
analysisFebruary 16, 2026
The Great Cosmic Milestones: A Century of Space Discovery Through 2024
From Sputnik in 1957 to JWST deep fields, Chandrayaan-3, DART, and Ingenuity — the defining milestones of a century of space exploration through 2024.

From Sputnik in 1957 to JWST deep fields, Chandrayaan-3, DART, and Ingenuity — the defining milestones of a century of space exploration through 2024.

NASA's Ingenuity was designed for 5 flights on Mars. It flew 72 over three years in a 1% atmosphere — the Wright Brothers moment of the space age, built at JPL.