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Space Centre Australia secured land for main site facilities for space launch, located 43km east of Weipa, close to RAAF Scherger in 2023. [91] Final approvals may come under Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation. [91] Previously a Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at
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.
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the second half of the year 2021, including launches planned for 2021 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2021 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2021, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021.
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 ...
13 October 2021 NS 18. Reached an altitude of 107 km (66 mi), crossing the FAI definition of space. 336 Zhai Zhigang (2) Wang Yaping (2) Ye Guangfu (1) 15 October 2021 Shenzhou 13: TSS: 16 April 2022 Shenzhou 13: Second crew to Tiangong Space Station. 337 Raja Chari Thomas Marshburn (3) Kayla Barron Matthias Maurer: 11 November 2021 SpaceX Crew ...
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
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]
Vast, a space company based in Long Beach, California, announced in 2023 plans to launch its space station, called Haven-1. The mission will be quickly followed by Vast-1, the first human ...