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71 matching records

1. 2001 25 years ago

   NEAR Shoemaker lands on Eros

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: NEAR Shoemaker

   NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros at 19:44 UT and continued returning data.

2. 2004 22 years ago

   Spirit lands on Mars

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Spirit

   Spirit landed at Gusev Crater.

3. 2004 22 years ago

   Opportunity lands on Mars

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

   Mission: Opportunity

   Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum.

4. 2004 22 years ago

   Cassini enters Saturn orbit

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

   Mission: Cassini

   Cassini became the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

5. 2007 19 years ago

   New Horizons receives a Jupiter gravity assist

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

   Mission: New Horizons

   New Horizons used a Jupiter encounter to accelerate toward Pluto.

6. 2009 17 years ago

   Hubble released after Servicing Mission 4

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Spacecraft deployment

   Mission: STS-125

   The STS-125 crew released Hubble back into free flight after servicing.

7. 2011 15 years ago

   MESSENGER enters orbit around Mercury

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

   Mission: MESSENGER

   MESSENGER entered Mercury orbit at 00:45 UT.

8. 2011 15 years ago

   Dawn enters orbit around Vesta

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

   Mission: Dawn

   Dawn used ion propulsion to enter orbit around Vesta.

9. 2012 14 years ago

   Dragon makes the first commercial ISS berthing

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

   Mission: Dragon C2+

   SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station.

10. 2012 14 years ago

    Curiosity lands on Mars

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Curiosity

    The Curiosity rover landed in Gale Crater.

11. 2013 13 years ago

    Chang'e 3: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Chang'e 3

    Moon landing.

12. 2014 12 years ago

    Mars Orbiter Mission reaches Mars

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

    Mission: Mars Orbiter Mission

    India's Mars Orbiter Mission entered orbit around Mars on its first attempt.

13. 2015 11 years ago

    Dawn enters orbit around Ceres

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

    Mission: Dawn

    Dawn reached Ceres orbit after its earlier orbital investigation of Vesta.

14. 2015 11 years ago

    New Horizons flies past Pluto

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

    Mission: New Horizons

    New Horizons completed the first close-range reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons.

15. 2015 11 years ago

    Akatsuki enters orbit around Venus

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

    Mission: Akatsuki

    JAXA's Akatsuki spacecraft entered orbit around Venus.

16. 2016 10 years ago

    Juno enters orbit around Jupiter

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

    Mission: Juno

    Juno entered Jupiter orbit after its journey from Earth.

17. 2019 7 years ago

    New Horizons flies past Arrokoth

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

    Mission: New Horizons

    New Horizons explored the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth at close range.

18. 2019 7 years ago

    Chang'e 4: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Landing

    Mission: Chang'e 4

    Moon landing.

19. 2019 7 years ago

    Chandrayaan-2 enters lunar orbit

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

    Mission: Chandrayaan-2

    ISRO inserted Chandrayaan-2 into orbit around the Moon.

20. 2019 7 years ago

    Vikram separates from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Spacecraft deployment

    Mission: Chandrayaan-2

    The Vikram lander separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in preparation for descent.