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2021 in spaceflight
Photograph of a miniature helicopter on the surface of Mars
Photograph of the Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars
Photograph of a large, mostly featureless silver rocket at a facility
A photograph of two modules, one large and one small, attached to a space station with the Earth visible underneath
An artwork depicting a space telescope with astronomy-related iconography surrounding it
Highlights from spaceflight in 2021[a]
Orbital launches
First8 January
Last30 December
Total146
Successes135
Failures10
Partial failures1
Catalogued133
National firsts
Spaceflight
  • British Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory (first payload)[1]
Satellite
  • 2021 in spaceflight Myanmar
  • 2021 in spaceflight Paraguay
  • 2021 in spaceflight Tunisia
  • 2021 in spaceflight Kuwait
  • 2021 in spaceflight Bahrain (in partnership with the UAE)
Space traveller
  • 2021 in spaceflight Australia
Rockets
Maiden flights
  • Angara A5 / Persei
  • Firefly Alpha
  • Nuri
Retirements
  • H-IIA 204
Crewed flights
Orbital8
Orbital travellers27
Suborbital5
Suborbital travellers21
Total travellers48
EVAs17

The year 2021 broke the record for the most orbital launch attempts till then (146) and most humans in space concurrently (19) despite the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.


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  1. ^ "NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-14 CARRIES MORE THAN 50,000 POSTCARDS TO SPACE FROM 13 COUNTRIES". 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021. [And one from a British research station in Antarctica.]

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