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Mission to Mars 1990-2000

By Keri Kolettis

  • 1990

    1990
    August 24: The Hubble telescope deployed in space orbit by space shuttle Discovery.
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    Mission to Mars 1990-2000

    The space timeline from 1990-2000.

  • 1992

    1992
    May 7: Endeavor, a space shuttle, was launched on her journey. September 12: The first African-American female to go to space was Mae Jemison.

  • 1993

    1993
    December: Endeavor, a space shuttle, made Hubble Space Telescope's first service mission.

  • 1994

    1994
    February 3: The first Russian cosmonaut to fly on a space shuttle is Sergei Krikalev.

  • 1995

    1995
    The U.S. space shuttle, Atlantis, docks to the Atlantic Space Station, MIR. February 2: The first female Shuttle pilot is Eileen Collins.

  • 1997

    1997
    Sojourner, a U.S. Rover, rolls onto the surface of Mars to explore the geology of the planet.

  • 1998

    1998
    October 29: John Glenn holds the record of being the oldest human being ever to reach space. The ISS was also created in 1998.

  • 1999

    1999
    July 23: On this day, Eileen Collins, a retired NASA astronaut, became the first female Shuttle Commander.

  • 2000

    2000
    February 14: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft began transmitting images of Eros, the asteroid.