Rocket History Timeline
By: Lily Mordecai 3rd Period
2003
The space shuttle Columbia breaks up during reentry resulting in the loss of both vehicle and 7 person crew
2004
The US stardust space craft flies by comment wild 2, collecting cometary dust particles
2005
ESAS hyugens probe, piggybacked with Cassini, descends to the surface of the moon Titan and returns pictures and data
2006
The Vs launches new horizons, the first mission to Pluto and the fastest spacecraft launched from Earth at 57,600 km/h
2007
Astronaut Michael Lopez Alegria sets a new US endurance record of 215 days aboard ISS also sets American record with 10 career
2008
NASA's messenger flies by Mercury, the first spacecraft to visit the planet since
2009
NASA launches the kepler space observatory to discover Earth-like planets orbiting stars
2010
Barack Obama cancels NASA's constellation program, the human space flight program begun in response to the goals laid out in the president
2011
NASA's messenger becomes the first spacecraft to enter orbit around the planet Mercury
2012
The unmanned spacex dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the ISS