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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.
Reached an altitude of 86 km (53 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 332. Jeff Bezos. Mark Bezos. Wally Funk. Oliver Daemen. 20 July 2021. NS 16. Reached an altitude of 107 km (66 mi), crossing the FAI definition of space.
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 ...
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center hosted 31 orbital rocket launches, a new annual record, in 2021. Then launches leaped to 57 last year — a new record reflecting an 84% ...
Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 recession COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil The Brazilian economy officially enters a recession after the country's statistics institute reported a 9.7% decline of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter, which is the second consecutive quarter of a decline in its GDP. It is Brazil's largest quarterly drop since ...
Timeline of space exploration. This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space . This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
Roscosmos / Belarus. Low Earth. Earth observation. RBKA will follow in the footsteps of BKA (Belarusian Satellite) launched along with Kanopus-V 1 and several other satellites in July 2012. 2030 (TBD)[ 42] Vega-C. Kourou ELV. Arianespace.
August 8, 2024 at 12:45 PM. NASA is exploring a contingency plan to bring home the two astronauts who have been at the International Space Station (ISS) for two months with no clear end in sight ...