See full analysis Learn more Space [New] Launching by the end of 2021, Artemis 1 will be the first in a series of missions that will culminate in NASA's first crewed lunar landing since the Apollo era. [New] At least 50 countries, including Germany, have now committed to protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030, pledging to halt the extinction of species and address climate change issues under the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People. [New] SpaceX is expected to continue to launch batches of Starlink internet satellites on a regular basis over the coming year. [New] France and the UK are spearheading efforts to protect at least 30% of the planet by 2030. [New] With rising sea levels from global warming, the total water surface area of planet Earth is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years. [New] 50 countries had joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which was launched in 2019 by Costa Rica, France and Britain to set a target of protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030. [New] The California-based company expects to perform the first suborbital tests of a prototype of its centrifugal system for launching small satellites later in 2021 from New Mexico. [New] The Chinese Space Station, sometimes referred to as Tiangong, is expected to be completed and enter normal operations in 2022 orbiting between 340-420 kilometers above the Earth. [New] Orbital launch service provider Orbex will be the first company to launch its rocket into orbit at the recently approved Space Hub on Scotland's northern coast, as early as 2022. [New] In 2020 three missions to Mars were launched: NASA's Mars 2020, China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1, and UAE's Emirates Mars Mission, while Elon Musk's SpaceX aims to send a Starship to Mars in 2024. [New] The value of the space-based services and applications is very quickly increasing to a point that a Morgan Stanley study speaks of a trillion USD value of space-based services by 2040 (against USD 350 billion in 2019). With thousands more satellites needed to meet global coverage and bandwidth demands, SpaceX is expected to fly dozens of Starlink missions in the coming years. NASA's renewed efforts to return humans to the moon by 2024 has led to advances in new space technologies to improve processes, and reduce costs and development time. NASA has in the past decade relied on private companies to build and operate spacecraft that could ferry cargo, and now people, to the International Space Station. With only days left in the year, climate scientists are poring over global temperature data, trying to determine if 2020 will surpass 2016 as the planet's warmest year on record. Starting in 2022, SpaceX will launch a number of satellites for the Pentagon's space agency, known as the Space Development Agency. SpaceX will send three Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021, including the first fully private mission for Axiom Space aboard Resilience in October. In early 2021, Rocket Lab will launch another recovery mission, opening up a new era of possibility for satellites in orbit. Several small-satellite launch companies hope to reach orbit in the coming year, including Firefly Aerospace, Relativity Space and Virgin Orbit. In the coming 15 years, Kuwait is expected to gradually drift down the World Economic League Table, from 60th position in 2020 to 61st place in 2035. The National Space Plan for 2020-2025 represents the Czech Republic's strategy to further develop space related technologies in industry and academia and to play a more active and visible role within the international community in space and related areas. Last updated: 17 January 2021 Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No