space James-Webb, DART, Artemis… the space agency has had a busy year
One of the fascinating images sent by the James Webb Telescope. — NEW CHINA/SIPA
NASA has multiplied prowess this year. À On the occasion of a retrospective video published on December 23, the American space agency thus returned to the main moments of its year 2022, whether from the side of tee observation or space exploration.
On July 11, for example, NASA released the first photograph taken with the new James-Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which came to continue the work of Hubble thanks to; more advanced technologies. His first shot was “the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe at all’ this day” had explained NASA at at the time.
We’ve had a busy year. 📆
From taking the first steps to return humanity to the Moon, to unfolding the universe with @NASAWebb, and successfully testing our asteroid defense capabilities—we’ve worked for the benefit of all: https://t.co/uLQF5CIEM3 pic.twitter.com/Co9936TB45
— NASA (@NASA) December 23, 2022
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One of James-Webb’s main objectives is to observe the first stars and galaxies born shortly after the Big Bang. It also has the role of learning more about exoplanets.
2022 has also been the year of the first planetary defense test. On October 11, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission successfully reached; to divert by the crash of a probe the orbit of the asteroid of Dimorphos, located to eleven million kilometers from Earth. “For the first time, humans have altered the the movement of a celestial object” then announced NASA.
To the Moon and Mars
Finally, the year 2022 has been that of the beginnings of the Artémis program which aims to bring man back to the moon the horizon of 2025, before considering a possible mission to Mars. First stage, the Artemis I mission was successfully launched on November 16th. It made it possible to test the giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and to place the Orion capsule in lunar orbit, which then returned to Earth on December 11.
So while waiting for Artemis II , which should bring a crew to orbit around the Moon in 2024, space missions will continue to follow one another in 2023, such as Psych&e from NASA’s Discovery program, JUICE from the European Space Agency and Polaris Dawn from SpaceX. SpaceX’s Starship rocket should finally be inaugurated, as will the Ariane 6 launcher.