Science and Space History
Discoveries, missions and the people who made them, from early observatories to the space age.
1995
1995 · Space
Atlantis launches the first shuttle mission to dock with Mir
June 27, 19951994
1994 · Space
Valeri Polyakov departs for a long mission aboard Mir
January 8, 19941992
1992 · Technology
The First SMS Text Message Is Sent
December 3, 1992
1992 · Space
Mars Observer Launches Toward the Red Planet
September 25, 19921992
1992 · Space
Endeavour launches a joint American-Japanese laboratory mission
September 12, 19921992
1992 · Space
Roberta Bondar becomes Canada’s first woman in space
January 22, 19921991
1991 · Science
Eight People Entered Biosphere 2
September 26, 1991
1991 · Space
Discovery Returns from an Atmospheric Research Mission
September 18, 19911991
1991 · Space
Atlantis launches the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory mission
April 5, 19911990
1990 · Technology
A Proposal Sets Out the World Wide Web Project
November 12, 19901990
1990 · Space
Discovery launches with the Ulysses probe
October 6, 19901990
1990 · Space