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2026

NASA Artemis II Launches First Crewed Lunar Flyby Mission

01 Apr 2026

NASA Artemis II Launches First Crewed Lunar Flyby Mission

Artemis II Completes 10-Day Lunar Flyby, Returning Humans to Moon’s Vicinity After 50 Years

01 Apr 2026

Artemis II Completes 10-Day Lunar Flyby, Returning Humans to Moon’s Vicinity After 50 Years

2025

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus Becomes the First Wheelchair User in Space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-37

20 Dec 2025

Michaela “Michi” Benthaus Becomes the First Wheelchair User in Space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-37

First crewed spaceflight to enter a Polar orbit around Earth

01 Apr 2025

First crewed spaceflight to enter a Polar orbit around Earth

First Successful Soft Landing on the Moon

15 Jan 2025

First Successful Soft Landing on the Moon

2024

First catch of a rocket booster

13 Oct 2024

First catch of a rocket booster

First samples returned from the far side of the Moon

25 Jun 2024

First samples returned from the far side of the Moon

First successful instance of both stages of a launch vehicle returned for a controlled landing

06 Jun 2024

First successful instance of both stages of a launch vehicle returned for a controlled landing

Successful In-Space Propellant Transfer Demonstration

14 Mar 2024

2023

First landing at the lunar south polar region

23 Aug 2023

First landing at the lunar south polar region

2022

First spacecraft to measurably deflect an asteroid

26 Sep 2022

First spacecraft to measurably deflect an asteroid

2021

Launch of the largest space telescope to date

25 Dec 2021

Launch of the largest space telescope to date

First spacecraft to fly through Sun's corona

14 Dec 2021

First spacecraft to fly through the atmosphere of a star

28 Apr 2021

First production of oxygen on Mars

20 Apr 2021

First production of oxygen on Mars

First aerodynamically powered flight on another celestial body

19 Apr 2021

First aerodynamically powered flight on another celestial body

First confirmed quake on another planet

06 Apr 2021

First confirmed quake on another planet

2019

First direct photograph of a black hole

10 Apr 2019

First direct photograph of a black hole

First lunar rover traversing the far side of the Moon

03 Jan 2019

First lunar rover traversing the far side of the Moon

First flyby of a classical Kuiper belt object

01 Jan 2019

First flyby of a classical Kuiper belt object

2018

First recorded sounds from Mars

01 Dec 2018

First operational rover on an asteroid

21 Sep 2018

First operational rover on an asteroid

2016

BEAM attached to the ISS

16 Apr 2016

BEAM attached to the ISS

2015

First propulsive landing of an orbital rocket

21 Dec 2015

First propulsive landing of an orbital rocket

First propulsive landing of a rocket after sending something into space

23 Nov 2015

First observation of gravitational waves

14 Sep 2015

First food grown in space eaten

10 Aug 2015

First food grown in space eaten

First flyby of an object beyond Neptune

Jul 2015

First flyby and orbit of a dwarf planet

06 Mar 2015

First flyby and orbit of a dwarf planet

2014

First soft landing on a comet

12 Nov 2014

First soft landing on a comet