| Part |
Reddit |
Title |
Program |
Agency |
Date |
Description |
| Part 1 |
Comments |
V-2 Rocket |
V-2 |
V-2 |
1942-1945 |
The ancestor of rockets. |
| Part 2 |
Comments |
Sputnik 1 |
Sputnik |
SSP |
Oct 04 1957 |
First artificial satellite. |
| Part 3 |
Comments |
Sputnik 2 |
Sputnik |
SSP |
Nov 03 1957 |
First animal in space. |
| Part 4 |
Comments |
Explorer 1 |
Explorer |
ABMA |
Feb 01 1958 |
First American satellite. |
| Part 5 |
Comments |
Vanguard |
Project Vanguard |
USN |
Mar 17 1958 |
First solar powered satellite, still in orbit today. |
| Part 6 |
Comments |
SCORE |
Project SCORE |
DARPA |
Dec 18 1958 |
First communications satellite. |
| Part 7 |
Comments |
Luna 1 & 2 |
Luna |
SSP |
1959 |
First lunar impactor. |
| Part 8 |
Comments |
Discoverer 1 |
Corona |
USAF |
Feb 28 1959 |
First reconnaissance satellite. |
| Part 9 |
Comments |
Explorer 6 |
Explorer |
NASA |
Aug 07 1959 |
First pictures of Earth from orbit. |
| Part 10 |
Comments |
Luna 3 |
Luna |
SSP |
Oct 07 1959 |
First photos from the far side of the moon. |
| Part 11 |
Comments |
TIROS 1 |
TIROS |
NASA |
Apr 01 1960 |
First operational weather satellite. |
| Part 12 |
Comments |
GRAB 1 |
Project Dyno |
USN |
June 22 1960 |
First reconnaissance data returned to Earth. |
| Part 13 |
Comments |
Discoverer 14 |
Corona |
USAF |
Aug 18 1960 |
First mid-air recovery of a satellite. |
| Part 14 |
Comments |
Sputnik 5 |
Vostok |
SSP |
Aug 19 1960 |
First animals to return safely to Earth from orbit. |
| Part 15 |
Comments |
Mercury Redstone 2 |
Project Mercury |
NASA |
Jan 31 1961 |
NASA sends a chimp into space. |
| Part 16 |
Comments |
Venera 1 |
Venera |
SSP |
Feb 12 1961 |
First interplanetary probe. |
| Part 17 |
Comments |
Vostok 1 |
Vostok |
SSP |
Apr 12 1961 |
First human in space and orbit. |
| Part 18 |
Comments |
Ranger 3 |
Ranger |
NASA |
Jan 26 1962 |
First American lunar probe. |
| Part 19 |
Comments |
Friendship 7 |
Project Mercury |
NASA |
Feb 20 1962 |
First American in orbit. |
| Part 20 |
Comments |
OSO 1 |
OSO |
NASA |
Mar 07 1962 |
First orbital solar observatory. |
| Part 21 |
Comments |
Ariel 1 |
Ariel |
SERC |
Apr 26 1962 |
First British satellite. |
| Part 22 |
Comments |
Mariner 2 |
Mariner |
NASA |
Aug 27 1962 |
First Venusian encounter. |
| Part 23 |
Comments |
Alouette 1 |
Alouette |
DRDC |
Sep 29 1962 |
First Canadian Satellite. |
| Part 24 |
Comments |
X-15 Flight 90/91 |
X-15 |
NASA/USAF |
July 19 1963 |
First spaceplane in space. |
| Part 25 |
Comments |
Syncom 2 |
Syncom |
NASA |
July 26 1963 |
First geosynchronous satellite. |
| Part 26 |
Comments |
Voskhod 1 |
Voskhod |
SSP |
Oct 12 1964 |
First multi-member crew in space. |
| Part 27 |
Comments |
Mariner 4 |
Mariner |
NASA |
Nov 28 1964 |
First Martian encounter. |
| Part 28 |
Comments |
San Marco 1 |
San Marco |
CNR |
Dec 15 1964 |
First Italian satellite. |
| Part 29 |
Comments |
Pegasus 1 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Feb 16 1965 |
Early Apollo test with secondary satellite. |
| Part 30 |
Comments |
Voskhod 2 |
Voskhod |
SSP |
Mar 18 1965 |
First EVA (spacewalk). |
| Part 31 |
Comments |
Gemini 3 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Mar 23 1965 |
