Humans in space — past, present, and future
The 2020s are the most active decade for human spaceflight since Apollo. Crew Dragon regularly ferries astronauts to the ISS, Boeing's Starliner is entering service, India's Gaganyaan targets its first crewed flight, and commercial space stations are under construction. This hub tracks every crewed mission, astronaut record, and program milestone.
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Space Exploration
On May 28, 2026, a New Glenn static fire anomaly levelled Launch Complex 36. Here's what it means for Blue Moon, Artemis 3, and NASA's 2028 moon landing.
Space Exploration
NASA's $749M Moon Base Phase One — Astrolab CLV-1 and Lunar Outpost Pegasus rovers, Blue Moon Mk1 LTV delivery, and Firefly's MoonFall hopper drones.
Space Exploration
The ISS is being deorbited around 2030. Inside the Zvezda cracking, SpaceX's $843M deorbit vehicle, and the four commercial stations racing to replace it.
Space Exploration
Ranked by peak heliocentric speed. Parker Solar Probe holds the record at ~191 km/s — fastest object humans have ever built. Here's the full top 10.
Space Exploration
Ranked by years of continuous operation. Voyager 2 leads at 48+ years and counting. Here's the full top 10 — including the rovers, orbiters, and probes that wildly outlived their warranty.
Space Exploration
Ranked by inflation-adjusted total program cost in 2025 USD. Apollo leads at ~$280B, Space Shuttle is second, ISS third. Here's the full top 10 — and what's program vs. mission cost.
Space Exploration
From the robotic arms that built the ISS to Jeremy Hansen's historic Moon orbit in April 2026, Canada's space agency punches far above its weight. A complete deep dive into the CSA — its technology, astronauts, satellites, and what comes next.
Space Exploration
NASA redesigned Artemis III as a low-Earth orbit HLS demonstration. Artemis IV (2028) is now the first crewed Moon landing. Here's everything that changed and why.
ISRO
Chandrayaan-3 landed at the Moon's south pole in 2023 for a fraction of NASA costs — inside ISRO's Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan, NISAR, and PSLV program driving India's rise.
Space Exploration
Russia once led the space race. Today it launches fewer rockets than SpaceX alone. Inside Roscosmos's post-Soviet decline, Luna-25's crash, GLONASS, and the Amur reusable rocket gamble.
Space Exploration
Japan launched its first satellite in 1970, pioneered asteroid sample return with Hayabusa, nailed a 55-meter precision Moon landing, and built H3 for the
Space Exploration
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, put the first human in orbit, did the first spacewalk, built the first space stations, and dominated space for 30
Space Missions
India's Gaganyaan will put Indian astronauts in orbit on a homegrown rocket. Meet the vyomnauts, understand the spacecraft, and learn what's at stake.
Space Exploration
At 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 10, 2026, a charred but intact Orion capsule named Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. In…
Space Exploration
Skylab launched May 14, 1973, nearly died minutes later, and hosted three crews over 171 days. Built from Apollo leftovers, saved by ingenuity, lost over
Space Exploration
NASA's Lucy will visit 8 asteroids over 12 years, covering 6.3 billion km to study Jupiter's Trojan swarms — 4-billion-year-old fossils from planet formation.
Space Exploration
NASA's Artemis II launches April 1, 2026 — the first crewed Moon mission in 53 years. Launch time, live stream links, the four astronauts, mission timeline, and how to watch.
ISRO
Inside India's rise as a space power: ISRO's journey from bicycle-carried rockets to Chandrayaan-3's lunar south pole landing, Mangalyaan's $74M Mars mission, and Gaganyaan.