January 6, 2022 China to complete major space station in 2022 China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40 launches for 2022, putting it roughly level with the United States.
January 4, 2022 NASA nails James Webb Space Telescope launch NASA aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court.
January 1, 2022 US commits to support International Space Station through 2030 Russia and the U.S. previously committed to working together on the station after 2024, but no clear movement occurred until the end of the year.
December 31, 2021 'The Five' looks back: From Rittenhouse to Afghanistan to inflation - the biggest stories of 2021 “The Five” panel reveals the biggest and most consequential stories of 2021.
December 31, 2021 Experts warn of cannibalism among space colonists if food systems fail Space colonization remains a distant hope, but thinkers and scholars want to tackle the problems today in preparation.
December 25, 2021 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches deep into space to see 'distant worlds' and back in time NASA launched its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope Saturday in a flagship mission to find light from "first galaxies" and "distant worlds."
December 23, 2021 Biden-Harris' space failures – here's how admin putting US at risk When the news media reports that a U.S. Space Force general is saying our space-based assets are under attack daily by China and Russia, it should be a cause for alarm.
December 17, 2021 NASA confirms telescope launch for Christmas Eve NASA is shooting for next Friday — Christmas Eve — to launch its newest space telescope.
December 4, 2021 NASA to launch latest mission to test laser communication in space NASA's next laser communications mission will launch early Sunday morning.
November 24, 2021 NASA launches spacecraft to crash into asteroid NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.