// HISTORY OF WORLDWIDE SPACECRAFT LAUNCH DATES // Obtained running a Perl HTML Page ripper by // Michael Riffle // October 20, 2002 (Discovery and production) October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 November 3, 1957 Sputnik 2 December 6, 1957 Vanguard TV3 February 1, 1958 Explorer 1 March 17, 1958 Vanguard 1 August 17, 1958 Pioneer 0 September 23, 1958 Luna 1958A October 11, 1958 Pioneer 1 October 12, 1958 Luna 1958B November 8, 1958 Pioneer 2 December 4, 1958 Luna 1958C December 6, 1958 Pioneer 3 January 2, 1959 Luna 1 March 3, 1959 Pioneer 4 June 16, 1959 Luna 1959A September 12, 1959 Luna 2 October 4, 1959 Luna 3 November 26, 1959 Pioneer P-3 April 15, 1960 Luna 1960A April 18, 1960 Luna 1960B Sept 25, 1960 Pioneer P-30 October 10, 1960 Marsnik 1 (Mars 1960A) October 14, 1960 Marsnik 2 (Mars 1960B) December 15, 1960 Pioneer P-31 February 4, 1961 Sputnik 7 February 12, 1961 Venera 1 August 23, 1961 Ranger 1 November 18, 1961 Ranger 2 January 26, 1962 Ranger 3 April 23, 1962 Ranger 4 July 22, 1962 Mariner 1 August 25, 1962 Sputnik 19 August 27, 1962 Mariner 2 September 1, 1962 Sputnik 20 September 12, 1962 Sputnik 21 October 18, 1962 Ranger 5 October 24, 1962 Sputnik 22 November 1, 1962 Mars 1 November 4, 1962 Sputnik 24 January 4, 1963 Sputnik 25 February 2, 1963 Luna 1963B April 2, 1963 Luna 4 November 11, 1963 Cosmos 21 January 30, 1964 Ranger 6 February 19, 1964 Venera 1964A March 1, 1964 Venera 1964B March 21, 1964 Luna 1964A March 27, 1964 Cosmos 27 April 2, 1964 Zond 1 April 20, 1964 Luna 1964B June 4, 1964 Zond 1964A July 28, 1964 Ranger 7 November 5, 1964 Mariner 3 November 28, 1964 Mariner 4 November 30, 1964 Zond 2 February 17, 1965 Ranger 8 March 12, 1965 Cosmos 60 March 21, 1965 Ranger 9 April 10, 1965 Luna 1965A May 9, 1965 Luna 5 June 8, 1965 Luna 6 July 18, 1965 Zond 3 October 4, 1965 Luna 7 November 12, 1965 Venera 2 November 16, 1965 Venera 3 November 23, 1965 Cosmos 96 November 23, 1965 Venera 1965A December 3, 1965 Luna 8 January 31, 1966 Luna 9 March 1, 1966 Cosmos 111 March 31, 1966 Luna 10 April 30, 1966 Luna 1966A May 30, 1966 Surveyor 1 July 1, 1966 Explorer 33 August 10, 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 August 24, 1966 Luna 11 September 20, 1966 Surveyor 2 October 22, 1966 Luna 12 November 6, 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 December 21, 1966 Luna 13 February 4, 1967 Lunar Orbiter 3 April 17, 1967 Surveyor 3 May 8, 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 June 12, 1967 Venera 4 June 14, 1967 Mariner 5 June 17, 1967 Cosmos 167 July 14, 1967 Surveyor 4 July 19, 1967 Explorer 35 (IMP-E) August 1, 1967 Lunar Orbiter 5 September 8, 1967 Surveyor 5 September 28, 1967 Zond 1967A November 7, 1967 Surveyor 6 November 22, 1967 Zond 1967B January 7, 1968 Surveyor 7 February 7, 1968 Luna 1968A March 2, 1968 Zond 4 April 7, 1968 Luna 14 April 23, 1968 Zond 1968A September 15, 1968 Zond 5 November 10, 1968 Zond 6 December 21, 1968 Apollo 8 January 5, 1969 Venera 5 January 10, 1969 Venera 6 January 20, 1969 Zond 1969A February 19, 1969 Luna 1969A February 21, 1969 Zond L1S-1 February 25, 1969 Mariner 6 March 27, 1969 Mariner 7 March 27, 1969 Mars 1969A April 2, 1969 Mars 1969B April 15, 1969 Luna 1969B May 18, 1969 Apollo 10 June 14, 1969 Luna 1969C July 3, 1969 Zond L1S-2 July 13, 1969 Luna 15 July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 August 7, 1969 Zond 7 September 23, 1969 Cosmos 300 October 22, 1969 Cosmos 305 November 14, 1969 Apollo 12 February 6, 1970 Luna 1970A February 19, 1970 Luna 1970B April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 August 17, 1970 Venera 7 August 22, 1970 Cosmos 359 September 12, 1970 Luna 16 October 20, 1970 Zond 8 November 10, 1970 Luna 17/Lunokhod 1 January 31, 1971 Apollo 14 May 8, 1971 Mariner 8 May 10, 1971 Cosmos 419 May 19, 1971 Mars 2 May 28, 1971 Mars 3 May 30, 1971 Mariner 9 July 26, 1971 Apollo 15 September 2, 1971 Luna 18 September 28, 1971 Luna 19 February 14, 1972 Luna 20 March 3, 1972 Pioneer 10 March 27, 1972 Venera 8 March 31, 1972 Cosmos 482 April 16, 1972 Apollo 16 November 23, 1972 Soyuz L3 December 7, 1972 Apollo 17 January 8, 1973 Luna 21/Lunokhod 2 April 5, 1973 Pioneer 11 May 14, 1973 Skylab June 10, 1973 Explorer 49 (RAE-B) July 21, 1973 Mars 4 July 25, 1973 Mars 5 August 5, 1973 Mars 6 August 9, 1973 Mars 7 November 4, 1973 Mariner 10 June 2, 1974 Luna 22 October 28, 1974 Luna 23 August 20, 1975 Viking 1 September 9, 1975 Viking 2 October 16, 1975 Luna 1975A August 9, 1976 Luna 24 August 20, 1977 Voyager 2 September 5, 1977 Voyager 1 May 20, 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 August 8, 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 August 12, 1978 ISEE-3/ICE June 2, 1983 Venera 15 June 7, 1983 Venera 16 December 15, 1984 Vega 1 December 21, 1984 Vega 2 January 7, 1985 Sakigake July 2, 1985 Giotto August 18, 1985 Suisei (Planet-A) July 7, 1988 Phobos 1 July 12, 1988 Phobos 2 May 4, 1989 Magellan October 18, 1989 Galileo January 24, 1990 Hiten April 25, 1990 Hubble Space Telescope October 06, 1990 Ulysses September 25, 1992 Mars Observer January 25, 1994 Clementine February 17, 1996 NEAR November 07, 1996 Mars Global Surveyor November 16, 1996 Mars 96 December 04, 1996 Mars Pathfinder October 15, 1997 Cassini October 15, 1997 Huygens December 24, 1997 AsiaSat 3/HGS-1 January 7, 1998 Lunar Prospector July 3, 1998 Nozomi (Planet-B) October 24, 1998 Deep Space 1 (DS1) December 11, 1998 Mars Climate Orbiter January 3, 1999 Mars Polar Lander January 3, 1999 Deep Space 2 (DS2) February 7, 1999 Stardust April 7, 2001 2001 Mars Odyssey August 8, 2001 Genesis July 3, 2002 CONTOUR