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- This year alone, two spacecraft grabbed precious samples from asteroids, human spaceflight saw a new spacecraft, NASA astronaut Christina Koch set a new record for longest duration spaceflight made by a woman and SpaceX took major leaps forward in commercial spaceflight with the first commercial crewed launches.
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Despite the challenges posed worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a bumper year when it comes to space exploration, marked by some incredible firsts and some sad farewells.
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Jan 21, 2020 · With a return to an entirely American system for human spaceflight, 2020 may be a defining year in space exploration. Here’s what that might look like, and what it means for human presence in...
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- Iconic Arecibo Observatory collapses. This year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) said farewell to the iconic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after two major cable failures led to the radio telescope's collapse.
- A boom in sample return missions. A new "golden age" of sample retrieval missions is here. In October 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu successfully stowed away pieces of the space rock to bring to Earth.
- China analyzes weird substance on moon's far side. Chinese scientists published an analysis of a strange substance they detected on the far side of the moon.
Dec 24, 2020 · CNN — This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts...
Dec 28, 2020 · 2020 has been a tough year down on planet Earth, with the coronavirus pandemic interrupting the usual business of humanity. With so much of the Earth’s population stuck at home for large...
Dec 16, 2020 · By Associated Press. Dec. 16, 2020 11:41 AM PT. Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and...
Dec 28, 2020 · 2020 Was a Big Year in Spaceflight. Michael Roston From the Science Desk 🚀. Joe Rimkus Jr/Reuters. The year started with a literal bang. On Jan. 19, SpaceX blew up a rocket to demonstrate...