First Gemini flight. First orbital manoeuvre. First American multi-member crew. |
| Part 32 |
Comments |
Gemini 4 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Jun 03 1965 |
First American EVA (spacewalk). |
| Part 33 |
Comments |
Astérix 1 |
Astérix |
CNES |
Nov 26 1965 |
First French satellite. |
| Part 34 |
Comments |
Gemini 7 and 6a |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Dec 4th 1965 |
First rendezvous. New spaceflight endurance record. |
| Part 35 |
Comments |
Luna 9 |
Luna |
SSP |
Jan 31 1966 |
First soft lunar landing. |
| Part 36 |
Comments |
Gemini 8 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Mar 16 1966 |
First space craft docking. Neil Armstrong's first spaceflight. |
| Part 37 |
Comments |
Luna 10 |
Luna |
SSP |
Mar 31 1966 |
First lunar satellite. |
| Part 38 |
Comments |
Surveyor 1 |
Surveyor |
NASA |
May 30 1966 |
First American soft lunar landing. |
| Part 39 |
Comments |
Gemini 10 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Jul 18 1966 |
First double rendezvous. New Earth altitude record. |
| Part 40 |
Comments |
Lunar Orbiter 1 |
Lunar Orbiter |
NASA |
Aug 10 1966 |
First American lunar satellite. First photos from lunar orbit. First photos of Earth as a whole. |
| Part 41 |
Comments |
Gemini 11 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Sep 12 1966 |
New Earth altitude record. Spinning tethered ships to create artificial gravity. |
| Part 42 |
Comments |
Gemini 12 |
Project Gemini |
NASA |
Nov 11 1966 |
Last Gemini mission. Buzz Aldrin's first flight. Groundbreaking EVA work. |
| Part 43 |
Comments |
Apollo 1/Soyuz 1 |
Project Apollo/Soyuz |
NASA/SSP |
1967 |
First astronaut and cosmonaut loss of life. First Soyuz launch. First human to fly in space twice. |
| Part 44 |
Comments |
Apollo 4 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Nov 09 1967 |
First all-up test of the Saturn V rocket. |
| Part 45 |
Comments |
WRESAT |
WRESAT |
WRE |
Nov 29 1967 |
First Australian satellite. |
| Part 46 |
Comments |
Venera 4 |
Venera |
SSP |
June 12 1967 |
First Venusian atmospheric encounter. |
| Part 47 |
Comments |
Kosmos 186 and 188 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Oct 27 1967 |
First automated rendezvous and docking. |
| Part 48 |
Comments |
Apollo 5 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Jan 22 1968 |
First test of the Apollo Lunar Module. |
| Part 49 |
Comments |
ESRO 2B |
ESRO Blue Book |
ESRO |
May 17 1968 |
First joint European satellite. |
| Part 50 |
Comments |
Zond 5 |
Zond |
SSP |
Mar 02 1968 |
First spacecraft to orbit the moon and return to Earth. |
| Part 51 |
Comments |
OAO 1 |
OAO 1 |
NASA |
Dec 07 1968 |
First space telescope. |
| Part 52 |
Comments |
Soyuz 4 and 5 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Jan 14 1969 |
First manned docking. First crew transfer in space. |
| Part 53 |
Comments |
Apollo 7 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Oct 11 1968 |
First manned Apollo flight. Command and Service Module testing. |
| Part 54 |
Comments |
Apollo 8 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Dec 21 1968 |
First humans to leave Earth orbit. First humans to orbit the Moon. |
| Part 55 |
Comments |
Apollo 9 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Mar 03 1969 |
