Pick any date since Sputnik. See what was happening in space — what flew, who was up there, and where the planets were.
1981 – 2000
A spaceplane that lands like an airliner makes orbit feel almost routine — until Challenger reminds the world it never was.
November 20, 1998
First component of the largest cooperative human engineering project in history. Continuously inhabited since 2000.
ExploreAt least 2 people were off the planet:
From the SpaceOdysseyHub astronaut archive — notable flights, not an exhaustive roster.
New Moon
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