Spaceflight
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Spaceflight is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly
Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the International Space Station's Cupola
The German V-2 rocket, co-designed by Wernher von Braun, became the first man-made object to reach space.
Launched in 1959, Luna 1 was the first known artificial object to achieve escape velocity from the Earth (replica pictured).
Ionized gas trail from Shuttle reentry
Human spaceflight
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Human spaceflight is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard crew. Spacecraft can also be remotely operated from gro
Spaceflight
…Spaceflight (also space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in orbit around Earth, but also includes…
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 1969
Gemini 4 astronaut Ed White in open space, 1965
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide taking a space selfie in 2012