29 Years in Mars Orbit: Mars Odyssey
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.
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Mars Orbit
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24 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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13 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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Tiangong Space Station: 9 Years of Continuous Human Occupation
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Today marks 10th full year / starts 11th year of continuous Human occupation of Tiangong Space Station; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched on this day in 2022, beginning occupation.