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Sputnik Takes Off
Sputnik 1 takes off from Russia in hopes of beating America in the Space Race. -
Pioneer 0
Pioneer 0 is launched into space -
Pioneer 1
Pioneer 1 is launched into space -
Pioneer 2
Pioneer 2 was launched into space. -
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Venera 1
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Venera 2
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Mariner 1
Mariner 1's mission was considered a failure -
Mariner 2
Mariner 2's mission was considered a success. -
Mariner 3
Mariner 3 launched off from America -
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Nevera 4
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Mariner 5
Mariner 5 took off from America -
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Nevera 5
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Mariner 6
Mariner 6 took off from America. -
Skylab Launches Off
Skylab Spacecraft launches off from America -
Venera 7
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Venera 8
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Pioneer 11 Probe
Pioneer 11's Probe was launched into the Jovian System. -
Mariner 10
Mariner 10 took off from America. -
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10-S arrived at the Jovian System. -
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Venera 9
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Venera 10
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Viking 1
Viking 1 took off from America -
Viking 2
Viking 2 launched off from America -
Viking 1
Viking 1 took its first picture -
Viking 2
Viking 2 lands on Mars -
Voyager 2
The Voyager took off from America -
Voyage Probes
The first Voyager took off -
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Venera 11
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Skylab Deorbits
Skyland returns to America after its space exploration. -
Viking 2 Dies
Viking 2 loses communications with NASA -
Space Shuttle Columbia
Columbia launches off for first America spacecraft launch -
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Venera 12
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Venera 14
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Viking 1 dies
Viking 1 loses communications with NASA -
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Venera 15
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Venera 16
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Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 became the first object created by himans to leave the Solar System. -
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Space Shuttle Discovery
Discovery is in space, collecting observations for NASA -
MIR Launches
The MIR Spacecraft takes off into space -
Magellan Spacecraft
The Magellan Spacecraft took off from the Kennedy Spacecraft Center, -
Galileo's First Take-off
The Galileo Spacecraft launched off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard Space Shuttle Atlanta on mission STS-34 -
Galileo Visits Venus
Galileo arrived at Venus, using its gravitational pull as a slingshot to arrive at Jupiter -
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope launches off from America. -
Galileo briefly visits Earth
Galileo completed its first fly-by of Earth, using its gravitational pull as a slingshot to reach Jupiter. -
Galileo sees its first asteroid
Galileo becomes the first spacecraft to ever encounter an asteroid. -
Galileo passes Earth and Moon
Galileo passes between the Earth and the Moon on its trip to Jupiter. -
Galileo sees its second asteroid
Galileo sees a second asteroid, a very rare occurence at the time -
Magellan Spacecraft Dies
The Magellan Spacecraft burned in Venus' atmosphere. -
Galileo Arrived
Galileo finally arrived at Jupiter after observations were nearing completion. -
Galileo's Smashing Observation
Galileo became the first spacecraft to observe comet fragments colliding into Jupiter by using a long-distance telescope -
Galileo's Probe's Release
Galileo released its atmospheric probe into Jupiter's atmosphere to coollect data on the pressure and weather -
Galileo's Malfunction
Less than two months before Galileo was meant to arrive at Jupiter, its tape recorder malfunctioned -
Galieleo's First Record
Galileo became the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter -
NEAR Shoemaker Launches off
NEAR Shoemaker takes off from America. -
Cassini takes off
The Cassini Spacecraft launches off from the Cape Canaveral Station in Florida. -
Galileo's First Success
Galileo's main mission ended after it had succesfully discovered and monitored Jupiter's weather and surrounding planets, asteroids, and moons. -
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Galileo's Return to Space
Galileo was sent back into space to discover the effects of radiation on spacecraft -
NEAR Shoemaker lands on an asteroid
NEAR Shoemaker becomes the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. -
NEAR Shoemaker gets de-activated
NEAR Shoemaker becomes deactivated near Eros, but is still able to be reactivated -
Genesis Launches Off
The Genesis Spacecraft takes off from Florida. -
Collections from Genesis
The Genesis Spacecraft starts collecting solar wind data. -
Galileo's Death
The Spacecraft Galileo plunged into Jupiter's crushing atmosphere to protect its discovery of a possible ocean beneath the icy crust of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. -
Genesis Stops Certain Data
The Genesis Spacecraft stopped collecting data from solar winds. -
Genesis Returns to Earth
The Genesis Spacecraft crash-lands in Oregon while trying to deorbit. -
Cassini's First Landing
The Cassini Spacecraft lands on Titan. -
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Atlantis became the last space shuttle to take off.
