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1998
 
   
The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe)      
2003
 
   
The US space shuttle Columbia disintegrates, with seven on board, when re-entering the earth's atmosphere      
2009   February 2
 
   
Iran launches a satellite into orbit on an Iranian-built rocket      
2011  July 21
 
 
The return of Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Kennedy Space Centre ends NASA's 20-year space shuttle programme    
2011  August 22
 
 
Juno, a solar-powered spacecraft, is launched from Cape Carnaveral on a mission to Jupiter    
2012  August 6
 
    
Curiosity, NASA's roving science laboratory, lands successfully on Mars after a 354 million-mile journey through space