2022-When NASA made history! Artemis I, Asteroid, James Webb telescope, Moon
and more
The lift of Artemis I, was one of the biggest NASA moments of 2022. The historic launch and flight test around the moon lasted about 26 days and it returned safely back to Earth. (NASA)
NASA released the James Webb Space Telescope's first full-color images and spectroscopic data, showcasing its ability to capture crisp new views of our solar system and beyond. (NASA)
NASA successfully demonstrated the first-ever Planetary defense test by crashing a spacecraft into a moving asteroid, altering that asteroid's path of travel. This was the DART mission. (NASA)
NASA helped establish the location for a "drop off spot" on Mars where rock and soil samples can be retrieved by a future mission and returned to Earth to study.
2022 was the 22nd continuous year with humans aboard the International Space Station. Congress passed a new law extending NASA's work on the station through at least September 2030. (NASA)
Other human spaceflight activities from 2022 include commercial partner Boeing's uncrewed flight test to and from the station, continued crew rotation flights to the Space station by partner SpaceX. (NASA)
NASA's space technology activities in 2022 include the CAPSTONE spacecraft's arrival at the Moon to test the same unique orbit that the Gateway
Lunar outpost will fly.
Work and missions that focussed on
Earth include a new space station, an
instrument that studies how atmospheric mineral dust affects the planet's temperature.
NASA also celebrated the Landsat program's 50 years of imaging Earth. The program has captured over 10 million images since it began.
