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The Space Advocate Newsletter, June 2022
NASA's proposal to slash funding for NEO Surveyor highlights the lessons unlearned after COVID.
A little too close for comfort
From gas orbiting a supermassive black hole to asteroids orbiting near the Earth, sometimes the vastness of space can feel a bit tight.
Your cosmic community
There’s no limit to what a community of like-minded space enthusiasts, advocates and even famous luminaries can achieve when we all work together.
Earthlings off-planet
Celebrate 61 years of humans in space, and take a look at the latest news from our exploration of the cosmos.
The value of knowledge
Space exploration comes at a cost, but the investment is always worthwhile.
Not a planet? Not a problem.
Pluto, everyone’s favorite former planet, takes center stage in this week’s Downlink.
Join the exoparty
With new instruments and a growing number of discoveries, exoplanet and exomoon research is just getting started.
Space brings out the best in us
Space exploration is at its core an optimistic, peaceful and cooperative endeavor. This week we look at some reminders of that spirit of exploration.
An ice giant and its dwarf companion
Neptune and Triton come into focus as destinations worth exploring.
What light through yonder prism splits?
Discover how we use light to look for signs of life beyond Earth, and meet the newest batch of Planetary Society-funded asteroid hunters.
So much more than meets the eye
Space is even more spectacular when you can see beyond what the eye can behold.
Shoot for the moon that shoots back
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has some intriguing features: snow, ice, geysers, stripes and much more, all waiting to be further explored.
Alone in space, but not lonely
Comet Leonard heads out to roam free in interstellar space, alongside rogue planets, their moons, and maybe even life.
What sci-fi dreams are made of
From a space station cemetery to a super-resilient spacecraft, the feats of human ingenuity that make space exploration possible are the stuff of science fiction dreams.
New year, same universe
While missions are achieving new things, the cosmos reminds us that some things are universal.
Onward to 2022
Looking back at an amazing year in space, here on Earth and beyond.
Space is always worth the wait
With space missions like JWST and Voyager, decades of development yield decades of discovery.
Why will it take six months to see JWST's first science images?
JWST interdisciplinary scientist Heidi Hammel explains why it will take six months for the telescope's first images to emerge.
Who loves the Sun?
Our host star takes center stage, and JWST demands a little more patience.
JWST launch guide: Everything you need to know
NASA’s long-awaited, greatly anticipated observatory has blasted off on a mission to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos.