Upper row : First flight 📆 1903 | 2005
Lower row : First landing 📆 2015 | 2021
Pictures : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilbur_Wright_in_flight_from_Governor%27s_Island_LCCN2001704181.jpg | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A380_Banking_(5009526786).jpg | https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/51262179176 | https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/51006496043/
📊 #Launch statistics 2024
🇺🇸 29
🇨🇳 11
🇯🇵 3
🇷🇺 3
🇮🇳 2
🇮🇷 2
🇪🇺 0
#China 🇨🇳 has four successful #Chang’e robotic landings.
#Failures include #Hakuto-R 🇯🇵, #Beresheet 🇮🇱, #Luna 25 🇷🇺 and #Chandrayaan2 🇮🇳 (#Chandrayaan3 was successful).
#SLIM 🇯🇵, #Odysseus and #Athena 🇺🇸 landed and communicated back to Earth, but all three toppled over after landing https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/21/science/blue-ghost-moon-landing.html
🇨🇳 #Chang’e 7 is expected to launch in 📆 August*, carrying a total of 18 scientific payloads: a relay #satellite, an #orbiter, a lunar #lander, a #rover, a mini-flying probe, payloads from #Russia, #Egypt, #Bahrain, #Thailand, #Italy, #Switzerland, #Hawaii https://payloadspace.com/chinas-is-on-track-to-beat-the-us-to-extract-lunar-water/
@spaceflight although this was pasted yesterday already, I would like to correct:
1. First flight: #OttoLilienthal
2. There was a man called #GustaveWhitehead who might have done the first engine-powered flight. Just keep this in mind.
@codepilot A bit more detailed : Lilienthal is out as of "Aeroplane. A power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft" https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/an02_cons%5B1%5D.pdf
Earlier rocket 🚀 landing attempts : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTVL#History - There is a man called Bezos who still wasn't to orbit 🌌 with any of his rockets (while another one is already upscaling ⬆️ the ability).
Fun fact : the first crewed rocket landing was in 📆 1633 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag%C3%A2ri_Hasan_%C3%87elebi
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codepilot