#OTD in 2012, Voyager 1 flew beyond the heliopause and entered interstellar space, making it the first human-made object to explore this new territory. At the time, it was at a distance of about 11 billion miles from the sun. 📷: @nasa #nasa #voyager1 #spacehistory

This is the first picture from Explorer 6 taken on #OTD in 1959 when the satellite was about 17,000 miles above the surface of the earth. It shows a sun-lighted area of the Central Pacific ocean and its cloud cover. 📷: @nasa #satellite #space #nasa #explorer6

Another day, another record! On 11-14 August 1993, two B-1 Lancers complete a round-the-world trip in 47 hours. 🌎 ✈️ 📷: USAF #worldtrip #record #aviationhistory #aviationrecords #aviator #pilot #OneMoreOrbit

On this day in 1931, Jim Mollison lands after flying from Australia to England in eight days, 19 hours. Beauty! #australia #onthisday #england #flying #fly #aviationhistory #aviationrecords #speedrecords #aviation #aviationdaily #aviationlovers #aviator

Vostok 2 launched #OTD in 1961, carrying cosmonaut Gherman Titov into a 25h mission orbiting the Earth 17 times. Did you know that he was the 2nd human to orbit the Earth, the youngest person in space, the 1st person to film Earth from space and to sleep in space? 🌎

This week we'll introduce you to people who broke records such as Lts. Paul Codes and Maurice Rossi who, #OTD in 1933, began a record-breaking straight-line distance flight (5,900 mi.) between New York and Rayak, Syria in their Blériot 110 monoplane. #breakrecords #aviator #pilot

Apollo 15 successfully completed the 4th human landing on the Moon #OTD in 1971. It was the first of the “J series” of Apollo missions: longer stays on the surface and in orbit and more extensive science operations. Credit: @nasa #moon #apollo15 #mission

On #28july 1976, USAF Captain Robert C. Helt, set an Fédération Aéronautique Internationale World Record for Altitude in Horizontal Flight at 85,069 feet in a Lockheed SR-71 A at Beale Air Force Base, CA. Credit: Museum of Aviation #worldrecord #record #states #aviationnation

#OTD in 1949, the British De Havilland Comet makes its maiden test-flight in England. The jet engine would revolutionise the industry, decreasing air travel time by enabling planes to climb faster and fly higher. Photo: NCJ Archive. #dehavilland #testflight

What an amazing picture of Norway taken from space on the ISS International Space Station. Photo courtesy of @AstroTerry #internationalspacestation #norway #space #iss #internationalspace #spacestation

At 5:57 a.m. EDT on July 21, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after 200 orbits around Earth and a journey of 5,284,862 miles on the STS-135 mission. Credit: @nasa #atlantis #nasa #space #aviation #spaceshuttle

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." #OTD in 1969, stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. 📸: @nasa #neilarmstrong #buzzaldrin #moon #nasa #july20 #apolloxi #onthemoon

You can find out more about the One More Orbit record-breaking flight mission in the One More Orbit feature documentary. onemoreorbit.com #achievingyourimpossible #OneMoreOrbit #OMO #roundtheworldrecords

L ➡️ R @magdalenastar1977 and @jm_fnf are the only two women on the planet to have circumnavigating the planet pole-to-pole. #womeninaviation #circumnavigation #OneMoreOrbit #gulfstreamg650er #OMO #QatarExecutive

The #OneMoreOrbit mission broke both the @GWR and @airsports_fai records on Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER aircraft. 📸: Akbar Al Baker, CEO of @qatarairways, and @ActionAviation0 receiving the @GWR certificate. #qatarairways #speedrecords #OMO #QatarExecutive

The F-104 Starfighter was one of the few planes fast enough to keep up with the Gulfstream G650ER and escorted it to the Kennedy Space Center to landing at the end of the record flight. #Starfighter #rountheworldrecords #circumnavigation #OneMoreOrbit #OMO

The mission expanded the limits of what humans can do and united people from around the World to dream about what's possible. #achievingyourimpossible #rountheworldrecords #poletopole #OneMoreOrbit #OMO #speedrecord #G650ER #QatarExecutive

The #OneMoreOrbit mission is the story of an international crew onboard and on the ground coming together to take another step forward in mankind's journey of exploration, circumnavigating the globe pole to pole 11% faster than ever before. onemoreorbit.com #OMO

Part of the crew enjoying the last rays of sunlight before flying over the South Pole for approximately 20 hours of total darkness. 📸 1: @magdalenastar1977 | @AstroTerry 📸 2: @jm_fnf | @AstroTerry onemoreorbit.com #circumnavigation #OneMoreOrbit #OMO

Here you can see @jm_fnf in her element with the @convergentdesign connected to @_obsstudio and @LiveuTV before sending everything via KA band to @InmarsatGlobal @SatcomDirect GX satellites at roughly 35,000km orbit from Earth. We take her word for it! #circumnavigation