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Record Timeline

Timeline

Follow how records are established, updated and superseded over time.

Timeline events

2024

  1. Fastest Speed Reached by a Human-Made Object

    2024-12-24

    Parker Solar Probe · about 430,000 mph

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2019

  1. First Soft Landing on the Far Side of the Moon

    2019-01-03

    Chang'e 4 lander · 2019-01-03 date · Von Kármán crater, far side of the Moon

    SpaceCurrent

2015

  1. 2015-07-14

    New Horizons · 2015 year · Pluto

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2014

  1. 2014-11-12

    Philae · 2014 year · Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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2012

  1. 2012-08-25

    Voyager 1 · 2012-08-25 date · Heliosphere boundary

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2011

  1. 2011-03-18

    MESSENGER · 2011 year · Mercury

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2004

  1. 2004-07-01

    Cassini · 2004 year · Saturn

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1995

  1. 1995-03-22

    Valeri Polyakov · 437 days 17 hours 38 minutes days

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1989

  1. 1989-08-25

    Voyager 2 · 1989 year · Neptune

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1986

  1. 1986-01-24

    Voyager 2 · 1986 year · Uranus

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1985

  1. 1985-09-11

    ISEE-3 · 1985 year · Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

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1976

  1. 1976-07-20

    Viking 1 · 1976 year · Mars

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1974

  1. 1974-03-29

    Mariner 10 · 1974 year · Mercury

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  2. 1974-02-05

    Mariner 10 · 1974 year · Venus

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1973

  1. 1973-12-04

    Pioneer 10 · 1973 year · Jupiter

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1971

  1. 1971-11-14

    Mariner 9 · 1971 year · Mars

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1970

  1. 1970-12-15

    Venera 7 · 1970 year · Venus

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  2. 1970-11-17

    Lunokhod 1 · 1970 year · Moon

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  3. 1970-09-21

    Luna 16 · 1970 year · Moon

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1969

  1. 1969-07-20

    Neil Armstrong · 1969-07-20 date · Sea of Tranquility, the Moon

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1966

  1. 1966-04-02

    Luna 10 · 1966 year · Moon

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  2. 1966-02-03

    Luna 9 · 1966 year · Moon

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1962

  1. 1962-12-14

    Mariner 2 · 1962 year · Venus

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1959

  1. 1959-09-14

    Luna 2 · 1959 year · Moon

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  2. 1959-01-02

    Luna 1 · 1959 year · Deep Space

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1957

  1. 1957-10-04

    Sputnik 1 · 1957-10-04 date

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Time not specified

  1. Ganymede · 5,268 km · Orbiting Jupiter

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  2. Olympus Mons · about 22 km high km · Mars

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  3. Jupiter · about 142,984 km · Solar System

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  4. Ceres · diameter about 952 km · Solar System

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  5. Ceres · about 964 km · Solar System

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  • Pluto · about 2,377 km · Solar System

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  • Venus · about 467 °C · Solar System

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  • Mercury · about 47 km/s · Solar System

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  • Mercury · about 4,880 km · Solar System

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    First Spacecraft Flyby of Pluto
    First Spacecraft Landing on a Comet
    First Human-Made Object to Enter Interstellar Space
    First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury
    First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn
    Longest Single Human Spaceflight
    First Spacecraft Flyby of Neptune
    First Spacecraft Flyby of Uranus
    First Spacecraft Flyby of a Comet
    First Successful Soft Landing on Mars
    First Spacecraft Flyby of Mercury
    First Planetary Gravity Assist to Change Interplanetary Trajectory
    First Spacecraft Flyby of Jupiter
    First Spacecraft to Orbit Mars
    First Transmission from the Surface of Another Planet
    First Wheeled Vehicle on Another Celestial Body
    First Robotic Sample Return from Another Celestial Body
    First Human on the Moon
    First Spacecraft to Orbit a Celestial Body Other than Earth or Sun
    First Survivable Landing on Another Celestial Body
    First Successful Planetary Mission
    First Spacecraft to Impact Another Celestial Body
    First Probe to Reach Escape Velocity
    World's First Artificial Satellite
    Largest natural satellite in the Solar System by diameter
    Largest Volcano in the Solar System
    Largest Planet in the Solar System
    Largest Object in the Asteroid Belt
    Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
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    Largest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
    Hottest Planet in the Solar System
    Fastest Planet in the Solar System
    Smallest Planet in the Solar System