It was in April 1961 that manned space flight, the first time humans reached outer space, was realized. Since then, many astronauts have taken off into space, but all of these were national projects. However, in the 2020s, the first manned space flight in history was finally realized by a private company, and the era of human travel expanding into "space" has finally arrived.
In April 1961, the Soviet Union launched the spacecraft "Vostok," and humans successfully completed the first manned space flight. Yuri Gagarin, who saw the Earth from space for the first time, said after returning to Earth, "The Earth was blue." In July 1969, the lunar lander separated from Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Humans set foot on the moon's ground for the first time.
In Stanley Kubrick's worldview, it was thought that space travel would be possible in 2001, but the world's first space travel was actually realized in 2001. American billionaire Dennis Tito boarded the Russian spacecraft "Soyuz" and stayed at the ISS (International Space Station) for seven days. It is said that Tito paid $20 million (about 2.47 billion yen at the time) for the space trip.
The first manned space flight by a private company was realized in May 2020. SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft reached the ISS with two crew members on board. However, for now, it remains something that only a few wealthy people enjoy as a hobby. This is because the cost of space travel is enormous.
Space travel can be broadly divided into three types of space travel.
