Space exploration has progressed from what we might consider an adventure to the fastest
means of transportation.
NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin have taken major risk, and had their fingers burned in order
to make space transportation a reality, rather than just theory.
A great deal of advanced research has been invested in the space sector, and technology
has made it extremely successful.
Consider the starship, the raptor engine, and even the catching arms.
All of these are technological concepts that we never imagined could exist in the real
world a few years ago.
But Elon Musk has made it possible, especially in terms of realizing his dreams of humans
dominate space and Mars.
In today’s video, we will reveal all possible space flights that has been scheduled to be
launched in 2022.
Kindly stick around, and watch this video from beginning to end to learn more about
the flights.
You may want to watch any of the flights when they go live.
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Lets give thanks to whatever source Elon Musk has gotten all his ideas of developing the
starship which physically works, rather than what is shown in animation videos.
Perhaps other space companies were challenged by SpaceX's victory, which is why, just recently,
Roscosmos, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic have completed several successful test flights
to space and returned safely.
So right now, space companies have gained some confidence in launching rockets into
space, without fear of explosion or the unknown.
Here are some of the space flights that will take place in 2022:
The first we'll look at is;
The launch of SpaceX's first orbital Starship into space
In the beginning of this year, SpaceX intends to launch a Starship into orbit for the first
time.
With up to a dozen test flights following in 2022.
It will be an exciting moment for us here at tech space to see the starship successfully
launch above the Earth's atmosphere.
The Starship vehicle and its Super Heavy booster are now finished, and the launch pad and tower
at the company's South Texas launch site are expected to be completed anytime soon.
If everything goes as planned, the first flight will place Starship in orbit for a short time
before reentering Earth's atmosphere and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
Another is the Private astronauts fly to International Space Station with Axiom Space
SpaceX intends to send astronauts into space in 2022, with the Houston-based company Axiom
Space on a private mission to the International Space Station.
The Axiom Mission 1, or Ax-1, is now scheduled to launch on February 28th, 2022.
The Ax-1 crew is made up of four astronauts.
They are former NASA astronauts Michael López-Alegra, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe.
The trip will most likely last eight days at the station and two days traveling.
While tourists have previously visited the space station, Axiom claims that this will
be the "first-ever fully private" trip to the station.
The crew intends to conduct 25 microgravity experiments focused on science, education,
and outreach.
NASA also approved a second Axiom crewed mission to the space station.
The mission will be known as Ax-2, and it is currently scheduled to launch from NASA's
Kennedy Space Center in Florida near the end of 2022.
Axiom has partnered with SpaceX to launch four crewed missions to the International
Space Station, using Crew Dragon capsules and Falcon 9 rockets.
Up next is Landing on Moon by Houston's Intuitive Machines
The robotic Nova-C lunar lander, built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, will launch
on NASA-sponsored flight in early 2022, atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX postponed the Nova-C launch, which was previously scheduled for 2021.
The mission will carry five NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services, as well as several
other commercial payloads, including a small rover from the British company Spacebit, which
will be the first mission from the United Kingdom to the lunar surface.
The Nova-C spacecraft will attempt to land on the moon's Mare Serenitatis, and deliver
payloads to the surface in order to send data back to Earth.
The solar-powered lander can operate for approximately 14 days.
Another launch is NASA's SLS megarocket launches 1st moon mission
NASA has once again postponed the launch of its Space Launch System, a 332-foot-tall rocket
that will be used for future moon missions.
The rocket is currently being tested at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the
Orion spacecraft mounted on top, to ensure that the spacecraft and rocket components
are properly communicating with ground systems.
The first SLS mission, Artemis 1, an uncrewed lunar flyby, is scheduled to launch in March.
NASA is looking for possible launch windows between the 12th and 27th of March, and the
8th and 23rd of April.
After this test, the rocket will go through a wet dress rehearsal, where propellant will
be added to the rocket's fuel tanks.
If everything goes as planned, NASA will provide an exact launch date for the much-anticipated
uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon and back.
A significant step toward NASA's goal of landing humans on the moon by 2025.
Up next is Starliner's second uncrewed test mission
The rescheduled second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2, also known as OFT-2 of the Starliner
spacecraft, will take place no earlier than May 2022, according to Boeing and NASA.
The first Starliner Orbital Test Flight-, which launched into space in 2019, encountered
a number of problems and did not reach the International Space Station as planned, due
to software issues.
Boeing and NASA announced that the Starliner spacecraft software had been recertified for
the OFT-2 mission, which will take place in May.
While the OFT-2 mission was originally scheduled to launch to the space station in March 2021,
it was repeatedly postponed throughout the year due to issues discovered during pre-launch
checks.
Around August last year, valve issue on the Starliner spacecraft was discovered during
the last launch window.
Boeing now intends to launch its Starliner spacecraft atop a ULA Atlas V rocket in May
2022, subject to the spacecraft's readiness and the schedule of other vehicles visiting
the space station at the time.
Up next is the Europe's JUICE launch
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer JUICE mission of the European Space Agency is set to launch
in May 2022, and arrive at the gas giant in 2029.
Astronauts will spend at least three years studying Jupiter's system, including three
of its largest moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.
The exciting moment when James Webb will come online
After decades of development and several delays, the James Webb Space Telescope made its historic
launch on December 25th, 2021.
However, it will take about six months to fully integrate all of Webb's systems and
instruments, with 50 major deployments, and 178 release mechanisms planned before the
telescope can be fully assembled.
As a result, NASA's largest and most powerful space science telescope – the $10 billion
James Webb Space Telescope, is set to begin regular science operations in late summer
2022.
If all goes well, the telescope will spend the next five to ten years studying the universe's
first stars and galaxies, as well as the atmospheres of nearby alien planets.
And another flight is ULA's 1st Vulcan rocket launch
We will witness United Launch Alliance to launch its brand-new Vulcan Centaur rocket
for the first time in 2022.
The Vulcan Centaur rocket is the replacement for ULA's Atlas 4 and Delta 5 rockets.
The new booster will gradually replace the Russian-made engines that powered ULA's long-running
Atlas line with Blue Origin-built engines.
The launch was originally scheduled for 2021, but it was postponed due to supply chain issues
for the Peregrine lander.
The Peregrine lander will transport Japan's first moon rover, Yaoki, built by the Japanese
company Dymon.
NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program is funding the mission.
UP next is Russia lunar landing mission at south pole
Russia planned moon mission has also been delayed until July 2022.
The Luna 25 mission is the country's first mission to the moon's surface in 45 years,
and it will be the first to land on the lunar south pole.
Luna 25 was originally scheduled to launch in October 2021 from the Russian Vostochny
Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2-1b Fregat rocket.
However, the mission was postponed due to problems with the spacecraft's landing system
discovered during critical tests.
As a result, more time will be required to complete successful trials of the Luna 25's
soft landing system.
The spacecraft will carry nine instruments when the mission launches.
The spacecraft will land at the moon's south pole to study the regolith and exosphere.
NASA and other space agencies are considering crewed moon missions in the future for this
region.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, the Soviet Union launched several unmanned missions to the
moon.
Other spaceflights scheduled for this year includes the Falcon Heavy Psyche mission,
India's Gaganyaan uncrewed test flights, the debut of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, Juno
flying by Europa, DART impacting Didymos in September, the ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin
launching, NASA's PRIME-1 mission launching in December, and Dream Chaser cargo missions.
We hope that all of these launches are successful, and we wish all of the crew members who will
be onboard a safe and sound landing.
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