Two words have dominated space in 2021:PerseveranceandIngenuity。这Martian robots top the list of cosmic wonders as we approach the halfway point,delivering stunning views of the Martian surface而且，在ingenuity的情况下，实现另一个星球上的第一个动力飞行。荒野。

在火星上发生了如此多的情况，你可能错过了一些更靠近家的最大空间活动。我们想帮助。

To keep you in the know, CNET launched the SPACE CALENDAR (all caps for戏剧性的宇宙效果）在2020年，覆盖所有大火箭发射，迷人的流星淋浴，史诗般的eClipses甚至是各种各样的科学里程碑。在2021年，我们再次回来了。您可以找到下面的空间任务的所有密钥日期，其中流星阵列和事件没有朝向底部的日期。

我们的总是更新的Google日历可以与自己同步日历所以你永远不会错过任何东西。下面的那个大按钮？这就是你的添加方式。

You can also useanother calendar with this link, which will allow you to download our calendar file and add it to a provider of your choice, like Outlook.

这re are许多每年比下面列出的火箭发射更多，但他们经常可以改变，我们决定将它们留下到这个大清单。最好的建议是始终关注CNET的科学页面and注册我们的空间和科学时事通讯if you want to ensure you're getting launch updates from the likes of SpaceX, Rocket Lab and Blue Origin. We'll also endeavor to shift things around on the Google calendar as soon as we have information, so keep your eyes peeled.

这也起到到目前为止的一年的生活，呼吸记录。如果您想赶上已经发生的一些大事件，他们就是按时间顺序排列。

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[2月2] Starship SN9 test explodes on landing

Remember theincredible explosion of SpaceX's SN8 prototype12月吗?SpaceX公司认为,一个成功s way to a fully fledged spacecraft that can get to orbit and -- eventually -- to Mars. In late 2020 or early 2021, Elon Musk's spaceflight company expects to send the next numbered prototype on its way. Its three powerful Raptor engines are attached and it has been wheeled onto the launchpad, so the prototype is likely to fly early in 2021.

SN9测试终于实现了发射2月2日,2021后SpaceX and the FAA traded barbs over launch safety waivers。It was another spectacular test and, as you can see in the image above, it ended with another explosion. SN10 is vertical at the company's Boca Chica facility -- so it's likely to fly soon. Check back here and we'll keep you updated.

[2月9]希望将自己插入火星轨道

这United Arab Emirates' Hope (Al Amal) probe, which was launched in July 2020, performed a Mars Orbital Insertion (MOI) on Feb. 9, slipping into the clutches of the red planet's gravity.机动使阿拉伯联合酋长国成为第五个国家达到火星, following the US, Russia, China and India.

轨道器将观察来自空间的火星，并通过三种仪器套件来检查其氛围，包括高分辨率相机。只是take a look at the first photo from Hope to see what we can expect in years to come。

Want to know more about the journey to Mars for the UAE?阅读关于它的阅读。

[2月10] Tianwen-1 arrives at Mars

China's Tianwen-1 ("Questions to Heaven") spacecraft is carrying a Martian orbiter, lander and rover as cargoand made its own insertion just a day after Hope. The Chinese mission will not release it's lander or rover immediately to the surface. It's expected to release those vehicles sometime in May.

这rover has a lifespan of around 92 days and Li Zhencai, deputy commander of the project, told CCTV the mission will be completed around "the end of August."

[2月18] NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

这y did it again! On Feb. 18,NASA engineers and scientists celebrated the arrival of Perseverance on the red planet。有MEMES APLENYandone particular engineer who captured people's hearts and minds。

It's set to be a huge year for Martian robots and specifically, the quest to find signs of ancient life on the red planet. Along with Perseverance, China's Tianwen-1 lander and rover will also be putting Mars dirt under the microscope -- however, it's not expected to touch down until later in the year.

More:NASA launches next Mars rover: Everything you need to know about Perseverance

[March 3] SN10 flies high, nails landing... then explodes

第三次seemed to be the charm对于麝香的星舰原型。火箭在德克萨斯州博卡奇卡的垫上表现出近乎完美的发射，略微令人担忧的着陆，但触及后大约六分钟，它取得了二次发射 - 这次被爆炸造成的。麝香detailed the reason for the failuresa couple of days later: some of the internal components made of copper were burning during the spacecraft's descent. That's never a good sign.

SpaceX will continue to test Starship prototypes from Boca Chica throughout the year, gearing up for the prototype's first orbital flight potentially before 2022.

[March 30] SpaceX SN11 launch ends explosively, too

在一个有雾的德克萨斯州早晨起飞，星舰SN11原型遇到与以前的星舰相同: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. This time, the explosion was caused by "a relatively small" methane leak on board the prototype,according to SpaceX head honcho Musk。

[3月2021年3月]大型强子撞机再次出现

这Large Hadron Collider, the highest-energy particle collider on the planet, has been powered down since Dec. 10, 2018. In March, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) flicked it back on again.

