ii. Few Space missions by foreign agencies
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover mission |
The Perseverance Rover mission, launched by NASA in 2020, successfully landed a rover on Mars and is currently conducting scientific research on the Martian surface. |
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon mission |
The Crew Dragon mission, launched by SpaceX in 2020, was the first manned space mission launched by a private company. The mission successfully transported astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS). |
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission |
The Parker Solar Probe mission, launched by NASA in 2018, is a spacecraft that is studying the sun’s outer atmosphere and the solar wind. |
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Roscosmos’s Soyuz MS-17 mission |
The Soyuz MS-17 mission, launched by the Russian space agency Roscosmos in 2020, successfully transported astronauts to and from the ISS. |
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NASA’s InSight mission |
The InSight mission, launched by NASA in 2018, successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars and is currently conducting scientific research on the Martian surface. |
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NASA’s New Horizons mission |
The New Horizons mission, launched by NASA in 2006, is a spacecraft that has completed several flybys of planets and other celestial bodies, including Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. |
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China’s Chang’e 5 mission |
The Chang’e 5 mission, launched by the Chinese space agency in 2020, was a successful lunar mission that collected and returned samples from the moon. |