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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of December 05:
Human Space Exploration:
- Work begins to harvest Orion spacecraft hardware for Artemis 2 flight
- After six-week stay, CRS-26 Dragon departs Space Station, heads home
- Cosmonauts in good health, not opposed to staying longer on board ISS
- Roscosmos to launch uncrewed Soyuz to replace damaged spacecraft at ISS
- NASA opens hatch of Artemis I Orion spacecraft (photo)
- SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth after 6-week stay at Space Station
- Russia to launch new capsule to return Space Station crew
- SpaceX and NASA target Crew-6 astronaut launch in mid-February
Space Science
- Perseverance rover marks One Mars year on Red Planet
- How a NASA Moon mission survived a death spiral in space
- NASA faces budget crunch for extended Earth science missions
- A bright green comet may be visible with the naked eye starting later this month
- NASA unveils initial plan for multibillion-dollar telescope to find life on alien worlds
- X-Class solar flare
- NASA’s tiny Lunar Flashlight Moon probe may be in trouble in deep space
- Here’s the story of a lunar image that doesn’t look remarkable, but really is
- NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe bounces back from memory glitch
- The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early galaxies
- NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan
- Astronomers find 2nd Earth-size planet in intriguing alien solar system
- NOAA might revise geostationary weather satellite timeline
Other News
- The first-ever orbital space launch from the U.K. is due to take off on Monday
- Space mining startups see a rich future on asteroids and the Moon
- Pair of Chinese launches put classified and commercial satellites into orbit
- First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails
- Disappointing end to U.K. space mission as satellites fail to reach orbit
- A dead NASA satellite from the 1980s just fell to Earth to meet its fiery demise
- Virgin Orbit blames launch failure on upper stage anomaly
- Virgin Galactic restructures leadership as it prepares to resume flights
- Pentagon releases its long-awaited 2022 UFO report
- New HSS&T Chairman optimistic, enthusiastic about NASA
- U.S., Japan unveil plans to strengthen the alliance
- Space Force official: To beat China, U.S. has to spend smarter
- NASA’s commercial lunar program ready to start flying in 2023
- A powerful new small-satellite launcher failed to earn its wings on its first attempt.
Major Space Related Activities for the Week
- Monday may mark the first Earth orbital launch from Great Britain.
- American Astronomical Society (AAS) and American Meteorological Society (AMS) are hosting conferences this week in Seattle and Denver. Each got underway on Sunday and will continue through Thursday. Topics are focused on astrophysics, Earth science and climate change research.