Space exploration timeline By David Sl Jul 29, 1958 NASA is established Feb 3, 1966 Luna 9 space probe lands on the moon Jul 20, 1969 First humans land on the moon in apollo 11 mission Sep 20, 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 launch Apr 12, 1981 The first reusable space shuttle Apr 12, 1981 First reusable space shuttle Jul 5, 1995 First probe on jupiter the probe was released to begin a solo flight into Jupiter Dec 6, 1998 construction for international space station begins Nov 14, 2014 First soft landing on comet Feb 6, 2018 First partially reusable two launch rocket 2020 Mars Space X exploration The search for life on Mars that has been continuing through the 2020's