Discover the history of the Apollo program, private space flight, missions to Jupiter and more with these space exploration timelines

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Missions to Mars

Timeline unavailable: Missions to Mars The red planet has long been an object of fascination, and continues to yield new mysteries as the different Rovers explore its surface.
See also: Orbiter Missions to Mars Successful missions to Mars

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Apollo Program

Timeline unavailable: Apollo Program The program that succeeded in landing the first human on the surface of the moon.

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Private space flight

Timeline unavailable: Private space flight In recent years there has been a huge increase in private spaceflight projects, could we be looking at a near future that includes space tourism?

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Missions to Jupiter

Timeline unavailable: Missions to Jupiter The first spacecraft to visit our Solar System’s largest planet was the Pioneer 10 in 1973, sending back the first ever close-up pictures of the planet.

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Missions to Venus

Timeline unavailable: Missions to Venus The first successful mission to Venus was in 1962 when NASA’s Mariner 2 performed a Flyby of the planet. Since then Ten Soviet probes have achieved a soft landing on the surface.

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