NASA's Apollo 14 mission landed on the Moon.
NASA's Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched and headed for the moon.
The Soviet Union's Luna 17 uncrewed space mission launched.
Venera 7 launched by the Soviet Union.
An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, leaving the spacecraft crippled.
Apollo 13 was launched successfully but ran into difficulties two days later.
The USSR's Luna 15 robotic spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
NASA's Apollo 10 mission returned to earth after successfully testing all possible elements of a Moon landing.
NASA's Apollo 10 Spacecraft ran a test flight of the Lunar Lander Module close to the Moon’s surface.
Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.
NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
Apollo 9 and its crew returned to Earth after a 10-day mission orbiting Earth.
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
The Soyuz 3 spacecraft achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with Soyuz 2.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
NASA launched the Gemini program's tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter 2 launched atop an Atlas Agena rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
NASA launched Gemini X, the tenth spaceflight of the Gemini program.
Luna 10 was launched by the USSR and became the first satellite to orbit the moon.
The Venera 3 space probe became the first human-made object to land on another planet.
Luna 9 touches down on the Moon.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Pioneer 6 space probe was launched atop a Delta-E rocket.
A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
The Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The Gemini V spacecraft returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mars flyby of Mariner 4.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
NASA launched the second crewed mission of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 4.
The Soviet Union's Luna 5 uncrewed spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon.
The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
The first commercial communications satellite is launched.
Millions watch NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 crash into the Moon.
NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
World's First Geostationary Satellite is Launched.
NASA tested the Saturn I launch vehicle with a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft for the first time.
The Soviet Union's Zond 1 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
NASA launched the Echo 2 experimental communications satellite.
Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched.
The TIROS-7 meteorological satellite was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket.
NASA launched the first-ever active repeater communications satellite.
The Soviet Space Agency Launches Vostok 3.
Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the US Aurora 7.
NASA's Atlas-Centaur rocket exploded mid-air during its first test flight.
Ariel 1, the first British-American satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
