the universe is a very big place and
these are the best efforts humankind has
made to explore it so far welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 space
exploration achievements sometimes seems
that this is the longest wait of all
before they can finally get the
astronauts out of the capsule looking
for more out of this world entertainment
be sure to check out our newest magazine
watch mojos 50 most influential sci-fi
shows on TV for this list we’re looking
at the greatest achievements in the
history of space travel and the moments
that have most advanced scientific
research and our understanding of space
to date a clock off
number 10 Sputnik 1 October 4th 1957
today a new moon is in the sky a 23 inch
metal sphere placed in orbit by a
Russian rocket the successful launch of
Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union was the
first major move in the 20th century
space race between the USSR and the USA
as the first artificial Earth satellite
the now iconic spiritual design mist
buttnik one called global attention as a
Soviet made star in the sky I’ll see him
Brad fire it was a symbol of hope and
scientific endeavor for many but it also
prompted cold war concerns in America
there are hundreds of problems that we’d
like to solve whether you satellites
practically every scientist across the
United States would like to have his pet
problems pursued the 184 pounds
spacecraft posited earth once every hour
and 36 minutes traveling at 18,000 miles
per hour for 92 days when it eventually
burned up re-entering Earth’s atmosphere
on January 4th 1958 it had traveled more
than 40 million miles the thorniest
rasca I had the quiz malenko norm Lewis
number 9 the first space station April
19 1971 after America’s history-making
Apollo 11 mission the Soviet Union
changed direction with its space program
and focused on the creation of the first
space station salute 1 was launched in
April 1971 more than two years before
USA could launch their own Skylab
program
Kru meanwhile made ready to embark on
their historic mission an unforeseen
design issue meant that the first
mission sending cosmonauts to the
station was aborted but success came on
the second attempt with the three-man
Soyuz 11 crew able to complete docking
and stay on the solut for 23 days the
mission ended in tragedy however when a
faulty valve led to the depressurization
of the soyuz capsule upon re-entry into
the Earth’s atmosphere killing all three
crewmen number eight
New Horizons flyby of Pluto July 14 2015
well it’s interesting about the area
there is it seems to be crater free
nasa’s new horizons space probe has
certainly lived up to its name as the
first mission launched in the new
frontiers program in July 2015 it became
the first-ever spacecraft to fly by
Pluto getting as close to seven thousand
seven hundred and fifty miles and
collecting never-before-seen images and
data for the first time ever will be
able to fly by a brand new object Bhutto
was always the primary target for the
mission the New Horizons journey to the
outer edges of our solar system has seen
other major successes as well in 2006
alone it passed the orbit of Mars
practice small asteroid for two days and
photographed Jupiter and the journey
didn’t stop the Pluto during the summer
of 2016
NASA announced plans to extend the
mission into the Kuiper belt number
seven the start of the space shuttle era
April 12 1981 for 30 years the space
shuttle program was America’s ticket to
the stars the five shuttle fleet of
Columbia challenger discovery Atlantis
and endeavour flew a combined 135
missions beginning with Columbia’s
inaugural launch in April 1981 as the
first reusable spaceship
the shuttles of the space transportation
system flew over 542 million miles made
over 21,000 Earth orbits and carried
over 350 people into space they played a
role in building the International Space
Station and the triumph of the Hubble
telescope the vast majority of Shuttle
missions were a success but there were
two tragic events a combined 14
astronauts were killed during the
Challenger and Columbia disaster 38
miles above ground the Space Shuttle had
exploded
when the Atlantis landed for the last
time in July 2011 it was the end of an
era a lot of emotion today the one thing
is indisputable America’s not going to
stop exploring number six the Voyager
program August 20th 1977 and September
5th 1977 the Voyager program started
with two crafts built to last five years
and to explore Jupiter and Saturn
although it was launched 17 days after
Voyager 2 Voyager 1 is on a shorter path
to the planets today roughly 4 decades
since launched Voyager 1 and 2 are still
out in space exploring more of the great
unknown than anything has ever done
before the probes have visited all of
the other planets of our solar system
plus 48 moons and both are now far
beyond Pluto
Voyager 1 created history when it
entered interstellar space in August
2012 and it’s now hurtling to the
outermost edges of the sun’s influence
well in interstellar space we are
surrounded now by matter plasma which
has come from the explosion of supernova
stars the probes are even prepared for
the eventualities that they come into
contact with alien life-forms both
