SPACE2012 was touted as the year of the apocalypse according to Mayans, however, despite the world not ending that year, an astronomical phenomenon of immense proportion did occur. Luckily the Earth escaped by a hair, but how dangerous are Solar Storms for humans?
The bad weather has further delayed the long-awaited launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. From December 21, it was moved to Christmas Day if weather conditions allow.
This year's brightest comet has been a bit tricky to spot using the human eye down on this planet, although the Solar Orbiter spacecraft of the European Space Agency and NASA got the perfect view.
Cosmonaut Anna Kikina was selected by Roscosmos to go on a SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and they are now finalizing an agreement with NASA.
NASA announced last Friday (December 17) that the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission will be delayed until March 2022 due to the replacement of the SLS megarocket RS-25 engine.
The December solstice is when the sun reaches its southernmost position, making nights longer and days shorter in the Northern hemisphere while the opposite happens in the Southern hemisphere.
NASA is apprehensive about sending its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope to space due to some faults that caused delays in its launch and because unfolding it is very complicated.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 has beaten its record becoming the most flown rocket of Elon Musk's spaceflight company. If all goes as planned, the company could be launching 31 missions this year as there are two more scheduled flights on the calendar.