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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft becomes the first to orbit Mercury.

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1990

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Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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1995

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The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, later dropping a probe into its atmosphere.

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1961

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Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space aboard Vostok 1.

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2001

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The near Shoemaker lands on the asteroid 433 Eros, first landing on an asteroid.

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2016

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Junon orbital insertion around Jupiter to study its atmosphere and magnetosphere.

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1962

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Mariner 2 flies by Venus, becoming the first successful interplanetary mission.

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1976

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Viking 1 and Viking 2 land on Mars, the first U.S. mission to land successfully on Mars.

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2018

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Launch of the Parker Solar Probe, studying the Sun's outer corona.

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2017

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Cassini's 'Grand Finale' as it ends its mission by plunging into Saturn.

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1957

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Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.

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1977

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Voyager 1 and 2 were launched to study the outer Solar System.

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2022

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Artemis 1 mission launched, a test flight for NASA's Artemis program.

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2020

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NASA's Perseverance rover and China's Tianwen-1 mission launch to Mars.

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2021

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is launched to study the universe in infrared.

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1986

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The Mir Space Station is launched by the Soviet Union.

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1989

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Voyager 2 makes a flyby of Neptune, completing the 'Grand Tour' of the outer planets.

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2006

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Launch of New Horizons to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

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2013

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China's Chang'e 3 mission lands the Yutu rover on the Moon.

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2014

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European Space Agency's Rosetta becomes the first mission to orbit and then land a module on a comet.

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2019

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NASA's InSight lander detects a 'marsquake' for the first time.

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1971

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First space station, Salyut 1, was launched by the Soviet Union.

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1981

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First Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, with Columbia.

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1972

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Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, occurs.

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1969

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Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon.

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1998

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International Space Station (ISS) construction begins.

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2004

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Spirit and Opportunity rovers land on Mars.

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2012

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Curiosity rover landed on Mars as part of the Mars Science Laboratory mission.

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2015

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First detection of gravitational waves, confirming a prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

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2008

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India launches its first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1.

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