1990s (FASA)

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Reference Stardate -1/9000 through -1/9900

1990

  • An asteroid probe is launched, which will remain in service until 1993.[1]

1991

  • The Saturn Dual Probe arrives at the planet, with the satellite going into orbit as the descent stage relays information as it enters the planet's atmosphere.[1]

1992-1996

  • June 1992 - September 1996 (Reference Stardates -1/9206 - -1/9609): The outbreak of the Eugenics Wars limits manned space efforts for a time, as resources are turned to global war.[2]

1992

  • The Space Shuttle completes its twelve year series so successfully, humanity will forever be in space.[1]

1994

  • Manned missions to the moon begin again, with several nations taking part. Cooperating as never before, they have a goal of building a permanent moon base by the turn of the century.[1]

1996

  • The DY-100 is the first mass-produced spacecraft capable of short interplanetary travel (Earth-moon). In an uprated mode, it will be able to take humans to Mars. The class will remain in service until 2020.[1]

1997

  • 18 April (Reference Stardate -1/9704.18): The first permanent base on the moon is established, jointly funded by the United States of America and Japan. This marks the rededication of Terran peoples to space exploration as part of the rebuilding following the Eugenics Wars.[2]

1998

  • Goddard Moonbase, the first large-scale international space project, will provide accommodations for 70 in the fields of space research and industry.[1]

1999

  • The Asteroid Belt Lander reveals the asteroid belt to be rich in important raw materials for further space industrialization.[1] Large-scale asteroid opens up Sol's asteroid belt to colonization. Several more lunar stations are opened this year by various nations and several private corporations. Armstrong Center, remaining the largest, has become a small city of scientists, tecnicians, and support personnel, and already is beginning to cater to a growing tourist trade.[2]
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