2021 Astronomy News and Events
Local Events at the University of Mississippi
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Astronomy Events by Date
- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, Launched — December 25 2021
- Partial Lunar Eclipse — November 18-19, 2021.
Photo of the Eclipse and the Pleiades taken by Lalith Perera
- China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet — May 14, 2021.
- NASA's Mars Helicopter First Flight — April 19, 2021.
- NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars — February 18, 2021.
- China's Mars mission, Tianwen-1, spacecraft enters into orbit — February 10, 2021.
- The United Arab Emirates' Hope Mission arrived at Mars — February 9, 2021.
(see also the Sky & Telescope observing
page and the Spaceweather
update)
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Meteor Showers and Eclipses
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General Articles on Sky Observation
- Visible Objects: What is really visible in the night
sky from Earth? (space)
General Astronomy News
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Past Years:
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