Areonautic Timeline By ilikepuppyz125 Jan 13, 1957 Sputnik 1 Was Lauched Jan 14, 1958 NASA Was Formed Jan 14, 1965 NASA Mission Control Established in Houston Jul 1, 1965 Kennedy Space Center was built Jan 13, 1966 Luna 9 Makes the First soft Landing on the moon Jan 14, 1969 Apollo 11 Lands on Moon Jan 13, 1971 Soviets put First Space Station Up Called Salyut Jan 14, 1981 Columbia the First Space Shuttle is launched Jan 1, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes on take off Fact: The Challenger had Jelly Beans on board when it blew up. Jan 14, 1989 Voyager 2 flies by 4 Gas Giants Jan 14, 1989 Pioneer 10 Travels past the orbit of Pluto Jan 13, 1990 Magellan Probe Maps Venus Jan 14, 1990 Hubble Telescope is Launched This picture was taken from the Hubble Telescope in space. Jan 14, 1996 Mir Space Station Finished Jan 14, 1997 Mars Pathfinder Successfully Lands on Mars Period: Nov 20, 1998 to Jan 14, 2014 The International Space Station Starts to be Built to today The International Space Station was never complete. Jan 14, 1999 Stardust Probe Launched to Study Comets Jan 13, 2000 Nasa Launches Terra 1 to Observe Earth's Terrain Jan 1, 2012 Curiosity Rover lands on Mars