70+ Years of Exploration
From the first satellite to the most powerful telescope ever built — humanity's greatest adventures in space.
11
Total Missions
6
Active Today
65
Years Covered
4
Space Agencies
1957 · USSR
The world's first artificial satellite — its radio beeps from orbit shocked the world and launched the Space Age.
1957 · USSR
The world's first artificial satellite — its radio beeps from orbit shocked the world and launched the Space Age.
1961 · USSR
Carried Yuri Gagarin on a single orbit of Earth, making him the first human to travel to space and return safely.
1961 · USSR
Carried Yuri Gagarin on a single orbit of Earth, making him the first human to travel to space and return safely.
1969 · NASA
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, fulfilling President Kennedy's challenge to the nation.
1969 · NASA
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, fulfilling President Kennedy's challenge to the nation.
1977 · NASA
Launched to study the outer planets, Voyager 1 is now the most distant human-made object — beyond our solar system in interstellar space.
1977 · NASA
Launched to study the outer planets, Voyager 1 is now the most distant human-made object — beyond our solar system in interstellar space.
1990 · NASA / ESA
Transformed our view of the universe, capturing images from the Pillars of Creation to the Ultra Deep Field — a single photo containing 10,000 galaxies.
1990 · NASA / ESA
Transformed our view of the universe, capturing images from the Pillars of Creation to the Ultra Deep Field — a single photo containing 10,000 galaxies.
1997 · NASA
Deployed Sojourner, the first Mars rover, proving the concept of robotic surface exploration and paving the way for all future Mars missions.
1997 · NASA
Deployed Sojourner, the first Mars rover, proving the concept of robotic surface exploration and paving the way for all future Mars missions.
2004 · NASA / ESA
Spent 13 years orbiting Saturn, discovering active geysers on Enceladus and liquid methane lakes on Titan, before a planned plunge into Saturn's atmosphere.
2004 · NASA / ESA
Spent 13 years orbiting Saturn, discovering active geysers on Enceladus and liquid methane lakes on Titan, before a planned plunge into Saturn's atmosphere.
2012 · NASA
A car-sized rover still active on Mars today. Curiosity confirmed Mars once had the conditions needed to support microbial life.
2012 · NASA
A car-sized rover still active on Mars today. Curiosity confirmed Mars once had the conditions needed to support microbial life.
2015 · NASA
Flew past Pluto, capturing the first detailed images of the dwarf planet and its moons, then continued deeper into the Kuiper Belt.
2015 · NASA
Flew past Pluto, capturing the first detailed images of the dwarf planet and its moons, then continued deeper into the Kuiper Belt.
2021 · NASA
Searching for signs of ancient life on Mars and collecting rocks for future Earth return. Its helicopter Ingenuity achieved the first powered flight on another planet.
2021 · NASA
Searching for signs of ancient life on Mars and collecting rocks for future Earth return. Its helicopter Ingenuity achieved the first powered flight on another planet.
2021 · NASA / ESA / CSA
The most powerful space telescope ever built, JWST peers into the universe's first light — revealing galaxies that formed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.
2021 · NASA / ESA / CSA
The most powerful space telescope ever built, JWST peers into the universe's first light — revealing galaxies that formed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.