Before revision: upright=1.2|Concept art of the planned Lunar Gateway of the Artemis program , serving as a communication hub, science laboratory, short-term habitation for crewed missions and holding area for rovers in Lunar orbit Particular orbits Human presence in Earth orbit and heliocentric orbit has been the case with a range of artificial objects since the beginning of spaceflight (both possibly with debris since 1957, but for sure since 1958 with Sputnik 1 and in 1959 with Luna 1 respectively), and at more interplanetary heliocentric orbits since 1961 with Venera 1.
After revision: upright=1.2|Concept art of the planned Lunar Gateway , serving as a communication hub, science laboratory, short-term habitation for crewed missions and holding area for rovers in Lunar orbit Particular orbits Human presence in Earth orbit and heliocentric orbit has been the case with a range of artificial objects since the beginning of spaceflight (both possibly with debris since 1957, but for sure since 1958 with Sputnik 1 and in 1959 with Luna 1 respectively), and at more interplanetary heliocentric orbits since 1961 with Venera 1.