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The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]
Paul D. Scully-Power, first launched 5 October 1984, was born in Australia, but was an American citizen when he went into space; Australian law at the time forbade dual-citizenship. Taylor Gun-Jin Wang , first launched 29 April 1985, was born in China to Chinese parents, but was an American citizen when he went into space.
BBC World: Brazil Launches rocket into space; Space.com: Brazil completes successful rocket launch; Herald Tribune: Brazil launches rocket for gravity research; AFP: Iran rocket test 'unfortunate': White House; Space-Travel.com: Iran opens its first space centre, riling the US; New York Times: Iran Launches Rocket to Commemorate New Space Center
This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space. This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.
This subsection gives statistics for orbital launches by country. It starts with a pie chart, which is generated using the template {}. Countries are added to the template if they have attempted an orbital launch (successful or otherwise) in the past, or if they have an intention of doing so by the end of the current calendar year.
This timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes uncrewed spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and interplanetary probes. First satellites from each country are included. Not included are most Earth science satellites, commercial satellites or crewed missions.
However, all the launches of US commercial lunar landers and rovers planned for 2022 were delayed and did not launch in 2022. [citation needed] On 4 August 2022, South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri was launched into space by a Falcon 9 rocket. The orbiter took several months to enter lunar orbit; lunar orbit insertion happened on 16 ...