Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'timeline'
},
accessibility: {
screenReaderSection: {
beforeChartFormat: '<h5>{chartTitle}</h5>' +
'<div>{typeDescription}</div>' +
'<div>{chartSubtitle}</div>' +
'<div>{chartLongdesc}</div>' +
'<div>{viewTableButton}</div>'
},
point: {
valueDescriptionFormat: '{index}. {point.label}. {point.description}.'
}
},
xAxis: {
visible: false
},
yAxis: {
visible: false
},
title: {
text: 'Timeline of Space Exploration'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Info source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_exploration">www.wikipedia.org</a>'
},
colors: [
'#4185F3',
'#427CDD',
'#406AB2',
'#3E5A8E',
'#3B4A68',
'#363C46'
],
series: [{
data: [{
name: '2000: Orbiting of an asteroid',
description: '14 February 2000, first orbiting of an asteroid (433 Eros).'
}, {
name: '2005: Landing on Titan.',
description: '14 January 2005, first soft landing on Titan also first soft landing in the outer Solar System.'
}, {
name: '2011: Orbit of Mercury',
description: '18 March 2011, first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.'
}, {
name: '2015: Food eaten in space',
description: '10 August 2015, first food grown in space and eaten (lettuce).'
}, {
name: '2019: Black hole photograph',
description: '10 April 2019, first direct photograph of a black hole and its vicinity.'
}, {
name: '2020: Private spaceflight',
description: '30 May 2020, first orbital human spaceflight launched by a private company (SpaceX).'
}]
}]
});