Rocket launches in2020

Falcon 9 carries Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the station on May 30 — the first crewed launch from US soil since the Shuttle retired nine years earlier — while 26 Falcon 9 missions through the year seeds the Starlink constellation in earnest. China logs 39 launches, including the first flight of Long March 5B, while Perseverance and Ingenuity leave Earth in July bound for Mars.