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The Sputnik I shuttle is launcher by NASA.
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Sputnik II is launched by NASA
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The Apollo program, funded by NASA, takes place between these dates.
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The satellite Gemini is launched by the Soviet Union.
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Space station Skylab was made in order to prove that humans could live and work in space. It housed 9 people. it was launched by NASA
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Viking I, destined for Mars, is larnched by NASA.
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The Viking II spacecraft, destined for Mars, is launched.
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The Viking I spacecraft arrives at Mars.
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The Viking II spacecraft arrives at Mars.
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The timespan of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
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Space station Mir is launched by Russia
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The Magellan probe, destined for Venus, is launched by NASA.
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The Hubble telescope is launched after a four-year delay after the Challenger incident.
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The NEAR shoemaker is launched from Florida, heading for the asteroid Eros.
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The Voyager II probe is alunched. It is destined for Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
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The Voyager I probe is launched from Cape Canaveral. It will go to JUpiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
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The Cassini probe is luanched. It is sceduled for arrival at Saturn in 2004. It is a symbol of international cooperation due to the fact that the launch rocket was provided by NASA, but the probe and communitcations array was provided by the Italian Space Agency
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The Genesis spacecraft is launched.
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The Mars rover Spirit is launched at Cape Canaveral.
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The Mars rover Opportunity is launched at Cape Canaveral
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The Cassini probe arrives at Jupiter and begins studies.
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The Genesis spacecraft crahses into Oregon when its parachutes fail to deploy.