Friends of NASA: June 2022

Thursday, June 30, 2022

NASA's Mars Perseverance & Curiosity Rovers—New June 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Perseverance & Curiosity Rovers—New June 2022 Images | JPL

Mars2020 - Sol 483 - Mastcam-Z

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3514 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 476 - Watson

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3517 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 477 - Mastcam-Z

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 477 - Mastcam-Z

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 477 - Mastcam-Z

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Curiosity Rover June 27, 2022 Update:

Scientists using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover measured the total organic carbon—a key component in the molecules of life—in Martian rocks for the first time.

“Total organic carbon is one of several measurements [or indices] that help us understand how much material is available as feedstock for prebiotic chemistry and potentially biology,” said Jennifer Stern of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “We found at least 200 to 273 parts per million of organic carbon. This is comparable to or even more than the amount found in rocks in very low-life places on Earth, such as parts of the Atacama Desert in South America, and more than has been detected in Mars meteorites.”

Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Perseverance Rover June 23, 2022 Update:

"Perseverance’s exploration of the Hawksbill Gap area of the Jezero Delta continues! The rover has abraded at two different locations over the last few weeks. First, the rover abraded in the Devil’s Tanyard area. Unfortunately, the crumbly rocks at Devils Tanyard were broken and moved by the force of the abrasion. Nevertheless, the team was able to use the SuperCam and Mastcam-Z instruments to gather valuable scientific data of the abrasion patch and surrounding area."

"The rover then made its way up the delta to abrade at Hogwallow Flats, an area nicknamed “the Bacon Strip” by the team due to its light-colored striped rocks, which look like a strip of bacon in images taken by the Hi-Rise orbiter. The rocks at Hogwallow Flats appear to be very fine-grained, which is exciting to scientists on the mission as fine-grained rocks may have the best chance at preserving evidence of life."

Source: Lydia Kivrak, Student Collaborator at University of Florida

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life.

Launch: November 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Release Dates: June 23-30, 2022

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What's Up for July 2022 | Skywatching Tips from NASA

What's Up for July 2022 | Skywatching Tips from NASA

What are some skywatching highlights in July 2022?

The naked-eye planets of dawn—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—dominate the sky, appearing more spread out each morning. Next, if you're feeling the July heat, note the origin of "the dog days" of summer has to do with the bright star Sirius. Finally, if you can find a certain teapot-shaped pattern of stars in the evening, you'll be looking toward the center of the Milky Way.

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds

Release Date: June 30, 2022

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NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket: We Are Capable

NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket: We Are Capable

Twin solid rocket boosters that will produce a combined 7.2 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, a towering core stage, and the only human-rated spacecraft in the world capable of deep-space travel—together, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand ready to usher in a new chapter of exploration. Now fully assembled at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SLS and Orion will soon launch on the uncrewed Artemis I mission around the Moon, paving the way for astronauts. Artemis I represents a new generation of spaceflight capabilities and partnerships that will take humans back to the Moon—this time, to stay.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download):

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

NASA's Orion Spacecraft

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Lisa Allen, Alysia Lee

Writer & Director: Paul Wizikowski

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: June 30, 2022

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Tonight's Sky: July 2022

Tonight's Sky: July 2022

In July, find the Scorpius constellation to identify the reddish supergiant Antares, which will lead you to discover a trio of globular star clusters. Keep watching for space-based views of these densely packed, spherical collections of ancient stars, as well as three nebulas: the Swan Nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, and the Trifid Nebula.

“Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning.

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 4 minutes, 42 seconds

Release Date: June 29, 2022

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Mars: Spring Fans and Polygons | NASA MRO

Mars: Spring Fans and Polygons | NASA MRO

Both water and dry ice have a major role in sculpting Mars' surface at high latitudes. Water ice frozen in the soil splits the ground into polygons. Erosion of the channels forming the boundaries of the polygons by dry ice sublimating in the spring adds plenty of twists and turns to them.

Black and white images are 5 km across; enhanced color images are 1 km.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is the second longest-lived spacecraft to orbit Mars, after 2001 Mars Odyssey. It has been studying the Red Planet since March 2006. The spacecraft collects and relays daily science and weather data. It also scouts for landing locations for Mars landers and serves as a critical relay station for science beamed back from the Red Planet.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on MRO, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado.

