Unconsciously, the last half month of 2021 is left.
How have you been in the past year?
Today brings together some of the new achievements created by mankind in the field of spaceflight over the past year. Let's look back at the greatness we have created with human beings in the past year, and also follow the trajectory of this time to sort out the nodes of your life in the past year.
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The image above is of Witty taking off from Mars and being photographed by the Perseverance rover.
Witty landed on Mars with Perseverance in February 2021, completed its first flight two months later, and has now completed several flights. This is the first time that humans have achieved power-controlled flight in a celestial body other than Earth.
Witty takes off on the surface of Mars
Witty offers a very different perspective on Mars and can work with rovers.
The photograph taken during witty flight 12 shows its shadow in the lower right, and one of its landing legs on the upper left edge of the image
The image above shows the trajectory of Perseverance and Wit since landing
Witty can also do technical verification for future Mars flights, and maybe one day in the future, we can also complete the flight on Mars.
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On May 5, 2021, the starship prototype SN15 successfully landed in a test flight test conducted in Texas at an altitude of 10 kilometers.
The video below is a highlight of the launch, documenting the important moments from launch to landing:
The starship carries SpaceX's vision of going to the moon and Mars, and the first trip around the moon that was previously announced to be sold to Maezawa Yusaku will be completed with the help of starships.
Imaginary view of the starship landing on the moon
At the same time, musk also plays an important role in musk's blueprint for colonizing Mars and even completing long-distance flights on Earth.
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This is our country's first rover, and we have also taken the first step in this future home!
Zhu Rong arrived on Mars with Tianwen-1, and after arriving on Mars for a period of time, Tianwen-1 released it, Zhurong probed Mars, and Tianwen-1 continued to orbit Mars to observe it.
The first martian photo taken by Tianwen-1
Shading renderings of the image above
The Vulcan Zhu Rong successfully arrived at this red planet, and one day we can also arrive, and the day zhu Rong landed is the starting point of this story.
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This year, we have another big event, that is, the successful launch of the Tiangong space station ~ The picture above is one of the first astronauts to enter China's space station Tang Hongbo took a photo of the space station overlooking the earth in the porthole of the space station, and finally we have such a space blockbuster!
In April this year, the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station was successfully launched. In June, Shenzhou XII was launched, and Tiangong welcomed the first batch of guests, astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo successively entered the Tianhe core module, Chinese entered their own space station for the first time.
In October, Shenzhou 13 was launched, and Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu stayed at the Tiangong and began a six-month mission.
Wang Yaping completed the mission of leaving the capsule during this period and became the first female astronaut to leave the capsule in China.
Next year, China will complete the construction of the Tiangong space station, the space story that belongs to us is about to unfold, and you and I are witnessing the occurrence of legends.
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In July, commercial space travel finally began, are you ready for the ticket money?
First, Virgin Galactic successfully took 4 people into space, experienced weightlessness for a few minutes and then returned to Earth. The following video is a statement made by founder Richard in space, to the effect of inspiring young people to keep forging ahead and realize their dreams.
A week after Virgin Galactic's full launch, Blue Origin was also successfully launched, and four more passengers went into space, experiencing roughly the same experience as Virgin Galactic.
Blue Origin also had another manned launch in October, this time with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in several seasons of Star Trek. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to become the oldest person to enter space at the age of 90.
William Schattner looking out over the earth through the porthole.
If such a short journey is not fun, SpaceX also supported a 3-day space trip this year , Inspiration 4. This is the world's first manned mission to be carried out entirely by civilians.
Group photo of inspiration 4 members in space. From left, jared Isaacman, Hayley Asseno, Christopher Sembrowski and Sheehan Proctor.
Not only did they stay in space for 3 days, but their orbital altitude was also the highest of the three commercial manned spaceflights, reaching 585 kilometers, an altitude never reached since the Gemini and Apollo programs.
Some of the scenery they took in space, there is a circular skylight on the spaceship, a real panoramic skylight, and the view is very wide