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A mission could have a period of 365 days in a year, a few weeks each month, [6] a few weeks every 26 months (e.g. Mars launch periods), [7] or a short period time that won't be repeated. A launch window indicates the time frame on a given day within the launch period that the rocket can launch to reach its intended orbit.
This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both crewed and uncrewed, sorted chronologically by launch date.Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951.
The Space Age is a period encompassing the activities related to the space race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events, beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, [1] and continuing to the present.
The USSR made no crewed flights during this period but continued to develop its Soyuz craft and secretly accepted Kennedy's implicit lunar challenge, designing Soyuz variants for lunar orbit and landing. They also attempted to develop the N1, a large, crewed Moon-capable launch vehicle similar to the US Saturn V. [citation needed]
Heaviest Falcon 9 launch carrying an east-coast Starlink network launch for 53.2° inclination orbit located at 540 km altitude. This flight, Group 4-23, was moved from 39A to 40 to de-conflict with Artemis I operations at 39B, and booster B1069.2 from the 4-20 mission was swapped with B1067.6.
First launch of a lithergol rocket, burning solid fuel and a liquid oxidizer, LEX, from the Levant Island. France: 12 October 1964: First multi-person crew (3) in orbit. USSR Voskhod 1: 18 March 1965: First space walk/extra-vehicular activity (Alexei Leonov). USSR Voskhod 2: March 1965: First crewed spacecraft to change orbit. USA (NASA) Gemini ...
Space launch involves liftoff, when a rocket or other space launch vehicle leaves the ground, floating ship or midair aircraft at the start of a flight. Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of propulsion are employed, including airbreathing jet engines).
Most consecutive launch successes of a single type of rocket: 365. USA 14 January 2017 – 8 July 2024 Earth: Falcon 9: Most consecutive landing successes of a single type of rocket stage: 267. USA 4 March 2021 – 20 August 2024 Earth: Falcon 9 Most vertical landings of a single orbital rocket stage: 25. USA 3 June 2021 – 10 January 2025 Earth