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2005
The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
1997
U.S. space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
1995
U.S. space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
1995
U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun
1995
Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun
1994
Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
1994
Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1994
Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
1994
Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun
1994
U.S. space probe Clementine launched
1994
U.S. space probe Clementine launched
1993
Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
1990
Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
1989
U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
1988
Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
1986
Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
1986
Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
1986
Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km
1985
Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1985
Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
1985
Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus
1985
Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
1985
Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
1985
Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
1980
U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
1980
Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn
1976
US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
1975
Viking 2 Mars probe launch
1974
Space probe Helios 1 launched
1969
Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
1968
U.S.S.R. launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1968
Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1967
Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
1965
U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)
1964
Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
1963
Soviet lunar probe failure
1962
Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
1962
1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
1961
U.S. lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back
1961
Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1959
U.S.S.R.'s Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1959
1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched
1958
U.S. lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
1958
2nd U.S. Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back
1958
World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec
1771
Georg F. Creuzer, German philological/historian, Idea und Probe
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