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Gemini 6A/Gemini 7: 3 February 1966: First soft landing on another world (the Moon). First photos from another world. USSR Luna 9 [19] 1 March 1966: First impact into another planet (Venus). USSR Venera 3: 16 March 1966: First orbital docking between two spacecraft. USA (NASA) Gemini 8/Agena target vehicle: 3 April 1966
The programme carried out six crewed spaceflights between 1961 and 1963. The program was the first program to put humans into space, with Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1. [79] Gherman Titov became the first person to stay in orbit for a full day on August 7, 1961, aboard the Vostok 2. [80]
Yuri Gagarin became the first Soviet and the first human to reach space, on Vostok 1. 5 May 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American to reach space, on Freedom 7. 20 February 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 16 June 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go into space and to orbit the Earth. 2 March 1978
Shepard and Grissom had named their spacecraft Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7. The numeral 7 had originally been the production number of Shepard's spacecraft, but had come to represent the Mercury 7. Glenn named his spacecraft, number 13, Friendship 7, and had the name hand-painted on the side like the one on his F-86 had been. [85]
In 1865, Secchi began classifying stars into spectral types. [96] The first evidence of helium was observed on August 18, 1868, as a bright yellow spectral line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun. The line was detected by French astronomer Jules Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Guntur ...
[1] Space colonization (or extraterrestrial colonization) is the settlement or colonization of outer space and astronomical bodies. The concept in its broad sense has been applied to any permanent human presence in space, such as a space habitat or other extraterrestrial settlements. [2]
The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is slated to take off as soon as Wednesday between 3:30 a.m. and 7:09 a.m. ET after Tuesday morning’s launch attempt was waived off because of issues with ...
On 7 July 1959, he was rated Military Pilot 3rd Class. [24] After expressing interest in space exploration following the launch of Luna 3 on 6 October 1959, his recommendation to the Soviet space programme was endorsed and forwarded by Lieutenant Colonel Babushkin. [22] [25] By this point, he had accumulated 265 hours of flight time. [22]