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Some of the key events about NASA
- 1958NASA was officially established as a civilian space agency by the United States government
- 1961Project Mercury successfully launched the first American into space
- 1962The Mariner 2 spacecraft completed the first successful interplanetary flyby of Venus
- 1967Apollo 1 fire killed three astronauts during a launch pad test
- 1969Apollo 11 mission achieved the first manned lunar landing, marking humanity's first steps on another celestial body
- 1970Apollo 13 mission suffered a near-catastrophic oxygen tank explosion in space
- 1971The Mariner 9 spacecraft became the first to orbit another planet, Mars
- 1977The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft were launched, beginning their ongoing mission to explore the outer solar system
- 1981The Space Shuttle program began with the launch of Columbia, introducing reusable spacecraft technology
- 1986Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members
- 1990The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed, revolutionizing our view of the universe
- 1997The Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on Mars, deploying the first rover on the planet's surface
- 1999Mars Climate Orbiter was lost due to a metric-to-imperial unit conversion error
- 2003Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry, resulting in the deaths of all seven astronauts
- 2005NASA grounded the entire Space Shuttle fleet for over two years due to safety concerns
- 2009Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit and was destroyed
- 2011NASA's Space Shuttle program ended, leaving the U.S. without independent human spaceflight capability
- 2013International Space Station suffered an ammonia coolant leak, requiring emergency spacewalks
- 2020The Mars 2020 mission launched, including the Perseverance rover and the first-ever Mars helicopter, Ingenuity
- 2021James Webb Space Telescope launch was delayed multiple times, significantly increasing project costs
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