The number of Jupiter’s moons the European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft will study after launching this summer
Numbers in the News: This Year in Space
2022 promises to be an exciting year for space science. Check out some facts and figures about upcoming space missions.
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3
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7
The number of months it will take the Rosalind Franklin rover—named for the scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA—to reach Mars after its launch
280,000
Distance in miles the uncrewed Orion spacecraft will travel on a test flight to the moon this year; this will be the first mission of NASA’s Artemis program.
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3,884
The size in cubic feet of China’s Tiangong space station, scheduled for completion this year
THINK ABOUT IT: Which upcoming space mission sounds most interesting to you? Why?
SOURCES: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, NASA
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