2019 ⟶ First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted

October 18: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch ...
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🚀 Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Land

Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars.⟶
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity Land (2004)
Space ExplorationMarsRoboticsNASAPlanetary ScienceExploration
United StatesUnited States

💧 Liquid Water Confirmed on Mars

Liquid water is found on Mars.⟶
Liquid Water Confirmed on Mars (2015)
Space ExplorationAstronomyPlanetary ScienceMarsAstrobiologyNASA
United StatesUnited States

👩‍🚀 First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted

October 18: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the ISS.⟶
First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted (2019)
Space ExplorationNASAAstronautsGender Equality
United StatesUnited States

🚀 Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Land on Mars

February 18: NASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel.⟶
Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Land on Mars (2021)
Space ExplorationMarsNASAAerospace
United StatesUnited States

🛰️ Juno Spacecraft Flyby of Ganymede

June 7: The Juno spacecraft performs its only flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the first flyby of the moon by any spacecraft in over 20 years.⟶
Juno Spacecraft Flyby of Ganymede (2021)
Space ExplorationAstronomyJupiterNASA
United StatesUnited States

☄️ Double Asteroid Redirection Test Successfully Impacts Dimorphos

September 26: Double Asteroid Redirection Test demonstrates capabilities on asteroid (65803) Didymos I Dimorphos.⟶
Double Asteroid Redirection Test Successfully Impacts Dimorphos (2022)
Space ExplorationAstronomyAerospace EngineeringNASA
United StatesUnited States