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Chronology of Space Exploration - From June 4, 780 BCE

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« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2008, 10:17:22 am »










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January 26
US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km). [1]

February 2
Eight of 9 planets align for first time in 400 years. [1]

February 5
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees. [1]
 
February 20
John Glenn is first American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7). [1]

March 7
Launch of OSO 1, first astronomy satellite (solar flare data). [1]

March 16
First launching of Titan 2 rocket. [1]

April 23
First US satellite to reach the moon launched. [1]

Ranger 4, first US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral. [1]


April 24
MIT sends TV signal by satellite for first time California to Massachusetts. [1]

April 25
US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. [1]

April 26
Ariel 1 Launch (first United Kingdom Satellite). [1]

Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon. [1]

US/United Kingdom launch Ariel; first international payload. [1]


May 9
Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for first time. [1]

May 23
Scott Carpenter orbits Earth three times in US Aurora 7. [1]

May 24
M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit. [1]
 
June 1
Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit. [1]

July 10
The world's first communications satellite (Telstar) is launched into orbit. [1] [5]

July 11
First transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I). [1]

Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - four days. [1]


July 12
First time two manned crafts in space (USSR). [1]

July 22
First US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off. [1]

July 27
Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission. [1]

July 28
Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean. [1]
 
August 5
First quasar located by radio. [1]

August 11
Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes third Russian in space aboard Vostok 3. [1]
 
August 12
Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely August 15. [1]
 
August 27
Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus. [1]
 
September 17
US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts. [1]
 
September 29
Launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket). [1]
 
October 1
US National Radio Astronomy Observatory gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope. [1]

October 3
Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit. [1]

October 12
US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology. [1]
 
October 18
US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon. [1]

November 1
USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars. [1]
 
December 13
Relay 1 communication satellite launched. [1]

December 14
Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus). [1]

December 19
Transit 5A1, first operational navigational satellite, launched. [1]
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