2016: One-Year Mission In Space

NASA and other space agencies pursue their historic missions to conquer the outer space. It has been a year of successful feats of space research and explorations.

The scientists, astronomers and spacecraft have found more findings and sightings that look on other planets beyond Earth and unexplainable objects in the universe in the year 2016. These include searching for possible extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet and preparing for the future voyage of humans to Mars.

UPI shared the following photos of the cosmos and space explorations that occurred in the year 2016. Get a glimpse of some of the man's fearless space exploration and the awe-inspiring photos of the universe.

Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter’s Atmosphere, June 30 2016 https://t.co/yxalNA73Vd #Aurora #StormHour pic.twitter.com/Cefr2qpwyO

— #StormHour (@StormHour) September 8, 2016

NASA's Hubble telescope captured vivid auroras on the planet Jupiter on June 30, 2016. It was taken as NASA's Juno spacecraft approached and entered into orbit around the gas giant planet Jupiter.

Operation IceBridge completed 8th SpringArctic campaign sending this amazing pic: Fjord of Violin Glacier, Greenland pic.twitter.com/DIY68vRI3k — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) May 26, 2016

NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, crossed the Greenland and captured an image of Fjord of Violin Glacier on May 19, 2016.

The Red Spider Nebula, seen by the @NASA_Hubble is a two-lobed cloud of gas expanding around a dying star. https://t.co/zxJSO3Nmhz pic.twitter.com/e6JRkay02f

— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) October 25, 2016

This is an image of the Red Spider Nebula, which is a two-lobed nebula that is about 3,000 lightyears away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is located near the heart of the Milky Way.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began close-up investigation of a target called "Marimba," on lower Mount Sharp, during… pic.twitter.com/0nJsz8OowZ — José A. Gregorisch (@JAGregorisch) August 4, 2016

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover investigated the "Marimba" on lower Mount Sharp. The image was taken on Aug. 2, 2016.

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams Prepare For a Spacewalk https://t.co/soddDLqlEZ pic.twitter.com/jL6iAb9ZJ2

— SPACE.re (@SPACE_re) October 25, 2016

NASA's astronauts, Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams, conducted a spacewalk to install a new docking port that could be used for the arrival of the future U.S. commercial crew spacecraft on Aug. 19, 2016.