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Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink – NASASpaceflight.com

Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements…

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Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements in spaceflight. In total, 114 orbital launches were attempted, including deep space missions like Solar Orbiter, three missions to Mars, and the Chinese Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission. Also this year, the United States regained domestic crew launch capability with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, and SpaceX launched hundreds of new satellites for the growing Starlink constellation.

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