Spacecraft Systems

Neil Armstrong and David Scott achieve the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.

The first international human spaceflight: an American Apollo docks with a Soviet Soyuz.

The Space Shuttle’s daring first flight: the first crewed test of a reusable winged spacecraft.

The first resident crew boards the International Space Station, beginning 25+ years of continuous human presence in orbit.

The planet hunter that proved planets outnumber stars in our galaxy.

A solar-powered spacecraft dives through Jupiter’s radiation belts to probe its hidden interior.

The fastest human-made object flies through the Sun’s atmosphere.

Humanity’s first planetary defense test successfully changes an asteroid’s orbit.

The most powerful space telescope ever built unfolds a million miles from Earth.

The largest planetary spacecraft NASA has ever built heads for Jupiter’s ocean moon.