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a history of human spaceflight
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The impending launch would be the company's fifth of the month from the Santa Barbara County launch site amid a record-breaking year for spaceflight at Vandenberg.
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Vast is moving into the final stages of building its Haven-1 private space station, readying for launch in 2026, in a move that could open up a new era in human spaceflight.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Historically, the Saturn V remains the benchmark of human spaceflight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship for future human spaceflights to the moon and Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Vast is moving into the final stages of building its Haven-1 private space station, readying for launch in 2026, in a move that could open up a new era in human spaceflight.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Historically, the Saturn V remains the benchmark of human spaceflight.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship for future human spaceflights to the moon and Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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