Humans have been present in space either, in the common sense, through their direct presence and activity like human spaceflight, or through mediation...

long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station, Salyut 1 (1971), and the deaths of its Soyuz 11 crew, space stations have been operated...

Beginning in 1961 with the flight of Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, crewed spaceflight occurs when a human crew flies a spacecraft into outer space. Human spaceflight...

complex human spaceflight has been pursued soon after the first orbital satellites and has reached the Moon and permanent human presence in space around...

Apollo program, and have had a continuous presence in space for 23 years and 177 days on the International Space Station (ISS). On 15 October 2003, the first...

long-duration direct human presence in space. After the first station, Salyut 1 (1971), and the deaths of its Soyuz 11 crew, space stations have been operated...

the longest continuous human presence in space. As of March 2024[update], 279 individuals from 22 countries have visited the space station. The ISS is expected...

The Space Race brought pioneering launches of artificial satellites, robotic space probes to the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth...

robotic exploration. Proponents of human space exploration contend that the symbolism of establishing a presence in space may garner public interest to join...

first space satellite Explorer 1 in 1958. He worked with Walt Disney on a series of films, which popularized the idea of human space travel in the U.S...