Video Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/University of Arizona

Narration: Tre Gibbs

Tre's website: www.tregibbs.com

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: June 29, 2022

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Dawn of The James Webb Space Telescope: First Images This Summer

Dawn of The James Webb Space Telescope: First Images This Summer

"Want to discover new worlds from our world? The James Webb Space Telescope has been brought to reality by NASA and Northrop Grumman. First images out this summer."

Credit: Northrop Grumman

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: June 29, 2022

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Celebrating 13 Years at the Moon!

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Celebrating 13 Years at the Moon!

This year, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) celebrates its 13th anniversary orbiting the Moon. This mission has given scientists the largest volume of data ever collected by a planetary science mission at NASA. Considering that success and the continuing functionality of the spacecraft and its instruments, NASA has awarded the mission an extended mission phase to continue operations. This is LRO's 5th extended science mission (ESM5), and during this time there will be 4 major areas of focus. This video dives into those details and shows how LRO continues to be one of NASA's most valuable tools for advancing lunar science.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Produced and Edited by: David Ladd (AIMM)

Data Visualizations by: Ernie Wright (USRA)

Spacecraft Animations by: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle)

Music provided by Universal Production Music: "We're Getting Started" - Frederick Kron; "Whoop It Up" - Paul Joseph Smith.

Duration: 3 minutes, 47 seconds

Release Date: June 29, 2022

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Cygnus Departure | International Space Station

Cygnus Departure | International Space Station

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy and her Expedition 67 crewmates said goodbye to the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft as it departed the International Space Station (ISS). Samantha shared this image with the following caption:

"Last night on ISS for Cygnus! Vehicle is fully loaded, hatch is closed, robotic arm has grappled it for unberthing early tomorrow morning. Thanks for bringing us supplies, for the orbit reboost and….last but not least….for taking our trash! Mission Minerva."

The Expedition 67 crew on the International Space Station said farewell to a U.S. cargo craft on Tuesday morning, June 28, 2022, and is planning for the arrival of another resupply ship in mid-July.

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter completed its four-month cargo mission attached to the Unity module after the Canadarm2 robotic arm released it into Earth orbit at 7:07 a.m. EDT on Tuesday morning. The trash-filled commercial cargo craft will descend into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up safely above the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Cygnus delivered over 8,300 pounds of science and supplies when it arrived for capture and installation to Unity on Feb. 21, 2022.

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: ESA/NASA-S.Cristoforetti

Capture Date: June 27, 2022

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Cygnus Cargo Ship Prepared for Release | International Space Station

Cygnus Cargo Ship Prepared for Release | International Space Station

The Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman, with its prominent cymbal-shaped solar arrays, is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Unity module as the orbiting lab flew 263 miles above the coast of Lisbon, Portugal.

Image Date: June 20, 2022

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Unity module as the orbiting lab flew 268 miles above the south Atlantic into an orbital sunset.

Image Date: June 25, 2022

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter is positioned away from the International Space Station in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm prior to its release ending a four-month stay attached to the orbiting lab's Unity module.

Image Date: June 28, 2022

The Expedition 67 crew on the International Space Station said farewell to a U.S. cargo craft on Tuesday morning, June 28, 2022, and is planning for the arrival of another resupply ship in mid-July.

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Dates: June 20-28, 2022

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

China's Taikonaut, Wang Yaping, Found 'Beauty and Tranquility' on Space Mission

China's Taikonaut, Wang Yaping, Found 'Beauty and Tranquility' on Space Mission

The Shenzhou-13 crew members held their first press conference since returning from space 74 days ago in Beijing on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The three Chinese astronauts briefed the media on their health status and experiences on their 6-month orbital mission on China's Tiangong Space Station. Wang Yaping, the female taikonaut of the Shenzhou-13 manned mission, said she was deeply touched by the "beauty and tranquility" of the universe.

Wang Yaping is China's second female astronaut or taikonaut. On November 7, 2021, Wang Yaping became China's first female spacewalker. Wang became China's second female spacefarer as a member of the Shenzhou 10 spaceship crew when it orbited the Earth in June 2013.

