1976 ⟶ Viking 1 and 2 Space Probes Arrive at Mars
NASA's Viking 1 and Viking 2 space probes arrive at Mars. Ea...
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🚀 John Glenn Orbits Earth, Mariner 2 Flies by Venus
John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth. Mariner 2 becomes the first probe to reach another planet, flying past Venus in December. NASA follows this with the successful Mariner 4 mission to Mars in 1965, both the US and the USSR send many more probes to planets through the rest of the 1960s and 1970s.⟶
Space ExplorationNASASpace RacePlanetary ScienceVenusMarsCold WarAstronautsRockets
United States🚀 Soviet Probe Venera 9 Lands on Venus
The Soviet probe Venera 9 lands on the surface of Venus and sends back the first picture of its surface. The first probe to land on another planet, Venera 7 in 1970, had no camera. Both break down within an hour in the hostile atmosphere.⟶
Space ExplorationVenusVenera ProgramPlanetary ScienceSoviet UnionSpace Probe1970s
Soviet Union🚀 Viking 1 and 2 Space Probes Arrive at Mars
NASA's Viking 1 and Viking 2 space probes arrive at Mars. Each Viking mission consists of an orbiter, which photographs the planet from above, and a lander, which touches down on the surface, analyzes the rocks, and searches unsuccessfully for life.⟶
Space ExplorationMarsPlanetary ScienceNASAViking ProgramSpace Probes1970sAstrobiology
United States🪐 Voyager 2 Space Probe Launched
On August 20 the Voyager 2 space probe launched by NASA to study the Jovian system, Saturnian system, Uranian system, Neptunian system, the Kuiper belt, the heliosphere and the interstellar space.⟶
Space ExplorationNASAVoyager ProgramPlanetary ScienceOuter Solar System1970sSpace ProbesJovian SystemSaturnian System
United States🛰️ Voyager 1 Space Probe Launched
On September 5 The Voyager 1 space probe launched by NASA to study the Jovian system, Saturnian system and the interstellar medium.⟶
Space ExplorationNASAVoyager ProgramPlanetary ScienceOuter Solar System1970sSpace ProbesJovian SystemSaturnian SystemInterstellar Medium
United States🚀 NASA Launches Mars 2020 Mission and SpaceX Demo-2
NASA launches Mars 2020 to Mars with a Mars rover and a small helicopter that was named Perseverance and Ingenuity by seventh grader Alexander Mather and eleventh grader Vaneeza Rupani respectively in a naming contest. First human orbital spaceflight launched by a private company occurred when SpaceX Demo-2 carrying astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley was launched to the International Space Station.⟶
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