With about 200 orbital launches scheduled and ambitious missions on everything from lunar bases to the search for life in the works, there’s a lot to watch in 2022. An astronomer explains the highlights.
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Webb is NASA’s largest and most powerful ever space telescope – set to investigate the formation of the furthest galaxies from Earth.
The mission is set to launch in March 2022. Here’s what you need to know.
Nasa plans to test its new rocket system for the Moon, and a new rover is due to begin its journey to Mars.
Experts give us a science preview for 2022, plus what lies in store for global inequality. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
NASA is backing four commercial space station projects. The newcomers may find they have much to learn about how people really live in space.
An asteroid that landed in Russia in 2013 injured 1,500 people – and was just 20 metres in diameter. What could we do if a major threat was detected?
Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus all have rings.
International space law doesn’t explicitly prohibit anti-satellite missile tests — which makes uproar over Russia’s actions all the more significant.
Photographing the full Earth from space could provide a profound and timely reminder of its vulnerability in the face of climate change.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is deep, meaning it may persist even though it is shrinking.
There are vast quantities of water ice on the moon that represent the potential for extraction and use in rocket fuel. But there are no practical reasons to mine this water.
The Lucy mission could revolutionise our knowledge of the Solar System’s history, while the DART mission could help redirect hazardous asteroids in the future.
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch into orbit in December 2021. Its mission is to search for the first light to ever shine in the universe.
Next month, Russia is sending a director and actor to film in space. What does this mean for filmmakers, astronauts, movie fans and the International Space Station?
Scientists have a good estimate on the staggering number of stars in the universe.
The largest orbital telescope ever made will allow astronomers to study the atmospheres of alien planets, learn about how stars form in the Milky Way and peer into the farthest reaches of the universe.
The Inspiration4 mission sent four civilians to space for three days. Though still funded by a billionaire, the mission is a step forward in the nascent space tourism industry.
Now is not the time for rocket men to abandon spaceship Earth.
John Glenn would have turned 100 on July 18, 2021. Today’s space program is a giant leap more inclusive than when he made his pioneering orbit of the Earth in 1962.
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Sterrenkenner, History & Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Professor of Hypersonic Aerodynamics, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
