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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 ]
As the mission lasted 374 days, Kononenko spent a total of 1,111 days in space by the time he returned to Earth. He broke the world record of 878 days in space held by Gennady Padalka on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC. He later became the first person to stay 900, 1,000, and 1,100 days in space on 25 February 2024, 4 June 2024, and 12 ...
SpaceX has broken its own record for the number of orbital rocket launches in a single year. The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida of a Falcon 9 rocket this week passed the ...
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
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 ...
Date () Spacecraft Event Remarks 26 December 2030 Lucy: Third gravity assist at Earth : Target altitude 660 km July 2031 Hayabusa2: Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 [3]: July 2031 ...
This mission marked the second time a booster was flown for the 19th time and featured a Merlin engine that was being used on its 22nd mission beating its own record, having already surpassed Space Shuttle Main Engine no. 2019's record of 19 flights. [263] 303 25 February 2024 22:06 [264] F9 B5 B1069.13: Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40