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Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1915 Mar 03 NACA, The Predecessor Of NASA, Is Founded
1958 Mar 17 U.S. Launches Vanguard 1
1958 Jul 26 Explorer 4 Is Launched
1958 Oct 01 NASA Is Created To Replace NACA
1958 Oct 11 NASA Pioneer Probe Launch Falls Short
1959 Aug 07 Atlantic Missile Range In Cape Canaveral
1961 Feb 16 Exporer 9 Is Launched
1961 Oct 27 NASA Tests Saturn I Rocket
1962 Aug 27 Venus Bound Mariner 2 Is Launched
1962 Dec 14 NASA Sends Spacecraft To Fly By Venus
1964 Apr 08 Gemini 1 (unamanned Test Flight) Launched
1964 Nov 28 NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Towards Mars
1965 Mar 21 Ranger 9 Is The Last In Unmanned Lunar Probes
1966 Nov 11 NASA Launches Gemini 12
1967 Jun 14 Venus Targeted By Mariner 5
1968 Apr 04 NASA Launches Apollo 6
1969 Mar 03 NASA Launches Lunar Module Test
1969 May 18 Apollo 10 Is Launched
1969 Jul 24 Apollo 11 Lands In The Ocean
1969 Nov 14 Apollo 12 Launches To The Moon
1970 Mar 31 After 12 Years Orbitting Explorer 1 Returns
1970 Apr 11 Apollo 13 Is Launched
1971 Feb 05 Apollo 14 Astronauts Land On Moon
1972 Apr 16 Apollo 16 Launched From Cape Canaveral
1972 Apr 20 Apollo 16 Lands On The Moon
1972 Dec 11 Apollo 17 - Last Apollo To Land On Moon
1976 Jul 20 American Viking 1 Lander Successfully Reaches Mars
1976 Sep 17 NASA Unveils First Space Shuttle (Enterprise)
1977 Feb 18 Enterprise's Maiden Flight Atop 747
1977 Aug 12 Initial Free Flight Of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1978 Mar 05 Landsat 3 Launches In California
1980 Nov 12 Voyager I Photographs Saturn's Rings
1984 Aug 30 Shuttle Discovery On Maiden Voyage
1993 Aug 21 Nasa Loses Contact With Mars Observer
1996 Nov 07 NASA Launches The Mars Global Surveyor
1997 Sep 11 NASA's Mars Surveyor Reaches Mars
1997 Oct 15 Saturn Probe Cassini Lauched From Cape Canaveral
1998 Nov 20 Zarya, ISS's First Module, Is Launched
2002 Feb 19 Beginning Of NASA's Mars Odyssey Space Probe
2002 Apr 27 Last Telemetry From NASA Probe Pioneer 10
2002 May 28 Mars Odyssey Finds Water Signs In Mars
2003 Jun 10 NASA's Spirit Rover: Mars Exploration Beginning
2003 Jul 07 NASA Opportunity Rover Launched
2003 Sep 27 Smart 1 Satellite Is Launched
2004 Jan 04 NASA Rover Spirit Lands On Mars
2004 Jan 25 Opportunity Rover Lands On Mars
2006 Jan 19 NASA Launches Probes First Time To Pluto
2006 Dec 06 Liquid Water Is Present On Mars
2007 Aug 04 NASA's Phoenix Spaceship Is Launched
2007 Sep 27 NASA Launches The Dawn Probe
2009 Mar 07 Kepler Observatory Designes Is Launched
2009 Jun 18 NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Is Launched
2011 Feb 24 First Launch Of Space Shuttle Discovery
2012 Aug 06 NASA's Curiosity Rover Lands On Mars
2012 Aug 25 Voyager 1 Enters The Interstellar Space Station
2013 Nov 18 NASA Launches The MAVEN Probe To Mars
2014 Apr 17 NASA Confirms Earth-size Planet Discovered