1957
 Sputnik 1 - 4 October 1957 - Earth Orbiter
Sputnik 2 - 3 November 1957 - Earth Orbiter
1958
 Explorer 1 - 1 February 1958 - Earth Orbiter
Vanguard 1 - 17 March 1958 - Earth Orbiter
Pioneer 0 - 17 Aug 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
Luna 1958A - 23 September 1958 - Attempted Lunar
Impact? (Launch Failure)
Pioneer 1 - 11 Oct 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
Luna 1958B - 12 October 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
Pioneer 2 - 8 Nov 1958 - Attempted Lunar Orbit (Launch Failure)
Luna 1958C - 4 December 1958 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
Pioneer 3 - 6 Dec 1958 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
1959
Luna 1 - 2 Jan 1959 - Lunar Flyby (Attempted Lunar
Impact?)
Pioneer 4 - 3 March 1959 - Lunar Flyby
Luna 1959A - 16 June 1959 - Attempted Lunar Impact? (Launch Failure)
Luna 2 - 12 Sep 1959 - Lunar Impact
Luna 3 - 4 Oct 1959 - Lunar Flyby
Pioneer P-3 - 26 Nov 1959 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
1960
Luna 1960A - 15 April 1960 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
Luna 1960B - 18 April 1960 - Attempted Lunar Flyby (Launch Failure)
Pioneer P-30 - 25 Sept 1960 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
Marsnik 1 (Mars 1960A) - 10 Oct 1960 - Attempted Mars
Flyby (Launch Failure)
Marsnik 2 (Mars 1960B) - 14 Oct 1960 - Attempted Mars
Flyby (Launch Failure)
Pioneer P-31 - 15 Dec 1960 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
1961
Sputnik 7 - 4 Feb 1961 - Attempted Venus Impact
Venera 1 - 12 Feb 1961 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
Ranger 1 - 23 Aug 1961 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight
Ranger 2 - 18 Nov 1961 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight
1962
Ranger 3 - 26 Jan 1962 - Attempted Lunar Impact
Ranger 4 - 23 Apr 1962 - Lunar Impact
Mariner 1 - 22 Jul 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
Sputnik 23 - 25 Aug 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
Mariner 2 - 27 Aug 1962 - Venus Flyby
Sputnik 24 - 1 Sep 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
Sputnik 25 - 12 Sep 1962 - Attempted Venus Flyby
Ranger 5 - 18 Oct 1962 - Attempted Lunar Impact
Sputnik 29 - 24 Oct 1962 - Attempted Mars Flyby
Mars 1 - 1 Nov 1962 - Mars Flyby (Contact Lost)
Sputnik 31 - 4 Nov 1962 - Attempted Mars Flyby
1963
Sputnik 33 - 4 Jan 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Luna 1963B - 2 Feb 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
Luna 4 - 2 Apr 1963 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Cosmos 21 - 11 Nov 1963 - Attempted Venera Test Flight?
1964
Ranger 6 - 30 Jan 1964 - Lunar Impact (Cameras Failed)
Venera 1964A - 19 Feb 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
Venera 1964B - 1 Mar 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
Luna 1964A - 21 Mar 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
Cosmos 27 - 27 Mar 1964 - Attempted Venus Flyby
Zond 1 - 2 Apr 1964 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
Luna 1964B - 20 Apr 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
Zond 1964A - 4 Jun 1964 - Attempted Lunar Lander (Launch Failure)
Ranger 7 - 28 Jul 1964 - Lunar Impact
Mariner 3 - 5 Nov 1964 - Attempted Mars Flyby
Mariner 4 - 28 Nov 1964 - Mars Flyby
Zond 2 - 30 Nov 1964 - Mars Flyby (Contact Lost)
1965
Ranger 8 - 17 Feb 1965 - Lunar Impact
Cosmos 60 - 12 Mar 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Ranger 9 - 21 Mar 1965 - Lunar Impact
Luna 1965A - 10 Apr 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander? (Launch Failure)
Luna 5 - 9 May 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft
Landing)
Luna 6 - 8 Jun 1965 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Zond 3 - 18 Jul 1965 - Lunar Flyby
Luna 7 - 4 Oct 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft
Landing)
Venera 2 - 12 Nov 1965 - Venus Flyby (Contact Lost)
Venera 3 - 16 Nov 1965 - Venus Lander (Contact Lost)
Cosmos 96 - 23 Nov 1965 - Attempted Venus Lander?
Venera 1965A - 23 Nov 1965 - Attempted Venus Flyby (Launch Failure)
Luna 8 - 3 Dec 1965 - Lunar Impact (Attempted Soft
Landing?)
1966
Luna 9 - 31 Jan 1966 - Lunar Lander
Cosmos 111 - 1 Mar 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter?