First Apollo EVA (spacewalk). First complete Lunar Module test. |
| Part 56 |
Comments |
Apollo 10 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
May 18 1969 |
Apollo lunar landing dress rehearsal. |
| Part 57 |
Comments |
Apollo 11 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
July 16 1969 |
First manned landing on the moon. First lunar soil samples. |
| Part 58 |
Comments |
The N1 Rocket |
N1/L3 |
SSP |
1969 |
Failed Soviet moon rocket. |
| Part 59 |
Comments |
Soyuz 6/7/8 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Oct 11 1969 |
First triple rendezvous. |
| Part 60 |
Comments |
Apollo 12 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Nov 14 1969 |
First full Apollo moon landing. |
| Part 61 |
Comments |
Osumi |
Osumi |
ISAS |
Feb 11 1970 |
First Japanese satellite. |
| Part 62 |
Comments |
Apollo 13 |
Project Apollo |
NASA |
Apr 11 1970 |
Failed Apollo Moon landing. |
| Part 63 |
Comments |
Dongfanghong 1 |
Dongfanghong |
CAST |
Apr 24 1970 |
First Chinese satellite. |
| Part 64 |
Comments |
Soyuz 9 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Jun 01 1970 |
New spaceflight endurance record. |
| Part 65 |
Comments |
Luna 16 |
Luna |
SSP |
Sep 12 1970 |
First automatic lunar soil sample return. |
| Part 66 |
Comments |
OFO |
OFO |
NASA |
Nov 09 1970 |
NASA sends frogs to space. |
| Part 67 |
Comments |
Luna 17 |
Luna |
SSP |
Nov 10 1970 |
First rover. |
| Part 68 |
Comments |
Kosmos 379 |
N1-LK |
SSP |
Nov 24 1970 |
First test of the Soviet LK Moon Lander. |
| Part 69 |
Comments |
Uhuru |
Explorer |
NASA |
Dec 12 1970 |
First orbital X-Ray Observatory |
| Part 70 |
Comments |
Apollo 14 |
Apollo |
NASA |
Jan 31 1971 |
First moon landing to use the Modular Equipment Transporter. |
| Part 71 |
Comments |
Tansei 1 |
Tansei |
ISAS |
Feb 16 1971 |
First orbital launch from the new Japanese Mu Rocket family. |
| Part 72 |
Comments |
Salyut 1 and Soyuz 10 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Apr 19 1971 |
First space station. |
| Part 73 |
Comments |
Salyut 1 and Soyuz 11 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Jun 6 1971 |
First space station crew. Tragic re-entry. |
| Part 74 |
Comments |
Mariner 9 |
Mariner |
NASA |
May 30 1971 |
First artificial satellite of Mars. |
| Part 75 |
Comments |
Mars 2 and 3 |
Mars |
SSP |
Mar 19 1971 |
First soft landing on Mars. |
| Part 76 |
Comments |
Apollo 15/16 |
Apollo |
NASA |
Jul 26 1971 |
First use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. |
| Part 77 |
Comments |
Prospero |
X-3 |
RAE |
Oct 28 1971 |
First indigenous British launch. |
| Part 78 |
Comments |
Pioneer 10 and 11 |
Pioneer |
NASA |
Mar 3 1972 |
First encounter with Jupiter, first outer system probe, first solar escape velocity. |
| Part 79 |
Comments |
TD-1A |
TD |
ESRO |
Mar 12 1972 |
First European spin-stabilized satellite. Last lettered Delta model. |
| Part 80 |
Comments |
Landsat 1 |
Landsat |
NASA |
Jul 23 1972 |
First launch of the Delta 900. First satellite in Landsat program. |
| Part 81 |
Comments |
Anik 1 |
Anik |
Telsat Canada |
Nov 9 1972 |
First national domestic communications satellite. |
| Part 82 |
Comments |
Apollo 17 |
Apollo |
NASA |
Dec 7 1972 |
Last manned landing on the moon. |
