2013 Event NASA's Voyager 1 space probe makes history by advancing past the solar system - becoming the first man-made object to reach interstellar space 2013 Event A near-Earth asteroid, 2012 DA14, comes within 17,200 miles of the Earth's surface, a record-close approach for an object estimated at 50 meters, or 160 ft in in diameter 2012 Event In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport 2012 Event Dioncounda Traore, Acting President of Mali, requires hospitalization after encountering angry demonstrators who object to the 70-year old to hold the office for a year 2010 Event Booksellers object to plans for the UK and Ireland to make more than a million free books available March 5, 2011 2010 Event Astronomers discover the new galaxy UDFy-38135539, the most distant object observed from earth 2010 Event The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 1983 Event Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 1975 Event Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England 1967 Event Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon 1966 Event Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1960 Event Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space 1945 Event JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere) 1933 Event Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09")
