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The 10 biggest exoplanet discoveries of 2021

For example, learning about massive gas giants can boost our understanding about how Jupiter, one of Earth's major shields from cosmic strikes, got to be where it is now located. Searching for rocky planets in habitable zones around their distinct parent ...

White House directs NASA to extend International Space Station operations through 2030

The White House has given NASA a New Year's Eve "go" to continue operations on board the International Space Station through 2030, granting the orbital outpost a six-year life extension. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was directed by the Biden-Harris ...

James Webb Space Telescope unfurls massive sunshield in major deployment milestone

The $10 billion observatory unfurled its huge sunshield on Friday (Dec. 31), carefully unfolding the five-layer structure by sequentially deploying two booms. "Shine bright like a diamond.

Astronauts ring in New Year aboard space station to welcome 2022

The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are marking the New Year, becoming only the 37th crew in history to be in space as Earth begins another revolution around the Sun. Expedition 66 ...

Test launch of Russia's heavy-lift Angara rocket marred by upper stage failure

The Angara A5 rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in Russia's Arkhangelsk region about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow, at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) on Dec. 27, according to Russia's Ministry of Defense.

Top 10 spaceflight stories of 2021

2021 was a banner year for NASA and the rest of the spaceflight community around the world. From landing on Mars to launching private citizens into space, and everything in between, this year has seen many historic milestones and next-giant leaps.

Webb telescope begins unfurling tennis court-sized sunshield

The space agency said mission controllers at the Space Telescope Science Institute took extra steps to confirm that a sunshield cover had fully rolled up before proceeding with the first mid-boom deployment. "Switches that should ...

2021 was a huge year for space exploration. 2022 could be even bigger

The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times

After years of development, and billions of dollars spent, NASA is finally gearing up to launch its Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule, which are designed to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo.

SpaceX Starship Launch Headlines The Most Anticipated Space Missions For 2022

Tech Times

Tech Times

Since then, almost every spacecraft that has been tasked to carry big payloads to orbit (human crews among them) has all been single-use, like the Russian Soyuz craft that ISS astronauts have been using, according to the ESA.

Meteor showers, eclipses, full moons: All of the reasons to look up in 2022

WKOW

WKOW

Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022. The new year is sure to be a sky-gazer's delight with plenty of celestial events on the calendar. There is always a good chance that the International ...