| Part 83 |
Comments |
Skylab |
Project Skylab |
NASA |
May 14 1973 |
First American space station. |
| Part 84 |
Comments |
Skylab 2 |
Project Skylab |
NASA |
May 25 1973 |
First major repair in space. |
| Part 85 |
Comments |
Skylab 3 |
Project Skylab |
NASA |
Jun 28 1973 |
Second crew of Skylab. First chance of a rescue mission for Apollo hardware. |
| Part 86 |
Comments |
Skylab 4 |
Project Skylab |
NASA |
Nov 16 1973 |
Last Skylab crew. |
| Part 87 |
Comments |
Mariner 10 |
Mariner |
NASA |
Nov 3 1973 |
First encounter with Mercury. Last Mariner mission. |
| Part 88 |
Comments |
Soyuz 13 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Dec 18 1973 |
First manned flight of the 2nd generation Soyuz spacecraft. |
| Part 89 |
Comments |
Salyut 3 |
Almaz-OPS |
SSP |
Jun 24 1974 |
First military space station. |
| Part 90 |
Comments |
Soyuz 14/15 |
Almaz-OPS |
SSP |
Jul 3 1974 |
First military space station crews. |
| Part 91 |
Comments |
ANS |
ANS |
NASA/NIVR |
Aug 30 1974 |
First Dutch satellite. |
| Part 92 |
Comments |
Soyuz 16 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Dec 2 1974 |
Last Soviet test before Apollo Soyuz Test Project. |
| Part 93 |
Comments |
Helios |
Helios |
NASA/FRG |
Dec 10 1974 |
Closest probe to the sun. Fastest probe in history. |
| Part 94 |
Comments |
Salyut 4/Soyuz 17 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Dec 26 1974 |
Third Soviet space station. Soviet endurance record broken. |
| Part 95 |
Comments |
Soyuz 18a |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Apr 5 1974 |
First high-altitude Soyuz launch abort. |
| Part 96 |
Comments |
Aryabhata |
Aryabhata |
ISRO |
Apr 19 1975 |
First Indian satellite. |
| Part 97 |
Comments |
Soyuz 18 and 20 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
May 24 1974 |
Final crew of Salyut 4 and unmanned test docking. |
| Part 98 |
Comments |
Molniya 1-30 |
Molniya |
SSP |
Jun 5 1975 |
Penultimate Molniya satellite. |
| Part 99 |
Comments |
Venera 9 and 10 |
Venera |
SSP |
Jun 8 1975 |
First artificial Venusian satellites. |
| Part 100 |
Comments |
Apollo Soyuz Test Project |
Apollo/Soyuz |
NASA/SSP |
Jul 15 1975 |
First joint US/USSR mission. |
| Part 101 |
Comments |
Cos-B |
COS |
NASA/ESA |
Aug 9 1975 |
First European Space Agency Satellite. |
| Part 102 |
Comments |
Viking 1 and 2 |
Viking |
NASA |
Aug 20 1975 |
First American Mars landers. |
| Part 103 |
Comments |
Kiku |
ETS |
ISAS |
Sep 9 1975 |
First launch of the N-I rocket. |
| Part 104 |
Comments |
FSW-0 No. 1 |
FSW |
CAST |
Nov 26 1975 |
First Chinese recoverable Satellite. |
| Part 105 |
Comments |
Voyagers 1 and 2 |
Voyager |
NASA |
Aug 20 1977 |
First Uranian and Neptunian encounter. First interstellar probe. |
| Part 106 |
Comments |
Kosmos 954 |
US-A |
SSP |
Sep 18 1977 |
First nuclear satellite disaster. |
| Part 107 |
Comments |
Salyut 6 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Sep 29 1977 |
First dual-port, 2nd generation space station |
| Part 108 |
Comments |
Salyut 6 EO-1 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Dec 10 1977 |
First space station expedition. First visiting crew. First "Progress" supply ship. New endurance record. |
| Part 109 |
Comments |
ALT |