撞机在仪表中测试预测的措施物理学的测试，包括发现HIGGS玻色子的发现，或者“上帝粒子”（只是在任何粒子物理学家面前称之为）。

Its third observational run or "Run 3" should kick off in 2022, with a period of commissioning and magnet training to get things up to scratch for examining the atomic world in March. It will then be shut down in 2025 and upgraded again, for its fourth run in 2027. I'm putting this in aspace日历，因为，物理到处都是。让我有这个。这个很酷。

[April 19] Ingenuity takes flight on Mars

Flying on Earth? Boring, easy, routine, old hat. Flying on Mars? Cool, hard, new, never been done before -- until NASA's Ingenuity rotorcraft achieved the feat on April 19, 2021. The chopper wasdeposited on the surface of Mars by Perseverancein early April and had looked to fly on the red planet "no earlier than April 11."

当inenyity拿到火星的天空时，it was the first time humans have flown a vehicle on another planet。It's considered a "tech demonstration" and after the successful flight, the Ingenuity team is planning to fly the rotorcraft five times, with increasing difficulty.

[April 22] SpaceX Crew-2 launches to the ISS

SpaceX made history when it sent第一个商业船员到国际空间站aboard Crew-1 in November 2020. On April 22,Crew-2 backed up that achievement, launching NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, plus ESA's Thomas Pesquet and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide. The capsule containing the astronauts was Crew Dragon Endeavour, which first flew astronauts to the ISS duringSpacex和NASA的历史演示1使命。

[4月29日]中国推出了第一站模块

Chinalaunched the first module of its planned orbital space stationin April. The module, known as Tianhe-1 ("harmony of the heavens"), will power the whole station and is set to house a crew of three taikonauts on six month stints, much like the International Space Station, when assembly is complete. Almost a dozen missions will be required to complete the space station by the end of 2022.

该模块在4月29日，来自Wenchang卫星发射中心的新一代火箭发射，该火箭从Wenchang卫星发射中心，花费助推器引起了一些问题。失控丢弃的助推器成为垃圾的超级空间captured the attention世界的。这rocket eventually burnt up over the Indian Oceanand debris fell just west of the Maldives. A close call -- and there is likely to be another two reentries when China sends the other modules to orbit.

[May 14] China's Tianwen-1 rover lands on Mars

天文1，中国三联威胁马斯的三重威胁使命，于2020年7月左右，于2021年2月将自己插入火星轨道。然而，中国空间计划waited patiently to attempt the first touchdown, with most estimates suggesting late April or early May for the historic attempt.

现在我们知道什么时候“Zhurong," China's Mars rover, should reach the surface: Friday, May 14 at 4:11 p.m. PT.

China is going big here -- an orbiter will continue to circle the red planet, and Zhurong will be steered to the surface atop a landing vehicle. Mars is typically a very mean-spirited planet: It kills around half of all spacecraft that try to land there, so it's a huge and daring mission for China's space agency. The country's space agency has a strong heritage of moon exploration though, with its嫦娥探头实现了太空探索的令人难以置信的壮举在过去的三年里。

More:China's daring Tianwen-1 mission to Mars: Everything you need to know

[May 26] Total Lunar Eclipse of the Flower Moon

当地球的影子覆盖月亮时，你会得到一个月食。当整个月亮被阴影时，这是一个全年eclipse。当5月份有一个满月的时候，它被称为“花月亮”。这就是你的方式a total lunar eclipse of the flower moon......这是2021年的第一个大天体活动。我们有这里查看Eclipses的一款方便的指南。We'll provide a bigger update as it gets closer to May.

[June 10] Ring of Fire eclipse

这Johnny Cash eclipse, as it's affectionately known by nobody except myself, will occur over parts of the Northern Hemisphere on June 10. A ring of fire eclipse occurs when the moon only partially blocks sunlight, leaving a dazzling ring of fire in the sky. The most recent eclipse (an "annular" eclipse, in scientific parlance) occurred in 2020 and it was spectacular. The best places to watch will be across Russia, Canada and Greenland, but there will be plenty of livestreams and places to watch this one, we assume. We'll bring you all the details as it gets closer.

[7月？]星舰轨道飞行

SpaceX's Mars prototype rockets have had a successful year in 2021 and the spaceflight company is gearing up for an orbital flight. In May, filings with the Federal Communications Commissionrevealed Musk's rocket brand will attempt to reach orbitand make a soft landing near Hawaii. Timing on this one is unclear, but July has been suggested in the past.

[10月2] BepiColombo flys past Mercury

BepiColombo, a joint mission between the ESA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), had a pretty big 2020. It was called into action as it执行了金星的飞行，以检查高层大气中的生命迹象。在2021年，它执行其预期目的地的第一次飞行 - 地球汞。它将是一系列六个捕蝇的第一个，并在释放轨道工艺中升温，这些工艺将从2025中监控汞。

[10月16] NASA's Lucy launches on asteroid hunt

One of the most ambitious missions on NASA's slate is known as Lucy, which will attempt to visit eight asteroids over the next decade. It will be the first mission to study the Trojans, a group of asteroids that trail and lead Jupiter in orbit around the sun.

