Explore every mission from the dawn of spaceflight to today. Interactive globe shows launch sites and orbital paths.
First integrated flight test of NASA's Deep Space Exploration Systems. Uncrewed Orion spacecraft traveled 1.4 million miles on a 25.5-day mission beyond the Moon and back.
First crewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Carried Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk, and Oliver Daemen to the edge of space.
Demo-1 mission marked the first automated docking of a U.S. spacecraft to the ISS. Paved the way for crewed flights and ended reliance on Russian Soyuz.
Falcon 9 Flight 20 achieved the first-ever orbital class rocket landing. First stage returned to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral, revolutionizing space economics.
First crewed mission to land on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited above. "One small step for man..."
The first artificial Earth satellite. Its radio signal was detectable worldwide, marking the beginning of the Space Age and the Space Race.