#e <t>launch<d>1965<n>France's first satellite<c>France<info>France is the third country in space.
#e <t>launch<d>1967<n>Australia's first satellite<c>Woomera<info>Australia is the fourth country in space.
#e <t>film<t>space<d>1968 Apr 3<n>2001: A Space Odyssey<c>U.S.<info>Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey" is released. It is based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel."
// 1970
#e <t>launch<d>1970 Apr 24<n>China's first satellite<c>China
#e <t>launch<d>1975<n>Aryabhata<c>India<info>India launched the Aryabhata scientific satellite on an Indian Intercosmos rocket. It was named for fifth-century Indian mathematician @Aryabhata@@. It failed after four days and re-entered on February 11, 1992.
#e <t>space<d>1975 Jul 17<n>Apollo-Soyuz rendezvous<c>U.S.<info>This was the first international space mission.
// 1980
#e <t>space<d>1983<n>Canadian Astronaut Program formed<c>Canada
// 1990
#e <t>space<d>1996 Mar 22<e>1996 Sep 26<n>Shannon Lucid in space<info>Shannon Lucid flew into space on @STS-76@@, which docked with @Mir@@. She stayed aboard Mir for six months, and returned to earth on @STS-79@@. Her 188 days in space is an American record that still stands (as of 1999).
#e <t>space<d>1997 Oct 14 <n>imaging of Antarctica complete<c>Antarctica<info>Radar images taken by the Canadian RADARSAT were the first high-resolution imaging of Antarctica.