Milestone Space Missions

First spacecraft to orbit and land on an asteroid, providing insights into asteroid composition.

First successful soft landing on Mars, providing extensive data and images.

Enabled high-resolution X-ray observations of distant astronomical events.

Pioneered infrared astronomy, discovering extrasolar planets and early universe light.

First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and escape the solar system.

First crewed mission to land on the Moon, marking a historic achievement in human spaceflight.

Revolutionized astronomy with high-resolution images of the universe.

First mission to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, expanding our understanding of the outer solar system.

First mission to orbit Saturn and land on Titan, revealing Saturn's system.

First spacecraft to land on Venus, sending signals from another planet's surface.