From the successful scientific operations of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to the splashdown of the Orion space capsule, 2022 has seen many wins.
Here are the most important points to remember;
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission successfully changed the orbit of an asteroid by millions of miles. Following an analysis two weeks after the spacecraft hit Dimorphos – the first time humanity has purposely changed the motion of a celestial object and the first full demonstration of asteroid deflection tech – scientists found that the impact on the moon’s motion reduced its orbit around its parent asteroid. 32 minutes for the duo. Before, Dimorphos took 11 hours and 55 minutes to orbit Didymus. The measurement has a margin of uncertainty of approximately plus or minus two minutes.
IMAGE FROM NASA’S WEBB TELESCOPE reveals early stellar formation in ‘Rare’ find
In this image made available by NASA, debris ejected from the asteroid Dimorphos, right, minutes after the intentional collision of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on Sept. 26. 2022, captured near the Italian Space Agency LICIACube. On Tuesday, October 5, 2022, NASA said the space shuttle had succeeded in its orbit verse.
((ASI/NASA via AP))
A black hole in the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The color image was produced by the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes. The black hole is about 27,000 light-years away from Earth and is 4 million times more massive than our sun.
Perseverance collects samples of the pirate March
NASA’s Persistence pirates are hoping to build the first sample station on another world. According to NASA, this will mark a crucial milestone in the Mars Sample Return campaign, which aims to bring samples of Earth to Mars for closer study. Perseverantia for about 30 days, Perseverantia will install a total of 10 pipes that carry samples that represent the diversity of rock in Jezero Crater.
Orion sprays space after lunar flyby
Arrow A(asterisk) captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration
(Credit: EHT Collaboration)
NASA agency reveals photos of IO VOLCANO-LACED AQUARIUM
NASA’s Orion space capsule has splashed into the ocean after 25 days of uncrewed test flights around the moon, concluding a mission that will pave the way for astronauts to fly to the next moon. The capsule was scattered in western Baja California, more than 300 miles from the original target zone.
The James Webb Space Telescope begins scientific operations
NASA and its international partners have released a full series of James Webb Space Telescope first images and data. The images include VESPA-96 b, which is a hot, gas giant located about 1,150 light-years from Earth. In another shot shared by international radio, the southern ring or “Octo-Burst” nebula of the planet is shown in greater detail, which was previously hidden from astronomers. Then, in an image presented by European Space Agency (ESA) partners, the Stephanian Quintet – a visual grouping of five galaxies – is seen in a new light, about 290 million light-years away. The last image shows a view of the Carina Nebula – a stellar nursery – with new known stars that were previously completely hidden. The Cosmic Rocks captured by Webb are at the edge of a giant, gaseous cavity in the star-forming region of the Carina Nebula, named NGC 3324. The Carina Nebula, found within the Milky Way, has been faint for about 7,600 years. It is a country of many huge stars, which is larger than the sun in several parts.
From that telescope he helped astronomers discover the first confirmed galaxies in time.
What looks very much like rugged mountains on a lunar evening is actually the edge of the nearby, young, star-forming NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in near-infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals the previously dark regions of a star’s birth.
(IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
NASA makes the most accurate description of all of America’s history
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann made history as the first Native American woman to be launched into space. Mann, a member of the Wailack Valley Indian Expeditionary Force, traveled to the International Space Station as the commander of SpaceX Crew-5 on the NASA mission that killed Space Crew Dragon.
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Axiom-I private spaceflight launches
Mission Axioms 1, the first private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), launched in April. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon attempt to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission sent four private space travelers on a 10-day flight to conduct science and push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
Fox News’ Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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