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Space astronomy
Space astronomy is explored here through 41 archived missions, from OSO-1 through CHEOPS, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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Choose a path through the Space astronomy archive.
Space astronomy timeline
41 flights. One complete program record.
Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.
Every Space astronomy program record
All 41 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.
Launch corridor
41 flights and tests compressed into 3 expandable arcs.
- Arc 01Ignition1962–1978 · 18 records
- Arc 02On orbit1979–2008 · 18 records
- Arc 03Final approach2009–2019 · 5 records
Flight arc 01IgnitionOSO-1 → Einstein Observatory1962–1978 · 18 records1962–1978
18 records
March 7, 1962OSO-1001
February 3, 1965OSO-2002
April 8, 1966OAO-1003
March 8, 1967OSO-3004
October 18, 1967OSO-4005
December 7, 1968OAO-2006
January 22, 1969OSO-5007
August 9, 1969OSO-6008
November 30, 1970OAO-B009
December 12, 1970SAS-1010
September 29, 1971OSO-7011
August 21, 1972OAO-3012
November 15, 1972SAS-2013
May 7, 1975SAS-3014
June 21, 1975OSO-8015
August 12, 1977HEAO-1016
January 26, 1978International Ultraviolet Explorer017
November 13, 1978Einstein Observatory018
Flight arc 02On orbitHEAO-3 → Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope1979–2008 · 18 records1979–2008
18 records
September 20, 1979HEAO-3019
January 25, 1983IRAS020
November 18, 1989COBE021
April 24, 1990Hubble Space Telescope022
June 1, 1990ROSAT023
April 5, 1991Compton Gamma Ray Observatory024
June 7, 1992Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer025
December 30, 1995Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer026
June 24, 1999Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer027
July 23, 1999Chandra X-ray Observatory028
December 10, 1999XMM-Newton029
October 17, 2002INTEGRAL030
April 28, 2003Galaxy Evolution Explorer031
August 25, 2003Spitzer Space Telescope032
November 20, 2004Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory033
July 10, 2005Suzaku034
February 22, 2006AKARI035
June 11, 2008Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope036
