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This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordering events in the exploration of the Solar System by date of spacecraft launch. It includes: It includes: All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration (or were launched with that intention but failed), including lunar probes .
USA (NASA) SAS 2: 3 November 1973 First mission sent to study Mercury. USA (NASA) Mariner 10 [34] 3 December 1973: First flyby of Jupiter. First spacecraft beyond the Inner Solar System. USA (NASA) Pioneer 10 [33] January 1974 First spacecraft to return data on a long-period comet. USA (NASA) Mariner 10 [34] 5 February 1974
This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. There are over 80 currently active science missions.
This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both crewed and uncrewed, sorted chronologically by launch date. Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951.
NASA received the Space Shuttle orbiter later named Enterprise, on 14 January. This unpowered sub-orbital space plane was launched off the top of a modified 747 and was flown uncrewed until 13 August until a human crew landed the Enterprise for the first time.
Collected soil samples near Mars' north pole to elucidate the history of water on Mars. Mission concluded 10 November 2008. [68] Dawn: Asteroid 4 Vesta: 27 September 2007 16 July 2011 entered orbit: 1388 days (3 years, 9 months, 19 days) Departed Vesta for 1 Ceres 5 September 2012. [69] 1 Ceres: 6 March 2015 entered orbit: 2718 days (7 years, 5 ...
The year 1966 saw the peak and the end of the Gemini program.The program proved that docking in space and human EVA's could be done safely. It saw the first launch of the Saturn IB rocket, an important step in the Apollo program, and the launch of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial object (the Moon).
NASA Lunar Crewed lunar lander: December 14, 1971 (at Moon) Successful Crewed spaceflight to the Moon with 3 astronauts. Final flight of Apollo program. December 11 07:56 Delta 0900: D-93 Vandenberg AFB, SLC-2W: Nimbus 5: NASA LEO Environmental research: In orbit: Successful December 16 11:24 Scout D-1: Vandenberg AFB, SLC-5: NASA Aeros 1: NASA ...