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1982

01-Mar-1982

First Venus Soil Samples and Sound Recording

First Venus Soil Samples and Sound Recording

1981

12-Apr-1981

First Reusable Crewed Orbital Spacecraft

First Reusable Crewed Orbital Spacecraft

12-Apr-1981

First Crewed Reusable Orbital Spacecraft Launch

1980

12-Nov-1980

NASA's Voyager 1 and Its Journey

1979

01-Sep-1979

Pioneer 11's Historic Flyby of Saturn

Pioneer 11's Historic Flyby of Saturn

05-Mar-1979

Jupiter flyby and discovery of volcanism on Io

Jupiter flyby and discovery of volcanism on Io

1978

04-Dec-1978

First extended orbital exploration of Venus

First extended orbital exploration of Venus

20-Nov-1978

First spacecraft to orbit the Sun at Lagrange point 1

26-Jan-1978

The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)

The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)

1976

20-Jul-1976

First successful photos and soil samples from Mars

First successful photos and soil samples from Mars

1975

22-Oct-1975

First successful photos from the surface of another planet

First successful photos from the surface of another planet

20-Oct-1975

First spacecraft to orbit Venus

First spacecraft to orbit Venus

15-Jul-1975

First Multinational Crewed Space Mission

First Multinational Crewed Space Mission

1974

21-Sep-1974

First spacecraft to flyby the same planet multiple times

29-Mar-1974

First mission to explore two planets in a single mission

29-Mar-1974

First Flyby of Mercury by Mariner 10

First Flyby of Mercury by Mariner 10

15-Jan-1974

First spacecraft to return data on a long-period comet

1973

03-Dec-1973

Pioneer 10's Historic Flyby of Jupiter

Pioneer 10's Historic Flyby of Jupiter

03-Nov-1973

First mission sent to study Mercury

First mission sent to study Mercury

1972

15-Nov-1972

First orbital gamma ray observatory

First orbital gamma ray observatory

15-Jul-1972

First spacecraft to successfully enter the asteroid belt

03-Mar-1972

First spacecraft designed to travel on a trajectory out of the Solar System

First spacecraft designed to travel on a trajectory out of the Solar System

1971

02-Dec-1971

First soft landing on Mars

First soft landing on Mars

27-Nov-1971

First spacecraft to impact another planet

First spacecraft to impact another planet

14-Nov-1971

First spacecraft to orbit another planet

First spacecraft to orbit another planet

26-Jul-1971

The Apollo 15 mission

The Apollo 15 mission

19-Apr-1971

The establishment of the first space station and the first crewed orbital observatory

19-Apr-1971

Milestones in Early Space Station Development

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First Space Station and Crewed Observatory

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First soft landing on another planet

First soft landing on another planet