Talk:Space exploration

message: The first confirmed man-made object into true deep space was not Sputnik or any Russian and it came from America exiting into space and the deep beyond with a total kinetic energy of +5 to +7 escape velocities. I am pulling from deep memory; it was a ten ton blast door of an American underground nuclear bomb experiment. A door similar to the blast doors found on the then in use missile silos. Photographic record of the event, up to the last frame the door was visible, at detonation,the very next frame the blast door no longer there had already been launched into space. Sputnik only beat America into space by a few weeks; also read history with a little more detail, '...the first man to survive going into space and return to earth...'; only suggests men attempted before and did not survive. I once was told the Soviets made many attempts, and to not embarrass Russia, those that did not survive their names have never been told. I was also told by an officer in the United States Air Force 57 men died but I do not have source or research to validate that information. And by the way, the door passed Pluto a while back and is still going.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by JRCancio (talk • contribs) 06:12, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It sounds as if you're referring to Operation Plumbbob.  If you look into it further you'll find that every expert who has examined the issue concludes it would be physically impossible for any portion of the cover to survive in a form that could undergo the acceleration.Zebulin (talk) 20:34, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: JRCancio

message: In 1960 Capt. Joe Kittenger use a balloon to enter outer space and jumped from the balloon.
I site the History Channels television series "The Most".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.107.239.233 (talk) 17:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe Kittenger 

message: This article would be greatly improved by the addition of an image to the lede section! Any suggestions? Can we establish criteria for what would make a good image? (sdsds - talk) 04:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs lede image 

message: This article still states that the US plans to return to the Moon by 2018, and to Mars beyond that, even though the Constellation program was cancelled by President Obama. Should anything be put in place of this now-erroneous statement? Titus.jon (talk) 02:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not yet.  The President's proposed budget for 2011 does not include funding for Constellation.  To say the program is "cancelled" is still a bit premature. (sdsds - talk) 04:44, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

text: Well, it's not really premature anymore, although I don't think there was ever much question. 71.170.139.125 (talk) 18:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  US: New Space Plans 

message: The so called legend of Wan Hu is not a part of the history of space exploration. Besides, a banned sock puppet adding this. 88.106.110.170 (talk) 03:28, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese man going into space on a chair a part of the history of space exploration?

message: Would anyone object to adding religion in space to the other section? I know we also have a sex in space but I don't feel that's so relevant as it's something that's only come up theoretically AFAWK where as religion in space has been a real issue that has come up in various ways. If there are objections, I'd welcome suggestions on other places as the article currently has basically no links from other articles. Nil Einne (talk) 02:47, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Forgot to mention, I added it Nil Einne (talk) 15:55, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Religion in space]] 

message: The lead introductory section being sadly out of date, I have updated the US plans for FY 2011 & beyond, so far as they are currently known (which they are not, due to the current negotiations about a continuing budget resolution.)  This will need to be updated again as soon as the dust has cleared, but the article was embarrassingly dated, as it had been for many months.  I also added a paragraph to the "Future of space exploration" section, about the recent Nautilus-X concept study under way at NASA, involving most of the agency centers.  Hope some of this comes to fruition, I think it shows that we are well positioned to move beyond LEO (far better than the USA was to go to the Moon in May 1961).  Wwheaton (talk) 05:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates to March 2011 

message: The section "History of exploration in the 20th Century" seems to me to be pretty deficient in sources, and I think we need to tighten it up.  I just reverted a claim that Wells and Verne "inspired" Tsiolkovsky, Oberth, and Goddard.  There may be a little truth in this, but Verne's Moon trip -- in a cannon shell -- was obviously unrealistic, Well's First Men in the Moon got here by a gravity shield ("cavorite") that flatly violated the Law of Conservation of Energy, and earlier SciFi explorers mostly were carried by carried by geese, demons, spirits, etc — nothing that seems likely to have inspired serious work.  Tsiolkovsky, by contrast, computed the performance of a hydrogen/oxygen rocket, and showed that escape from Earth was really possible without magic.  I will try to do some of this as I have time, but probably not nearly all it needs.  I have several books from the 1950s era, especially Willy Ley's Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel, which has fairly extensive historical material.  I believe there is a lot of material out there, and if we are going to present an extensive history in this article (actually I think just a brief outline here, with links to separate articles, might be better), then we really should cite the most important historical sources.  A lot of the source material seems to be in Russian; perhaps our Russian friends can help us in ferreting out more of this, with English translations whenever they can be found.  Thanks.  Wwheaton (talk) 02:14, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sigh. Do my edits have revert me stamped over them today? FFS!Rememberway (talk) 02:41, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

