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While human population records in orbit developed from 1 in 1961, 2 in 1962, 4–7 in 1969, 7–11 in 1984 and 13 in 1995, [44] to 14 in 2021, 17 in 2023 [45] and 19 in 2024, [46] developing into a continues population of no less than 10 people on two space stations since 5 June 2022 (as of 2024). [47]
First sound recording made on another planet. USSR 1 March 1982 Orbital Space Station: Soyuz T-5, Salyut 7: First species of plant to flower in space. [65] Arabidopsis thaliana Valentin Lebedev. USSR 1 July 1982 Trans-Neptunian region: Pioneer 10: First to travel past the orbit of Neptune, the furthest major planet from the Sun. USA 13 June ...
Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial bodies. As exoplanets are too far away and can only be studied by indirect means, the celestial bodies in the Solar System allow for a much more detailed study: direct telescope observation, space probes, rovers and even human spaceflight.
Mission: Mars orbiter designed to study the planet's atmosphere and geology and search for sub-surface water. [10] In 2017 the mission was extended until at least the end of 2020. [11] Launched: 2 June 2003; Destination: Mars; Arrival: 25 December 2003; Institution: ESA; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Mission: the second NASA satellite orbiting Mars.
The Spacefacts list includes most flights listed here, but omits twelve: The three failed launches of STS-51-L, Soyuz T-10a and Soyuz MS-10, none of which achieved human spaceflight, the uncrewed launch of Soyuz 34 (which nevertheless returned a crew to Earth), and the eight sub-orbital human spaceflights: Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4, X-15 flights ...
A look at the atmosphere of our planet and those in the rest of the Solar System. 7: Life: 10 June 1999: A journey into looking for life on other planets and trying to find if life elsewhere really does exist. 8: Destiny: 17 June 1999: The final episode explores the future of the Solar System, plus research into extrasolar planets.
Famous Hollywood nice guy Paul Rudd was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2021 at the age of 52. Paul Rudd on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" during an interview on June 28, 2018.
As of 2024, Voyager 2 is moving with a velocity of 55,347 kilometers per hour (34,391 mph), or 15 km/s, relative to the Sun, and is 20,439,100,000 kilometers (1.27003 × 10 10 mi) from the Sun [12] reaching a distance of 136.627 AU (20.4 billion km; 12.7 billion mi) from Earth as of May 25, 2024.