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Space

  • 21 Jun 2006

    Two newly discovered moons orbiting Pluto were named Nix and Hydra.

  • 27 Dec 2004

    Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.

  • 25 Dec 2004

    Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.

  • 6 Jul 2003

    The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.

  • 27 Nov 2001

    Osiris became the first discovered exoplanet with an atmosphere.

  • 28 Apr 2001

    Space welcomed its first tourist from Earth.

  • 23 Mar 2001

    Russia's Mir Space Station was deorbited over the South Pacific Ocean.

  • 2 Nov 2000

    The first crew arrived at the International Space Station onboard a Soyuz spacecraft.

  • 31 Oct 2000

    Soyuz TM-31 was launched, carrying the first crew to reside long-term on the International Space Station.

  • 5 May 2000

    A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.

  • 11 Aug 1999

    The last total solar eclipse of the 20th century occurred and was visible from Europe and Asia.

  • 30 Apr 1998

    Two new moons orbiting Uranus were announced in Nature magazine.

  • 2 Mar 1998

    Jupiter's moon was found to have a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

  • 17 Feb 1998

    Voyager 1 passed Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space.

  • 21 Apr 1997

    American Psychologist Timothy Leary and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry were launched into orbit after being cremated.

  • 22 Mar 1997

    The super-bright comet 'Hale-Bopp' reached its closest point to Earth at a distance of 1.215 AU, making it visible to the naked eye.

  • 7 Mar 1996

    The Hubble Space Telescope captured the first images of the surface of Pluto.

  • 6 Oct 1995

    The 51 Pegasi b planet was discovered. It was the first discovered exoplanet around a sun-like star.

  • 22 May 1995

    Two new moons of Saturn were found in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope by Astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin.

  • 14 Mar 1995

    The population of space hit a new record with 13 astronauts.

  • 27 Oct 1994

    Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.

  • 4 Aug 1994

    A galaxy named 'Dwingeloo 1' was discovered to be just 10 million light-years from our own.

  • 2 Dec 1993

    NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle was launched through Mission STS-61.

  • 24 Mar 1993

    Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.

  • 13 May 1992

    Three astronauts, Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot, simultaneously walked in space for the first time.

  • 24 Apr 1990

    NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.

  • 8 Aug 1989

    The Space Shuttle Colombia launched from the Kennedy Space Center for a secret military mission.

  • 19 Sep 1988

    Israel launched its first satellite, Ofek-1, from the Palmachim Air Base.

  • 4 Mar 1986

    The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.

  • 9 Feb 1986

    Halley's Comet was last seen from Earth. It only orbits the Earth once every 75 to 76 years.

  • 7 Aug 1985

    The National Space Development Agency of Japan selected Mamoru Mohri, Chiaki Mukai, and Takao Doi as Japan’s first astronauts.

  • 17 Jun 1985

    Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.

  • 2 Oct 1984

    Three Russian cosmonauts returned from space after spending a record time of 237 days in orbit.

  • 16 Aug 1984

    NASA launched its Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers mission (AMPTE) from the Cape Canaveral launch pad.

  • 10 Mar 1982

    All nine planets (including Pluto) lined up with the sun.

  • 5 Mar 1982

    After a four-month journey, the Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus.

  • 20 Dec 1977

    The first spacewalk was made by the Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission.

  • 17 Jul 1975

    The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project completed the world's first international space rendezvous.

  • 15 Jul 1975

    The first-ever international crewed space mission was jointly launched by the US and the USSR.

  • 14 May 1973

    The USA's first space station, Skylab, was launched into Earth's orbit.

  • 2 Mar 1972

    The US spacecraft Pioneer 10 launched.

  • 5 Jan 1972

    President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.

  • 1 Aug 1971

    Astronauts on Apollo 15 discovered a rock that could date back to the birth of the moon.

  • 20 Jul 1969

    Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

  • 19 Jul 1969

    NASA's Apollo 11 orbited the moon.

  • 16 Jul 1969

    NASA launched Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center.

  • 13 Jul 1969

    The USSR's Luna 15 robotic spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

  • 25 Feb 1969

    NASA's Mariner 6 space probe successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

  • 30 Jun 1967

    Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was selected as the first African-American astronaut.

  • 27 Jan 1967

    The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.

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