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.
18 articles
Space Industry
How Chennai startup Agnikul Cosmos flew the world's first single-piece 3D-printed rocket engine — and its plan to print rockets on demand and reach orbit.
Space Missions
Inside Chandrayaan-4, India's ambitious lunar sample-return mission — five modules, two LVM3 launches, orbital docking, and about 3 kg of Moon rock by 2028.
Space Missions
Meet the four Indian Air Force test pilots training to become India's first astronauts on Gaganyaan — and how one of them already flew to the ISS.
Space Policy
How IN-SPACe, India's single-window space regulator, split roles with ISRO and NSIL, liberalized FDI, and turned one startup into 300-plus in six years.
Space Industry
Skyroot's Vikram-1 vs Agnikul's Agnibaan: how India's two leading private launch startups compare on technology, funding, and timelines against Rocket Lab.
Space Missions
How ISRO's Mangalyaan reached Mars orbit on its first attempt for about $74M — the engineering, the frugal-genius story, what it found, and Mangalyaan-2.
Space History
From Project 921 and Yang Liwei's 2003 first flight to Tiangong crew rotations, the Mengzhou spacecraft and a 2030 Moon landing — the Shenzhou story.
Space Industry
How two ex-ISRO engineers built Skyroot into India's first private rocket firm and first space unicorn — Vikram-1, Dhawan engines, and Mission Aagaman.
Space Industry
Boeing's Starliner flew two astronauts to the ISS in 2024 but came home empty. What went wrong with its thrusters, how the crew got back, and what comes next.
Space Exploration
China's Tianwen-2 reached the quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa in June 2026 to grab an asteroid sample, return it to Earth by 2027, then chase a comet.
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.