Modern Rockets
By:Sheila Sanchez
2000
2001
Nasa's NEAR-Shoemaker successfully lands on asteriod 433 Eros.
Eileen Collins 2000
First female shuttle commander.
Nasa's NEAR-Shoemaker 2001
Lands on 433 Eros
2002
Daniel W.Bursch
2002
Astronauts Bursch & Walz set a new U.S. endurance record of 195 days aboard ISS.
2003
2003
Space shuttle Columbia .
2004 Cassani
The U.S Cassani orbited Saturn.
2005
STS-114 crew
2004
2005
The U.S launches STS-114 to the ISS. It was the first shuttle to take flight since Colombia.
2006
The U.S launches New Horizons the first mission to pluto
2006
New Horizons
2007
Astronaut Michael Lopez Alegria
2008
Phoenix lander toucher near Mars' north pole.
2007
Astronaut Michael Lopez sets a new U.S record of 215 days on the aboard the ISS
2008
NASA's Phoenix lander touches near Mars' north pole, the first landing in a polar region, and confirms that there is water ice on Mars.
2009
NASA launches the Kepler space observatory to discover Earth like planets orbiting other stars.