Science Timeline

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    timespan

  • Sputnik - launched

  • Venera #1 - launched

  • Mercury - launched

  • Gemimi Project - launched

  • Mariner - first picture

  • Mariner - first launch

  • Verera #3 - launched

  • Verena #7 - launched

  • Mariner - last launch

  • Verena #10 - first to bring back pictures

  • Verena #10 - launched

  • Viking #1 - launched

  • Viking #2 - launched

  • Viking #1 - entered orbit

  • Viking #2 - entered orbit

  • Hubble - authorized

  • Voyager #2 - Launched

  • Voyager #1 - launched

  • Viking #2 - stopped working

  • Viking #1 - stopped working

  • Space Shuttle - first used

  • Hubble - Sheduled for launch

  • Space Stations - starter orbit around earth

  • Space Station - started builing proccess

  • Space Shuttle - Challenger crashed

  • Magellan - launched

  • Galileo - launched

  • Hubble - launched

  • Magellan - Orbital Insertion

  • Galileo - Asteroid Gaspran fly-by

  • Magellan - lost communication

  • Magellan - crashed on Venus

  • Space Station - ending proccess

  • NEAR - launched spacecraft

  • NEAR - Mathilde Fly-by

    Flyby speed was 9.93 kilometers/sec.
  • NEAR - Deep Space Maneuver

  • Cassini - Launch

  • Galileo - end of mission

  • NEAR - Earth fly-by

  • Genesis - launched

  • Space Station - ended orbit around earth

  • NEAR - Spacecraft Landed

    landed on Eros, took four hours to descent
  • NEAR - Last Call to Earth

  • Genesis - returned

  • Mars Rover - started

  • Cassini - landed

  • Mars Rover - mostly developed

  • Cassini - completed mission

  • Mars Rover - launched

  • Mars Rover - landed