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Key people Sergei Korolev & Valentin Glushko [3] 20 June 1944: First spaceflight in history. First human-made object in space (later defined as above the Kármán line). Germany V-2 rocket October 1945: Article in Wireless World, "Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?"
It was the first human-made object to reach outer space, attaining an apogee of 176 kilometers, [22] which is well above the Kármán line. [23] It was a vertical test launch. Although the rocket reached space, it did not reach orbital velocity, and therefore returned to Earth in an impact, becoming the first sub-orbital spaceflight. [24]
There are currently two working robonauts, R1 and R2. R1 and R2 are both highly capable robots and are able to handle a wide range of tools and tasks. Robonaut 2 or R2 was flown to the space station as part of STS-133 mission and was the first humanoid robot in space. In the future legs will be added, and work is being completed to prepare ...
Also soon into the space age the international community came together starting to negotiate dedicated international law governing outer space activity. In the 1970s the Soviet Union started to invite other countries to fly their people into space through its Intercosmos program and the United States started to include women and people of ...
A team of international astronomers recently announced the largest superstructure in the known universe. The immense structure named "Quipu" is estimated to stretch for an astonishing 1.4 billion ...
Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1950s Year Date Origin Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog ...
1946 – American launch of a camera-equipped V-2 rocket provides the first image of the Earth from space. [171] 1949 – Gerard Kuiper discovers Uranus's moon Miranda and Neptune's moon Nereid. [170] 1950 – Jan Oort suggests the presence of a cometary reservoir in the outer limits of the Solar System, the Oort cloud. [172]
A wide field view of outer space as seen from Earth's surface at night. The interplanetary dust cloud is visible as the horizontal band of zodiacal light, including the false dawn [29] (edges) and gegenschein (center), which is visually crossed by the Milky Way. Outer space is the closest known approximation to a perfect vacuum.