Space Stories
Launches, landings, telescopes and discoveries beyond Earth, one date at a time, each with sources from space agencies and archives.
1988
1988 · Space
Buran Makes Its Only Orbital Flight
November 15, 19881986
1986 · Space
Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Uranus
January 24, 19861985
1985 · Space
Discovery takes Sultan bin Salman into space
June 17, 19851983
1983 · Space
Challenger begins its first space mission
April 4, 19831980
1980 · Space
Voyager 1 Flies Past Saturn
November 12, 19801979
1979 · Space
Ariane 1 Makes Its First Launch
December 24, 19791978
1978 · Space
Kosmos 954 scatters debris across northern Canada
January 24, 19781977
1977 · Space
Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first captive flight
February 18, 19771975
1975 · Space
Venera 9 Sends a View From the Surface of Venus
October 22, 19751975
1975 · Space
India’s Aryabhata satellite launches
April 19, 19751974
1974 · Space
Arecibo Sends a Message Toward a Distant Star Cluster
November 16, 19741973
1973 · Space