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Soyuz 12 →. Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, lit. 'Union 11') was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. [ a ][ 5 ] The crew, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The mission ended in disaster ...
The effects of spaceflight on the human body are complex and largely harmful over both short and long term. [ 1 ] Significant adverse effects of long-term weightlessness include muscle atrophy and deterioration of the skeleton (spaceflight osteopenia). [ 2 ] Other significant effects include a slowing of cardiovascular system functions ...
This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human death or serious injury. These include incidents during flight or training for crewed space missions and testing, assembly, preparation, or flight of crewed and robotic spacecraft. Not included are accidents or incidents associated with intercontinental ...
v. t. e. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin[ a ][ b ] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.
The spacecraft definitively confirmed that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus, and excluded the possibility of any liquid water on Venus. Venera 8. USSR. 22 July 1972. Within 150 km radius of 10°42′S335°15′E / 10.70°S 335.25°E / -10.70; Soft landing; transmitted from surface for 50 minutes.
One of the last messages sent from the doomed Titan submersible during its June 2023 voyage to the Titanic wreckage was "all good here," according to a presentation from a U.S. Coast Guard hearing ...
Space burials launch cremated remains out of the atmosphere. Space burialis the launching of human remains into space. Missions may go into orbit around the Earth or to extraterrestrial bodies such as the Moon, or farther into space. Remains are sealed until the spacecraft burns up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere or they reach their ...
The period between the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011 and the first launch into space of SpaceShipTwo Flight VP-03 on 13 December 2018 is similar to the gap between the end of Apollo in 1975 and the first Space Shuttle flight in 1981, and is referred to by a presidential Blue Ribbon Committee as the U.S. human spaceflight gap.