Space By tkillingback Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 2030 Space Oct 4, 1957 First Earth orbiter Sep 12, 1959 First lunar impact Apr 12, 1961 First manned Earth orbiter Aug 27, 1962 First successful Venus flyby Nov 28, 1964 First Mars flyby Nov 16, 1965 First Venus impact Jan 31, 1966 First lunar lander Jun 12, 1967 First Venus atmospheric probe Sep 15, 1968 First lunar flyby and return to Earth Dec 21, 1968 First manned lunar orbiter Jul 16, 1969 First manned lunar Landing Aug 17, 1970 First Venus lander Jan 15, 1976 Closest solar approach Sep 5, 1977 Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System Sep 5, 1977 Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System Jun 2, 1983 Venus orbiter Feb 17, 1996 first asteroid landing Feb 17, 1996 first near-Earth asteroid flyby Feb 17, 1996 first asteroid orbit Dec 4, 1996 Mars lander and first Mars rover Oct 15, 1997 First Saturn orbiter and first Titan lander Feb 7, 1999 First comet coma sample return Aug 8, 2001 First solar wind sample return Jun 12, 2005 First comet impact Jan 19, 2006 First Pluto/Charon and Kuiper Belt flyby
