Timeline of Comet Exploration.
Various views of comet 67P from the Rosetta Spacecraft. Credit: ESA Past Events December 25, 1758: First predicted perihelion of Halley's Comet September 11, 1985: ICE performs first Comet flyby January 7, 1985: Launch of Sakigake July 2, 1985: Launch of Giotto August 18, 1985: Launch of Suisei March 6, 1986: Vega 1 flyby of Halley's Comet March 7, 1986: Vega 2 flyby of Halley's Comet March 8, 1986: Suisei flyby of Halley's Comet March 11, 1986: Sakigake flyby of Halley's Comet March 14, 1986: Giotto flyby of Halley's Comet March 28, 1986: ICE flyby of Halley's Comet July 10, 1992: Giotto flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup August 30, 1992: First minor Kuiper Belt Object discovered: 15760 Albion July 1984: Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments impact Jupiter February 7, 1999: Launch of Stardust September 22, 2001: Deep Space 1 flyby of Borrelly's Comet July 3, 2002: Launch of CONTOUR August 15, 2002: Breakup of CONTOUR January 2, 2004: Stardust flyby of Wild 2 Ma...
