As an AI language model, I do not have access to real-time news. However, as of my latest update, some of the top recent advancements in space exploration are:
1. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter makes history with first-ever powered flight on another planet.
2. China’s Chang’e 5 mission successfully brings back samples from the moon, making it the first lunar sample return mission in over 40 years.
3. NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars and begins its mission to search for signs of ancient microbial life.
4. SpaceX successfully launches and lands its Starship SN15 prototype, paving the way for future crewed missions to Mars.
5. The James Webb Space Telescope, set to launch later this year, promises to be the most powerful space telescope ever built.
6. Blue Origin plans to launch its first crewed flight onboard the New Shepard rocket later this year, bringing space tourism one step closer.
7. Mars One, a proposed private mission to establish a colony on Mars, announces plans to send its first crew in 2031.
8. China announces plans to launch a space station by 2022, with potential for international collaboration.
9. NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon by 2024, with the first woman set to step on the lunar surface.
10. SpaceX continues to make progress towards its goal of establishing a permanent, self-sustaining human colony on Mars.