Another delay for the first SLS flight.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/nasa-delays-sls-rocket-rollout-says-launch-date-is-%C2%AF_%E3%83%84_-%C2%AF/

There are now 4,908 confirmed exoplanets (planets outside our solar system)

"Biden-Harris Administration Extends Space Station Operations Through 2030"

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/12/31/biden-harris-administration-extends-space-station-operations-through-2030/

"After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/an-old-falcon-9-rocket-may-strike-the-moon-within-weeks/

Webb’s Journey to L2 Is Nearly Complete

https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/01/21/webbs-journey-to-l2-is-nearly-complete/

SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft un-docking from the ISS this morning.

SpaceX Falcon 9, 95th successful landing. (Mission Transporter-3) 13 Jan 2022, 10th flight of this particular booster.

IXPE X-ray observatory completes commissioning, eyes Cassiopeia A for calibration

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/01/ixpe-post-launch-update/

SpaceX new launch tower in "Starbase", Boca Chica, Texas is finished. Source: Elon Musk

How the mirror is calibrated on the James Webb Space Telescope

It's done!

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1479837936430596097

JWST’s secondary mirror has extended into position

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1478765598960238594

View of the James Webb Space Telescope separating from Ariane 5

Well, happy new year. And thanks that earth has so much ocean

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/whats-going-on-with-russias-new-heavy-lift-rocket/

All five layers of the JWST sun shield have now been successfully deployed.

https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1478412564983959553

A graphic by NASA showing the JSWT deployment timeline (we are now 6 days into the voyage).

So far so good

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds

James Webb Space Telescope launch Live-Stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nT7JGZMbtM

After 10 years of development, the launch of the James Webb Space telescope is finally upon us. Nice Christmas present.

Launch date is currently set for December 24, 2021 07:20am EST (12:20 GMT/UTC).

Starship Super Heavy (first stage) engine gimbal test

"NASA's Perseverance rover finds organic chemicals on Mars"
Before people panic, "organic" does not mean "life" in this context.

https://www.space.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-organics-mars

ESA: ExoMars discovers hidden water in Mars’ Grand Canyon
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/ExoMars_discovers_hidden_water_in_Mars_Grand_Canyon

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9099/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-reaches-a-total-of-30-minutes-aloft/

Parker Solar Probe makes historic pass through Sun's atmosphere
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59661827

NASA craft 'touches' sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphereA NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/cape-canaveral-nasa-scientists-parker-solar-probe-johns-hopkins-university-b1976165.html%3famp

SpaceX is now starting to generate methane from atmospheric CO2
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1470519292651352070

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03620-1

https://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-nasa-x-ray-astronomy-satellite/

JWST launch is getting closer
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-fueled-for-launch

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Nov. 27th when a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) is expected to sideswipe Earth's magnetic field. The storm cloud left the sun yesterday:

The CME was hurled into space by an erupting filament of magnetism in the sun's southern hemisphere. Flying upward, the filament split the sun's atmosphere, carving out a "canyon of fire" as it ascended. The glowing walls remained intact for more than 6 hours after the blast.

NOAA models of the CME suggest a glancing blow during the late hours of Nov. 27th. Much of the CME will miss, sailing south of our planet. But the fraction that hits should be enough to spark bright Arctic auroras

https://www.spaceweather.com/

A detailed article about the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope mission, the most complex (and expensive) telescope ever built.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/11/commissioning-jwst-1/

Scott Manley explaining the NASA/SpaceX DART mission to redirect an asteroid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0nZvOm3bNs

Snookering the Asteroids!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59327293.amp

SpaceX Starship static fire test

Spacex: Gateway To Mars.

Breathtaking launch footage from the crewed Inspiration4 Mission (SpaceX/Falcon 9), snippet from the Netflix documentary.

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/09/spacex-inspiration4-mission-set-to-launch-september-15-from-cape-canaveral/

Https://inspiration4.com

Crewed entirely by amateurs, the 3 day mission hopes to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Another space launch startup, very first attempt of the Firefly Alpha, unfortunately ends being blown up by the Flight Termination System two minutes into the flight.

Launch is currently scheduled for September 15th. Note: While the mini-series is Netflix only, thelaunch will be streamed live on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38W150h9a4

Currently the ISS has five spacecrafts docked: 2xDragon(SpaceX,US), 2xSoyuz(Roskosmos,Russia), 1xCygnus(Northrup Grumman, US).


Edit: Technically it's one Soyuz and 1 Progress, but they are very similar.

Astra Space Rocket Test launch, did not go the way it was planned.

https://astronomy.com/news/2019/10/how-many-astronauts-have-died-in-space

Source: Elon Musk

With humans for scale.

Spacex is continuing preparations for the first full stack Starship launch in Texas, source: Elon Musk

Source: SpaceX

Release and ascent of Spaceship Unity22 today with six passengers on board (including company owner Richard Branson) for a suborbital space flight.

SpaceX has done a first test run with it's autonomous rocket landing ship named "A Shortfall Of Gravitas". Looks even cooler in black.

Falcon 9 booster landing, close-up. Source: Elon Musk

It is big, very big.