Pick any date since Sputnik. See what was happening in space — what flew, who was up there, and where the planets were.
2020 – 2026
Crews ride commercial capsules, a rover caches samples on Mars, and a gold-mirrored telescope shows us the universe's baby pictures.
December 25, 2021
The largest space telescope ever launched begins delivering infrared views of the early universe.
Explore7,723
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.
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