China's Tiangong Space Station is expected to be fully assembled in 2022.

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: June 28, 2022

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Solar System Portrait over Slovakia

Solar System Portrait over Slovakia

The Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible over Slovakia in Central Europe. Slovakia is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.

Location: Holíš Hill (533m), Slovakia.

Below is the longest river in Slovakia "Váh".

Holíš Hill is located between the cities of Považská Bystrica and Púchov.

Technical details: Canon 6D, Sigma 35mm, f1.4. Panorama

Image Credit: Ondrej Králik

Image Date: June 27, 2022

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Samantha Wishes Cygnus Goodbye | International Space Station

Samantha Wishes Cygnus Goodbye | International Space Station

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy and her Expedition 67 crewmates say goodbye to the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft as it departs the International Space Station (ISS). Samantha shared the following update on June 28, 2022:

"Last night on ISS for Cygnus! Vehicle is fully loaded, hatch is closed, robotic arm has grappled it for unberthing early tomorrow morning. Thanks for bringing us supplies, for the orbit reboost and…last but not least…for taking our trash! MissionMinerva"

Learn about Samantha's Minerva Mission: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva

Samantha Cristoforetti's Biography (ESA)

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Samantha_Cristoforetti

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Credit: ESA/NASA-Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

Image Date: June 27, 2022

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Launch of NASA's CAPSTONE Moon Mission | Rocket Lab

Launch of NASA's CAPSTONE Moon Mission | Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab has successfully launched NASA's CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) satellite to the Moon aboard their Electron rocket. Liftoff occurred at 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC) on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from Launch Complex 1B at Rocket Lab’s launch facility on Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. This mission made Electron the smallest rocket to launch a payload toward the Moon and the first lunar flight to lift off from New Zealand. The second stage of the Electron placed the payload in an initial low Earth orbit. To propel the 25 kg (55 lbs) CubeSat to the moon, Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon—optimized especially for Lunar missions—will give the payload the extra thrust needed to get it to the Moon. Powered by green-hypergolic propellants, its onboard Hypercurie engine will place the CAPSTONE satellite on a ballistic lunar transfer orbit. Once in the vicinity of the Moon, the CAPSTONE satellite will use its onboard propulsion systems to place itself in a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit around it.

This is the first mission to launch that directly supports NASA’s Artemis program.

Like Gateway, CAPSTONE continues the tradition of NASA's commercial partnerships, including American small businesses. The spacecraft was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation in Irvine, California, operated by Advanced Space, and was launched by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/capstone

Image Credit: Rocket Lab

Caption Credit: NASASpaceflight.com

Capture Date: June 28, 2022

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Monday, June 27, 2022

The People at Rocket Lab Behind NASA's CAPSTONE Moon Mission

The People at Rocket Lab Behind NASA's CAPSTONE Moon Mission

Rocket Lab: "Going to the Moon is no small feat. Our team has been working on the historic CAPSTONE mission for more than 2 years, developing innovative tech to help us explore the Moon and beyond with small sats. Here is just a tiny glimpse of our incredible people behind the mission."

CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a new small satellite that will explore a unique orbit around the Moon, and blaze a trail for future lunar exploration. CAPSTONE will test a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon and lead the way for our future Artemis lunar space station, called Gateway.

CAPSTONE is scheduled to launch on June 28 at 5:55 a.m. EDT (9:55 UTC) on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Watch live June 28 at 5 a.m. EDT (9 UTC) on NASA TV: NASA.gov/NASATV and on NASA social media.

Like Gateway, CAPSTONE continues the tradition of commercial partnerships, including American small businesses. The spacecraft was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation in Irvine, California, operated by Advanced Space, and will be launched by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/capstone

Credit: Rocket Lab

Duration: 3 minutes, 30 seconds

Release Date: June 26, 2022

China Manned Space Agency Releases Photos Shot in Space

China Manned Space Agency Releases Photos Shot in Space

The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has released its first batch of photos captured by Shenzhou-13 taikonauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, aboard China's Tiangong Space Station. They show splendid views of space during their six-month mission that was completed on April 16, 2022.

China's Tiangong Space Station is expected to be fully assembled in 2022.

