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Space calendar 2022: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more!
LAST UPDATED May 9. Launch dates are subject to change and will be updated throughout the year as firmer dates arise. Please DO NOT schedule travel based on a date you see here. Launch dates are collected from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, Spaceflight Now and others. Watch NASA webcasts and other live launch coverage on our webcast page. Find out what’s up in the night sky this month with our visible planets guide and skywatching forecast. Wondering what happened today in space history? Check out our “On This Day in Space” video show here! May May 4-5: The Eta Aquarid meteor…
Read MoreSee the fiery Blood Moon rise in a total lunar eclipse in May’s must-see skywatching event
On the night of May 15-16, the attention of millions of people will be drawn skyward, where a mottled, coppery globe — the moon — will be completely immersed in the long, tapering cone of shadow cast into space by our planet. If the weather is clear, skywatchers across most of the Americas, Europe and Africa will have a view of one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon. Unlike a total eclipse of the sun, which often requires a long journey to the path of…
Read MoreEta Aquarid meteor shower of 2022 thrills stargazers in these stunning photos
Meteor streaks delighted skywatchers this weekend as the Earth passed through the dust trail of Halley’s Comet in an annual meteor shower display. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres in the constellation Aquarius, peaked this weekend with the most ideal observing times in the wee hours of the morning after 3 a.m. local time, weather permitting. Skywatchers were expected to see as many as 30 meteors an hour streaking through the Earth’s atmosphere in a late spring “shooting stars” display. The…
Read MoreSpaceX Starlink launch spawns spectacular glowing cloud in predawn sky
The aftermath of a SpaceX Starlink launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 6, 2022 sprawls across the sky before dawn in this stunning view. (Image credit: SpaceX) Space coast residents got a treat early Friday (May 6) when SpaceX’s the latest Starlink satellite fleet launch spawned an eerie glowing cloud that shined like some medieval fantasy monster in the predawn sky. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 53 of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet satellites successfully lifted off at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy…
Read MoreSee SpaceX’s Crew-3 Dragon capsule streak back to Earth in these amazing photos
SpaceX’s Crew-3 Dragon Endurance space capsule streaks through the atmosphere to return four astronauts to Earth on May 6, 2022 off the coast of Florida. (Image credit: SpaceX) That’s no shooting star; it’s a spacecraft. SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronaut mission’s return to Earth early Friday (May 6) was captured in epic photos as the crew wrapped up a half-year on the International Space Station. Both NASA and SpaceX, which supplied Crew-3’s Dragon capsule for the agency, captured the streaking spacecraft high in the atmosphere in the minutes before the successful splashdown…
Read MoreHumanity will go to Mars ‘in this decade,’ SpaceX president predicts
A crewed Mars mission could happen sooner than you think. Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet’s surface before the end of the 2020s, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC’s Shepard Smith recently. “I think it will be in this decade, yes. People on the moon, sooner,” Shotwell said in the brief interview, which you can watch here. “I think we need to get a large delivery to the surface of Mars, and then people will start thinking harder about it,” she added. “And…
Read MoreNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates
Refresh 2022-05-06T18:41:59.458Z NASA will update on Webb’s final prep stages The James Webb Space Telescope is protected from the sun’s and Earth’s heat by a giant kite-shaped shield. (Image credit: Kevin Gill) The James Webb Space Telescope is entering its final commissioning phase before beginning science operations this summer. The last phase will focus on testing the instruments aboard the observatory and is expected to take about two months. NASA personnel will update the public about the telescope’s progress so far and what remains to be done during a news…
Read MoreSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of May 2, 2022
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of May 2 that included demonstrating autonomous robotic technology, testing liquid- and air-based systems for growing plants, and examining the effects of microgravity on grip strength and upper limb movement.
Read MoreJames Webb Space Telescope begins final check-outs before science observations
NASA’s next-generation observatory is entering the last stages of preparation before showing scientists an all-new view of the universe. Engineers are preparing to make final tweaks to the instruments on board the James Webb Space Telescope as the observatory readies for operations this summer. NASA said the telescope has “calibrations and characterizations of the instruments using a rich variety of astronomical sources” coming up shortly to make sure everything is working before Webb is set loose to examine the early universe. “We will measure the instruments’ throughput — how much…
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