 GN-z11 is the most distant known object from Earth, reported as 32 billion light-years away.In 1949, the Bumper-WAC reached an altitude of , becoming the first human-made object to enter space, according to NASA, although V-2 Rocket MW 18014 crossed the Kármán line earlier, in 1944.The first successful orbital launch was of the Soviet uncrewed "Sputnik 1" ("Satellite 1") mission on 4 October 1957.