Even though 2020 is a year of stress and anxiety for people around the world. But one thing is this year’s hope and glory. Is the success of the space exploration mission
The Associated Press reports that this year is the first time in almost a decade that astronauts take to the skies again. There are three countries that have sent spacecraft to explore Mars. There was also a robot to collect rocks from the moon. And the pebbles came from the asteroids and brought back on Earth.
Further success is expected next year. The US plans to land the spacecraft on the Martian surface in February. And in the autumn Is scheduled to be sent There are plans to send a new space telescope, “James Webb” (James Webb Space Telescope), to replace the Hubble Space Telescope as well.
As for the private sector, the US Boeing aims to catch up with space technology company SpaceX to take astronauts outside of Earth. While many are hoping that 2021 will finally be the inaugural year of space tourism.
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Although this year The outbreak of new corona will hinder space exploration programs. But the important mission continues on schedule Be it in the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates. That took to explore Mars
Next year, the first spacecraft in the United Arab Emirates will ascend Mars’ atmosphere. The robot patrols to explore The Perseverance rover of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA (NASA) is scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Star on February 18 in the river shoals. Ancient and lake floor That are expected to have small living things NASA exploration robot Will also drill and collect surface samples back to Earth.
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China’s exploration vehicles “Tian Wen-1” which means the search for truth of heaven. There is still a quest to find the signs of life. China has just accomplished a mission to probe the lunar surface and get its first rock from the moon back to Earth just days ago.
While European countries and Russia Mars exploration is suspended until 2022 due to technical problems caused by the COVID-19 measure.
In private equity, billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history as the first privately held company to take astronauts outside of Earth in May. Previously, there were only three great powers that had accomplished this level of mission. The SpaceX Dragon capsule has also brought astronauts up to the International Space Station. (International Space Station) in November And serves as a carrier to carry goods onto the space station for NASA as well
SpaceX also has a number of space programs. Whether it will continue to test the Starship spacecraft built to bring humans to the Moon and Mars. The experiment was conducted on December 9 last. At the same time, it has also expanded its delivery service to other private customers.
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The Associated Press also reported that Boeing plans to accelerate the launch of the Starliner space capsule as well next spring. After Starliner software crashed in December testing.
Private space firm Axiom Space is set to bring Israeli businessmen and two other heavyweights to the space station next year.
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the owner of the Amazon E-commerce empire and billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, is also conducting Flight test And does not set an exact date for the customer to touch the edge of space and back down.
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Not only business people And only astronauts Even a famous actor like Tom Cruise wants to get into space. Cruz is in talks with NASA to shoot a movie at the space station.
Previously, President Donald Trump’s government had previously planned to send NASA astronauts to the moon again by 2024 under the Artemis program. After NASA’s Apollo program took American astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time 50 years ago, space scholars see promoting the space exploration program as a major achievement for Trump.
There is currently no report on whether the government of President Joe Biden will make any changes to plans to land on the moon.
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