Timeline of Solar System Exploration - Gallery

Gallery

  • Luna 16
    First unmanned lunar sample return

  • Lunokhod 1
    First lunar rover

  • Pioneer 10
    First Jupiter flyby

  • Pioneer 11
    First Saturn flyby

  • Mariner 10
    First Mercury flyby

  • Venera 9
    First Venus orbiter

  • Helios 2
    Closest solar approach

  • Voyager 2
    First Uranus flyby
    First Neptune flyby

  • International Cometary Explorer
    First comet flyby

  • Galileo
    First asteroid flyby
    First asteroid moon discovery
    First Jupiter orbiter
    First Jupiter atmospheric probe

  • NEAR Shoemaker
    First near-Earth asteroid flyby
    First asteroid orbiter
    First asteroid landing

  • Mars Pathfinder
    First successful Mars rover

  • Cassini–Huygens
    First Saturn orbiter

  • Huygens probe
    First Titan lander

  • Genesis
    First solar wind sample return

  • Deep Impact
    First comet impact

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