Keep an eye out! Important space missions for 2022

The biggest space missions expected in 2022 are listed below.

NASA’s Space Launch System or NASA’s Carrier Rocket

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning to launch the first test of the Space Launch System, or SLS, in March. NASA calls the SLS the “world’s most powerful rocket,” which it expects to launch. The beginning of a new era of space exploration

The SLS is the first rocket designed to carry both astronauts and supplies on lunar exploration missions. NASA is scheduled to send astronauts back to the moon again. As part of the Artemis project, the goal of the Artemis project was to send the first woman and the first black man to the moon.

This illustration shows NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), in its Block 1 crew vehicle setup that will send astronauts to the Moon on the Artemis missions. For the rocket’s first flight on the Artemis I mission, it will send an uncrewed Ori

NASA originally planned to send astronauts to the lunar surface in 2021. 2024, but Bill Nelson, NASA’s Aviation Administration told reporters in November that The plan will come to fruition as early as 2025, which will be America’s first visit to the moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

The launch of the SLS rocket in March will be without astronauts. during the test mission NASA will launch the Orion spacecraft from an SLS rocket and travel 450,600 kilometers from Earth, which NASA says will be a journey beyond any spacecraft ever built for humans. And expect this mission to take 4-6 weeks.

International moon missions or international moon missions

Several countries aim to send spacecraft to the moon in 2022.

India Today newspaper reports that India will try to land a rover on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan Mission-3 Chandrayaan-3 comes after an attempt in 2020 that ended with the lander and rover colliding with the surface of the moon.

India has said The new rover will attempt to confirm the presence of water in the form of ice on the moon.

The Japan Space Agency also plans to launch a Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, in April 2022, the agency said. The mission was designed to demonstrate how to land on the moon using a small probe.

This artist's illustration depicts the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) spacecraft called the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM). (Image Credit: JAXA) — This artist’s illustration depicts the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) spacecraft called the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM). (Image Credit: JAXA)

iSpace, a Japanese space exploration company announced in April last year that It will transport the UAE rover to the moon in 2022. iSpace will also provide a lander to carry the rover.

The lander will be launched from a Falcon-9 rocket built by the US company SpaceX.

On the Russian side, the Russian news agency TASS reported that Its country is planning to launch a lander on the moon in July. The Luna 25 mission aims to bring explorers to the moon’s Antarctic region. The spacecraft will study objects on the lunar surface. as well as the outermost part of the moon’s atmosphere.

SpaceX Starship

In November, SpaceX president Elon Musk said his company would try to send the reusable Starship spacecraft into orbit this year. 2022, which will be the first orbital test flight for the spacecraft. Musk said SpaceX will perform several test flights before launching satellites and other missions with the Starship rocket in 2023.

NASA has an agreement with SpaceX to use Starship to transport astronauts to the moon. Musk also said that He also plans to use the rocket to land astronauts on Mars.

ExoMars mission ExoMars mission

Russia and Europe join forces to send rover to Mars Expected to be launched between August and October 2022, the ExoMars mission will bring the Rosalind Franklin rover to the Martian surface to find Signs of life in the past

The mission was originally scheduled for 2020 but has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli, also known as the ExoMars Entry, descent and landing Demonstrator Module, are seen here during vibration testing at Thales Alenia Space, in Cannes, France, on 23 April 2015. (ESA) — ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli, also known as the ExoMars Entry, descent and landing Demonstrator Module, are seen here during vibration testing at Thales Alenia Space, in Cannes, France, on 23 April 2015. (ESA)

Asteroid exploration Asteroid exploration

NASA’s Psyche mission is expected to launch in August. The Psyche spacecraft will travel for three and a half years to a metallic asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Psyche’s scientific instruments will collect information about asteroids. which scientists believe may have split during violent collisions during the formation of the solar system.

NASA’s DART spacecraft is expected to reach asteroid Didymos between September 26 and October 1. How does the collision affect the path of objects in space?