Space Exploration

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    Space Exploration

  • First Earth Orbiter

    First Earth Orbiter

  • First Lunar Fly By

    First Lunar Fly By

  • First Lunar Impact

    First Lunar Impact

  • First Images of Far side of moon

    First Images of Far side of moon

  • First manned obiter

    First manned obiter

  • First successful Venus flyby and first successful planetary encounter

    First successful Venus flyby and first successful planetary encounter

  • First Mars flyby

    First Mars flyby

  • First Venus impact

    First Venus impact

  • First lunar lander

    First lunar lander

  • First lunar orbiter

    First lunar orbiter

  • First Venus atmospheric probe

    First Venus atmospheric probe

  • First lunar flyby and return to Earth

    First lunar flyby and return to Earth

  • First manned lunar orbiter

    First manned lunar orbiter

  • First manned lunar Landing

    First manned lunar Landing

  • First Venus lander

    First Venus lander

  • First robotic lunar sample return

    First robotic lunar sample return

  • First lunar rover

    First lunar rover

  • first Mars impact

    first Mars impact

  • first Mars lander (short-lived) and first Mars atmospheric probe

    first Mars lander (short-lived) and first Mars atmospheric probe

  • First Mars orbiter

    First Mars orbiter

  • first manned lunar rover

    first manned lunar rover

  • First Jupiter flyby

    First Jupiter flyby

  • first Saturn flyby

    first Saturn flyby

  • first Mercury flyby

    first Mercury flyby

  • First Venus orbiter and lander; first images from surface of Venus

    First Venus orbiter and lander; first images from surface of Venus

  • Mars orbiter and lander; first long-lived lander and first pictures from Martian surface

    Mars orbiter and lander; first long-lived lander and first pictures from Martian surface

  • Closest solar approach

    Closest solar approach

  • Jupiter/Saturn/first Uranus/first Neptune flyby

    Jupiter/Saturn/first Uranus/first Neptune flyby

  • Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System and farthest human-made object - currently more than 110 AU

    Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System and farthest human-made object - currently more than 110 AU

  • First comet flyby

    First comet flyby

  • Venus flyby, first Asteroid flyby, first Asteroid moon discovery, first Jupiter orbiter/atmospheric probe/largest moons flybys

    Venus flyby, first Asteroid flyby, first Asteroid moon discovery, first Jupiter orbiter/atmospheric probe/largest moons flybys

  • Eros orbiter, first near-Earth asteroid flyby, first asteroid orbit and first asteroid landing

  • Mars lander and first Mars rover

  • First Saturn orbiter and first Titan lander

  • First comet coma sample return,

  • First solar wind sample return

  • First comet impact

  • Jupiter orbiter

  • Mercury orbiters

  • Joint NASA & ESA to orbit Titan, land on a lake, and will float in the atmosphere.

  • Indian manned landing on Moon