Ngelixa unyaka we-2020 wawukho, ubukhulu becala, wawungumnyaka ocel'umngeni, wawungoyena ndoqo kushishino lwendawo jikelele. Phakathi kokubuya kwenqwelomoya yomntu emhlabeni waseMelika (enkosi, IsithubaX !), Ukusungulwa kwemishini ezintathu zikaMars (ze-United States, i-China, kunye ne-United Arab Emirates), kunye nokubuyiswa ngempumelelo kweesampuli zenyanga kunye ne-asteroid Ryugu (yi-China ne-Japan, ngokwahlukeneyo), ngokuqinisekileyo yayili-12 elinomtsalane. iinyanga. Ngethamsanqa kuthi, lo nyaka ubumba ukuba ukhumbuleke. Nantsi imishini emithandathu ekufuneka ujonge kuyo ngo-2021.

Ukunyamezelana kweNASA yeNASA

Ngomhla kaFebruwari 21, 2021, i-NASA ye-Mars 2020 mission iya kuthi ekugqibeleni ifike kwindawo yayo, ithumele i-Perseverance rover ukuhla kwindawo yayo e-Jezero Crater kwi-Red Planet. Iinjongo zineenjongo ezimbini eziphambili: ukukhangela ubungqina bexesha elidlulileyo lobomi kwiMars, kunye nokuvavanya itekhnoloji entsha eza kuvula indlela yotyelelo lomntu kwiplanethi. Umzekelo, kwibhodi yoNyamezelo yihelikopta encinci yeerobhothi egama linguIngenuity - eyokuqala engeyiyo eyokuhamba, imoto engahambisi ndawo ithunyelwe kumphezulu weMars.

Iindiza zeBoeing Starliner zovavanyo

Ngo-2020, isithuthi seSpaceX's Crew Dragon saba sisiphekepheke sokuqala esakhiweyo ngasese ukuze siqinisekiswe yiNASA ukuzisa oosomajukujuku emajukujukwini, sithumela oosomajukujuku abathandathu kwiSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe esiphakathi kovavanyo lwenqwelomoya kunye nomsebenzi omnye. Kodwa ngo-2021, i-SpaceX iya kuba nokhuphiswano. Izicwangciso ze-Boeing kuvavanyo lwenqwelomoya yayo ye-Starliner kabini ngo-2021; Uvavanyo lokuqala, olucwangciselwe umhla wama-29 kuMatshi ngo-2021, luza kuba yinqwelo-moya engabhalwanga, ngelixa uvavanyo lwesibini olunokwenzeka kwasekuqaleni kukaJuni, luya kuba noosomajukujuku.

Uvavanyo lwe-NASA olwenziwe kabini nge-Asteroid Redirection (DART)

Ngelixa ukhusela uMhlaba kwintlekele eyingozi kunye ne-asteroid ibiyinto ye-sci-fi movie trope amashumi eminyaka, kukho, enyanisweni, izazinzulu zinzima emsebenzini zichonga ukuba leliphi inyathelo lesenzo elinokuba lelona lilungileyo xa esoyikiso sibonakala ngaphezulu umbuzo wokuba nini, hayi ukuba). Uvavanyo lwe-NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) luya kuvavanya indlela enye yokhuseleko lweplanethi; imishini iya kubona isiphekepheke ngenjongo yokungena kwi-asteroid ngenjongo yokutshintsha i-orbit. Iwindow yokuvula ivulwa ngoJulayi 22, 2021, ngelixa ifuthe liza kwenzeka ekwindla ka-2022.

Isibonakude seNASA sikaJames Webb

Eyilwe ukuba ibe lilandela kwi-Hubble Space Telescope, i-NASA uJames Webb Space Telescope kungoku nje icwangciselwe ukumiliselwa nge-31 ka-Okthobha ka-2021. Iteleskopu ephantse ibe li-9 yezigidigidi ayizukujikeleza iplanethi yethu njengoHubble, kodwa iya kujikeleza ilanga indawo ebizwa ngokuba yindawo yesibini yeLagrange, okanye i-L2, emalunga nesigidi esinye seekhilomitha ukusuka eMhlabeni. (Ngokomxholo, malunga namaxesha amane ukude kuthi kunenyanga).

UArtemis 1 weNASA

I-NASA icwangcisa ukuthumela oosomajukujuku, kubandakanya umfazi wokuqala , sibuyele enyangeni ngo-2024, kodwa inqawe yokuqala kule nkqubo icwangciselwe ukwenzeka ngo-Novemba ka-2021. I-Artemis I mission iya kuba yeyokuqala ukuvavanya iarhente yesiphekepheke seOrion kunye neRocket Launch System (SLS) irokethi kunye uqhushumbe iiveki ezintathu, uthumo olungafakwanga kwi-orbit yenyanga. Ukuba iyaphumelela, uArtemis ndingangqinisisa i-Orion kunye ne-SLS ye-Artemis I mission, kulindeleke ukuba yenzeke ngo-2023.

I-Starship yeSpaceX

I-rocket ye-SpaceX's Falcon 9 inokuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwizithuthi zayo zangoku, kodwa kuvavanyo luyaqhubeka lwenkampani elandelayo yesiphekepheke kunye neerokethi: Starship . Inkqubo enkulu yenzelwe ukukhangela indawo enzulu, ngokunokwenzeka ithathe oosomajukujuku baye enyangeni naseMars kungekudala. NgoDisemba, i uvavanyo lwenqwelomoya yohlobo lweStarship prototype, SN8 , yenye yezona zinto zazisonwabisa kakhulu kunyaka. Ngelixa i-SpaceX ingakhange ikhuphe maxesha eemvavanyo ezizayo, ngokuqinisekileyo siza kubona amanyathelo aphambili kwi-2021.