential aspect of physical geography, and as such its portrayal presents a central problem in cartography, and more recently GIS and 3D Visualization. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a spacecraft that was launched on an Atlas IIAS launch vehicle on 2 December 1995 to study the Sun, and began normal operations in May 1996. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Artists conception of Mars Global Surveyor (NASA) The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) is a US spacecraft developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Mars Pathfinder was launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II just a month after the Mars Global Surveyor was launched. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cassini-Huygens is a joint NASA/ESA/ASI unmanned space mission intended to study Saturn and its moons. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... An image released on North Korean television of what was purported to be Kwangmyongsong Kwangmyŏngsŏng was an artificial satellite reportedly launched by North Korea. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... NASAs Lunar Prospector The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Nozomi at Mars Nozomi (のぞみ) (Japanese for Hope and known before launch as Planet-B) was planned as a Mars-orbiting aeronomy probe. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Mars Climate Orbiter during tests 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). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Conceptual drawing of the Mars Polar Lander on the surface of Mars. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, 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. ...

2000s

  • 2000 - USA - Earth - IMAGE launched, the first space storm weather satellite
  • 2000 - Sweden - Earth - Partial Success - Munin Swedish nanosatellite, launched by US
  • 2001 - USA - Sun - Partial Success - Genesis solar wind sample return - crash-landed on return
  • 2001 - USA - Success - Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) performs cosmological observations.
  • 2001 - USA - Mars - Success - Mars Odyssey
  • 2003 - Canada - Earth - Success - MOST the smallest space telescope in orbit
  • 2003 - Canada - Earth - Success - SCISAT-1 Canadian satellite which observes Earth's upper atmosphere
  • 2003 - Comet Encke - Failure - CONTOUR launched, but lost during early trajectory insertion.
  • 2003 - Europe - Moon - Success - Smart 1 orbiter
  • 2003 - Europe - Mars - Partial Success - Mars Express orbiter (successfully reached orbit) and failed lander, the Beagle 2
  • 2003 - USA - Mars - Success - Mars Exploration Rovers - successful launches, Spirit successfully landed, Opportunity successfully landed
  • 2003 - Earth - Double Star TC-1 launched successfully

2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In common usage, an image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact that reproduces the likeness of some subject—usually a physical object or a person. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Munin was a Swedish nanosatellite. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In its collecting configuration, the Genesis spacecraft exposed collecting wafers to the solar wind. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artist depiction of the WMAP satellite at the L2 point The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA satellite whose mission is to survey the sky to measure the temperature of the radiant heat left over from the Big Bang. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was 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. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope or the MOST space observatory is Canadas first and (as of mid-2005) only space telescope. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earths atmosphere. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Comet Encke (officially designated 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet, named after Johann Franz Encke, who through laborious study of its orbit and many calculations was able to link multiple observations in 1786 (2P/1786 B1), 1795 (2P/1795 V1), 1805 (2P/1805 U1) and 1818 (2P/1818 W1) to... The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) was a Discovery-class space mission. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SMART-1 was a Swedish-designed European Space Agency satellite that orbited around the Moon. ... 2003 (MMIII) was 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 the first planetary mission attempted by the agency. ... Beagle 2 as it would have looked on Mars Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agencys 2003 Mars Express mission. ... 2003 (MMIII) was 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. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of the term double star, see double star (disambiguation). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the designation of a comet with a current orbital period of 6. ... 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. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of the term double star, see double star (disambiguation). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the NASA space mission. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission consists of an unmanned spacecraft called Swift, which was launched into orbit on November 20, 2004, at 17:16:00 UTC (12:16 PM, EST) by a Delta 2 7320-10C expendable launch vehicle. ... The image above shows the optical afterglow of gamma ray burst GRB-990123 taken on January 23, 1999. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinah-1 is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tempel 1 is a periodic comet (formally designated 9P/Tempel 1). ... 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. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and exploration of Mars from orbit. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Venus Express is the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... New Horizons is a robotic spacecraft mission conducted by NASA. It is expected to be the first spacecraft to fly by and study the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi, is a 4-ton Japanese satellite. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This page is about the proposed lunar spacecraft. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chandrayaan I (Sanskrit चंद्रयान-1), which literally means Moon Craft, is an unmanned lunar mission by the Indian Space Research Organization. ... Mesbah is an Iranian made satellite. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... LUNAR-A LUNAR-A is a Japanese spacecraft that was scheduled to be launched in August 2004. ...

