14 Space Missions That Will Suck Your Attention In 2021

JAKARTA – 2020 year was a challenging year for the industry outer space in the midst of a new Corona virus pandemic. Continuing the trend of the past year, many exciting missions will be launched or arrive at their destination in 2021. (Also read: The Exploding Cost of the SpaceX SN8 Rocket Reaches IDR 3 Trillion )

From Mars to asteroid , robots, humans, and more, we will see space exploration continue to expand throughout the solar system. We’ll also see some new rockets flying from companies like Firefly Aerospace and Relativity Space. So launching a mission into space is not just a property SpaceX .

Referring to space-specific news sites, Space.com, here are 14 space exploration missions that we look forward to in 2021:

1. Three Countries Land on Mars
The space industry is booming and the Red Planet mission appears to be the hottest destination. NASA will continue its long-term search for life with the Perseverance rover.

The explorer will store samples of Martian rock for analysis on Earth. In addition, NASA is also testing the first Mars helicopter called Ingenuity.

It is not only the United States through NASA that reaches Planet Mars. China’s also ambitious Tianwen-1 mission will also see orbiters, landers and explorers exploring the Red Planet.

In the same month, February 2021, the United Arab Emirates will also undertake its first mission, the Hope orbiter, to Mars to inspire the “next generation”.

2. Starliner’s Second Test Mission
Boeing ran into a number of problems when its commercial crew Starliner Orbital Test Flight-1 (OFT-1) launched into space in 2019 – did not reach the International Space Station (ISS) as planned. Together with NASA, Boeing is investigating and applying some of the lessons it has learned for another experiment in 2021.

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