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This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space.. This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
Timeline of first images of Earth from space; List of International Space Station expeditions; List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station; Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station; List of crew of the International Space Station; List of visitors to the International Space Station; List of interplanetary voyages
21.7 Transportation and space exploration. 21.8 Miscellaneous. ... (1930s–present) Timeline of antibiotics ... Timeline of free and open-source software ...
The first photo from space was taken from a V-2 launched by US scientists on 24 October 1946. 1930 – Seth Nicholson and Edison Pettit measure the surface temperature of the Moon. [167] 1932 – Karl Guthe Jansky recognizes received radio signals coming from outer space as extrasolar, coming mainly from Sagittarius.
Recent space exploration has proceeded, to some extent in worldwide cooperation, the high point of which was the construction and operation of the International Space Station (ISS). At the same time, the international space race between smaller space powers since the end of the 20th century can be considered the foundation and expansion of ...
Apollo 7 heads into orbit with its crew of three, 1968. 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.
17 May 2004 – The Civilian Space eXploration Team (CSXT) becomes the first amateur organization to send a rocket into space, with the launch of their "GoFast" rocket to 116 km (72 miles) altitude. [17] 21 June 2004 – Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne conducts the first privately flown and funded crewed spaceflight, piloted by Mike Melvill. [18]
Demonstrate low-thrust plasma propulsion in deep space. BioSentinel: Heliocentric Operational Contains yeast cards that will be rehydrated in space, designed to detect, measure, and compare the effects of deep space radiation. LunaH-Map: Moon Failure Search for evidence of lunar water ice inside permanently shadowed craters using its neutron ...