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Human spaceflight. The first feature-length fiction film to be filmed in space (some scenes) by professional film-makers, the Russian film The Challenge was filmed onboard ISS in October 2021 by Russian director Klim Shipenko with actress Yulia Peresild starring. [note 1] A new record was set for the largest number of humans in orbit (14) on 16 ...
2022 in spaceflight. The year 2022 witnessed the number of launches of SpaceX 's Falcon rocket family (61 launches) surpassing the CNSA 's Long March rocket family (53 launches), making the United States the country with the highest number of launches in 2022 instead of China. This year also featured the first successful launch of Long March 6A ...
List of human spaceflights, 2021–present. This is a detailed list of human spaceflights from 2021 to present . Green indicates a suborbital flight (including flights that failed to attain intended orbit). ISS crew rotation. ISS crew rotation. First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico.
Space probes operational as of November 2023. This is a list of active space probes which have escaped Earth orbit. It includes lunar space probes, but does not include space probes orbiting at the Sun–Earth Lagrangian points (for these, see List of objects at Lagrangian points ). A craft is deemed "active" if it is still able to transmit ...
The year 2023 saw rapid growth and significant technical achievements in spaceflight. For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed to SpaceX, as they increased their number of launches ...
The future of space exploration involves both telescopic exploration and the physical exploration of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight . Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System, are planned and announced by both national and private organisations.
Spacecraft ( Bus and Sunshield) James Webb Space Telescope mission logo. The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [10]
The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 995.449 days in space over five missions and is currently in space onboard Soyuz MS-24/25's one year long-duration mission on ISS. If this mission lasts 300–365 days, Kononenko will have spent a total of 1,036-1,101 days in space.