Timeline of space exploration

This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.

See otherwise the timeline of private spaceflight or look for achievements by each space agency.

United States Dr. Otto Berg's films [8] [9] [10] First spacecraft to attempt to impact the Moon's surface.

First meet up between human explorers and a robotic spacecraft in space (on the Moon).

First spacecraft to study all four of the solar system's giant planets at close range.

First flyby of a trans-neptunian object.Last original encounter with one of the nine major planets recognized before 2006.

First spacecraft to make contact with an asteroid moon (impact on Dimorphos).