text: Goddard was inspired by "war of the worlds", the others had read "from earth to the moon"- Tsiolkovsky, von Braun, Oberth. This is not in any way doubtful it's a matter of public record.Rememberway (talk) 02:54, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

text: Or perhaps you just think that at the beginning of the 1900s they all suddenly, at more or less the same time went, well, rockets have been around for hundreds of years, but let's go to the moon with them! Just by sheer luck?Rememberway (talk) 02:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources needed 

message: The first source is outdated / nonexistent, since the definition of "space exploration" is a relatively controversial aspect of space policy if someone could either look into repairing the link (I wasn't able to find the article myself, but someone might have better research capabilities) or finding an alternative definition that would be beneficial.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.194.95.45 (talk) 20:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "What do you find controversial about "Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space."? Rmhermen (talk) 20:16, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated source / dead link 

message: The picture is lovely, but the shuttle has retired permanently, possibly a space station, and some Geostationary Satellites ? and maybe some medium or low earth orbit sats (like gps, iridium) too, with movement lines (like trails)to indicate movement relative to the ground... I can help out with small pd clipart images for them I think, please ask on my talkpage. Penyulap talk 13:42, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: geostationary satellites are so overwhelmingly dedicated solely to communications and global positioning that they probably would not be well suited as a poster child for space exploration.  A space station or apollo hardware and interplanetary space probes would be more obvious examples of space exploration, as distinct from space exploitation.Zebulin (talk) 17:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture looking a bit stale 

message: I would like to reword the first part of the lead from this:
: Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of outer space by means of space technology. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by  robotic spacecraft.
– to this:
: Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology. While the study of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, the physical exploration of space is conducted both by unmanned robotic probes and human spaceflight.
=== Discussion ===
Rather than to just go in and change it, I thought it would be better to see how others felt about it, first. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 22:58, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  First part of lead 

message: Rather than to just go in and change it, I thought it would be better to see how others felt about it, first. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 22:58, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion 

message: As there has been no objection, I shall go ahead and improve the lead.  Feel free to revert and discuss it here if your objection comes after the edit. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 04:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update 

message: As there has been no objection, I shall go ahead and improve the lead.  Feel free to revert and discuss it here if your objection comes after the edit. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 04:44, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update 

message: Added an infographic in the history of exploration section about every probe that left geocentric orbit to explore objects in the Solar System from the beginning to nowadays. The main source for the picture is the archive on the NASA website, and I also consulted the wiki page of every single mission. It contains info about the names of the probes, their main destinations, their type, their years of trip, or activity, their encounters on the way and if the missions were considered successful or failures. FraPado86 (talk) 10:31, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline Visualization 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on Space exploration. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20130513130114/http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/no-nasa-augusti.html to http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/no-nasa-augusti.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120510054840/http://russianspaceweb.com/tsiolkovsky_bio.html to http://www.russianspaceweb.com/tsiolkovsky_bio.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090702153058/http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/exploration.html to http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/exploration.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121215001750/http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/property-rights-in-space to http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/property-rights-in-space
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:11, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on Space exploration. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120331155310/http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_02 to http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_02
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120331155324/http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_09 to http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_09
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120218232128/http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_10 to http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Moon&MCode=Luna_10
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110921160159/http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/sls1.html to http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/sls1.html/
*Added  tag to http://spacechronology.com/extra.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:18, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on Space exploration. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145846/http://media.airspacemag.com/images/1stPhotoFromSpace.jpg to http://media.airspacemag.com/images/1stPhotoFromSpace.jpg
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150928003207/http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/ to http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 18:40, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on Space exploration. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20132200452100/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/parisgun.htm to http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/parisgun.htm
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110721050617/http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html to http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:46, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: space exploration is discovery and exploration of celestail sturces in outer space by means of evoling  and growing space tecnology while the study of space is carried out manliy by asturnot with telescopes the physical expis loration of space is conduted both by unmmaned robotic space probes and spaceflight while the observation of objects in space known as asturnomy with out  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.139.0.109 (talk) 13:19, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  out of this world 

message: Adding this here, since I'm not an expert. However, when I read the page on GN-z11 linked from this page, I learned that the distance to that galaxy stated on this page is probably an error.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration#First_outer_space_flights Tim Warner (talk) 22:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed. Rmhermen (talk) 20:06, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error re GN-z11 

