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USA (NASA) OAO-2: 21 December 1968: First human excursion beyond low Earth orbit. First in-person observations of Earth from a distance. First Trans-Earth injection. USA (NASA) Apollo 8 [25] 24 December 1968 First human flight to another celestial body (the Moon) and to enter its gravitational influence. USA (NASA) Apollo 8 [25] January 1969
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.
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. The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches.
NASA Low Earth Solar: 2 December 1989: Successful Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-C in April 1984 17 February 00:40 Mu-3S: Kagoshima LA-M: ISAS: Tansei-4: ISAS Low Earth Technology: 12 May 1983: Successful Maiden flight of Mu-3S 20 ...
On July 14, with the successful encounter of Pluto by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, the United States became the first nation to explore all of the nine major planets recognized in 1981. Later on September 14, LIGO was the first to directly detect gravitational waves.
Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1980s Year Origin Name Target Status Description 1980 US: Solar Maximum Mission: Sun: Failure: Solar Maximum Mission solar probe succeeded after being repaired in Earth orbit 1981 India: Bhaskara-2: Earth: Success: Bhaskara-2 satellite; launched on Russian Kosmos-3M rocket for ISRO Soviet Union ...
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 .
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...