contain images and audio via the Voyager
Golden Record showing life and culture
on earth number five the Hubble Space
Telescope April 24th 1990 when the space
shuttle discovery set the Hubble
telescope into orbit around the earth it
is ish eiated perhaps the most
significant advance in astronomy since
Galileo crafted his telescope in the
early 1600s since its launch in 1990
Hubble has journeyed more than three
billion miles and taken more than 1.2
million observations data collected from
the HST has helped refine estimates on
the age of our universe to around 13.7
billion years old because it takes
billions of years for us to see the
light of cosmic objects after traveling
billions of light years scientists can
actually look back in time it has also
been used to further our knowledge of
black holes and broaden our
understanding of how big the universe
actually is in March 2016 Hubble was
used for the discovery of GN z11 the
farthest known galaxies to human
so far number four the Mars Exploration
Rover June 10th 2003 and July 7th 2003
since the 2003 launch the twin rovers
Spirit and Opportunity have exceeded
their targets for the red planet and
have spearheaded NASA’s 21st century
Mars ambitions the Rovers are designed
to analyze soil and rock samples to
determine whether there is was or ever
could be life on Mars although contact
with spirit was lost in 2010 and its
mission ended in 2011 both Rovers have
also exceeded their planned mission
times Spirit was producing more solar
power than the Daily Planet Opportunity
continued to explore planets it now
shares with 2012 Curiosity rover the
images and data sent back while
opportunity have proven vital and
humankind’s quest to learn more about
Martian history and have further boosted
future hopes for manned missions to
visit our neighbor number three first
man in space April 12 1961 once again
the Russians will quote good thing out
before having already earned a lead in
the space race of Sputnik 1 the Soviet
Union further stretched the boundaries
of human possibility in 1961 when Yuri
Gagarin became the first man in space
America had been striving to launch an
astronaut of its own but was narrowly
beaten by his rival once again Garin
took to the skies in Vostok 1 and
circled earth once during a flight that
lasted 108 minutes he became a national
hero and the most talked-about person on
the planet marvelous achievement a
global tour followed as crowds gathered
to catch a glimpse of him the cosmonaut
proved quite public speaker – and was
said to have a smile that lit up the
Cold War two years later valentina
Tereshkova would be the first woman to
fly in space via the Vostok 6 our first
woman’s crew included five people who
passed the medical selection board in
1961 number two first spacewalk March 18
1965 having put the first-ever satellite
man and woman into space the Soviet
Union is also responsible for the
first-ever spacewalk leena pressurized
suit
Luzi airlock aleksey leonov left the
Voskhod 2 spacecraft in March 1965 to
float above our planet with only a 16
foot cord keeping him from certain death
while the mission was a success in the
end there were endless problems during
the walk leonov’s space suit inflated
causing massive difficulties when he
tried to return to the ship this natural
is new partnership I chose aluminum
rasca after the walk arrived in oxygen
levels meant Voskhod 2 became highly
flammable and probably during the
re-entry stranded Leonov and his partner
pavel ballet of in Siberia but not only
was the mission of feat of science it
also proved a problem-solving
masterclass we need to learn how to
operate outside of this race before we
unveil our topic here are a few
honorable mentions I think if we look at
station we know we’ve kind of really
spent past 10 years assembling space
station we build a tremendous facility
in space this is rocket science ok this
is a real first lab top line rocket
science cognition
[Music]
number one first human on the moon July
20th 1969 NASA’s Apollo program made
many a mark on the history of space
travel the Apollo 8 moon orbit might
have made today’s top spot but Apollo 11
is humankind’s most momentous moment in
space to me it was one of the crowd are
moments in my life to be able to stand
there and quickly salute the flag
if Sputnik one started the space race
the Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and
Michael Collins ended it on July 20th
1959 Armstrong’s first steps onto the
lunar surface and his immortal words
made for one of the most iconic moments
in modern times Aldrin and Armstrong
collected soil and rock samples and
planted the American flag before leaving
various mementos including an Apollo 1
mission patch and a Soviet medal
commemorating Yuri Gagarin one giant
leap for mankind Apollo 11 still sets
the benchmark for space exploration do
you agree with our list which galactic
achievement most impressive you four
more out of this world top 10s published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com on arrival it found
evidence of water and went on to make
the first ascent of an alien hill do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
these are the best efforts humankind has
