2012 ⟶ Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier in Freefall

October 14: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first per...
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🚀 Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon

December – Apollo 8 orbits the Moon with three NASA astronauts, becoming the first human spaceflight mission to enter the gravitational influence of another celestial body.⟶
Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon (1968)
Space ExplorationNASACold WarSpace RaceAstronautsMoonHuman Spaceflight
United StatesUnited States

🚀 SpaceX Founded

March 14: SpaceX is founded by Elon Musk.⟶
SpaceX Founded (2002)
Space ExplorationAerospaceCommercial SpaceEntrepreneurship
United StatesUnited States

🪂 Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier in Freefall

October 14: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle.⟶
Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier in Freefall (2012)
AviationSpace ExplorationPhysics
United StatesUnited StatesAustriaAustria

🚀 Ingenuity Helicopter Makes First Flight on Mars; Díaz-Canel Becomes First Secretary of Cuban Communist Party

April 19: Ingenuity becomes the first vehicle to fly in the atmosphere of another planet. Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, replacing the Castro brothers, Fidel and Raúl, after 62 years.⟶
Ingenuity Helicopter Makes First Flight on Mars; Díaz-Canel Becomes First Secretary of Cuban Communist Party (2021)
Space ExplorationMarsAviationCuban RevolutionCommunist Party
United StatesUnited StatesCubaCuba

🚀 SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Orbital Spaceflight

September 16: Inspiration4, launched by SpaceX, becomes the first all-civilian spaceflight, carrying a four-person crew on a three-day orbit of the Earth.⟶
SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Orbital Spaceflight (2021)
Space ExplorationSpaceXCommercial Spaceflight
United StatesUnited States