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Gravity and Extreme Magnetism - 2012; International X-ray Observatory - 2011; Terrestrial Planet Finder - 2011; Laser Interferometer Space Antenna - 2011; Space Interferometry Mission - 2010
This is a list of all crewed spaceflights throughout history. Beginning in 1961 with the flight of Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, crewed spaceflight occurs when a human crew flies a spacecraft into outer space. Human spaceflight is distinguished from spaceflight generally, which entails both crewed and uncrewed spacecraft.
First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico. Reached an altitude of 89.24 km (55.45 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space, but not the FAI's definition. 331 Nie Haisheng (3) Liu Boming (2) Tang Hongbo (1) 17 June 2021 Shenzhou 12: TSS: 17 September 2021 Shenzhou 12: First crew to Tiangong Space Station. — David Mackay Michael ...
Nov. 8—Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday it would be scaling back and then pausing flights to space next year from Spaceport America and that the company instead will funnel resources into ...
U.S. Space Shuttle missions were capable of carrying more humans and cargo than the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, resulting in more U.S. short-term human visits until the Space Shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. Between 2011 and 2020, Soyuz was the sole means of human transport to the ISS, delivering mostly long-term crew.
The two astronauts completed the longest spacewalk in human history with the assistance of the space station's robotic arms and ground-based scientific personnel, completed tasks such as the installation of space debris protection devices, inspection, and maintenance of external equipment and facilities. [87] 19 December 15:36 7 hours, 17 minutes
Successful test flight for Virgin Galactic commercial fleet, in preparation for later space tourism operations. Apogee of 82.7 km did not pass the Kármán line but passed the US definition of space. — Dave Mackay Michael Masucci Beth Moses: 22 February 2019 VSS Unity VF-01
Canceled Space Shuttle missions This page was last edited on 20 March 2018, at 01:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...