STS |
NASA |
Oct 26 1977 |
Final test flight of the first space plane, the US Space Shuttle. |
| Part 110 |
Comments |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
NASA/ESA/SERC |
Jan 26 1978 |
Highly successful ultraviolet observatory. |
| Part 111 |
Comments |
Pioneer Venus Orbiter |
Pioneer |
NASA |
May 20 1978 |
First American Venusian orbiter. |
| Part 112 |
Comments |
ISEE-3 |
ISEE |
NASA/ESA |
Aug 12 1978 |
First "halo" orbit at Lagrangian point, first lunar gravity assist, first cometary encounter. Re-initialized by private group. |
| Part 113 |
Comments |
Hakucho |
Corsa |
ISAS |
Feb 21 1979 |
First Japanese X-ray satellite. |
| Part 114 |
Comments |
Salyut 6 Expedition 3 |
Salyut/Soyuz |
SSP |
Feb 25 1979 |
First on-orbit Soyuz engine failure. Fuel tank repair. Radio antenna deployment and ejection. |
| Part 115 |
Comments |
Magsat |
Magsat |
NASA/USGS |
Oct 30 1979 |
First dual magnetometer probe. |
| Part 116 |
Comments |
Soyuz T-1 |
Soyuz |
SSP |
Dec 16 1979 |
First launch of 3rd generation Soyuz spacecraft |
| Part 117 |
Comments |
Cat-1 |
Ariane |
ESA |
Dec 24 1979 |
First launch of Europe's Ariane 1 rocket. |
| Part 118 |
Comments |
Solar Maximum Mission |
Solar Maximum Mission |
NASA |
Feb 14 1980 |
First satellite to be repaired in orbit. |
| Part 119 |
Comments |
Rohini RS-1 |
SLV |
ISRO |
Jul 18 1980 |
First launch of India's first rocket, the SLV. |
| Part 120 |
Comments |
Salyut 6 Expedition 4 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Apr 9 1980 |
Feature on the Interkosmos program. |
| Part 121 |
Comments |
Soyuz T-3 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Nov 27 1980 |
Salyut 6 gets repairs done. |
| Part 122 |
Comments |
Salyut 6 Expedition 6 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Mar 12 1981 |
Salyut 6 receives its final crew. First flight of the TKS. |
| Part 123 |
Comments |
STS-1 |
STS |
NASA |
Apr 12 1981 |
First flight of the Space Shuttle. |
| Part 124 |
Comments |
Bulgaria 1300 |
Interkosmos |
BSASSP |
Aug 7 1981 |
First Bulgarian satellite. |
| Part 125 |
Comments |
STS-2 |
STS |
NASA |
Nov 12 1981 |
First re-usable spacecraft to return to space. First test of Canadarm. |
| Part 126 |
Comments |
Salyut 7 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Apr 19 1982 |
Final Salyut launch. |
| Part 127 |
Comments |
Salyut 7 EO-1 |
Salyut |
SSP |
May 14 1982 |
First expedition to Salyut 7. |
| Part 128 |
Comments |
BOR |
Buran |
SSP |
Jun 3 1982 |
Early Soviet space plane testing. |
| Part 129 |
Comments |
STS-5 |
STS |
NASA |
Nov 11 1982 |
First operational launch of the Space Shuttle. |
| Part 130 |
Comments |
IRAS |
IRAS |
NASA/NIVR/SERC |
Jan 25 1983 |
First space-based observatory to complete full-sky map. |
| Part 131 |
Comments |
STS-6 |
STS |
NASA |
Apr 4 1983 |
First launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger. |
| Part 132 |
Comments |
Venera 15/16 |
Venera |
SSP |
Jun 2 1983 |
Final launches of the Venera Program. |
| Part 133 |
Comments |
STS-7 |
STS |
NASA |
Jun 18 1983 |
First American woman in space, first free-flying satellite, first satellite capture. |
| Part 134 |
Comments |
Soyuz T-10a |
Salyut |
SSP |
Sep 26 1983 |
First use of a Launch Escape with a crew while still on the pad. |
