Space Exploration timeline.

Period: Jan 1, 1957 to Jan 1, 2030

Space Exploration
Oct 4, 1957

First Earth Orbiter
Jan 2, 1959

First Lunar Fly By
Sep 12, 1959

First Lunar Impact
Oct 4, 1959

First Images of Far side of moon
Apr 12, 1961

First manned obiter
Aug 27, 1962

First successful Venus flyby and first successful planetary encounter
Nov 28, 1964

First Mars flyby
Nov 16, 1965

First Venus impact
Jan 31, 1966

First lunar lander
Mar 31, 1966

First lunar orbiter
Jun 12, 1967

First Venus atmospheric probe
Sep 15, 1968

First lunar flyby and return to Earth
Dec 21, 1968

First manned lunar orbiter
Jul 16, 1969

First manned lunar Landing
Aug 17, 1970

First Venus lander
Sep 12, 1970

First robotic lunar sample return
Nov 10, 1970

First lunar rover
May 19, 1971

first Mars impact
May 28, 1971

first Mars lander (short-lived) and first Mars atmospheric probe
May 30, 1971

First Mars orbiter
Jul 26, 1971

first manned lunar rover
Mar 3, 1972

First Jupiter flyby
Apr 5, 1973

first Saturn flyby
Nov 4, 1973

first Mercury flyby
Jun 8, 1975

First Venus orbiter and lander; first images from surface of Venus
Aug 20, 1975

Mars orbiter and lander; first long-lived lander and first pictures from Martian surface
Jan 15, 1976

Closest solar approach
Aug 20, 1977

Jupiter/Saturn/first Uranus/first Neptune flyby
Sep 5, 1977

Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System and farthest human-made object - currently more than 110 AU
Aug 12, 1978

First comet flyby
Oct 18, 1989

Venus flyby, first Asteroid flyby, first Asteroid moon discovery, first Jupiter orbiter/atmospheric probe/largest moons flybys
Feb 17, 1996

Eros orbiter, first near-Earth asteroid flyby, first asteroid orbit and first asteroid landing
Dec 4, 1996

Mars lander and first Mars rover
Oct 15, 1997

First Saturn orbiter and first Titan lander
Feb 7, 1999

First comet coma sample return,
Aug 8, 2001

First solar wind sample return
Jan 12, 2005

First comet impact
Nov 2, 2011

Jupiter orbiter
Aug 29, 2014

Mercury orbiters
Jun 2, 2020

Joint NASA & ESA to orbit Titan, land on a lake, and will float in the atmosphere.
Jun 2, 2020

Indian manned landing on Moon

Space Exploration

First Earth Orbiter

First Lunar Fly By

First Lunar Impact

First Images of Far side of moon

First manned obiter

First successful Venus flyby and first successful planetary encounter

First Mars flyby

First Venus impact

First lunar lander

First lunar orbiter

First Venus atmospheric probe

First lunar flyby and return to Earth

First manned lunar orbiter

First manned lunar Landing

First Venus lander

First robotic lunar sample return

First lunar rover

first Mars impact

first Mars lander (short-lived) and first Mars atmospheric probe

First Mars orbiter

first manned lunar rover

First Jupiter flyby

first Saturn flyby

first Mercury flyby

First Venus orbiter and lander; first images from surface of Venus

Mars orbiter and lander; first long-lived lander and first pictures from Martian surface

Closest solar approach

Jupiter/Saturn/first Uranus/first Neptune flyby

Jupiter/Saturn flyby, first to leave Solar System and farthest human-made object - currently more than 110 AU

First comet flyby

Venus flyby, first Asteroid flyby, first Asteroid moon discovery, first Jupiter orbiter/atmospheric probe/largest moons flybys

Eros orbiter, first near-Earth asteroid flyby, first asteroid orbit and first asteroid landing

Mars lander and first Mars rover

First Saturn orbiter and first Titan lander

First comet coma sample return,

First solar wind sample return

First comet impact

Jupiter orbiter

Mercury orbiters

Joint NASA & ESA to orbit Titan, land on a lake, and will float in the atmosphere.

Indian manned landing on Moon