message: Hello, I have expanded more on the 'Living in space' section of the article. I have included more information about the effects of living in space/space travel on the human body.
Thank you Brianna Eaddy (talk) 02:23, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Living in space 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Space mission. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 15#Space mission until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 07:51, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Space mission" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Number of launches by year
Year	Launches	Success	Failure	Maidenlaunches	Firstsuccessfullaunche
2020	114     	104    	10     	8             	5
2019	102     	97     	5      	              	
2018	114     	111    	3      	              	
2017	91      	84     	7      	              	
2016	85      	83     	2      	              	
2015	87      	82     	5      	              	
2014	92      	89     	3      	              	
2013	81      	77     	4      	              	
2012	78      	73     	5      	              	
2011	84      	78     	6      	              	
2010	74      	70     	4      	              	
2009	78      	73     	5      	              	
2008	69      	66     	3      	              	
2007	68      	63     	5      	              	
2006	66      	62     	4      	              	
2005	56      	52     	4      	              	
2004	54      	51     	3      	              	
2003	63      	61     	2      	              	
2002	65      	61     	4      	              	
2001	59      	57     	2      	              	
2000	85      	81     	4      	              	
1999	78      	70     	8      	              	
1998	82      	77     	5      	              	
1997	89      	83     	6      	              	
1996	77      	71     	6      	              	
1995	80      	72     	8      	              	
1994	93      	89     	4      	              	
1993	83      	79     	4      	              	
1992	97      	94     	3      	              	
1991	91      	87     	4      	              	
1990	121     	115    	6      	              	
1989	102     	100    	2      	              	
1988	121     	115    	6      	              	
1987	114     	108    	6      	              	
1986	110     	102    	8      	              	
1985	125     	120    	5      	              	
1984	129     	127    	2      	              	
1983	129     	127    	2      	              	
1982	129     	119    	10     	              	
1981	126     	120    	6      	              	
1980	108     	103    	5      	              	
1979	110     	105    	5      	              	
1978	128     	123    	5      	              	
1977	130     	123    	7      	              	
1976	131     	126    	5      	              	
1975	132     	125    	7      	              	
1974	113     	104    	9      	              	
1973	116     	109    	7      	              	
1972	113     	105    	8      	              	
1971	133     	117    	16     	              	
1970	124     	113    	11     	              	
1969	125     	106    	19     	              	
1968	128     	119    	9      	              	
1967	139     	124    	15     	              	
1966	132     	117    	15     	              	
1965	124     	109    	15     	              	
1964	99      	86     	13     	              	
1963	69      	52     	17     	              	
1962	81      	67     	14     	              	
1961	50      	34     	16     	              	
1960	38      	19     	19     	              	
1959	23      	13     	10     	              	
1958	28      	8      	20     	              	
1957	3       	2      	1      	              	
 
* Total number of launches: 6,018 in 64 years = 94 launches per year
* Success: 5,559
* Failure: 459
* Max launches in one year: 139 launches in 1967
* Max successful launches in one year: 127 launches in 1983, 1984
* Max satellites on a single launch: 104 satellites on a PSLV rocket, on 15 February 2017 - mission PSLV-C37
* 95 consecutive successful launches between these two failures: 25 Jan 1983 - Kosmos 11K65M - and - 26 Sep 1983 - Soyuz-U
* (after 1961) Largest gap between two launches: 35 between these two launches: 2005 Nov 16 - Ariane 5ECA - and - 2005 Dec 21 - Soyuz-U-PVB
* (before 1961) Largest gap between two launches: 70 between these two launches: 1959 Nov 26 - Atlas Able - and - 1960 Feb  4 - Thor Agena A
Source data:
Jonathan's Space Home Page
-
The General Catalog of Space Objects (2020)
-
Derived catalogs - currentcat (Latest phase) Text
It does not contain missions failed before launch like this one: 
*3 September 2016 - Amos 6
It also does not contain in-flight abort tests like this one: 
* 19 January 2020 - Falcon 9 - Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
Alternatively, there is a cool graphic here - https://aerospace.csis.org/data/space-environment-total-launches-by-country/
Barecode (talk) 18:31, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statistics 

message: I have just updated this section with further details of the MW 18014 German V-2 rocket test and removed the  1949 Bumper-WAC launch.  Not sure why NASA is saying that the Bumper launch was the first object in space, all the other sources say the V-2 was the first object in space.  Happy to discuss his point with other Editors, however rhe evidence is pretty clear that the V-2 was the first. I also updated the photos. Ilenart626 (talk) 02:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  First outer space flights