Credit: China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA)/China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute, 25 seconds

Release Date: June 25, 2022

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Belize Barrier Reef | International Space Station

Belize Barrier Reef | International Space Station

The Belize Barrier Reef captured by European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy from aboard the International Space Station.

Belize is a country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It borders Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 meters (980 ft) offshore in the north and 40 kilometers (25 mi) in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometer (190 mi) long section of the 900-kilometer (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous from Cancún on the north-eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula through the Riviera Maya and down to Honduras, making it the second largest coral reef system in the world after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. [Wikipedia]

Learn about Samantha's Minerva Mission: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva

Samantha Cristoforetti's Biography (ESA)

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Samantha_Cristoforetti

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Credit: ESA/NASA-Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

Image Date: June 26, 2022

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NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with California TV Station

NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with California TV Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight event June 27, 2022, with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California. Watkins is in the midst of a science expedition mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory. The goal of her mission is to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins' Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jessica-watkins/biography

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Credit: NASA Video

Duration: 11 minutes

Release Date: June 27, 2022

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NASA's CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon: Preparing for Rocket Lab Launch

NASA's CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon: Preparing for Rocket Lab Launch

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/capstone

Credit: NASA

Duration: 58 seconds

Release Date: June 27, 2022

Globular Cluster NGC 6569: An Astronomical Treasure Trove | Hubble

Globular Cluster NGC 6569: An Astronomical Treasure Trove | Hubble

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the sparkling globular cluster NGC 6569 in the constellation Sagittarius. Hubble explored the heart of this cluster with both its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, revealing a glittering hoard of stars in this astronomical treasure trove.

Globular clusters are stable, tightly bound clusters containing tens of thousands to millions of stars, and are associated with all types of galaxies. The intense gravitational attraction of these closely packed clusters of stars means that globular clusters have a regular spherical shape with a densely populated center—as can be seen in the heart of this star-studded image.

This observation comes from an investigation of globular clusters which lie close to the center of the Milky Way. These objects have been avoided in previous surveys, as the dust spread throughout the center of our galaxy blocks light from these globular clusters and alters the colors of the stars residing in them. The last factor is particularly important for astronomers studying stellar evolution, as the colors of stars can give astronomers insights into their ages, compositions, and temperatures.

The astronomers who proposed these observations combined data from Hubble with data from astronomical archives, allowing them to measure the ages of globular clusters including NGC 6569. Their research also provided insights into the structure and density of globular clusters towards the center of the Milky Way.

Video Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen

Music: Stellardrone - "Billions and Billions"

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date: June 27, 2022

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Globular Cluster NGC 6569: An Astronomical Treasure Trove | Hubble

Globular Cluster NGC 6569: An Astronomical Treasure Trove | Hubble

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen

Release Date: June 27, 2022

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Our Earth: June 21, 2022: Summer Solstice | NOAA/NASA DSCOVR

Our Earth: June 21, 2022: Summer Solstice | NOAA/NASA DSCOVR

These are "EPIC" Earth images from the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States.

These color views of Earth were taken on June 21, 2022, on the summer solstice by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope from one million miles away—beyond the Moon's orbit.

Earth orbits at an angle, so half the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun—this is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The other half of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, creating winter in the north and summer in the south.

Solstices happen twice per year, at the points in Earth’s orbit where this tilt is most pronounced. These days are the longest (in the summer hemisphere) and shortest (in the winter hemisphere) of the year, and mark the change of seasons to summer and winter, respectively.

The Deep Space Climate Observatory is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite at the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point. It was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 11, 2015, from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This is NOAA's first operational deep space satellite and became its primary system of warning Earth in the event of solar magnetic storms. [Wikipedia]

Video Credit: NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Duration: 27 seconds

Capture Date: June 21, 2022

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NASA's Quesst to Build X-59 Research Aircraft: Speed Never Sounded So Quiet

NASA's Quesst to Build X-59 Research Aircraft: Speed Never Sounded So Quiet

NASA's aeronautical innovators are leading a government-industry team to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world.

The Quesst mission has two goals: 1) design and build NASA’s X-59 research aircraft with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to a gentle thump to people on the ground; and 2) fly the X-59 over select U.S. communities to gather data on human responses to the sound generated during supersonic flight and deliver that data set to U.S. and international regulators.

