Space Stories
Launches, landings, telescopes and discoveries beyond Earth, one date at a time, each with sources from space agencies and archives.
1973
1973 · Space
Skylab 4 Launches for the Final Skylab Expedition
November 16, 1973
1973 · Space
Mariner 10 Sets Out on a Double Journey to Venus and Mercury
November 3, 1973
1973 · Space
Skylab 3 Returns After Fifty Nine Days in Space
September 25, 19731972
1972 · Space
Apollo 17 Returns to Earth
December 19, 19721972
1972 · Space
Apollo 17 Lands at Taurus–Littrow
December 11, 19721972
1972 · Space
Apollo 17 Launches the Final Crewed Lunar Landing Mission
December 7, 19721971
1971 · Space
Mars 3 Makes a Brief Landing on Mars
December 2, 19711971
1971 · Space
Mars 2 Reaches Mars but Its Lander Crashes
November 27, 19711971
1971 · Space
Mariner 9 Enters Orbit Around Mars
November 13, 19711971
1971 · Space
Black Arrow Launches Prospero Into Orbit
October 28, 19711971
1971 · Space
Apollo 15 astronauts drive a rover on the Moon
July 31, 19711971
1971 · Space