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2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon
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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