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

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
NASA's busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022The James Webb Space Telescope began sending its first images back to Earth in the summer of 2022.NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via Flickr, CC BY

NASA had a banner year in 2022, with many successful missions in what was one of the organization’s most active years in decades.

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