| Part 135 |
Comments |
STS-9 |
STS |
NASA |
Nov 28 1983 |
First flight of Spacelab. Largest crew to fly yet. |
| Part 136 |
Comments |
STS-41-B |
STS |
NASA |
Feb 3 1984 |
First un-tethered space walk. |
| Part 137 |
Comments |
Salyut 7 EO-3 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Feb 8 1984 |
First EVA by a woman. First Indian in space. |
| Part 138 |
Comments |
Landsat 5 |
Landsat |
NASA/NOAA |
Mar 1 1984 |
Longest operating Earth Observation satellite in history. |
| Part 139 |
Comments |
STS-41-C |
STS |
NASA |
Apr 6 1984 |
First on-orbit satellite repair. |
| Part 140 |
Comments |
STS-41-D |
STS |
NASA |
Aug 30 1984 |
First flight of the shuttle Discovery. |
| Part 141 |
Comments |
STS-41-G |
STS |
NASA |
Oct 5 1984 |
First seven-member crew. First Canadian and Australian astronauts. |
| Part 142 |
Comments |
STS-51-A |
STS |
NASA |
Nov 8 1984 |
First satellite retrieval mission. |
| Part 143 |
Comments |
STS-51-C |
STS |
NASA |
Jan 24th 1985 |
First top secret Department of Defense shuttle mission. |
| Part 144 |
Comments |
Vega 1 & 2 |
Vega |
SSP |
Dec 15 1984 |
Soviet missions to study Venus and Halley's Comet. |
| Part 145 |
Comments |
Sakigake |
Sakigake |
ISAS |
Jan 8 1985 |
Japan's first interplanetary mission to study Halley's Comet. |
| Part 146 |
Comments |
Giotto |
Giotto |
ESA |
Jul 12 1985 |
The ESA's mission to study Halley's Comet. |
| Part 147 |
Comments |
Suisei |
Suisei |
ISAS |
Aug 18 1985 |
Japan's second interplanetary mission to study Halley's Comet. |
| Part 148 |
Comments |
Halley's Comet |
The Halley Armada |
Multiple |
Mar 4 1986 |
The Halley Armada reaches its target comet. |
| Part 149 |
Comments |
STS-51-F |
STS |
NASA |
Jul 29 1985 |
First in-flight Shuttle abort. |
| Part 150 |
Comments |
Salyut 7 EO-4 |
Salyut |
SSP |
Jun 6 1985 |
Last long-term expedition to a Salyut station. |
| Part 151 |
Comments |
STS-51-J |
STS |
NASA |
Oct 3 1985 |
First flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. |
| Part 152 |
Comments |
STS-61-B |
STS |
NASA |
Nov 27 1985 |
The shuttle tests space station construction techniques. |
| Part 153 |
Comments |
STS-51-L |
STS |
NASA |
Jan 28 1986 |
The Challenger Disaster. |
| Part 154 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 1 |
Mir |
SSP |
Feb 20 1986 |
Launch of the Mir Core Module, start of the Mir Space Station. |
| Part 155 |
Comments |
Viking/Spot |
Viking/SPOT |
ESA |
Feb 22 1986 |
Last launch of Ariane 1. |
| Part 156 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 2 |
Mir |
SSP |
Mar 13 1986 |
First expedition to Mir, last expedition to Salyut 7. |
| Part 157 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 3 |
Mir |
SSP |
Mar 13 1986 |
Addition of Kvant-1, the first add-on to Mir. |
| Part 158 |
Comments |
MOS-1 |
MOS |
ISAS |
Feb 19 1987 |
First Japanese Earth observation satellite. |
| Part 159 |
Comments |
Polyus |
Skif/Polyus |
SSP |
May 15 1987 |
First launch of Energia. Soviet space laser. |
| Part 160 |
Comments |
Meteosat 3, Panamsat 1, Oscar 13 |
Meteosat, Panamsat, Oscar |
ESA |
Jun 15 1988 |
First launch of Ariane 4. |
| Part 161 |
Comments |
Phobos 1 & 2 |
Phobos |
SSP |
Jul 7 1988 |
First mission to Phobos. |
| Part 162 |
