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The space race produced groundbreaking efforts to launch artificial satellites; space probes of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human space voyages in low Earth orbit and lunar missions. The space race between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) was a remarkable time in history with many far-reaching achievements in science, space ...
Which nations are involved in the new space race? The USA, China and Russia are the clear front-runners, but the race is very different this time. More than 80 countries now have a presence in space. Some people might be surprised to learn that the United Arab Emirates has sent a probe to Mars, and that Israel has (crash) landed on the Moon.
The Zambian Space Programme. It was not just the US and the Soviet Union racing to the Moon in the 1960s. A 1964 article in Time magazine about the independence of Zambia included a footnote referring to one man who was not so happy about the celebrations - because it was getting in the way of his space program.
Buzz Aldrin saluting the proudly waving American flag on the Moon remains one of the iconic images of the Apollo 11 mission, a declaration of US supremacy over space race rivals the Soviet Union. But if there is no atmosphere on the Moon, there is no wind - so why is the flag waving?
On 31 January 1961, the first hominid was launched into space. A chimpanzee named Ham was part of the US-led Mercury space programme. A main part of the mission was to test whether tasks could be performed in space, the results of which were instrumental when launching the first American in space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
The landing of Apollo 11 was not only the culmination of the Space Race, but of years worth of technical and scientific planning and design. The Apollo 9 and 10 missions also took place in 1969 and were integral to the success of the Moon landing.
Find out how the European Space Agency's groundbreaking JUICE mission will answer these questions and more. Artemis Programme: what you need to know about NASA’s Moon missions NASA's Artemis missions aim to land the first woman and person of colour on the Moon, create a lunar base, and lay the groundwork for a future trip to Mars!
Discover the history of the space race - and what the future holds for life outside Earth's orbit... Fifty years on from the Apollo 11 Moon landing, a new 'space race' is underway. Discover more about the biggest space missions in the history of humankind and the key missions scheduled the year ...
Apollo 11 was a political statement in the midst of the space race, and once it had been made, the necessity for more missions to the Moon was gone. Recent NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine highlighted this when he described the space race thus: “This was a contest of political ideologies. It was a contest of economic ideologies.
Tying all these elements together is the Space Launch System, the launcher that will carry astronauts beyond Earth's atmosphere and into space. This super heavy-lift rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty at 322ft, and is estimated to cost $800 million per launch.