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Starship prototype SN15 was the first testbed of the future rocket family to survive a launch and soft touchdown on 5 May 2021. The first-ever full-stack fit check of Starship prototype SN20 with the booster stage followed in August.
- A trio of Martian missions, February. Mars will welcome the arrival of not one, not two, but three missions—each launched and operated by a different nation.
- Boeing’s second Starliner test, March 29. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon may have returned crewed missions to US soil, but it’s not the only vehicle NASA hopes to use to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
- The first CLPS missions to the moon, June and October. NASA’s Artemis program, the successor to Apollo, is not just going to comprise a couple of quick trips to the moon and back.
- End of Juno, July 30. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since July 2016, providing our best data yet about the Jovian atmosphere, gravitational field, magnetic field, and geology.
Nov 1, 2024 · Spacecraft arrive and depart, rockets push the ever sinking laboratory higher above Earth, and materials degrade from exposure to cosmic radiation.
Feb 17, 2021 · NASA's new science rover – Perseverance – is on final approach to Mars. Feb. 17, 2021: Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have confirmed that the spacecraft is healthy and on target to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST) on Feb. 18, 2021. “Perseverance is NASA’s most ...
Mar 11, 2024 · In 2021, a solar storm was recorded by multiple different spacecraft around our solar system. Their combined readings tell a curious story.
- Meredith Garofalo
Aug 26, 2021 · The scientists' calculations demonstrate that it would be possible to shield a Mars-bound spacecraft from energetic particles from the sun because, during solar maximum, the most dangerous and ...
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Feb 18, 2021 · The rover landed near a sand dune field, scientists say, and may need to find a way around it in order to access the delta that Nasa hopes to study. It remains to be seen what course the rover ...