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The latter rocket's development continued through 2021 at SpaceX's facility in Boca Chica, Texas, with a suborbital testing campaign continuing from the previous year. Starship prototype SN15 was the first testbed of the future rocket family to survive a launch and soft touchdown on 5 May 2021.
24 May 05:35 [298] Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute MAPHEUS 11 Esrange: DLR: MAPHEUS 11 DLR: Suborbital Microgravity research: 24 May 05:50: Successful First launch of the Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute. Apogee: 221 km (137 mi). 26 May [299] Terrier-Oriole T4-B FS-21 E3a Deep Sea Range: Suborbital Target missile: 26 May: Successful ...
The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions occurred from a number of launch sites on a variety of rockets. After the list of launches are descriptions of select historic LSP missions. [1] [2]
23 April 2021 SpaceX Crew-2, Endeavour: ISS (crew 65/66) 9 November 2021 SpaceX Crew-2, Endeavour: ISS crew rotation. — Frederick W. Sturckow. Dave Mackay. 22 May 2021 Unity 21. First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico. Reached an altitude of 89.24 km (55.45 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space, but not the FAI's definition ...
Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA in 2012, the launch date was delayed several times from the original date of November 2016. [13] The mission was scheduled to depart the ISS on 28 April 2021, but due to weather returned to Earth on 2 May 2021. [14] [6] [15] The capsule splashed down at 06:56:33 UTC, to be reused on Inspiration4. [16]
Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP; Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks March (TBD) [1] SLS Block 1B Kennedy LC-39B: NASA: Artemis 6: NASA: Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing Crew and Science Airlock Module: MBRSC: Selenocentric Lunar Gateway component June (TBD) [31] TBA: TBA: TBA: VERITAS: NASA ...
Orion is intended to be launched atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with a tower launch escape system. Orion was conceived in the early 2000s by Lockheed Martin as a proposal for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) to be used in NASA's Constellation program and was selected by NASA in 2006. Following the cancellation of the Constellation ...
In June 2020, with a new Electron launch vehicle built every 18 days, Rocket Lab was planning to deliver monthly launches for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021, including the company's first launch from Wallops LC-2 in 2023 and a mission to the Moon for NASA aboard Electron and Rocket Lab's spacecraft bus platform Photon in 2022. [2]