Luna 10 - 31 March 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 1966A - 30 Apr 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter? (Launch Failure)
Surveyor 1 - 30 May 1966 - Lunar Lander
Explorer 33 - 1 Jul 1966 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter
Lunar Orbiter 1 - 10 Aug 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 11 - 24 Aug 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Surveyor 2 - 20 Sep 1966 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Luna 12 - 22 Oct 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Lunar Orbiter 2 - 6 Nov 1966 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 13 - 21 Dec 1966 - Lunar Lander
1967
Lunar Orbiter 3 - 4 Feb 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
Surveyor 3 - 17 Apr 1967 - Lunar Lander
Lunar Orbiter 4 - 8 May 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
Venera 4 - 12 Jun 1967 - Venus Probe
Mariner 5 - 14 Jun 1967 - Venus Flyby
Cosmos 167 - 17 Jun 1967 - Attempted Venus Probe
Surveyor 4 - 14 Jul 1967 - Attempted Lunar Lander
Explorer 35 (IMP-E) - 19 Jul 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
Lunar Orbiter 5 - 1 Aug 1967 - Lunar Orbiter
Surveyor 5 - 8 Sep 1967 - Lunar Lander
Zond 1967A - 28 Sep 1967 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight (Launch Failure)
Surveyor 6 - 7 Nov 1967 - Lunar Lander
Zond 1967B - 22 Nov 1967 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight (Launch Failure)
1968
Surveyor 7 - 7 Jan 1968 - Lunar Lander
Luna 1968A - 7 Feb 1968 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
Zond 4 - 2 Mar 1968 - Test Flight
Luna 14 - 7 Apr 1968 - Lunar Orbiter
Zond 1968A - 23 Apr 1968 - Attempted Lunar Test Flight?
(Launch Failure)
Zond 5 - 15 Sep 1968 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
Zond 6 - 10 Nov 1968 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
Apollo 8 - 21 Dec 1968 - Manned Lunar Orbiter
1969
Venera 5 - 5 Jan 1969 - Venus Probe
Venera 6 - 10 Jan 1969 - Venus Probe
Zond 1969A - 20 Jan 1969 - Attempted Lunar Flyby and
Return (Launch Failure)
Luna 1969A - 19 Feb 1969 - Attempted Lunar Rover? (Launch Failure)
Zond L1S-1 - 21 Feb 1969 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
Mariner 6 - 25 Feb 1969 - Mars Flyby
Mariner 7 - 27 Mar 1969 - Mars Flyby
Mars 1969A - 27 Mar 1969 - Attempted Mars Lander? (Launch Failure)
Mars 1969B - 2 Apr 1969 - Attempted Mars Lander? (Launch Failure)
Luna 1969B - 15 Apr 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return? (Launch Failure)
Apollo 10 - 18 May 1969 - Manned Lunar Orbiter
Luna 1969C - 14 Jun 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return? (Launch Failure)
Zond L1S-2 - 3 Jul 1969 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
Luna 15 - 13 Jul 1969 - Lunar Orbiter (Attempted Lunar
Lander?)
Apollo 11 - 16 Jul 1969 - Manned Lunar Landing
Zond 7 - 7 Aug 1969 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
Cosmos 300 - 23 Sep 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return?
Cosmos 305 - 22 Oct 1969 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return?
Apollo 12 - 14 Nov 1969 - Manned Lunar Landing
1970
Luna 1970A - 6 Feb 1970 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return? (Launch Failure)
Luna 1970B - 19 Feb 1970 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter? (Launch Failure)
Apollo 13 - 11 Apr 1970 - Manned Lunar Mission (Landing
Aborted)
Venera 7 - 17 Aug 1970 - Venus Lander
Cosmos 359 - 22 Aug 1970 - Attempted Venus Probe
Luna 16 - 12 Sep 1970 - Lunar Sample Return
Zond 8 - 20 Oct 1970 - Lunar Flyby and Return to Earth
Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 - 10 Nov 1970 - Lunar Rover
1971
Apollo 14 - 31 Jan 1971 - Manned Lunar Landing
Mariner 8 - 8 May 1971 - Attempted Mars Flyby (Launch Failure)
Cosmos 419 - 10 May 1971 - Attempted Mars
Orbiter/Lander
