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The year 2023 saw rapid growth and significant technical achievements in spaceflight.For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211).
The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1,111 days in space over five missions. He broke the record of Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC during his fifth spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-24 / 25 for a one year long-duration mission on the ISS . [ 21 ]
Maiden flight of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-2 launch vehicle. First successful launch of a Chinese privately funded, liquid fueled kerolox rocket. Space Pioneer became the first private company to successfully launch a liquid fueled rocket to orbit on its first attempt. 2 April 14:29 [98] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-215 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX
Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).
29 June 2023 Galactic 01. Reached an altitude of 85.1 km (52.9 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. — Frederick Sturckow Kelly Latimer Beth Moses Jon Goodwin Keisha Schahaff Anastatia Mayers: 10 August 2023 Galactic 02. Reached an altitude of 88.5 km (55.0 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 353 Jasmin Moghbeli Andreas Mogensen ...
Blue Origin, the space flight project launched by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has set a goal to reach the moon by 2023. The plan, named Blue Moon, is aimed at preparing the moon for an eventually ...
The record attempt was a fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Foundation. [22] In April 2009, on his second attempt, he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe in a light jet, making the flight in 61:51:15, about 20 hours faster than the previous record of 82 hours.
Lauren Sánchez told CNN she plans to go to space in 2023 with "a great group of females." Also in the CNN interview released Monday, Bezos said he planned to give away most of his $124 billion ...