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Astrophysics

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now fully deployed as of 1:17 p.m. EST, Saturday, 08 January 2022. More...

NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on 09 December 2021. More...

Heliophysics

Voyager 2 became the second spacecraft (the first was Voyager 1) to escape the heliosphere and enter insterstellar space. More...

The Parker Solar Probe made its first perihelion pass on 05 November 2018, coming within 25 million km of the Sun. The probe will orbit the Sun over the course of the next seven years, ultimately coming closer than 7 million km from the Sun's surface.

Lunar and Planetary Science

The Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission sucessfully impacted asteroid Dimorphos on 26 September at 23:14 UT (7:14 p.m. EDT). For more, see the APL Press Release

The CAPSTONE lunar mission developed an anomalous spin at the end of a trajectory correction maneuver on September 8. The spacecraft is in stable configuration and ground controllers are working to correct the problem.

On 16 October, the Lucy mission will make its first Earth flyby on its way to visit the Trojan asteroids.