NASA pumped around 2023: Here’s why

It will be difficult for NASA to reach the summit in 2022, a year marked by the first great images from the James Webb Space Telescope, and the successful completion of Artemis I Moon mission And the slapped by an asteroid. So what’s next? amplify A NASA video was released on Sunday Previews all upcoming space events in 2023.

The video features a comment from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who begins it by saying, “We will never stop exploring the unknown in air and space.”

NASA has a busy list of activities for the coming year. NASA will announce the selection of astronauts for the Artemis II mission, the first manned launch of the new era of lunar exploration. Expect a lot of buzz around the unveiling of prototype spacesuits for future Artemis missions.

This should be the year that Boeing finally launches astronauts to the International Space Station on board Starliner spacecraft Because it is looking forward to catching up with SpaceX and its successful operation of Crew Dragon flights.

Space rock fans can look forward to a rendition Material from the asteroid Bennu As part of the Osiris-Rex mission. NASA also hopes to launch a program I’m late on a psychiatric assignment To visit an asteroid rich in minerals.

Perhaps a less glamorous but just as important list of climate-related projects including the launch of the TEMPO pollution-monitoring satellite and the start-up of NASA Earth Information Center A project to exchange weather, land, water and climate data.

It’s not just space that will keep NASA busy. The agency works to innovate The X-59 supersonic aircraft and X-57 all-electric aircraft as ways to improve air travel.

Expect new images and discoveries from Webb as an ongoing theme throughout the year. Thanks to NASA’s busy schedule, there will be no shortage of reasons to look up at the stars in 2023.