Space history in 2021
120 records
2020s
50 records
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2021
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Perseverance lands on Mars
Category: Mission Operations and Milestones, type: Landing
Mission: Perseverance
Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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