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20.01 / 22:05
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2021 in Space: It was all about NASA, Mars, Virgin, SpaceX, China
From the Mars Ingenuity helicopter's first powered flight on another world to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope that will peer into the earliest epoch of the Universe, 2021 was a huge year for humanity's space endeavors. Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit, and Star Trek's William Shatner waxed profound about what it meant to see the Earth from the cosmos, as space tourism finally came into its own. Here are selected highlights.