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This year, humankind glimpsed the universe in ways that were never before possible, and space missions took unprecedented leaps forward in unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.

From the scientific discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope to the operation of the Perseverance rover, here are the year's most out-of-this-world space stories.

The rover deposited a tube filled with martian rock at one of several designated depots on the surface. The sample will now await a future recovery mission.

NASA Perseverance rover's new Mars image excites many "Star Wars" fans. Is this metal tube a lightsaber?

This year, humankind glimpsed the universe in ways that were never before possible, and space missions took unprecedented leaps forward in unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.

By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN

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The American space agency NASA’s Mars explorer begins dropping rock samples it collected on the planet’s surface. The goal is for another spacecraft to recover the samples and send them to back to Earth.

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