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First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico. Reached an altitude of 89.24 km (55.45 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space, but not the FAI's definition. 331 Nie Haisheng (3) Liu Boming (2) Tang Hongbo: 17 June 2021 Shenzhou 12: TSS: 17 September 2021 Shenzhou 12: First crew to Tiangong Space Station. — David Mackay Michael ...
Retrieved 27 June 2020. ^ Jones, Andrew (23 December 2021). "Long March 7A launches classified Shiyan-12 satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 23 December 2021. ^ "Ariane 5 goes down in history with successful launch of Webb". Arianespace (Press release). 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Space tourism. In the United States, Virgin Galactic conducted the first suborbital human spaceflight from New Mexico on 22 May 2021 with SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity. [ 14] Two astronauts were on board, Frederick Sturckow and David Mackay. The flight was also the first suborbital human spaceflight from Spaceport America.
Third of three dedicated launches for NorthStar Earth & Space. 2024 (TBD) Eris Block 1: TestFlight 1: Bowen: Gilmour Space: No payload: Gilmour Space: Low Earth: Flight test First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen. First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle. 2024 (TBD) Eris Block 1: Whalers Way: Gilmour Space
2022 in spaceflight. The year 2022 witnessed the number of launches of SpaceX 's Falcon rocket family (61 launches) surpassing the CNSA 's Long March rocket family (53 launches), making the United States the country with the highest number of launches in 2022 instead of China. This year also featured the first successful launch of Long March 6A ...
First launch of operational Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit. Musk stated that the operational satellites were version 1.5 and featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes and mid-ocean coverage". [68] 31 Group 4-1 v1.5 2021-104
Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023. ^ "Ceres-1S - Tianqi 25–28". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 18 January 2024. ^ "On May 25 10:00 UTC, Ceres-1S will launch Tianqi 25–28 from Bo Run Jiu Zhou platform in the Yellow Sea".
Mars 2020. Mars 2020 is a NASA mission that includes the rover Perseverance, the now-retired small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, and associated delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars 2020 was launched on an Atlas V rocket at 11:50:01 UTC on July 30, 2020, [2] and landed in the Martian crater Jezero on February 18, 2021 ...