2019 ⟶ Victor Vescovo Achieves Deepest Ocean Dive

Victor Vescovo breaks the human depth record, reaching 10,92...
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🤿 First Manned Descent to the Mariana Trench

January 22: First crewed descent to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench.⟶
First Manned Descent to the Mariana Trench (1960)
ExplorationOceanographyCold WarUnited States Navy
United StatesUnited States

🚀 Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Land

Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars.⟶
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Land (2004)
Space ExplorationMarsRoboticsNASAPlanetary ScienceExploration
United StatesUnited States

🪐 First Surface Images of Titan

First surface images of Saturn's moon Titan.⟶
First Surface Images of Titan (2004)
Space ExplorationAstronomyPlanetary ScienceExploration
United StatesUnited States

🤿 Victor Vescovo Achieves Deepest Ocean Dive

Victor Vescovo breaks the human depth record, reaching 10,928 m in the Challenger Deep.⟶
Victor Vescovo Achieves Deepest Ocean Dive (2019)
OceanographyExploration
United StatesUnited States

👩‍🚀 First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted

October 18: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the ISS.⟶
First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted (2019)
Space ExplorationNASAAstronautsGender Equality
United StatesUnited States

🚀 OSIRIS-REx Collects Asteroid Sample from Bennu

October 20: NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touches down on 101955 Bennu, becoming the agency's first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid, with its cargo returning to Earth in 2023.⟶
OSIRIS-REx Collects Asteroid Sample from Bennu (2020)
Space ExplorationNASACosmologyPlanetary ScienceExploration
United StatesUnited States