Using this data, new sound-based rules regarding supersonic flight over land can be written and adopted, which would open the doors to new commercial cargo and passenger markets to provide faster-than-sound air travel.

Elements of NASA's Quesst mission are organized within two of the agency's aeronautics programs—the Advanced Air Vehicles Program and the Integrated Aviation Systems Program—and managed by a systems project office whose members span both programs and all four of NASA's aeronautical research field centers: Langley Research Center in Virginia; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland; and Ames Research Center and Armstrong Flight Research Center, which are both located in California.

Credit: NASA Video

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: June 22, 2022

#NASA #Aviation #Aerospace #Aeronautics #Supersonic #XPlane #X59 #Aircraft #Technology #Engineering #SonicBoom #Commercial #QueSST #Xplanes #Xvehicles #Experimental #Ames #Langley #Glenn #Armstrong #LockheedMartin #Research #STEM #Education #HD #Video

How China will Complete the Tiangong Space Station in 2022

How China will Complete the Tiangong Space Station in 2022

"Welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour! In this video, we describe step-by-step how the Chinese Space Station will be fully assembled in 2022 and adopt its final T-shape configuration."

"At the end, we also speculate on what the Space Station could look like in the future if extended 😉"

Credit: Dongfang Hour

Duration: 8 minutes

Release Date: June 23, 2022

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Bipolar Nebula Outters 4 | Mayall Telescope

Bipolar Nebula Outters 4 | Mayall Telescope

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Outters 4 is a bipolar nebula (seen in blue) that is embedded in the giant HII emission nebula Sh2-129 (seen in red). It was discovered by amateur astronomer Nicolas Outters. It is not yet clear if Outters 4 is associated with HR 8119, the bright star at the center of the image. The image was generated with observations in Hydrogen alpha (red) and Sulphur [S II] (blue) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Release Date: June 30, 2020

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Outters4 #Nebula #Bipolar #Nebulae #Sh2129 #HII #Emission #Star #HR8119 #Cepheus #Constellation #Mayall #Telescope #Optical #Cosmos #Universe #NOIRLab #AURA #NSF #KittPeak #Tucson #Arizona #UnitedStates #CitizenScience #STEM #Education

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Earth from Orbit: Summer Solstice | NOAA

Earth from Orbit: Summer Solstice | NOAA

June 21 marked the official start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice—the longest day and shortest night of the year—occurred at 5:14 a.m. EDT.

The seasons change at various times of the year due to the planet’s axial tilt of 23.5 degrees as it orbits the sun. This tilt means the two hemispheres are exposed to different sun angles and variable lengths of daylight throughout the year. The solstices mark when the sun reaches its most northerly or southerly position relative to the Earth’s equator.

Thus, the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is the exact moment each year when this region of Earth reaches its greatest possible tilt toward the sun. The sun's direct rays reach their northernmost position with respect to Earth's equator, along the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.5 degrees north latitude. As the Earth rotates on its axis, the North Pole experiences 24 hours of daylight, while the South Pole is obscured in darkness. The opposite occurs at each pole in December, when the Northern Hemisphere sees its shortest day and longest night of the year.

Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Duration: 1 minute, 29 seconds

Release Date: June 24, 2022

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Take Care Crossing the Galaxy

Take Care Crossing the Galaxy

Ian Inverarity: "Road sign by moonlight, north of Hawker in southern Australia. Calm when I left Hawker, it was windy on Moralana Scenic Drive, so I turned back. When I got to this sign, the wind had mostly gone."

Technical details:

Special effect lens. This is a 35mm Laowa lens at f/0.95.

It lets in a lot of light, but is not very sharp at all at f/0.95!

Image Credit: Ian Inverarity

Image Date: June 24, 2022

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Earth #Moon #Moonlight #Starlight #Art #Photography #HumanSpaceflight #Imagination #Future #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Stars #CitizenScience #Astrophotographer #Astrophotography #Skywatching #Cosmos #Universe #SolarSystem #Earth #Australia #Hawker #IanInverarity #STEM #Education

Space Yoga | International Space Station

Space Yoga | International Space Station

European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy: "Who says you can’t do yoga in space! At least you can try."

