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Space Exploration Timeline

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    Space Exploration

  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched

    The Sputnik probe was launched on October 4, 1957.
  • Venera 1 Launched

    Venera 1 Launched

    Venera 1 launched on February 12, 1961. All 16 of the Venera probes were sent to Venus to learn more about the planet.
  • Mercury Probe lauched

    Mercury Probe lauched

    The first Mercury probe was launched on May 5, 1961.
  • Venera 3 Launched

    Venera 3 launched on November 16, 1961. All 16 of the Venera probes were sent to Venus to learn more about the planet.
  • First Mariner Probe Launched

    First Mariner Probe Launched

    The first Mariner Probe was launched on July 22, 1962
  • Gemeni Spacecraft Lauched

    The Gemini spacecraft was launched on April 8, 1964.
  • First Photgraph of Another Planet!

    The first picture of another planet came from a Mariner probe on July 14, 1965
  • Venera 7 Launched

    Venera 7 launched on August 17, 1970. All 16 of the Venera probes were sent to Venus to learn more about the planet.
  • Pioneer 10 Launched

    Pioneer 10 Launched

    Pioneer 10 launched March 2, 1972
  • Pioneer 11 Launched

    Pioneer 11 launched April 5, 1973
  • Last Mariner Probe Lauched

    The last Mariner Probe was launched on November 3, 1973
  • Venera 10 Launched

    Venera 10 launched on June 14, 1975. All 16 of the Venera probes were sent to Venus to learn more about the planet.
  • Viking 1 Spacecraft Luanched

    Viking 1 Spacecraft Luanched

    The Viking 1 spacecraft was launched on August 20, 1975 to go to mars to look for life.
  • Viking 2 Launched

    The Viking 2 was launched on September 9, 1975 to follow Viking 1.
  • Voyager 2 Launched

    Voyager 2 Launched

    Voyager 2 was launched from the JFK space station on August 20, 1977
  • Voyager 1 Lauched

    Voyager 1 Lauched

    Voyager 1 was launched from the JFK space station on September 5, 1977
  • First Space Shuttle Used

    First Space Shuttle Used

    The first Space shuttle was used in 1982. All space shuttles were launched at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • MIR Space Station

    MIR Space Station

    The MIR Space Station began its journey during 2001, and took ten years to build.
  • Challenger Explosion

    Challenger Explosion

    The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing it’s entire crew 73 seconds after lifting off on January 28, 1986.
  • The Magellan Space Probe Launches

    The Magellan Space Probe Launches

    The Magellan space probe was launched on May 4, 1989.
  • Galileo Probe Launched

    Galileo Probe Launched

    The Galileo probe was launched on October 18, 1989 to study Jupiter.
  • Hubble Telescope Launched

    Hubble Telescope Launched

    The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990 to study space beyond the Solar system. It's launch was delayed by four years because of the Challanger shuttle explosion and disaster.
  • Magellan Probe Lost

    The Magellan probe lost communication with earth on October 12, 1994. It was assumed to crash the next day.
  • NEAR Mission Launched

    The NEAR Mission was launched on February 17, 1996 to study the asteroid Eros. The reason it went to space is to let Scientists learn more about asteroids.
  • Cassini Spacecraft Lauched

    Cassini Spacecraft Lauched

    The Cassini spacecraft was launched and sent to Saturn on October 15, 1997 to gather information about Saturn and its rings.
  • NEAR Lands on EROS

    NEAR Lands on EROS

    Near Mission landed successfully on EROS on February 12, 2001
  • Genisis Lunched

    Genisis Lunched

    The Genesis spacecraft, made by Lockheed Martin, was launched in August 2001.
  • Genesis Returns

    Genesis Returns

    The Genesis spacecraft returned after it's mission in 2004. However, it's parachutes failed to deploy and it crashed, losing most of the solar wind it had been sent to collect.
  • Cassini Arrives

    The Cassini Arrived at Saturn’s rings on July 1, 2004
  • Curiosity Rover Landing

    Curiosity Rover Landing

    The Curiosity Mars rover landed on Mars on August 6, 2012.