Thanks to a breakdown of the opening credits by the Memory Alpha website, here are the details of the images seen in order;

- View of Earth with Enterprise opening title (seasons 1 and 2)
- View of Earth with Star Trek: Enterprise opening title (seasons 3 and 4)
- Renaissance celestial sphere diagram
- 18th century Dutch language map depicting the Pacific Ocean (detail
- 19th century German star chart.
- Early Polynesian explore
- Royal Navy ship HMS Enterprize.
- Hot air balloon transiting a mountain range; superimposed is a schematic explaining tides
- Diagram of NASA's Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
- The Spirit of St. Louis after landing in Paris in 1937.
- Space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) being rolled out
Amelia Earhart standing next to her Lockheed L-10 Electra in 1937.
- Wright Flyer takes off in 1903.
- Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis experimental rocket plane flown by Chuck Yeager in 1947 with Leonardo da Vinci drawing of an ornithopter sketch from the Codex Atlanticus superimposed; the drawing is horizontally mirrore.
- Deep Flight 1 in 1997. Background is a map of Iceland taken from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, which is considered to be the world's first modern atlas.
- Chuck Yeager after landing the Bell X-1 in 1947.
- NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking to the launchpad for the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
- NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard preparing for the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 superimposed with a map of the moon's surface.
- Saturn V rocket firing.
- Apollo rocket lifting off with Leonardo da Vinci drawing superimposed.
- Space shuttle lifting off.
- Space shuttle astronauts in the cockpit.
- Robert Goddard writing calculations on a chalk board in 1924 with Saturn V rocket superimposed.
- Saturn V rocket separation in Earth orbit.
- NASA astronaut holds onto handrail of the International Space Station during an extravehicular activity.
- Buzz Aldrin leaves a footprint on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
- Apollo Lunar Module after separation from the Apollo Command Module in 1969 superimposed with drawings depicting a lunar eclipse in 1761.
- Mars Pathfinder rover Sojourner approaches the Martian rock "Yogi" in 1997.
- The space shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) with a spacehab module in its cargo hold and a NASA astronaut using the Manned Maneuvering Unit nearby.
- Assembly of the International Space Station during the 20th and 21st centuries.
- OV-165 in orbit of Earth.
- Earth's first warp-capable ship Phoenix launching in 2063.
- SS Emmette in orbit of the lunar colonies.
- Enterprise NX-01 leaving Earth in the 2150s.

I've always wondered why they didn't put them in historical order.

I've wondered that, too, and after looking at this list, it's even MORE out of order than I thought!
1927, 1976, 1903, 1947, 1997, 1947, 1969... It's all over the place.

One correction on the list that I thought I'd made; The Spirit of St. Louis footage is from 1927, not 1937.

I guess I'm so used to the theme being sung, and I've grownm to like it, despite HATING it ALOT from 2001 to 2005, but here's a different version of the opening credits.
It uses an unused theme by Dennis McCarthy, (called Archer's Theme), which would instead be used as the end credits.
To me it doesn't really connect with the visuals like the song lyrics.

https://youtu.be/JtWT-H3XQGI

Here's another fun experiment;
Cue up the opening credits for Star Trek Enterprise, pause it before it starts, and mute the sound.
On another window, cue up the opening credits of Star Trek Voyager and press play.
Go back to the Enterprise screen and press play.
Voyager's theme continues on for about 30 seconds after Enterprise's, but it's actaully a pretty good match for Enterprise!

To coin a phrase: Fascinating.

That's not a phrase, nor are you coining it.

The astronaut in the MMU is most likely Bruce McCandless II. That appears to be a video of the iconic photo.

The Saturn V Rocket Separation in Earth Orbit is most likely Apollo 4. The stock footage of the S-IC/S-II interstage is from that mission.

OK, the description of the Atlantis segment is incorrect. The MMU was only used on STS-41B, STS-41C, and STS-51A, which were Challenger, Challenger, and Discovery, respectively.

Therefor the scene is a composite.

Could be, I guess.

OK, I took a look at the credits again. It's an EMU, not an MMU (EMU is the standard EVA suit). MMU was the free-flying version.

Description from the site is incorrect. Not necessarily a composite.

Also, between HMS Enterprize and the balloon, is a scene of a highway stretching to the horizon.

I wonder if the balloon is supposed to be one of Auguste Piccard's expeditions?

I won't take the corrections personally-- I literally cut and paste what was said on the other website.
Re. Auguste Piccard; that'd be a neat piece of continuity.

Our beloved captain was actually named for him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Piccard

I guess I'm so used to the theme being sung, and I've grown to like it...

I'm sure someone here has already said this: The theme was originally used in the movie Patch Adams, and performed there by Rod Stewart.

And yet, if I heard it connected with anything other than 'Enterprise' I wouldn't accept it-- it's this series' theme or nothing!

Enterprise: The last True Star Trek show.

Tim, what makes you think Enterprise was the last True Star Trek show ? What about the Theory that
The show Star Trek: Enterprise was set in an alternate timeline made possible by the events of the film Star Trek: First Contact, ? Is there any more validity to that theory than the All of the series
Star Trek: Enterprise was just
Will Riker's Holodeck program , because of the Enterprise finale
"These are the Voyages"

Tim, what about the 2 Theories I mentioned, what is your interpretation ?

I don't care.

Good answer

Any chance of a similar list for the images used for the Mirroe Darkly credits?

I have created a separate board for you to do just that.

They should have put the images in historical order, IMO.