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Space missions

Human spaceflight programs · Human spaceflights
NASA missions (Space Shuttle missions • Space Shuttle crews) · Mir Expeditions (Visiting spacecrafts and crews) · International Space Station (ISS) Expeditions (Manned spaceflights • Unmanned spaceflights) · Constellation missions · Chinese spaceflights Timeline of planetary exploration by date of launch. ... This is a list of all spacecraft landings on other planets and bodies in the solar system. ... See also Space Race Space firsts Space exploration Categories: | | ... This is a list of programs intended to send humans into space. ... These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km (the FAI definition of spaceflight), or were launched with that intention but failed. ... Human spaceflight Mercury program Gemini program Apollo program Apollo-Soyuz (Soviet Union partnership) Skylab Space Shuttle Shuttle-Mir Program (Russian partnership) International Space Station (working together with Russia, Canada, ESA, and JAXA along with co-operators, ASI and Brazil) Orion Program Satellite and Robotic space missions Earth Observing Explorer I... This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles. ... This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by mission. ... Categories: Mir ... Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to Mir on July 4, 1995 during STS-71 Soyuz TM-20 is docked to the bottom of Mir, as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63 in February 1995 This is a list of all manned missions to Mir. ... This is a list of a permanent crews assigned to the International Space Station. ... This is a chronological list of manned spaceflights to the International Space Station. ... See also International Space Station List of manned spaceflights to the ISS List of ISS spacewalks Categories: International Space Station ... In October 2006 NASA released a draft schedule of all planned NASA Project Constellation missions through 2019 [1]. This document included descriptions of a series of proposed vehicle test missions. ... The Long March family of rockets (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ChángzhÄ“ng xìliè yùnzài huÇ’jiàn) is an expendable launch system operated by the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Planetary exploration

Earth observation satellites · Planetary probes · Landings on other planets · Artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces · Objects at Lagrangian points Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program. ... It has been suggested that Timeline of Solar System exploration be merged into this article or section. ... This is a list of all spacecraft landings on other planets and bodies in the solar system. ... Artists Concept of Rover on Mars (credit: Maas Digital LLC) Huygens probe which landed on Titan List of artificial objects on the Moon List of artificial objects on Mars List of artificial objects on Venus Artificial objects on other solar-system bodies In 1995 the Galileo spacecraft released a... This is a list of known objects which have been, are or are planned to occupy any of the five Lagrangian points of two-body systems in space. ...

Timelines

Spaceflight · Astronauts by nationality · Milestones in space exploration, 1957–1969 · Spaceflight records · First orbital launches by nationality · Solar System exploration · Rocket and missile technology · Space Shuttle missions · Space Race · Earth science satellites · Artificial satellites and space probes This is a list of all spaceflights, both manned and unmanned, sorted chronologically by launch date. ... Map of countries whose citizens have flown in space Since the first spaceflight by the Soviet Union, astronauts who were citizens of 35 countries have flown into space. ... See also Space Race Space firsts Space exploration Categories: | | ... It has been suggested that Space firsts be merged into this article or section. ... While a number of countries have built satellites, only a few have sent objects into orbit using their own launch systems. ... Timeline of solar system exploration organized by date of launch. ... This article gives a concise timeline of rocket and missile technology. ... Timeline of space shuttle missions ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969. ... The Timeline of Earth science satellites shows, in chronological order, those successful satellites with a program of Earth science. ...

Spacecraft

Spacecraft (Manned • Unmanned by program) · Launch vehicles Theses are links to several different lists of spacecraft. ... This is a partial list of manned spacecraft (excluding space stations) sorted by manufacturer/operator and series in chronological order. ... Here is an incomplete list of all unmanned spacecraft categorized by program. ... This is a list of space launch vehicles sorted by country/operator in alphabetical order, commercial vehicles are listed under their corresponding country. ...

Astronauts

Space travelers by name (Astronauts by name • by selection • Apollo astronauts) · ISS visitors This is an alphabetical list of all space travelers, people who have flown in space. ... This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people who trained to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... Eugene Cernan operating the Lunar rover during Apollo 17 This is a list of all astronauts directly associated with NASAs Apollo program. ... This is a list of visitors to the International Space Station in alphabetical order. ...

Spacewalks

Spacewalks and moonwalks · Mir spacewalks · ISS spacewalks This list contains all spacewalks and moonwalks; that is, every occasion where an astronaut has fully or partially left his spacecraft. ... The table lists extra-vehicular activity at the Soviet space station Mir. ... This is a list of extra-vehicular activities at the International Space Station. ...

Agencies and companies

Space agencies · Private spaceflight companies // This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration. ... A list of private companies offering or planning manned spaceflights for space tourism. ...

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