Timeline of space exploration – Wikipedia

DateMission successCountry/organizationMission name12 April 1981First Reusable manned spacecraft (orbital) USA (NASA)STS-11 March 1982First Venus soil samples and sound recording of another world USSRVenera 1325 January 1983First Infrared orbital observatory USA (NASA) UK (SERC) Netherlands (NIVR)IRAS13 June 1983First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune (first spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets) USA (NASA)Pioneer 107 February 1984First untethered spacewalk, Bruce McCandless II USA (NASA)STS-41-B24 January 1986First Uranus flyby (closest approach 81,500 kilometers (44,000nmi) USA (NASA)Voyager 228 January 1986First major American space loss, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, an explosion soon after liftoff which killed, among others, Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher USA (NASA)STS-51-L19 February 1986First consistently inhabited long-term research space station USSRMir8 August 1989First astrometric satellite ESAHipparcos25 August 1989First Neptune flyby (closest approach at 29,240km) USA (NASA)Voyager 218 November 1989First orbital cosmic microwave observatory USA (NASA)COBE14 February 1990First photograph of the whole Solar System[7] USA (NASA)Voyager 124 April 1990Optical orbital observatory USA (NASA) ESAHubble Space Telescope15 September 1990Extended (multi-year) orbital exploration of Venus USA (NASA)Magellan21 October 1991First asteroid flyby (951 Gaspra closest approach 1,600 kilometers) USA (NASA)Galileo8 February 1992First polar orbit around the Sun USA (NASA) ESAUlysses22 March 1995Record longest duration spaceflight (437.7 days) set by Valeri Polyakov Russia (FKA)Mir7 December 1995First orbit of Jupiter USA (NASA)Galileo7 December 1995First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter) USA (NASA)Galileo's atmospheric entry probe12 February 1997First orbital radio observatory Japan (ISAS)HALCA4 July 1997First operational rover on another planet (Mars) USA (NASA)Mars Pathfinder20 November 1998First multinational space station, Largest man-made object built in space to date Russia(FKA) USA (NASA) Europe (ESA) Japan (JAXA) Canada (CSA)International Space Station14 February 2000First orbiting of an asteroid (433 Eros) USA (NASA) ESANEAR Shoemaker12 February 2001First landing on an asteroid (433 Eros) USA (NASA)NEAR Shoemaker1 July 2004First orbit of Saturn USA (NASA) ESA Italy (ASI)CassiniHuygens8 September 2004First sample return beyond lunar orbit (solar wind) USA (NASA)Genesis14 January 2005First soft landing on Titan ESA USA (NASA) Italy (ASI)CassiniHuygens19 November 2005First asteroid ascent (25143 Itokawa)First interplanetary escape without undercarriage cutoff Japan (JAXA)Hayabusa15 January 2006First sample return from comet (81P/Wild) USA (NASA)Stardust6 March 2009Kepler Mission is launched, first space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets[8] USA (NASA)Kepler Mission13 June 2010First sample return from asteroid (25143 Itokawa) Japan (JAXA)Hayabusa18 March 2011First orbit of Mercury USA (NASA)MESSENGER16 July 2011First orbit of giant asteroid Vesta USA (NASA)Dawn25 August 2012First manmade probe in interstellar space. USA (NASA)Voyager 112 November 2014First man-made probe to make a planned and soft landing on a comet (67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko).[9] ESARosetta6 March 2015First orbit of dwarf planet (Ceres).First spacecraft to orbit two separate celestial bodies. USA (NASA)DawnJuly 2015First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto).Last original encounter with one of the nine major planets recognized in 1981. USA (NASA)New Horizons10 August 2015Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.[10] USA (NASA) Japan (JAXA)International Space Station21 December 2015The first propulsive landing for an orbital rocket. USA (SpaceX)Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests

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