On the occasion of International Yoga Day 2022, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti gave an insight into a yoga practice aboard the International Space Station.

ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Official Biography

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Samantha_Cristoforetti

Learn more about Mission Minerva: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti

Release Date: June 21, 2022

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NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Discusses Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight

NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Discusses Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Test Flight

In this week's episode of "Down to Earth," NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Warren "Woody" Hoburg discuss the NASA and SpaceX Demo-2 mission, human spaceflight history, and the challenges of spacewalking.

NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020, was the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Chris Cassidy's Spaceflight Experience:

STS‐127 (July 15 through July 31, 2009)

ISS Expedition 35 (March 28 through September 10, 2013)

Expedition 63 (April 9 through October 21, 2020)

Astronaut Chris Cassidy Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christopher-j-cassidy/biography

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cassidy-cj.pdf

Astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/warren-hoburg/biography

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hoburg-w.pdf

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 6 minutes

Release Date: June 24, 2022

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Meet CAPSTONE, NASA’s New Lunar Pathfinder

Meet CAPSTONE, NASA’s New Lunar Pathfinder

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, will be the first spacecraft to fly a unique orbit around the Moon intended for NASA’s future Artemis lunar outpost Gateway. Its six-month mission will help launch a new era of deep space exploration.

Multiple partner businesses contributed to CAPSTONE with support from NASA's small business programs. The spacecraft was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation, operated and managed by Advanced Space, and will be launched by Rocket Lab USA, Inc.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/capstone

NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics.

Video Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center

Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Pillow Talk by Andrew Joseph Carpenter

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: June 24, 2022

Looking to Power Surface Exploration on the Moon | This Week @NASA

Looking to Power Surface Exploration on the Moon | This Week @NASA

Week of June 24, 2022: Looking to power surface exploration on the Moon, new imagery from the surface of Mars, and our newest flight directors . . . a few of the stories to tell you about –This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Andre Valentine

Editor: Sonnet Apple

Music: Universal Production Music

Duration: 3 minutes, 48 seconds

Release Date: June 24, 2022

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Moon #Artemis #Mars #Curiosity #Rover #ISS #CommercialCrew #JPL #FlightDirectors #Astronauts #JSC #TheColorofSpace #Documentary #Science #Technology #Engineering #STEM #Education #HD #Video

The Baby Eagle Nebula: LBN 777 | Mayall Telescope

The Baby Eagle Nebula: LBN 777 | Mayall Telescope

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. LBN 777 is a portion of the large cloud of dust and gas known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud. The brownish color is caused by large dust grains embedded in the gas. The dust reflects the light of the stars inside and near the nebula. The image was generated with observations in B (blue), V (green) and I (red) filters. In this image, North is down, East is to the right.

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

Release Date: June 30, 2020

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Water Activity on Mars: Young Fluvial Channels in Margaritifer Terra | NASA MRO

Water Activity on Mars: Young Fluvial Channels in Margaritifer Terra | NASA MRO

Margaritifer Terra is the most impressive water-modified landscape on Mars that preserves the highest density of valley networks on the planet.

Black and white images are less than 5 km across.

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured these images.

MRO is led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California.

For more information, visit:

https://mars.nasa.gov/mro

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/mission/index.html

Video Credit: University of Arizona/UAHiRISE

Narration: Tre Gibbs

Tre's website: www.tregibbs.com

Duration: 46 seconds

Release Date: June 23, 2022

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NASA's Space to Ground: Wearable Wireless | Week of June 24, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground: Wearable Wireless | Week of June 24, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA and Northrop Grumman are continuing to work on a plan for the Cygnus space freighter to try another reboost attempt as early as Saturday, June 25, that would lead to Cygnus potentially departing the station next Tuesday, June 28. The plan is being discussed with the International Space Station partners this week and a forward plan is expected as early as Thursday. The reboost is designed to provide Cygnus with an enhanced capability for station operations as a standard service for NASA. Cygnus arrived at the orbital outpost in February 2022 and is slated to depart from the International Space Station (ISS) later this month when it will be deorbited to burn up harmlessly in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on ISS:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 54 minutes

Release Date: June 24, 2022

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