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The IXPE telescope was launched on a Falcon 9 on 9 December 2021. The long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope, the largest optical space telescope ever built, was launched to the Sun–Earth L 2 point by a European Ariane 5 rocket on 25 December 2021. [2]
It was the second crewed New Shepard launch. The flight, carrying four people including actor William Shatner, launched from Blue Origin's sub-orbital launch site in West Texas aboard the fourth flight of New Shepard booster NS4 and the spacecraft RSS First Step, both having previously flown on NS-14, NS-15, and NS-16 earlier in the year.
Launch of a Sejjil missile at a simulated target in the Indian Ocean (2 of 3). 16 January [262] Sejil-2: Re-entry vehicle Suborbital Missile test: 16 January: Successful Launch of a Sejjil missile at a simulated target in the Indian Ocean (3 of 3). 16 January [262] Emad: Re-entry vehicle Suborbital Missile test: 16 January: Successful
Boeing and SpaceX should launch humans into orbit, and NASA expects to land the first helicopter on Mars. Space 2021: All the Mars landings, eclipses, astronaut flights, rocket launches, and other ...
The 11 July 2021 flight was the first time more than three people flew suborbitally on a spaceflight and the first time more than one passenger flew on a suborbital spaceflight, and Branson was the first founder of a spaceflight company to fly to space on his own company's craft, using the USAF/NASA definition of space as above 50 miles.
By Eric M. Johnson. VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) — Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, and three crewmates launched into space on Tuesday morning aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft for ...
Blue Origin NS-16 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew on 20 July 2021. [1] The mission was the sixteenth flight of the company's New Shepard integrated launch vehicle and spacecraft, and its first crewed flight.
Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. [3] It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission. The launch was described by NASA as "flawless" and "perfect". [4]