2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2013 Event The PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe is launched by India's Space Research Organization; the will eventually be sent to Mars 2013 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmits images that for the very first time, allow scientists to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of Mars 2013 Event NASA scientists achieve a first in laser communication when they successfully beam a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting the Moon 2009 Event The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon 2006 Event Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit 2005 Event Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launches 1992 Event Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus 1983 Event Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden 1983 Event Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility 1982 Event Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale 1975 Event Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) 1967 Event U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1967 Event Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1967 Event U.S. launches Lunar Orbiter 3 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 2 launched 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1966 Event 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon 1966 Event 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. 1966 Event U.S. launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon 1966 Event U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
