August 27
Mariner 2 launches

December 14
First flyby of another planet

July 28
Ranger 7 launches

July 31
Ranger 7 impacts Moon

November 28
Mariner 4 launches

May 30
Surveyor 1 launches

June 2
First U.S. soft landing on Moon

April 17
Surveyor 3 launches

April 20
Surveyor 3 lands on Moon

June 14
Mariner 5 launches

September 8
Surveyor 5 launches

September 11
Surveyor 5 lands on Moon

October 19
Mariner 5's Venus flyby

November 7
Surveyor 6 launches

November 11
Surveyor 6's lunar landing

Medical imaging

January 7
Surveyor 7 launches

January 9
Surveyor 7 lands on Moon

Clear signals for communication

February 24
Mariner 6 launches

March 27
Mariner 7 launches

July 31
First dual mission to Mars

August 5
Mariner 7's Mars flyby

May 30
Mariner 9 launches

November 14
First spacecraft to orbit another planet

February 5
Mariner 10 - swings
by Venus

March 29
First flyby of Mercury

September 21
Mariner 10 at Mercury

Solar power

March 16
Mariner 10's last visit

August 20
Viking 1 launches

September 9
Viking 2 launches

July 20
First spacecraft on Mars

September 3
Viking 2 on Mars

3-D animation

August 20
Voyager 2 launches

September 5
Voyager 1 launches

Hybrid car

March 5
Voyager 1 flies by
Jupiter

July 9
Voyager 2 at Jupiter

August 25
Voyager 2 at Saturn

October 6
Solar Mesophere
Explorer launches

November 12
Shuttle Imaging Radar-A launches

Medical Sensors

Sunken Ships

January 25
Infrared Astronomical
Satellite launches

Power surge

Forest fire mapping

May 4
Magellan launches

August 25
First spacecraft at Neptune

October 18
Galileo launches

August 10
Magellan at Venus

October 6
Ulysses launch

October 29
First close asteroid encounter

Improved climate prediction

Lost city found

August 10
Topex/Poseidon launches

August 28
First asteroid 'moon' discovered

December 2
Astronauts repair Hubble camera

April 9
Imaging Radar mission launches

September 30
Imaging Radar flies again

December 7
Galileo at Jupiter

August 17
Scatterometer instrument launches

November 7
Mars Global Surveyor launches

December 4
Mars Pathfinder launches

Reducing Pollution

February 12
Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry launches

June 7
All-Sky Survey begins

July 4
First rover lands on another planet

September 12
Global Surveyor orbits Mars

October 15
Cassini/Huygens launches

Imaging enhancement

February 17
Voyager 1 sets distance record

October 24
Deep Space 1 launches

February 7
Stardust launches

June 19
Quick Scatterometer launches

December 18
Sophisticated Imaging Instruments launch

December 20
Active Cavity Irradiance Monitor Satellite launches

Better earthquake monitoring

February 11
Shuttle Radar Topography launches

June 22
Evidence of water on Mars

December 30
Double-team at Jupiter

Safer streets

February 15
All-Sky Survey ends

March 12
Two-telescope system works

April 7
Mars Odyssey launches

August 8
Genesis launches

September 22
Comet Borrelly flyby

October 24
Odyssey orbits Mars

December 7
Jason 1 launches

March 17
Grace twins launch