Comments |
Ofeq 1 |
Ofeq |
ISA |
Sep 19 1988 |
First Israeli satellite, first Israeli launch vehicle. |
| Part 163 |
Comments |
STS-26 |
STS |
NASA |
Sep 29 1988 |
First shuttle flight post-Challenger. "Return to Flight" |
| Part 164 |
Comments |
Buran-Energia |
Buran |
SSP |
Nov 15 1988 |
First and last flight of the Buran re-usable space shuttle. |
| Part 165 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 4 |
Mir |
SSP |
Nov 26 1988 |
Franco-Soviet Mir-Aragatz Mission. First non-Soviet, non-American space walk. |
| Part 166 |
Comments |
STS-30 |
STS |
NASA |
May 4 1989 |
First interplanetary probe launched from a shuttle (Magellan). |
| Part 167 |
Comments |
Magellan |
Magellan |
NASA |
May 4 1989 |
First interplanetary probe launched from a shuttle. First spacecraft to circularize its orbit using aerobraking. |
| Part 168 |
Comments |
USA-35 |
NAVSTAR-GPS |
USAF |
Feb 14 1989 |
First operational GPS Satellite. |
| Part 169 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 5 |
Mir |
SSP |
Nov 26 1989 |
Launch of Kvant-2, first 20-ton add-on for Mir. First Soviet MMU testing. New Progress. |
| Part 170 |
Comments |
STS-34 |
STS |
NASA |
Oct 18 1989 |
Launch of the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe. |
| Part 171 |
Comments |
Galileo |
Galileo |
NASA |
Oct 18 1989 |
First Asteroid fly-by. First probe to orbit Jupiter. First entry into Jupiter's atmosphere. |
| Part 172 |
Comments |
Cosmic Background Explorer |
Explorer |
NASA |
Nov 18 1989 |
Nobel-winning mission to confirm the Cosmic Background Radiation. |
| Part 173 |
Comments |
Granat |
Astron |
SSP |
Dec 1 1989 |
Important international observatory. |
| Part 174 |
Comments |
STS-32 |
STS |
NASA |
Jan 9 1990 |
Longest Shuttle flight yet. Retrieval of LDEF satellite. |
| Part 175 |
Comments |
AMSAT-OSCAR |
OSCAR |
AMSAT |
Jan 22 1990 |
Seven satellites in one launch, featuring amateur radio probes. |
| Part 176 |
Comments |
Hiten-Hagoromo |
MUSES |
ISAS |
Jan 24 1990 |
First Japanese lunar probe, first aerobraking attempt, first low-energy/ballistic capture. |
| Part 177 |
Comments |
Intelsat 603 |
Intelsat VI |
Intelsat |
Mar 14 1990 |
Stranded satellite. |
| Part 178 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 6 |
Mir |
SSP |
May 5th 1990 |
Last Progress, new Kristall module, Soyuz repair. |
| Part 179 |
Comments |
STS-31 |
STS |
NASA |
Apr 24 1990 |
Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. |
| Part 180 |
Comments |
ROSAT |
ROSAT |
DLR/NASA |
Jun 1 1990 |
German X-Ray Telescope. |
| Part 181 |
Comments |
Gamma |
Gamma |
SSP |
Jul 11 1990 |
Much delayed Franco-Soviet Gamma Ray observatory. |
| Part 182 |
Comments |
STS-41 |
STS |
NASA |
Oct 6 1990 |
Launch of Ulysses, the first Out-of-Ecliptic mission. |
| Part 183 |
Comments |
Ulysses |
ISPM |
NASA/ESA |
Oct 6 1990 |
Ulysses, the first Out-of-Ecliptic mission and first solar polar probe. |
| Part 184 |
Comments |
Badr-1 |
Badr |
SUPARCO |
Jul 17, 1990 |
First Pakistani satellite. |
| Part 185 |
Comments |
Mir Episode 7 |
Mir |
SSP |
Dec 2, 1990 |
Installation of Strela crane. Near collision with Progress. |
| Part 186 |
Comments |
STS-35 |
STS |
NASA |
Dec 2, 1990 |
ASTRO-1 astrophysics mission. Many launch delays. |
