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Wilbur Wright

  • 4 May 1989

    NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle ferried the Magellan space probe into orbit.

  • 15 Nov 1988

    The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.

  • 7 Mar 1986

    US Air Force divers located the Challenger Space Shuttle's crew cabin at the bottom of the ocean.

  • 4 Mar 1986

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

  • 28 Jan 1986

    Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.

  • 24 Jan 1986

    NASA's Voyager 2 came into close contact with Uranus and captured many images that uncovered 11 new moons.

  • 18 Jan 1986

    NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle completed mission STS-61-C when it landed at the Edwards Air Force Base.

  • 30 Jun 1985

    NASA launched Intelsat VA F-11 into orbit.

  • 15 Jun 1985

    Russian spacecraft Vega 2 landed on Venus.

  • 9 Jun 1985

    Soviet Space Program's Vega 1, which was launched on December 15, 1984, released a space probe to enter Venus.

  • 26 Sep 1983

    Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov narrowly escaped the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft explosion.

  • 28 Jun 1983

    The first Hughes Communications Galaxy satellite was launched into orbit.

  • 13 Jun 1983

    NASA's spacecraft, The Pioneer 10, became the first craft to exit the solar system.

  • 7 Jun 1983

    The USSR's Venera 16 probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a trip to Venus.

  • 4 Apr 1983

    NASA's Challenger Space Shuttle was launched from Florida on its maiden voyage.

  • 27 Jun 1982

    NASA launched the Columbia Space Shuttle for its final test flight, STS-4.

  • 22 Mar 1982

    NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

  • 5 Mar 1982

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

  • 12 Apr 1981

    The first Space Shuttle mission was launched.

  • 2 Jun 1979

    NASA's UK-6 was launched into space.

  • 25 Mar 1979

    The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.

  • 18 Feb 1977

    The Space Shuttle takes off on its maiden flight.

  • 3 Sep 1976

    The Viking 2 became the second spacecraft to land on Mars.

  • 20 Jul 1976

    Viking I lands on Mars.

  • 20 Jul 1976

    America's robot spacecraft, the Viking I, successfully landed on Mars.

  • 17 Jan 1976

    NASA successfully launched the experimental CTS Hermes satellite atop a Delta 2914 rocket.

  • 20 Oct 1975

    The Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 went into Venus' orbit – making it the first to do so.

  • 7 May 1975

    A NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope called 'Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53' was launched into space.

  • 10 Jan 1975

    The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.

  • 17 May 1974

    NASA's SMS-1 satellite launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta rocket.

  • 29 Mar 1974

    NASA's Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to reach Mercury.

  • 8 Feb 1974

    The crew of Skylab 4 returned to Earth.

  • 3 Nov 1973

    NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.

  • 5 Aug 1973

    The Soviet spacecraft Mars 6 was launched.

  • 10 Jun 1973

    NASA's Explorer 49 was launched into Earth's orbit to research long-range radio waves within the Milky Way.

  • 6 Apr 1973

    NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.

  • 8 Jan 1973

    The unmanned space mission Luna 21 was launched.

  • 23 Jul 1972

    Landsat 1 launched.

  • 21 Apr 1972

    The Apollo 16 lunar module landed on the surface of the Moon.

  • 16 Apr 1972

    The Apollo 16 mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

  • 2 Mar 1972

    The US spacecraft Pioneer 10 launched.

  • 21 Feb 1972

    The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.

  • 2 Jan 1972

    The mapping of Mars' surface began.

  • 28 Oct 1971

    Prospero became the first British satellite to have been launched successfully by a British rocket.

  • 21 Oct 1971

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ITOS-B weather satellite launched atop a Delta rocket.

  • 30 Jun 1971

    The crew of Soviet spacecraft 'Soyuz 11' dies after the loss of air supply.

  • 6 Jun 1971

    The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

  • 30 May 1971

    The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.

  • 10 May 1971

    The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.

  • 19 Apr 1971

    The Soviet Union launches the world's first manned space station.

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