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NASA’s busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022

NASA's busiest year in decades. As an astronomer, I have watched NASA's progress unfold over the past year. 2021 was a banner year for the agency, as it undertook some of its most ambitious and complex missions. NASA accomplished a dizzying array of activities in its busiest year in decades, from exploring the cosmos to developing...

Retired NASA Satellite Crashing Back to Earth Today

NASA Satellite Crashing Back to Earth. Today marks an eventful day in space exploration as a retired NASA satellite is set to make its way back into Earth's atmosphere. After spending over four decades studying how our planet absorbs and radiates solar energy, the 5,400-pound Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is predicted by NASA to reenter...