COSMOS ENCYCLOPEDIA
The Complete Encyclopedia of Human Space Achievement
✦ DESIGNED & DEVELOPED BY ANSH MAURYA ✦
The Complete Encyclopedia of Human Space Achievement
✦ DESIGNED & DEVELOPED BY ANSH MAURYA ✦
Every Spacecraft Ever Built By Humanity
First crewed Moon landing in human history
NASA • 1969
Revolutionary space telescope capturing universe images
NASA • 1990
Furthest human made object in interstellar space
NASA • 1977
First landing on Moon South Pole
ISRO • 2023
Most powerful space telescope ever built
NASA • 2021
Active Mars rover searching for ancient life
NASA • 2020
India first Mars mission successful orbit
ISRO • 2013
Most powerful operational rocket in the world
SPACEX • 2018
Frontiers of Human Space Science
Study of stars galaxies black holes and the origin of universe
Search for life beyond Earth on other planets and moons
Study of planets moons asteroids and our solar system
Human health research in zero gravity space environment
Development of advanced rocket engines for deep space travel
Monitoring climate weather and environment from space satellites
The International Space Station is a modular space station in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five space agencies.
Orbiting at an altitude of approximately 408 kilometers the ISS travels at 28000 kilometers per hour completing 16 orbits per day.
Continuously inhabited since November 2000
Key Terms of Space Science Explained Simply
A region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing not even light can escape from it
The distance that light travels in one year approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers
A giant cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars are born
The curved path that an object takes around another object due to gravity
A powerful explosion of a massive star at the end of its life
Invisible matter that makes up 27 percent of the total universe
A planet that orbits a star outside our own solar system
Stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun
Cosmos Encyclopedia is a passion project dedicated to making space education accessible to everyone around the world. This website covers every spacecraft mission agency and space term in human history completely free for all space enthusiasts.