{"id":893,"date":"2007-10-03T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/more_than_50_years_of_space\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:33:28","slug":"more_than_50_years_of_space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/nl\/more_than_50_years_of_space\/","title":{"rendered":"Meer dan 50 jaar ruimtevaart!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Op 4 oktober 1957 steeg een aangepaste Sovjetraket op vanuit Kazachstan met aan boord een kleine metalen bol \u2013 \u2018s werelds eerste satelliet. Deze bol ter grootte van een basketbal, bekend onder de naam Spoetnik (\u2019Metgezel\u2018 of \u2019Satelliet\u2018), baarde opzien toen hij rond de aarde cirkelde en een \u2019piep-piep\u2019-signaal uitzond. De wereld zou nooit meer hetzelfde zijn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In het begin van het ruimtevaarttijdperk voerden Noord-Amerika en de Sovjet Unie de boventoon. Maar veel andere landen, vooral in Europa en Azi\u00eb, begonnen met het ontwikkelen van hun eigen programma's om een satelliet te lanceren. Op dit moment telt de Europese ruimtevaartorganisatie zeventien lidstaten. Veel van de belangrijke doorbraken in de ruimteverkenning zijn in Europa ontstaan, van raketontwerp tot de geostationaire omloopbaan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"397\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2007\/10\/Apollo_11_bootprint2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2007\/10\/apollo_11_bootprint2\/17903343-2-eng-GB\/Apollo_11_bootprint.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Een halve eeuw na de Spoetnik is de ruimtetechnologie niet meer weg te denken uit het leven van alledag. We gebruiken satellieten voor televisie, telefonie, weersvoorspellingen, navigatie en bij natuurrampen. Telescopen in de ruimte bestuderen de geboorte van planeten, sterren, melkwegstelsels en het heelal zelf. Ruimtevaartuigen hebben de belangrijkste hemellichamen binnen ons zonnestelsel bijna allemaal bezocht. En er zijn al twaalf mensen op de maan geweest.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"400\" data-credit=\"ESA - AOES Medialab\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2006\/05\/Artist_s_impression_of_ExoMars_rover_arrival_at_the_Red_Planet4\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2006\/05\/artist_s_impression_of_exomars_rover_arrival_at_the_red_planet4\/17869634-2-eng-GB\/Artist_s_impression_of_ExoMars_rover_arrival_at_the_Red_Planet.jpg\" alt=\"Artist&#x27;s impression of ExoMars rover arrival at the Red Planet\"><figcaption>Artistieke impressie van de aankomst van de ExoMars-rover op de Rode Planeet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Als de afgelopen vijftig jaar het begin van een nieuw tijdperk voor de mens waren, wie weet dan wat ons de komende halve eeuw te wachten staat? Misschien breng jij wel als \u00e9\u00e9n van de eersten je vakantie door op de maan of zet je voet op mars.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"related\" aria-label=\"Gerelateerd\">\n<h2 class=\"related__heading\">Gerelateerd<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid related__grid\">\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/nl\/esakidsen\/semcgvu7d7f_q.html\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Quiz: \u201c50 jaar in de ruimte\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 4 October 1957, a modified Soviet missile lifted off from Kazakhstan carrying a small metal ball &#8211; the world\u2019s first satellite. 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