Timeline of Solar System exploration

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A timeline of Solar System exploration listed by date of spacecraft launch.

Missions in italics are unfinished, i.e. have not yet been designated as successes or failures.

Sputnik 1
First artificial satellite

Luna 1
First lunar flyby

Luna 2
First lunar impact

Vostok 1
First manned Earth orbiter

Mariner 2
First Venus flyby

Mariner 4
First Mars flyby

Luna 9
First lunar lander

Luna 10
First lunar orbiter

Zond 5
First lunar flyby and return to Earth

Apollo 8
First manned lunar orbiter

Apollo 11
First manned lunar landing

Apollo 13
First manned lunar flyby and return to Earth

Venera 7
First Venus lander

Luna 16
First unmanned lunar sample return

Lunokhod 1
First lunar rover

Mars 2
First Mars orbiter
First Mars impact

Mars 3
First Mars lander
First Mars atmospheric probe

Pioneer 10
First Jupiter flyby
First object to leave solar system

Pioneer 11
First Saturn flyby

Mariner 10
First Mercury flyby

Venera 9
First Venus orbiter

Helios 2
Closest solar approach

Voyager 2
First Uranus flyby
First Neptune flyby

International Cometary Explorer
First comet flyby

Galileo
First asteroid flyby
First asteroid moon discovery
First Jupiter orbiter
First Jupiter atmospheric probe

NEAR Shoemaker
First near-Earth asteroid flyby
First asteroid orbiter
First asteroid landing

Mars Pathfinder
First successful Mars rover

Cassini–Huygens
First Saturn orbiter

Huygens probe
First Titan lander

Stardust
First comet coma sample return

Genesis
First solar wind sample return

Deep Impact
First comet impact


Contents

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 2000s

[edit] Planned or scheduled

[edit] See also


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Space Exploration Lists and Timelines

Timeline of spaceflight • List of human spaceflight programs • List of human spaceflights • List of space travelers • List of astronauts by name •  List of astronauts by selection • Timeline of astronauts by nationality • List of Apollo astronauts • List of NASA missions • List of spacewalks and moonwalks • List of Space Shuttle missions • Timeline of Space Shuttle missions • Space Shuttle crews • List of Mir Expeditions • List of Mir visiting spacecrafts and crews • List of Mir spacewalks • List of manned spaceflights to the ISS • List of ISS Expeditions • List of ISS visitors • List of ISS spacewalks • List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS • List of Chinese spaceflights• List of Constellation missions

Landings on other planets • List of planetary probes • Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes • List of objects at Lagrangian points • List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces • List of artificial objects on the Moon • List of artificial objects on Venus • List of artificial objects on Mars • Timeline of Earth science satellites • List of Earth observation satellites

List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969 • Space firsts • Spaceflight records • Timeline of first orbital launches by nationality • Timeline of Solar System exploration • Timeline of the Space Race

List of manned spacecraft • List of unmanned spacecraft by program • List of spacecraft • List of launch vehicles • Timeline of rocket and missile technology • List of space agencies • List of private spaceflight companies


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