Year: 1961–1963

One astronaut, tiny capsule, no room to move

Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 flew just 15 minutes — but changed everything

Built to answer one question: Can humans survive space?

👉 Scroll down to meet Gemini — the program that made space teamwork possible.

Year: 1965–1966

Two astronauts, longer missions, first spacewalks

Practiced docking, maneuvering, and endurance — essential training for Apollo

Gemini 4 gave us America’s first spacewalk; Gemini 8 nailed the first space docking

👉 Scroll down to Apollo — the capsule that carried us to the Moon.

Year: 1968–1975

Three astronauts, heat shields, lunar dreams

Apollo 11’s Command Module brought Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins home from the first Moon landing

Reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 25,000 mph, glowing like a shooting star

👉 Scroll down to Orion — the next-gen Moonship

Designed for quick, reusable suborbital trips

First launched in 2015, with human flights starting in 2021

Panoramic windows and parachute landings

👉 Scroll down to meet the capsule returning astronauts to orbit.

Year: 2010–present

Carries astronauts to the ISS and back; first private spacecraft to do so

Fully automated, touchscreen controls, reusable

Powered NASA’s Crew Dragon and inspired a new space age.

👉 Scroll down to shop the capsule collection and carry the story forward.

Designed under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program

Launches on an Atlas V and docks autonomously with the ISS

Reusable up to 10 times—crew-certified in 2024