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<ul><li>There are some major space and science missions planned for 2022.</li><li>NASA plans to return to the moon, while ESA has missions targeted for Jupiter and the moon.</li><li>India’s maiden human space mission will also kick off with the first uncrewed space flight in 2022.</li></ul>2021 has been an eventful year for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/list-of-the-most-exciting-and-weird-things-that-happened-in-space-in-2021/slidelist/88278413.cms">space</a> with space tourism kicking off in full swing, the first chilli peppers grown in space, a toilet leak, some dangerous<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/international-space-station-moved-by-1240-meters-to-dodge-space-junk-of-a-demolished-chinese-satellite/articleshow/87640888.cms"> space debris</a> and more. We also have a very big launch to look forward to on Christmas day which is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/how-to-watch-james-webb-telescope-launch-live-on-december-24/articleshow/88383075.cms">NASA’s James Webb space telescope</a> that is expected to help us understand what the universe looked like 14 billion years ago after the Big Bang.<br /><br />There’s always something big to look forward to in space and 2022 has some major launches planned to know about other planets, the moon, exoplanets and more. With only a few days more for 2022 to kick in, we take a look at some of the biggest space and science missions planned for the next year.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission" comment="subhead" text="NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission"><span data-til="noop">NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission</span></cmsannotation><br />NASA’s Artemis 1 flight, its uncrewed mission around the moon is planned to launch in March or April 2022. This mission was earlier scheduled for February 2022 but issues in its testing program delayed the launch. This spaceflight will be the first in NASA’s Artemis program under which the space agency plans to send astronauts to the moon later this decade.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Gaganyaan first uncrewed mission" comment="subhead" text="Gaganyaan first uncrewed mission"><span data-til="noop">Gaganyaan first uncrewed mission</span></cmsannotation><br />India’s maiden space human space mission “Gaganyaan” is scheduled to kick off next year with the first uncrewed mission taking place during the first half of 2022. This will be followed by another uncrewed mission and finally the crewed mission in 2023 that will make India the fourth country to send humans to space.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="NASA’s Psyche mission" comment="subhead" text="NASA’s Psyche mission"><span data-til="noop">NASA’s Psyche mission</span></cmsannotation><br />NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is scheduled to launch in August 2022 and arrive at the metal-rich asteroid belt ‘Psyche’ in 2026. This potato-looking asteroid belt sits between Mars and Jupiter and NASA plans to examine it to find answers about the formation of our solar system. The asteroid belt is believed to be rich in metal making it part of the very first generation of early metal cores in our solar system.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="ExoMars program" comment="subhead" text="ExoMars program"><span data-til="noop"><keyword id="12795955" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="exomars-program" source="Orion">ExoMars program</keyword></span></cmsannotation><br />The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to send UK-assembled rover Rosalind Franklin and the Kazachok Russian surface platform to Mars in September next year. The ExoMars rover will travel for nine months and reach the red planet in June 2023. It is designed to probe Mars searching for clues of past life and it will also analyse the soil to look for biosignatures.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="JUICE mission" comment="subhead" text="JUICE mission"><span data-til="noop">JUICE mission</span></cmsannotation><br />Another major mission for the ESA in 2022 is JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer). The JUICE mission is designed to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons - Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. This mission is expected to help astrobiologists understand how habitable worlds might emerge around gas giant planets.<br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="NASA’s science missions" comment="subhead" text="NASA’s science missions"><span data-til="noop">NASA’s science missions</span></cmsannotation><br />NASA has four science missions planned for 2022 to help scientists learn more about the Earth’s climatic conditions and systems.The four NASA science missions include TROPICS, EMIT, NOAA’s JPSS-2 and SWOT, and each mission is designed to observe different climatic systems of Earth.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:</strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/scientists-find-more-evidence-of-possible-life-on-venus/articleshow/88425043.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Scientists find more evidence of possible life on Venus</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/how-to-watch-james-webb-telescope-launch-live-on-december-24/articleshow/88383075.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">James Webb telescope: How to watch NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope launch on Dec 24</a><br />

