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On 13 October 2020, in a recorded and livestreamed ceremony, the Accords were signed by the directors of the national space agencies of the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. [5] [56] The head of the Ukrainian national space agency signed the Accords exactly one month later.
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.
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.
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.
Jeffrey Kluger. August 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM. The last time I talked to Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams—the two astronauts now stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS)—was on May 1 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...