Timeline of spaceflight

This is a timeline of known spaceflights, both manned and unmanned, sorted chronologically by launch date. Owing to its large size, the timeline is split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951.

The 2017 list, and lists for subsequent years, contain planned launches which have not yet occurred.

For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line, the officially recognised edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL). The timeline contains all flights which have crossed the edge of space, were intended to do so but failed, or are planned in the near future. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).

Orbital launches by year

Deep-space rendezvous post-2019

See also

• Launch vehicle
• Outer space
• Space exploration

References

External links

Spaceflight lists and timelines
General	All spaceflights outline records Rocket and missile technology Space exploration milestones Space Race Asian Space Race
Human spaceflight	General Manned spacecraft timeline Spaceflights 1961–70 1971–80 1981–90 1991–2000 2001–10 2011–present by program Soviet Russian Vostok Soyuz Mercury Gemini Apollo Skylab Shenzhou Spacelab Salyut Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors Mir Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors ISS Expeditions Spaceflights manned unmanned Spacewalks Visitors Shuttle Crews Missions timeline Rollbacks People Astronauts by name by year of selection by first flight Apollo Gemini Chinese European Cosmonauts female Jewish Muslim Arab African-American Space travelers by name Space travelers by nationality timeline EVA 1965–1999 2000–2014 2015–present Cumulative spacewalk records Spacewalkers
Solar System exploration	Timeline Interplanetary voyages Landings on other planets artificial objects Objects at Lagrangian points Probes active leaving the Solar System lunar probes Missions to the Moon Timeline of satellites Sample-return mission Mars
Earth-orbiting satellites	Climate research Communications satellite firsts CubeSats PocketQube Earth observation satellites timeline Geosynchronous orbit GOES Kosmos Magnetospheric NRO TDRS USA
Vehicles	Orbital launch systems Comparison Sounding rockets Spacecraft unmanned manned Upper stages
Launches by rocket type	Ariane Atlas Black Brant Falcon 9 and Heavy Long March Proton R-7 (including Semyorka, Molniya, Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz) Scout Thor and Delta Titan V-2 tests Zenit
Launches by spaceport	Satish Dhawan
Agencies, companies and facilities	Communications satellite companies comparison Private spaceflight companies Rocket launch sites Space agencies Spacecraft manufacturers
Other mission lists and timelines	First orbital launches by country NASA missions Constellation missions Timeline of private spaceflight Timeline of longest spaceflights