Identify Spaceflight

Saturn V

The Saturn V is the giant rocket that carried humans to the Moon.

💡 Did you know? It remains one of the most powerful rockets ever built.

Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle was NASA's first reusable spacecraft.

💡 Did you know? It launched like a rocket and landed like a plane.

International Space Station

The ISS is a crewed research laboratory orbiting the Earth.

💡 Did you know? It is a joint project of many nations.

Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble is a space telescope that has delivered razor-sharp images of the cosmos since 1990.

💡 Did you know? Astronauts repaired it several times in orbit.

Sputnik

Sputnik was the first artificial satellite of Earth, in 1957.

💡 Did you know? It triggered the ‘space race’.

Voyager

The Voyager probes explored the outer planets and are still flying today.

💡 Did you know? They carry a golden record for extraterrestrials.

Soyuz

The Soyuz spacecraft has reliably carried people into space for decades.

💡 Did you know? It is one of the longest-serving spacecraft.

Apollo Lunar Module

The lunar module set the astronauts down on the Moon's surface.

💡 Did you know? Its lower stage was left behind as a launch pad.

Lunar rover

The lunar rover let the Apollo astronauts drive across the Moon.

💡 Did you know? It reached about 18 km/h.

Ariane 5

The Ariane 5 was Europe's powerful launch vehicle for satellites.

💡 Did you know? It launched the James Webb telescope, among others.

Falcon 9

SpaceX's Falcon 9 can land and reuse its first stage.

💡 Did you know? This greatly lowers the cost of launches.