Space history in 2021
120 records
2020s
50 records
2021
Turksat 5A — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Turksat 5A
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Turksat 5A flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Tiantong-1 03 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tiantong-1 03
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Tiantong-1 03 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Another One Leaves.. — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Another One Leaves..
Electron launched on the Another One Leaves.. flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-17 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-17
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-17 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Transporter-1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Transporter-1
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Transporter-1 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 31 02 zu — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 31 02 zu
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 02 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Kosmos-2549 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Kosmos-2549
Soyuz-2-1B launched on the Kosmos-2549 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-19 (N18) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-19 (N18)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-19 (N18) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
TJS 6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: TJS 6
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the TJS 6 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.
Tianwen-1 enters Mars orbit
Category: Mission Operations and Milestones, type: Orbit insertion
Mission: Tianwen-1
China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft entered Martian orbit for scientific exploration.
Progress MS-16 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Progress MS-16
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Progress MS-16 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-20 (N19) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-20 (N19)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-20 (N19) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Perseverance lands on Mars
Category: Mission Operations and Milestones, type: Landing
Mission: Perseverance
Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater.
Yaogan 31 03 zu — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 31 03 zu
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 03 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Arktika-M No. 1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Arktika-M No. 1
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Arktika-M No. 1 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-21 (N20) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-21 (N20)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-21 (N20) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-22 (N21) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-22 (N21)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-22 (N21) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Shiyan 9 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Shiyan 9
Chang Zheng 7A launched on the Shiyan 9 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 31 04 zu — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 31 04 zu
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 31 04 zu flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-23 (N22) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-23 (N22)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-23 (N22) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
They Go Up So Fast — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: They Go Up So Fast
Electron launched on the They Go Up So Fast flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-24 (N23) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-24 (N23)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-24 (N23) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Gao Fen 12-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gao Fen 12-02
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Gao Fen 12-02 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-25 (N24) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-25 (N24)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-25 (N24) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Shiyan 6 03 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Shiyan 6 03
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Shiyan 6 03 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Soyuz MS-18 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz MS-18
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-18 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
Ingenuity makes its first flight on Mars
Category: Spacecraft and Technology Development, type: Technology demonstration
Mission: Ingenuity
Ingenuity achieved powered, controlled flight in the atmosphere of another planet.
Dragon Crew-2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon Crew-2
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-2 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
USA 314 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: USA 314
Delta 4H (A) launched on the USA 314 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC6. Launch vehicle success.
Qilu-1/4 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Qilu-1/4
Chang Zheng 6 launched on the Qilu-1/4 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC16. Launch vehicle success.
Pleiades Neo 3 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Pleiades Neo 3
Vega (1) launched on the Pleiades Neo 3 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.
Tianhe — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tianhe
Chang Zheng 5B launched on the Tianhe flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC101. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-26 (N25) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-26 (N25)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-26 (N25) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 34 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 34
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 34 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-27 (N26) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-27 (N26)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-27 (N26) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 30 08 zu — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 30 08 zu
Chang Zheng 2C launched on the Yaogan 30 08 zu flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-28 (N27) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-28 (N27)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-28 (N27) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
OSIRIS-REx begins its return to Earth
Category: Returns and Mission Endings, type: Sample return
Mission: OSIRIS-REx
The spacecraft departed Bennu carrying collected asteroid material.
Starlink-29 (N28) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-29 (N28)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-29 (N28) flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Running out of Toes — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests
Mission: Running out of Toes
Electron launched on the Running out of Toes flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch failure.
SBIRS GEO-5 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SBIRS GEO-5
Atlas V 421 (C1) launched on the SBIRS GEO-5 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.
Hai Yang 2-04 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Hai Yang 2-04
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Hai Yang 2-04 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-30 (N29) — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-30 (N29)
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-30 (N29) flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Tianzhou 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tianzhou 2
Chang Zheng 7 launched on the Tianzhou 2 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Feng Yun 4-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Feng Yun 4-02
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Feng Yun 4-02 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Dragon CRS-22 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon CRS-22
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-22 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
SXM-8 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SXM-8
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SXM-8 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Beijing 3-01 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Beijing 3-01
Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Beijing 3-01 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Shenzhou 12 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Shenzhou 12
Chang Zheng 2F (G) launched on the Shenzhou 12 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/91. Launch vehicle success.
GPS III SV05 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: GPS III SV05
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the GPS III SV05 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.