Pick any date since Sputnik. See what was happening in space — what flew, who was up there, and where the planets were.
You arrive
November 24, 2021
The New Space Age
Crews ride commercial capsules, a rover caches samples on Mars, and a gold-mirrored telescope shows us the universe's baby pictures.
Deep-space distance is approximate — a constant-cruise estimate anchored to NASA Voyager tracking data.
November 24, 2021
7,692
days of continuous human presence in space
every second since November 2, 2000
At least 2 people were off the planet:
From the SpaceOdysseyHub astronaut archive — notable flights, not an exhaustive roster.
Waning Gibbous
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