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71 matching records

1. 1962 64 years ago

   Mariner 2 flies past Venus

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

   Mission: Mariner 2

   Mariner 2 completed the first successful close-range planetary encounter.

2. 1965 61 years ago

   Mariner 4 flies past Mars

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

   Mission: Mariner 4

   Mariner 4 returned close-range photographs of Mars during its encounter.

3. 1966 60 years ago

   Luna 9: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Luna 9

   Moon landing.

4. 1966 60 years ago

   Gemini VIII completes the first orbital docking

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Docking or berthing

   Mission: Gemini VIII

   Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked Gemini VIII with its Agena target vehicle.

5. 1966 60 years ago

   Surveyor 1: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Surveyor 1

   Moon landing.

6. 1966 60 years ago

   Luna 13: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Luna 13

   Moon landing.

7. 1967 59 years ago

   Surveyor 3: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Surveyor 3

   Moon landing.

8. 1967 59 years ago

   Surveyor 5: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Surveyor 5

   Moon landing.

9. 1967 59 years ago

   Surveyor 6: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Surveyor 6

   Moon landing.

10. 1968 58 years ago

    Surveyor 7: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Surveyor 7

    Moon landing.

11. 1969 57 years ago

    Apollo 11: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 11

    Moon landing.

12. 1969 57 years ago

    Apollo 12: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 12

    Moon landing.

13. 1970 56 years ago

    Luna 16: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Luna 16

    Moon landing.

14. 1970 56 years ago

    Luna 17: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Luna 17

    Moon landing.

15. 1970 56 years ago

    Venera 7 transmits from Venus

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Venera 7

    Venera 7 returned data from the surface of Venus.

16. 1971 55 years ago

    Apollo 14: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 14

    Moon landing.

17. 1971 55 years ago

    Apollo 15: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 15

    Moon landing.

18. 1971 55 years ago

    Mariner 9 enters Mars orbit

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Orbit insertion

    Mission: Mariner 9

    Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

19. 1972 54 years ago

    Luna 20: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Luna 20

    Moon landing.

20. 1972 54 years ago

    Apollo 16: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Apollo 16

    Moon landing.