Another record awaits for an astronaut who will become the first human to step foot on Mars.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before his departure in the spaceship Vostok-1 for the first manned flight to space on April 12, 1961. Getty Images
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made her solo flight in Vostok 6 in June 1963 and became the first woman in space. Getty Images
On July 20, 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin place the US flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission - becoming the first humans to land on the Moon. Mr Armstrong was the first one to step foot on the surface
Apollo 17 in 1972 was the last of the Apollo missions, with the crew setting two records, including the longest stay on the Moon and the longest Moonwalk. Here, mission commander Eugene A Cernan, is seen riding the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Photo: Nasa
(FILE) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reacts in a bus before the departure to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 15 September 2023 (reissued 04 February 2024). Oleg Kononenko on 04 February 2024 set a world record for the total time spent in space with 878 days, 11 hours, and 29 minutes, the Roscosmos space agency said. Oleg Kononenko is one of the members of the expedition 70-71 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since 15 September 2023. EPA / MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL
Nasa astronaut Susan Helms and her colleague James Voss set the record for the longest spacewalk in 2001, at 8 hours and 56 minutes. Photo: Nasa
Astronaut Christina Koch set the world record for the longest single space flight by a woman in 2020 when she completed 328 consecutive days on board the space station. AFP
In October 2019, an all-female spacewalk took place when Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ventured outside the ISS for more than seven hours. Nasa
American engineer and entrepreneur Dennis Tito reportedly paid $20 million to fly to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in 2001
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin announced plans to build a private space station in Earth orbit, called Orbital Reef. The first person to enter a commercial space station will float into the record books. Photo: Blue Origin
Illustrations of the design of the Gateway Lunar Space Station project, in which the UAE is taking part. The illustrations also show the Emirates Airlock, which will be the airlock unit of this first lunar station in history. Photo: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
Another record awaits for an astronaut who will become the first human to step foot on Mars.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before his departure in the spaceship Vostok-1 for the first manned flight to space on April 12, 1961. Getty Images
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made her solo flight in Vostok 6 in June 1963 and became the first woman in space. Getty Images
On July 20, 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin place the US flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission - becoming the first humans to land on the Moon. Mr Armstrong was the first one to step foot on the surface
Apollo 17 in 1972 was the last of the Apollo missions, with the crew setting two records, including the longest stay on the Moon and the longest Moonwalk. Here, mission commander Eugene A Cernan, is seen riding the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Photo: Nasa
(FILE) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reacts in a bus before the departure to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 15 September 2023 (reissued 04 February 2024). Oleg Kononenko on 04 February 2024 set a world record for the total time spent in space with 878 days, 11 hours, and 29 minutes, the Roscosmos space agency said. Oleg Kononenko is one of the members of the expedition 70-71 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) since 15 September 2023. EPA / MAXIM SHEMETOV / POOL
Nasa astronaut Susan Helms and her colleague James Voss set the record for the longest spacewalk in 2001, at 8 hours and 56 minutes. Photo: Nasa
Astronaut Christina Koch set the world record for the longest single space flight by a woman in 2020 when she completed 328 consecutive days on board the space station. AFP
In October 2019, an all-female spacewalk took place when Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ventured outside the ISS for more than seven hours. Nasa
American engineer and entrepreneur Dennis Tito reportedly paid $20 million to fly to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in 2001
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin announced plans to build a private space station in Earth orbit, called Orbital Reef. The first person to enter a commercial space station will float into the record books. Photo: Blue Origin
Illustrations of the design of the Gateway Lunar Space Station project, in which the UAE is taking part. The illustrations also show the Emirates Airlock, which will be the airlock unit of this first lunar station in history. Photo: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
Another record awaits for an astronaut who will become the first human to step foot on Mars.