Space Missions to Watch in 2023

2022 surpassed the record number of 135 orbital launches in 2021 with 178 successful launches, half of which came from either China or SpaceX. The last year also saw the DART impact, the start of science operations for the James Webb Space Telescope and the completion of Artemis 1. At the same time, 2022 saw humanity miss a Mars launch window — for the first time since 2009 — as the Russian invasion of Ukraine forced the European Space Agency to part ways with Roscosmos. Now, in 2023, here’s what we can expect to see for astronomy and planetary missions. More

(Source: Sky & Telescope - Jan 4)