Mars 2 - 19 May 1971 - Mars Orbiter/ Attempted Lander
Mars 3 - 28 May 1971 - Mars Orbiter/ Lander
Mariner 9 - 30 May 1971 - Mars Orbiter
Apollo 15 - 26 Jul 1971 - Manned Lunar Landing
Luna 18 - 2 Sep 1971 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return
Luna 19 - 28 Sep 1971 - Lunar Orbiter
1972
Luna 20 - 14 Feb 1972 - Lunar Sample Return
Pioneer 10 - 3 Mar 1972 - Jupiter Flyby
Venera 8 - 27 Mar 1972 - Venus Probe
Cosmos 482 - 31 Mar 1972 - Attempted Venus Probe
Apollo 16 - 16 Apr 1972 - Lunar Manned Landing
Soyuz L3 - 23 Nov 1972 - Attempted Lunar Orbiter (Launch Failure)
Apollo 17 - 7 Dec 1972 - Lunar Manned Landing
1973
Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 - 8 Jan 1973 - Lunar Rover
Pioneer 11 - 5 Apr 1973 - Jupiter/Saturn Flyby
Explorer 49 (RAE-B) - 10 Jun 1973 - Lunar Orbiter/Radio
Astronomy
Mars 4 - 21 Jul 1973 - Mars Flyby (Attempted Mars
Orbiter)
Mars 5 - 25 Jul 1973 - Mars Orbiter
Mars 6 - 5 Aug 1973 - Mars Lander (Contact Lost)
Mars 7 - 9 Aug 1973 - Mars Flyby (Attempted Mars
Lander)
Mariner 10 - 4 Nov 1973 - Venus/Mercury Flybys
1974
Luna 22 - 2 Jun 1974 - Lunar Orbiter
Luna 23 - 28 Oct 1974 - Attempted Lunar Sample Return
1975
Venera 9 - 8 Jun 1975 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
Venera 10 - 14 Jun 1975 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
Viking 1 - 20 Aug 1975 - Mars Orbiter and Lander
Viking 2 - 9 Sep 1975 - Mars Orbiter and Lander
Luna 1975A - 16 Oct 1975 - Attempted Lunar Sample
Return?
1976
Luna 24 - 9 Aug 1976 - Lunar Sample Return
1977
Voyager 2 - 20 Aug 1977 - Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Neptune
Flyby
Voyager 1 - 5 Sep 1977 - Jupiter/Saturn Flyby
1978
Pioneer Venus 1 - 20 May 1978 - Venus Orbiter
Pioneer Venus 2 - 8 Aug 1978 - Venus Probes
ISEE-3/ICE - 12 Aug 1978 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner and
Halley Flybys
Venera 11 - 9 Sep 1978 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
Venera 12 - 14 Sep 1978 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
1979
1980
1981
Venera 13 - 30 Oct 1981 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
Venera 14 - 4 Nov 1981 - Venus Orbiter and Lander
1982
1983
Venera 15 - 2 Jun 1983 - Venus Orbiter
Venera 16 - 7 Jun 1983 - Venus Orbiter
1984
Vega 1 - 15 Dec 1984 - Venus Lander and Balloon/Comet
Halley Flyby
Vega 2 - 21 Dec 1984 - Venus Lander and Balloon/Comet
Halley Flyby
1985
 Sakigake - 7 Jan 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
 Giotto - 2 Jul 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
Suisei (Planet-A) - 18 Aug 1985 - Comet Halley Flyby
1986
1987
1988
Phobos 1 - 7 Jul 1988 - Attempted Mars Orbiter/Phobos
Landers
Phobos 2 - 12 Jul 1988 - Mars Orbiter/Attempted Phobos
Landers
1989
Magellan - 4 May 1989 - Venus Orbiter
Galileo - 18 Oct 1989 - Jupiter Orbiter/Probe
1990
Hiten - 24 Jan 1990 - Lunar Flyby and Orbiter
Ulysses - 06 Oct 1990 - Jupiter Flyby and Solar Polar
Orbiter
1991
1992
Mars Observer - 25 Sep 1992 - Attempted Mars Orbiter
(Contact Lost)
1993
1994
Clementine - 25 Jan 1994 - Lunar Orbiter/Attempted
Asteroid Flyby
1995
1996
NEAR - 17 Feb 1996 - Asteroid Eros Orbiter
Mars Global Surveyor - 07 November 1996 - Mars Orbiter
 Mars 96 - 16 November 1996 - Attempted Mars
Orbiter/Landers
Mars Pathfinder - 04 Dec 1996 - Mars Lander and Rover
1997
Cassini - 15 Oct 1997 - Saturn Orbiter
Huygens - 15 Oct 1997 - Titan Probe
AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 - 24 Dec 1997 - Lunar Flyby
1998
Lunar Prospector - 7 Jan 1998 - Lunar Orbiter
Nozomi (Planet-B) - 3 Jul 1998 - Mars Orbiter
Deep Space 1 (DS1) - 24 Oct 1998 - Asteroid and Comet
Flyby
Mars Climate Orbiter - 11 Dec 1998 - Mars Orbiter
1999
Mars Polar Lander - 3 Jan 1999 - Mars Lander
Deep Space 2 (DS2) - 3 Jan 1999 - Mars Penetrator
Stardust - 7 Feb 1999 - Comet Coma Sample Return
Lunar-A - August 1999 - Lunar Orbiter and Penetrators |
