Science and Space History
Discoveries, missions and the people who made them, from early observatories to the space age.
2014
2014 · Space
Orion Completes Its First Space Test
December 5, 20142014
2014 · Space
Philae Makes the First Landing on a Comet
November 12, 20142012
2012 · Space
Shenzhou 9 takes Liu Yang and her crewmates into orbit
June 16, 20122012
2012 · Space
The first Dragon cargo demonstration reaches the ISS
May 25, 20122011
2011 · Space
Atlantis lifts off on the last shuttle mission
July 8, 20112010
2010 · Space
Dragon Completes a Private Orbital Flight and Recovery
December 8, 20102010
2010 · Space
Hayabusa returns a capsule from asteroid Itokawa
June 13, 20102008
2008 · Space
Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit on Its Fourth Flight
September 28, 20082008
2008 · Science
CERN circulates the first beam in the Large Hadron Collider
September 10, 2008
2007 · Space
Chang'e 1 Enters Lunar Orbit, China's First Lunar Probe
November 5, 20072006
2006 · Space
Kazakhstan launches its first satellite
June 18, 20062005
2005 · Medicine & Health