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๐Ÿ“Š #Launch statistics 2024

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 29
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ 11
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต 3
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ 3
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 2
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท 2
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ 0

https://spacestatsonline.com/launches/year/2024

#ESA #Ariane6 #Arianespace

Orbital launches in 2024

Orbital launch stats from around the world.

Infographic: Landing on the Moon

This chart shows the number of successful Moon lander and impactor missions, by country.

Statista Daily Data

#China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ has four successful #Changโ€™e robotic landings.

#Failures include #Hakuto-R ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต, #Beresheet ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, #Luna 25 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ and #Chandrayaan2 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ (#Chandrayaan3 was successful).

#SLIM ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต, #Odysseus and #Athena ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ landed and communicated back to Earth, but all three toppled over after landing https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/21/science/blue-ghost-moon-landing.html

#Moon #lander

A Lunar Landerโ€™s Busy Day: Eclipse Photos and Rock Collecting

The sun has set on the Blue Ghost spacecraft, ending a successful mission to the moon.

The New York Times

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ #Changโ€™e 7 is expected to launch in ๐Ÿ“† August*, carrying a total of 18 scientific payloads: a relay #satellite, an #orbiter, a lunar #lander, a #rover, a mini-flying probe, payloads from #Russia, #Egypt, #Bahrain, #Thailand, #Italy, #Switzerland, #Hawaii https://payloadspace.com/chinas-is-on-track-to-beat-the-us-to-extract-lunar-water/

* https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4723/

#CNSA #China #US #NASA #SpaceRace #Moon

Chinaโ€™s is on Track to Beat the US to Extract Lunar Water

Officials from the Chinese National Space Agency confirmed this week that its Changโ€™e-7 spacecraft is expected to launch in August 2026.

Payload
Comparing the Size of The Worldโ€™s Rockets, Past and Present

This infographic sizes up different rockets used to explore space, from the USSR's Soyuz to the SpaceX Starship.

Visual Capitalist

@spaceflight although this was pasted yesterday already, I would like to correct:

1. First flight: #OttoLilienthal
2. There was a man called #GustaveWhitehead who might have done the first engine-powered flight. Just keep this in mind.

@codepilot nice detail, but the pics were simply to illustrate the progress of the current development (just another pace than "former"). Many seem not to realize it. ๐Ÿ™„

@codepilot A bit more detailed : Lilienthal is out as of "Aeroplane. A power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft" https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/an02_cons%5B1%5D.pdf

Earlier rocket ๐Ÿš€ landing attempts : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTVL#History - There is a man called Bezos who still wasn't to orbit ๐ŸŒŒ with any of his rockets (while another one is already upscaling โฌ†๏ธ the ability).

Fun fact : the first crewed rocket landing was in ๐Ÿ“† 1633 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag%C3%A2ri_Hasan_%C3%87elebi