2021 in spaceflight

2021 in spaceflight
	Highlights from spaceflight in 2021
Orbital launches
First	8 January
Last	30 December
Total	146
Successes	135
Failures	10
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	133
National firsts
Spaceflight	British Antarctic Territory (first payload);
Satellite	Myanmar; Paraguay; Tunisia; Kuwait; Bahrain (in partnership with the UAE);
Space traveller	Australia;
Rockets
Maiden flights	Angara A5 / Persei; Firefly Alpha; Nuri;
Retirements	H-IIA 204;
Crewed flights
Orbital	8
Orbital travellers	27
Suborbital	5
Suborbital travellers	21
Total travellers	48
EVAs	17
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The year 2021 broke the record for the most orbital launch attempts till then (146) and most humans in space concurrently (19) despite the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

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^ "NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-14 CARRIES MORE THAN 50,000 POSTCARDS TO SPACE FROM 13 COUNTRIES". 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021. [And one from a British research station in Antarctica.]

[2] "NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-14 CARRIES MORE THAN 50,000 POSTCARDS TO SPACE FROM 13 COUNTRIES". 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021. [And one from a British research station in Antarctica.]

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Orbital launches
Highlights from spaceflight in 2021^[a]
First	8 January
Last	30 December
Total	146
Successes	135
Failures	10
Partial failures	1
Catalogued	133
National firsts
Spaceflight	British Antarctic Territory (first payload)^[1]
Satellite	Myanmar Paraguay Tunisia Kuwait Bahrain (in partnership with the UAE)
Space traveller	Australia
Rockets
Maiden flights	Angara A5 / Persei Firefly Alpha Nuri
Retirements	H-IIA 204
Crewed flights
Orbital	8
Orbital travellers	27
Suborbital	5
Suborbital travellers	21
Total travellers	48
EVAs	17
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