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1. 1972 54 years ago

   Apollo 17: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Apollo 17

   Moon landing.

2. 1973 53 years ago

   Luna 21: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Luna 21

   Moon landing.

3. 1974 52 years ago

   Mariner 10 first encounters Mercury

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

   Mission: Mariner 10

   Mariner 10 completed its first Mercury flyby after a Venus gravity assist.

4. 1975 51 years ago

   Mariner 10 makes its final Mercury flyby

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

   Mission: Mariner 10

   The spacecraft passed Mercury for a third time, approaching within about 327 kilometers.

5. 1975 51 years ago

   Apollo and Soyuz dock

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Docking or berthing

   American and Soviet spacecraft docked during their joint test mission.

6. 1976 50 years ago

   Viking 1 enters Mars orbit

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

   Mission: Viking 1

   Viking 1 entered orbit to prepare for its landing and study Mars.

7. 1976 50 years ago

   Viking 1 lands on Mars

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Viking 1

   Viking 1 began surface operations in Chryse Planitia.

8. 1976 50 years ago

   Viking 2 enters Mars orbit

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

   Mission: Viking 2

   Viking 2 reached Mars orbit before its lander descended the following month.

9. 1976 50 years ago

   Luna 24: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Luna 24

   Moon landing.

10. 1976 50 years ago

    Viking 2 lands on Mars

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Viking 2

    Viking 2 touched down in Utopia Planitia.

11. 1979 47 years ago

    Voyager 1 encounters Jupiter

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Voyager 1

    Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

12. 1979 47 years ago

    Voyager 2 encounters Jupiter

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Voyager 2

    Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

13. 1980 46 years ago

    Voyager 1 encounters Saturn

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Voyager 1

    Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Saturn and studied its rings and moons.

14. 1986 40 years ago

    Voyager 2 encounters Uranus

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Voyager 2

    Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to fly past Uranus.

15. 1986 40 years ago

    Giotto encounters Halley's Comet

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Giotto

    ESA's Giotto spacecraft flew past Halley's Comet.

16. 1989 37 years ago

    Voyager 2 encounters Neptune

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: Voyager 2

    Voyager 2 made the first close spacecraft encounter with Neptune.

17. 1990 36 years ago

    Hubble deployed from the Space Shuttle

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Spacecraft deployment

    Mission: Hubble

    The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990, one day after the STS-31 launch.

18. 1995 31 years ago

    Galileo releases its atmospheric probe

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Spacecraft deployment

    Mission: Galileo

    Galileo released the probe intended to descend into Jupiter's atmosphere.

19. 1997 29 years ago

    NEAR flies past asteroid Mathilde

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

    Mission: NEAR Shoemaker

    NEAR observed Mathilde during its journey toward Eros.

20. 1997 29 years ago

    Mars Pathfinder lands

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Mars Pathfinder

    Pathfinder reached the surface of Mars.