The fastest speed by a spacecraft is 163 km/s (586,800 km/h; 364,660 mph), which was achieved by the Parker Solar Probe at 21:25:24 UTC on 20 November 2021. The probe reached this speed at perihelion (the closest point in its eliptical orbit around the Sun) following a gravity assist from a Venus fly-by on 16 October, which tightened its orbit.

In 1961, Soviet Vostok 1 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter space and orbit the Earth, and in 1969 American Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon. No human has traveled beyond low Earth orbit since 1972, when the Apollo program ended.

At its closest approach in 2024, its speed relative to the Sun was 690,000 km/h (430,000 mph) or 191 km/s, which is 0.064% the speed of light. [7][9] It is the fastest object ever built on Earth. [10] The project was announced in the fiscal 2009 budget year.

Explore the worlds fastest rockets reaching mind-blowing speeds and unmatched power in space travel. The Indian Space Research Organisation's GSLV Mk III rocket is India's heaviest rocket and is capable of launching large payloads to geostationary transfer orbit.

Oct 7, 2024 · Parker currently achieves maximum speeds of 176 km/s (109 mi/sec): the fastest spacecraft of all-time. And at that speed we could reach Proxima B in, about, 6,700 years!

By Mashable India. 18 April 2023. 7. Space Shuttle. 28002.5 km/h. 6. Apollo 10 Capsule. 39897.2 km/h

Aug 10, 2018 · Early tomorrow morning (Aug. 11), weather permitting, NASA will launch its newest spacecraft, called the Parker Solar Probe, aboard a huge United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket — and...

Oct 14, 2023 · Did you ever imagine we would see a spacecraft beat the Parker Solar Probe’s 2021 peak speed of 364,660 miles per hour? Well, the Parker Solar Probe has done it again, reaching 400,000 miles per hour and becoming the fastest human-made object the …

Mar 14, 2017 · How fast could the fastest rocket ship fly? NASA's Juno spacecraft is the fastest man made object ever recorded, at roughly 365,000 km/h (165,000 mph) as it approached Jupiter. The fastest launch velocity belongs to New Horizons, which went 58,000 km/h (36,000 mph).

Oct 14, 2024 · The North American X-15 rocket plane set the official world record for the fastest manned aircraft in 1967. It reached an incredible Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph) at 102,100 feet. This record still stands today.