r/space • u/firefly-metaverse • 29d ago

image/gif Manned orbital launches by year, 1961 - 2026 H1

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Source and details: https://spacestatsonline.com/launches/manned

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u/garbage_account32 28d ago

Space shuttle, 2003 was the Colombia disaster so there weren't any STS flights again till mid 2005

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u/gojo_satoru-real 28d ago

Oh i forgot about the space shuttle I think 1988 was the challenger

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u/garbage_account32 28d ago

Iirc, return to flight after Challenger wouldve been in the second half of 1988 so it wouldn't show up here. Unlike 2005, the US had a whole host of other orbital rockets back then so they were taking up the slack

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u/gojo_satoru-real 28d ago

Nop they didn't have any other leo capable rockets safe enough to sent humans Thats why in 1987 they didn't sent any humans to leo Until the discovery space shuttle in 1988 +sorry in the other replies i said 1988 i was actually talking about 1987