Pick any date since Sputnik. See what was happening in space — what flew, who was up there, and where the planets were.
2000 – 2011
From the day Expedition 1 docked, there has always been someone living off the planet — a lamp left on in the dark, 400 km up.
July 21, 2011
Ends 30 years of Shuttle operations. US loses independent human launch capability for nine years.
Explore3,913
days of continuous human presence in space
every second since November 2, 2000
At least 1 person was off the planet:
From the SpaceOdysseyHub astronaut archive — notable flights, not an exhaustive roster.
Last Quarter
66% lit