From blue sky to black space
Our Mission
We follow the organizations, programs and people building humanity's future in space, one milestone at a time.
Organizations An interactive world map of the space industry. Features hundreds of space organizations, regardless of whether they are public or private. Explore organizations → 
Programs Each program's milestones are documented on a timeline, which allows for an understanding of what has been accomplished, and what is next. Explore programs → 
People The individuals on the front lines of our ever-evolving space era deserve to be celebrated and their stories told. This site helps make that a reality. Explore people → 
Calendar Every upcoming launch, landing, and milestone is listed and can be added to your Google, Apple, or Outlook calendar with a link to watch live if available. Explore calendar → For millennia, our ancestors looked up at the sky with both feet planted firmly on the ground.
Then, in 1903, a bicycle mechanic named Orville Wright flew a powered, controllable airplane for twelve seconds in front of a small crowd of slack-jawed onlookers. It was a starting gun for an ever-increasing race to go higher, faster and farther. We're currently living through the next chapter of that story, and it's moving faster than any chapter before it.
Thirteen years after Wright passed on, Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth. Eight years after that, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. Within a century of that first flight, satellites and probes had orbited or flown by every planet in our solar system, a space station orbited Earth, and space telescopes let us examine the known universe in awe-inspiring detail.
The modern space race is accelerating fast.
For decades, space was a stage for NASA, Roscosmos and CNSA, state-run powerhouses locked in a high-stakes game of strategic dominance and scientific discovery. Today, more than seventy spacefaring nations and hundreds of innovative, driven private companies are reducing costs to support government efforts while pursuing their own visions beyond our atmosphere.
Each week brings breakthroughs, setbacks and radical new ideas. The momentum is exponential. Humanity is returning to the Moon, reaching for Mars, building more habitats in orbit, improving life on Earth, and reshaping our understanding of existence. We aim to document these stories and celebrate the people who make them possible.
Humanity is leaving the blue behind. Follow us into the black.