Science and Space History
Discoveries, missions and the people who made them, from early observatories to the space age.
1999
1999 · Space
Shenzhou 1 Launches on an Uncrewed Test Flight
November 19, 19991998
1998 · Space
Zarya Launches as the First International Space Station Module
November 20, 19981998
1998 · Space
John Glenn Returns to Orbit Aboard Discovery
October 29, 19981997
1997 · Medicine & Health
Hong Kong Begins a Mass Poultry Cull Against Bird Flu
December 29, 19971997
1997 · Space
Cassini-Huygens Launches: A Seven-Year Journey to Saturn
October 15, 19971997
1997 · Science
A total eclipse shares the sky with Hale–Bopp
March 9, 19971997
1997 · Science
Scottish researchers announce Dolly the sheep
February 22, 19971996
1996 · Space
Mars Pathfinder Launches
December 4, 19961996
1996 · Space
Mars Global Surveyor Launches to Map a Planet
November 7, 1996
1996 · Space
Shannon Lucid Returns From Mir
September 26, 19961995
1995 · Space
Galileo Enters Orbit Around Jupiter
December 7, 19951995
1995 · Science