Editing Space exploration (section)

===First outer space flights===
[[File:Vostok spacecraft.jpg|thumb|Model of Vostok spacecraft]]
[[File:Apollo CSM lunar orbit.jpg|thumb|Apollo Command Service Module in lunar orbit]]

[[MW 18014]] was a German [[V-2 rocket]] test launch that took place on 20 June 1944, at the [[Peenemünde Army Research Center]] in [[Peenemünde]]. It was the first human-made object to reach [[outer space]], attaining an [[apogee]] of 176 kilometers,<ref name="psv">{{cite journal |author=Milazzo |first1=M. P. |last2=Kestay |first2=L. |last3=Dundas |first3=C. |author4=U.S. Geological Survey |year=2017 |title=The Challenge for 2050: Cohesive Analysis of More Than One Hundred Years of Planetary Data |url=https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V2050/pdf/8070.pdf |journal=Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop |publisher=Planetary Science Division, NASA |volume=1989 |pages=8070 |bibcode=2017LPICo1989.8070M |accessdate=2019-06-07}}</ref> which is well above the [[Kármán line]].<ref name="Karman line">{{cite web | url=http://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | title=How high is space? | website=[[Universe Today]] | last=Williams | first=Matt | date=2016-09-16 | accessdate=2017-05-14 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602105939/https://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | archivedate=2017-06-02 }}</ref> It was a vertical test launch. Although the rocket reached space, it did not reach [[orbital speed|orbital velocity]], and therefore returned to Earth in an impact, becoming the first [[sub-orbital spaceflight]].<ref>{{cite web |title=V-2 rocket (MW 18014) became the first human-made object in space on June 20, 1944 |url=https://ourplnt.com/v-2-rocket-mw-18014-first-human-made-object-in-space/ |website=Our Planet |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> In 1949, the [[Bumper-WAC]] reached an altitude of {{convert|393|km||||}}, becoming the first human-made object to enter space, according to [[NASA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/bumper.html|title=First Human-Made Object to Enter Space|work=NASA|date=3 January 2008}}</ref>