How do you follow up a record-breaking year for space missions? You go even bigger.
going operational and the U.S. space agency's DART spacecraft also slamming into an asteroid and altering its trajectory for the first time in history.with another one with the launch of its fully reusable Starship rocket, which it hopes will eventually carry humans to Mars.Several nations are also looking to achieve new milestones in what is likely to be another exciting year for spaceflight. Here are just a few missions that are worth looking out for in 2023.
two static fire tests ago. We don't yet have a concrete date for the launch of Starship, but it was previously expected to launch at the tail-end of 2022, meaning it may be closer than we think.SpaceX is preparing for its sixth operational crew launch to the International Space Station in February. The mission will launch from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in mid-February.
The mission will orbit and explore Jupiter and its icy moons Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. To get there, it will first have to travel through deep space for seven years and perform gravity-assist maneuvers around Earth and Venus.Russia's last moon mission, the sample return Luna 24 mission, launched in 1976. The country is now finally preparing to launch its next moon mission, Luna 25, in July this year.
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