It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation's first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space.

The 5 best space images of all time.

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, has identified an Earth - size world TOI - 700e, orbiting within its stars habitable zone.

A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming weeks for the first time in 50,000 years, astronomers have said. 

In the past year, a varied crew from all around the world, has participated and supported hundreds of scientific and technological investigations aboard the International Space Station. As the ISS continues it's scientific journey, orbiting some 320 kilometers ( 200 miles ) above the Earth, take a look back at some of the best moments, captured by the crew themselves, during 2022.