made to explore it so far welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 space
exploration achievements sometimes seems
that this is the longest wait of all
before they can finally get the
astronauts out of the capsule looking
for more out of this world entertainment
be sure to check out our newest magazine
watch mojos 50 most influential sci-fi
shows on TV for this list we’re looking
at the greatest achievements in the
history of space travel and the moments
that have most advanced scientific
research and our understanding of space
to date a clock off
number 10 Sputnik 1 October 4th 1957
today a new moon is in the sky a 23 inch
metal sphere placed in orbit by a
Russian rocket the successful launch of
Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union was the
first major move in the 20th century
space race between the USSR and the USA
as the first artificial Earth satellite
the now iconic spiritual design mist
buttnik one called global attention as a
Soviet made star in the sky I’ll see him
Brad fire it was a symbol of hope and
scientific endeavor for many but it also
prompted cold war concerns in America
there are hundreds of problems that we’d
like to solve whether you satellites
practically every scientist across the
United States would like to have his pet
problems pursued the 184 pounds
spacecraft posited earth once every hour
and 36 minutes traveling at 18,000 miles
per hour for 92 days when it eventually
burned up re-entering Earth’s atmosphere
on January 4th 1958 it had traveled more
than 40 million miles the thorniest
rasca I had the quiz malenko norm Lewis
number 9 the first space station April
19 1971 after America’s history-making
Apollo 11 mission the Soviet Union
changed direction with its space program
and focused on the creation of the first
space station salute 1 was launched in
April 1971 more than two years before
USA could launch their own Skylab
program
Kru meanwhile made ready to embark on
their historic mission an unforeseen
design issue meant that the first
mission sending cosmonauts to the
station was aborted but success came on
the second attempt with the three-man
Soyuz 11 crew able to complete docking
and stay on the solut for 23 days the
mission ended in tragedy however when a
faulty valve led to the depressurization
of the soyuz capsule upon re-entry into
the Earth’s atmosphere killing all three
crewmen number eight
New Horizons flyby of Pluto July 14 2015
well it’s interesting about the area
there is it seems to be crater free
nasa’s new horizons space probe has
certainly lived up to its name as the
first mission launched in the new
frontiers program in July 2015 it became
the first-ever spacecraft to fly by
Pluto getting as close to seven thousand
seven hundred and fifty miles and
collecting never-before-seen images and
data for the first time ever will be
able to fly by a brand new object Bhutto
was always the primary target for the
mission the New Horizons journey to the
outer edges of our solar system has seen
other major successes as well in 2006
alone it passed the orbit of Mars
practice small asteroid for two days and
photographed Jupiter and the journey
didn’t stop the Pluto during the summer
of 2016
NASA announced plans to extend the
mission into the Kuiper belt number
seven the start of the space shuttle era
April 12 1981 for 30 years the space
shuttle program was America’s ticket to
the stars the five shuttle fleet of
Columbia challenger discovery Atlantis
and endeavour flew a combined 135
missions beginning with Columbia’s
inaugural launch in April 1981 as the
first reusable spaceship
the shuttles of the space transportation
system flew over 542 million miles made
over 21,000 Earth orbits and carried
over 350 people into space they played a
role in building the International Space
Station and the triumph of the Hubble
telescope the vast majority of Shuttle
missions were a success but there were
two tragic events a combined 14
astronauts were killed during the
Challenger and Columbia disaster 38
miles above ground the Space Shuttle had
exploded
when the Atlantis landed for the last
time in July 2011 it was the end of an
era a lot of emotion today the one thing
is indisputable America’s not going to
stop exploring number six the Voyager
program August 20th 1977 and September
5th 1977 the Voyager program started
with two crafts built to last five years
and to explore Jupiter and Saturn
although it was launched 17 days after
Voyager 2 Voyager 1 is on a shorter path
to the planets today roughly 4 decades
since launched Voyager 1 and 2 are still
out in space exploring more of the great
unknown than anything has ever done
before the probes have visited all of
the other planets of our solar system
plus 48 moons and both are now far
beyond Pluto
Voyager 1 created history when it
entered interstellar space in August
2012 and it’s now hurtling to the
outermost edges of the sun’s influence
well in interstellar space we are
surrounded now by matter plasma which
has come from the explosion of supernova
stars the probes are even prepared for
the eventualities that they come into
contact with alien life-forms both
contain images and audio via the Voyager
Golden Record showing life and culture
on earth number five the Hubble Space
Telescope April 24th 1990 when the space
shuttle discovery set the Hubble
telescope into orbit around the earth it
is ish eiated perhaps the most
significant advance in astronomy since
Galileo crafted his telescope in the
early 1600s since its launch in 1990
Hubble has journeyed more than three
billion miles and taken more than 1.2
million observations data collected from
the HST has helped refine estimates on
the age of our universe to around 13.7
billion years old because it takes
billions of years for us to see the
light of cosmic objects after traveling
billions of light years scientists can
actually look back in time it has also
been used to further our knowledge of
black holes and broaden our
understanding of how big the universe
actually is in March 2016 Hubble was
used for the discovery of GN z11 the
farthest known galaxies to human
so far number four the Mars Exploration
Rover June 10th 2003 and July 7th 2003
since the 2003 launch the twin rovers
Spirit and Opportunity have exceeded
their targets for the red planet and
have spearheaded NASA’s 21st century
Mars ambitions the Rovers are designed
to analyze soil and rock samples to
determine whether there is was or ever
could be life on Mars although contact
with spirit was lost in 2010 and its
mission ended in 2011 both Rovers have
also exceeded their planned mission
times Spirit was producing more solar
power than the Daily Planet Opportunity
continued to explore planets it now
shares with 2012 Curiosity rover the
images and data sent back while
opportunity have proven vital and
humankind’s quest to learn more about
Martian history and have further boosted
future hopes for manned missions to
visit our neighbor number three first
man in space April 12 1961 once again
the Russians will quote good thing out
before having already earned a lead in
the space race of Sputnik 1 the Soviet
Union further stretched the boundaries
of human possibility in 1961 when Yuri
Gagarin became the first man in space
America had been striving to launch an
astronaut of its own but was narrowly
beaten by his rival once again Garin
took to the skies in Vostok 1 and
circled earth once during a flight that
lasted 108 minutes he became a national
hero and the most talked-about person on
the planet marvelous achievement a
global tour followed as crowds gathered
to catch a glimpse of him the cosmonaut
proved quite public speaker – and was
said to have a smile that lit up the
Cold War two years later valentina
Tereshkova would be the first woman to
fly in space via the Vostok 6 our first
woman’s crew included five people who
passed the medical selection board in
1961 number two first spacewalk March 18
1965 having put the first-ever satellite
man and woman into space the Soviet
Union is also responsible for the
first-ever spacewalk leena pressurized
suit
Luzi airlock aleksey leonov left the
Voskhod 2 spacecraft in March 1965 to
float above our planet with only a 16
foot cord keeping him from certain death
while the mission was a success in the
end there were endless problems during
the walk leonov’s space suit inflated
causing massive difficulties when he
tried to return to the ship this natural
is new partnership I chose aluminum
rasca after the walk arrived in oxygen
levels meant Voskhod 2 became highly
flammable and probably during the
re-entry stranded Leonov and his partner
pavel ballet of in Siberia but not only
was the mission of feat of science it
also proved a problem-solving
masterclass we need to learn how to
operate outside of this race before we
unveil our topic here are a few
honorable mentions I think if we look at
station we know we’ve kind of really
spent past 10 years assembling space
station we build a tremendous facility
in space this is rocket science ok this
is a real first lab top line rocket
science cognition
[Music]
number one first human on the moon July
20th 1969 NASA’s Apollo program made
many a mark on the history of space
travel the Apollo 8 moon orbit might
have made today’s top spot but Apollo 11
is humankind’s most momentous moment in
space to me it was one of the crowd are
moments in my life to be able to stand
there and quickly salute the flag
if Sputnik one started the space race
the Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and
Michael Collins ended it on July 20th
1959 Armstrong’s first steps onto the
lunar surface and his immortal words
made for one of the most iconic moments
in modern times Aldrin and Armstrong
collected soil and rock samples and
planted the American flag before leaving
various mementos including an Apollo 1
mission patch and a Soviet medal
commemorating Yuri Gagarin one giant
leap for mankind Apollo 11 still sets
the benchmark for space exploration do
you agree with our list which galactic
achievement most impressive you four
more out of this world top 10s published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com on arrival it found
evidence of water and went on to make
the first ascent of an alien hill do you
agree with our pics check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
[Music]
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