Space science missions to look forward to in 2022

<ul class="summary-list"><li> European Union <keyword id="12754126" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sanctions" source="Orion">sanctions</keyword> against <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> will likely delay launch of the ExoMars mission.</li><li>The <keyword id="11921802" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="european-space-agency" source="Orion">European Space Agency</keyword> and Russia's Roscosmos are responsible for key components of the mission.</li></ul><p>The European Space Agency said that a planned Russia-Europe mission to <keyword id="12055530" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mars" source="Orion">Mars</keyword> scheduled for this summer is unlikely to proceed as a result of sanctions imposed by Western governments following the invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>European Union sanctions against Russia will likely delay the ExoMars mission, with the ESA <a href="https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_statement_regarding_cooperation_with_Russia_following_a_meeting_with_Member_States_on_28_February_2022">saying in a statement</a> that it is abiding by the measures imposed against Russia that target everything from finance to technology.</p><p>"We deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the war in Ukraine," the ESA said. </p><p>"Regarding the ExoMars programme continuation, the sanctions and the wider context make a launch in 2022 very unlikely," it said. "ESA's Director General will analyse all the options and prepare a formal decision on the way forward by ESA Member States."</p><p>ESA told Insider that it could not comment further beyond what it said in its statement.</p><p>The head of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, responded to the announcement, writing in Russian on <a href="https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/1498333750496792578">his Twitter</a> and <a href="https://t.me/s/rogozin_do">Telegram channels:</a> "The European Space Agency, to spite the Russian grandmother, decided to freeze off her ears."</p><p>The ExoMars mission involves the launch of a robotic rover called Rosalind Franklin to explore the surface of Mars, a program the ESA had been working on alongside Roscosmos for the last 10 years, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955003/esa-exomars-roscosmos-rosalind-franklin-rover-red-planet">The Verge reported.</a> The first phase of the mission began in 2016, when the team launched a spacecraft and test lander. The spacecraft has since been orbiting Mars, but the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/25/13407096/exomars-schiaparelli-lander-crash-mars-cause-software-esa">test lander crashed.</a></p><p>ESA and Roscosmos are responsible for key components of the current Rosalind Franklin rover mission, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955003/esa-exomars-roscosmos-rosalind-franklin-rover-red-planet">according to The Verge.</a> The rover, designed to dig into Mars' surface to test for signs of life, was built by the ESA, while Russia has provided both the landing device and the rocket that will launch the mission.</p><p>ESA's announcement follows Russia's recent decision, in response to EU sanctions, to <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/space/russia-soyuz-launches-european-spaceport-french-guiana-b2024998.html">suspend the launches</a> of its Soyuz rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana, and withdraw its staff there. Russia is also pulling out from its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955003/esa-exomars-roscosmos-rosalind-franklin-rover-red-planet">partnership with NASA</a> on a joint mission to Venus.</p><p>A delay to the ExoMars launch this summer could mean a considerable wait for the next opportunity. Missions to Mars are able to take place about once every two years, when conditions allow for craft to reach the Red Planet efficiently from Earth, the ESA says on its <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/Steady_driving_towards_ExoMars_launch">website</a>. </p>

Planned Europe-Russia Mars mission is unlikely to launch this summer as a result of sanctions, space agency says

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Mars isn't just a pipe dream.</p><p>That was NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's confident opening message at the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CCgQFjAD&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fh2m.exploremars.org%2F&amp;ei=0qZLVZDwNsvHsQTN0YGQAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-X-iMziyQFY_D2OnPBa2otW4_kQ&amp;bvm=bv.92765956,d.cWc" target="_parent">Humans to Mars Summit</a> in Washington, D.C. on May 5.</p><p>In 2010 President Obama directed NASA to land a human on Mars by the 2030s, and now Bolden says we're on pace to meet that goal.</p><p>"It's attainable," Bolden said. "Mars matters to humanity and the pursuit of human progress."</p><h3>Getting humans off the ground</h3><p>An <a href="http://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/future/exomarsorbiter2016/" target="_parent">ExoMars orbiter</a> designed to circle the red planet will launch next year, and there are plans for another Mars rover in 2018, but it's not enough to only send robots, Bolden said. Robots are great for preliminary data and laying ground work, but we need humans on the Martian surface.</p><p>And now a clear plan to make that happen is starting to take shape. There are tons of different strategies for getting to Mars, Bolden said, but the important thing is that NASA has an outline for a <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars/index.html" target="_parent">mission that's feasible</a> given what we already know about space travel and spaceflight technology.</p><p>NASA's plans are already in motion. The organization's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nasas-sls-launch-system-to-mars-is-most-powerful-rocket-2015-2" target="_parent">giant SLS rocket</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-orion-footage-during-earth-re-entry-2014-12" target="_parent">Orion spacecraft</a> that is designed to carry humans to Mars are already undergoing test flights. In the 2020s NASA plans to test the Orion spacecraft and the solar electric propulsion we'll need to send cargo to Mars by exploring an asteroid and bringing samples back to Earth. Then Orion will be ready for the 6-month journey to Mars. NASA scientists are also studying astronauts onboard the International Space Station to help us better understand the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/human-body-health-effects-of-space-2015-3" target="_parent">risks of long-term space travel</a>.</p><p>Financing all of this is one of the biggest problems standing in the way. As commercial spaceflight companies like SpaceX and Boeing continue to expand and develop new space travel technology, NASA will be able to partner with them and hopefully bring down the cost of future missions.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-nye-why-send-humans-to-mars-2015-4" target="_parent">reasons to go to Mars</a> are clear, now we just need government and public support, Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said at the Humans to Mars Summit.</p><p>Right now we have "a window of opportunity to build a consensus for a long-term, cost- constrained, executable mission to Mars," Hubbard said.</p><p>And we need to take advantage of it.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-colonizing-mars-2014-1">ELON MUSK: Here's How We Can Fix Mars And Colonize It</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="czdnE2aTqsKHNA4cmNzglZehuckzZmId" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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