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The most important space missions occured, cutting-edge research was made, and innovative inventions were created in space exploration in this time period.
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The Sputnik was launched from Russia on this date,
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Made by NASA, the Pioneer Program was made to go to the Moon, Sun, Jupiter, and Venus. This was its first launch.
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The first mission of the Venera Probes occured on this day, sent by the Soviet Union.
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There were 16 Venera Probe missions to Venus, 3 of which were failures. They discovered information about the atmosphere of Venus and all occured within this timespan.
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The Mercury allowed us to learn how to safely send to space and bring an astronaut home. We gained the experience of going into space because of it.
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The $1,280 million Gemini was launched on this day teaching us how to survive in space for long periods of time.
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All 10 of the Mariner Program Missions were launched within these dates.
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Mariner 4 was the first successful trip to Mars.
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The 9th mission of the Mariner Program was the first to capture pictures of Martian moons.
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Made by NASA, the first Viking probe was launched into space, on its way to Mars on this date.
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Put together, the Viking 1 and 2 cost $2 billion, and the second was launched (also to Mars) on this day.
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The Viking 1 reached its destination, Mars, on this day and began taking photos.
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The Viking 2 successfully reached Mars on this day.
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The first manmade object in space, Voyager 1, was launched on this day, It was sent to take pictures of the universe so scientists could investigate space even more.
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Shortly after the lauch of Voyager 1, Voyager 2 was launch for the same photo-taking reasons.
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The last launch of the Pioneer Program occured on this day.
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This was the day the final Venera Probe (mission) was sent into space.
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The $680 million Magellan Spacecraft was launched by NASA to explore Venus.
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The Galileo Spacecraft was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Station on this day to orbit and collect data from Jupiter's atmosphere.
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After 11 years of building, the $2.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope was launched on this day. It now has a revolution around Earth of 97 minutes, going 4.5 miles per second.
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The Magellan Spacecraft arrived on Venus on this date.
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This is the day that the Galileo Spacecraft started to orbit Jupiter and entered its atmosphere. This is what discovered the fact that Jupiter had 16 moons.
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This time period includes the launch period of the N.E.A.R. program (February 17th - March 1st, 1996), the primary mission (January 1999), and the end of the Nominal Mission (December 1999).
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On this day, the orbiter for the Cassini Mission was sent into space and the probe to Titan. It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Station. It was sent to investigate Saturn and its moons.
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NASA has conducted over 400 experiments with Space Stations, this is the launch that started it all.
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The $200 million Genesis Spacecraft was sent to collect solar wind with the Genesis collector ray was launched on this date with no astonauts in it.
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The Spirit is one of the successful, American Mars Rovers which was launched on this day.
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The Opportunity was launched on this day, it is another American Mars Rover.
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The Genesis Spacecraft returned to Earth with solar wind on this day.
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The orbiter for the Cassini Mission arrived at its destination (Saturn/its moons) on this day.
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Launched out of America (Cape Canaveral Air Station), the Curiosity is another Mars Rover.
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The most recent expedition is Expedition 35.