这mission is named after the fossilized remains of an ancestral human discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, which rewrote the history books on human evolution. NASA's Lucy might end up rewriting the history of the solar system. The Trojans likely harbor clues to the origin of our solar system and operate as time capsules, allowing scientists to understand the environment of the solar system's earliest eons.

[10月NASA的James Webb Telescope推出

A particularly spooky launch date forNASA's long-delayed next- generation space telescope。这planned successor to NASA's workhorse Hubble, James Webb is a major upgrade to our capabilities in studying the early universe. Granted things go well, it should be able to see some of the earliest galaxies that ever formed.

But it has been a struggle for the telescope to get into space. It's now coming up to its 25th birthday and it hasn't even got off the ground -- with the pandemic setting it back even further. Granted this launch date holds, it will be a big (and spooky) day for NASA. Another fingers crossed mission.

[October?] Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch

这CST-100 Starliner, a cone-shaped spacecraft designed to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, has had its fair share of ups and downs. Thefirst Orbital Flight Test in December 2019(wow, it wasthatlong ago?) experienced an "anomaly" with the spacecraft's clock which meant it didn't reach the ISS as it had intended and, instead, safely landed back in the desert two days later.

波音现在将执行第二个未用性的轨道飞行试验，让斯塔林准备携带船员。If it all goes successfully, it could pave the way for astronauts to be launched within the capsule later in the year. Fingers crossed.

[November?] NASA launches DART mission to crash into an asteroid

美国宇航局的使命坠入小行星将在2021年11月20日和2月2022年间的某个时候说“Armageddon Outta”，因为它朝向太空岩石68503迪姆斯。岩石还有一个较小的双胞胎，称为二聚体，它是它作为其个人月亮的轨道。这"Double Asteroid Redirection Test" will crash into this smaller asteroid（这与埃及的大金字塔一样大），然后通过欧洲航天局于2024年推出的另一个使命，将研究影响火山口及其如何改变二聚体的轨道和物业。

如果它有效，美国宇航局认为航天器可以将二聚体的轨道移到每秒大约一半的毫米。它似乎并不是很多，但随着时间的推移，这可能会显着改变其轨道周期。

[Dec. 4] Darkness descends on Antarctica

If you're some of the scattered wildlife that spends time in Antarctica (or perhaps some lucky researchers), then you'll be able to catch the onlytotalsolar eclipse2021年，当月亮阻挡了冰冷的大陆的光线。

这next total solar eclipse after that won't be until 2023 and it will only be visible in parts of Southeast Asia and Australia. The US will experience a total solar eclipse in 2024.

[January 2022?] Boeing Crewed Flight Test

Provided everything works out exactly as hoped in March, the first crewed test flight of the Starliner could head to the International Space Station in June. Similar toSpaceX's Demo-2 mission in 2020, this would be the final check for Boeing's spacecraft before it becomes operational. A big achievement, should it get there.

Artemis我即将到来（也许）

NASA's plan to return humans to the moon in 2024 involves a series of missions under the Artemis banner. The very first Artemis mission, Artemis I, is scheduled to launch in 2021. The missions will use ahuge, new rocket known as the Space Launch System或者是SLS，它将携带未被卷曲的航天器，称为ORION orion到月球轨道。

NASA has discussed this one for November, but there's every chance it will slip later than that and potentially to 2022. If the mission succeeds, we might see Artemis II -- with a human crew -- launch in 2023.

Will Chandrayaan-3 launch in 2021?

2019年，印度航天局伊索罗，试图通过成为月球表面上的第四个国家来制造历史。不幸的是，事情变得了惊军人。软件故障导致航天器，Chandrayaan-2，到科琳进入月球表面。该特派团旨在落在农历南极，这将是一个历史性的第一王。几乎一旦Chandrayaan-2的不幸结尾来到光线，印度宣布它会再试一次，有Chandrayaan-3。

这mission was slated to launch in 2020, but大流行病。Will it launch in 2021? That's what ISRO is shooting for.

2021年主要流星淋浴观看

全年,CNET定制coverage of when and how to catch each meteor shower listed below. If you bookmark this page, you can just return here at your leisure -- or, remember to check CNET for the latest on how to spot meteors!

• Quadrantids2020年12月27日 - 19日1月10日。
  Peak night: Jan. 2
  

Want to watch the Quadrantids meteor shower?阅读此处。

• Lyrids4月16日 - 4月30日。
  Peak night: April 21
  

Want to watch the Lyrids meteor shower?阅读此处。

• eta aquariids.April 19 - May 28.
  Peak night: May 5
  
• 佩戴者7月17日 - 8月26日。
  Peak night: Aug. 13
  
• DraconidsOct. 6 - Oct. 10.
  Peak night: Oct. 7
  
• OrionidsOct. 2 - Nov. 7.
  Peak night: Oct. 20
  
• LeonidsNov. 6 - Nov. 30.
  Peak night: Nov. 16
  
• 吉他卜12月4日 - 12月17日。
  Peak night: Dec. 13
  
• ursids.Dec. 17 - Dec. 26.
  高峰夜：12月21日
  

Read more:How to see the year's best meteor showers: Everything you need to know

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