Tonight's Sky: April 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

Tonight's Sky: April 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

Clear April nights are filled with starry creatures. Near the Big Dipper, you will find several interesting binary stars. You can also spot galaxies like the Pinwheel Galaxy, M82, and M96—the last of which is an asymmetric galaxy that may have been gravitationally disrupted by encounters with its neighbors. Keep watching for space-based views of these celestial objects.

About this Series

“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.

This video is based on work supported by NASA under award numbers NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Sonoma State University. 

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: March 28, 2023

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Earth #Planets #Mercury #SolarSystem #Stars #BinaryStars #Constellations #Galaxies #PinwheelGalaxy #M82 #M96 #MilkyWayGalaxy #Skywatching #STScI #UnitedStates #Canada #Mexico #NorthernHemisphere #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's Artemis I Mission Recap: The Path to the Pad, Launch & Recovery

NASA's Artemis I Mission Recap: The Path to the Pad, Launch & Recovery

On Nov. 16, 2022, NASA made history with the launch of our Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft—our newest transportation system that will return humans to the Moon. Relive the powerful moment SLS rumbled away from Earth, beginning Orion’s three-week test flight around the Moon, and watch as we document Orion’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, closing the first chapter in America’s next deep space exploration story.

All about Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Writer: Danielle Sempsrott

Editor: Francisco Martin

Producers: John Sackman, Michael Justice & Madison Tuttle

Duration: 14 minutes

Release Date: March 31, 2023

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What's Up for April 2023 | Skywatching Tips from NASA

What's Up for April 2023 | Skywatching Tips from NASA

What are some skywatching highlights in April 2023?

Mercury reaches its highest in the evening sky for the year for Northern Hemisphere observers. The Moon makes its monthly rounds to pair up beautifully with several planets. And viewing conditions may be ideal for the annual Lyrid meteor shower, thanks to no interference from the Moon.

0:00 Intro

0:11 Mercury

1:11 Moon & planet highlights

2:43 Lyrid meteor shower

4:08 April Moon phases

Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home/ 

— Additional Resources —

Skywatching resources from NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching

NASA's Night Sky Network: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Duration: 4 minutes, 31 seconds

Release Date: March 31, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Skywatching #Earth #Moon #Planets #Mercury #Lyrids #MeteorShower #SolarSystem #Comets #Stars #Constellations #MilkyWayGalaxy #JPL #California #Skywatching #UnitedStates #Canada #Mexico #NorthernHemisphere #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Astronauts Share Their International Space Station Experience | This Week @NASA

Astronauts Share Their International Space Station Experience | This Week @NASA

Week of March 31, 2023: NASA astronauts share their International Space Station experience, our heavy-duty hauler crawls into the history books, and preparing for the return of some historic samples . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer & Editor: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 15 seconds

Release Date: March 31, 2023

#NASA #Space #ISS #Moon #ArtemisGeneration #Astronauts #Asteroids #OSIRISRExMission #DragonflyMission #Saturn #Titan #Science #Engineering #Technology #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #KSC #Florida #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Planet Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Planet Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

MSL- sol 3781

MSL- sol 3781

MSL - sol 3780

MSL - sol 3781

MSL - sol 2465

Mars2020 - sol 747

Mars2020 - sol 748

MSL - Sol 3783

Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars! (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

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

Launch: Nov. 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.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

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

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

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill, PipploIMP (Images 1& 2)

Image Release Dates: March 27-31, 2023

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Planet #Mars #RedPlanet #Astrobiology #Geology #CuriosityRover #MSL #MountSharp #GaleCrater #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter #JezeroCrater #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #CitizenScience #JPL #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

Watch NASA's Artemis II Moon Rocket for Crewed Mission Come Together

Watch NASA's Artemis II Moon Rocket for Crewed Mission Come Together

As NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) prepare to announce the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are working to prepare their ride. All five major elements of the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are fully integrated. Watch as technicians line up the stage and insert 360 bolts to join the last major element to the rest of the previously assembled structure, and then move the 212-foot-tall core stage into position to prepare to install its four RS-25 engines. At launch the rocket’s core stage and its RS-25 engines, along with two solid rocket boosters, will produce more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis II crew beyond Earth orbit to the Moon.

Learn more about the Artemis II Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii 

Learn more about SLS: nasa.gov/sls

Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: March 31, 2023  

#NASA #ESA #Space #Moon #ArtemisProgram #ArtemisII #OrionSpacecraft #Rocket #SLS #SpaceLaunchSystem #DeepSpace #Astronauts #Mars #MoonToMars #Science #Engineering #Technology #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #MSFC #Michoud #MAF #NewOrleans #Louisiana #UnitedStates #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's Space to Ground: Setting the Stage | Week of March 31, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Setting the Stage | Week of March 31, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew members continue unpacking the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship in the midst of human research and pharmaceutical studies aboard the International Space Station. NASA and its commercial crew partners have also announced upcoming missions to the station.

NASA and Boeing now are targeting no earlier than Friday, July 21, 2023, for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station, pending coordination for the U.S Eastern Range availability. The new target date provides NASA and Boeing the necessary time to complete subsystem verification testing and close out test flight certification products and aligns with the space station manifest and range launch opportunities.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-August for the launch of Crew-7, the next rotational mission to the International Space Station.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (March 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: March 30, 2023  

#NASA #Space #Earth #Science #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Europe #Canada #Japan #日本 #Russia #Россия #Роскосмос #UAE #Microgravity #SpaceResearch #SpaceLaboratory #UNOOSA #InternationalCooperation #Expedition69 #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Celestial Object Z 229-15: Everything, in one place, all at once | Hubble

Celestial Object Z 229-15: Everything, in one place, all at once | Hubble

This luminous celestial object Z 229-15 is imaged here in beautiful detail by the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. It lies about 390 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Z 229-15 is one of those interesting celestial objects that, should you choose to research it, you will find defined as several different things. sometimes as an active galactic nucleus; sometimes as a quasar; and sometimes as a Seyfert galaxy.

Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble & NASA, A. Barth, R. Mushotzky 

Release Date: March 30, 2023

Duration: 30 seconds

#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #AGN #Quasars #Galaxy #Z22915 #Spiral #SeyfertGalaxy #Lyra #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Hubble Women Making History: Beverly Johnson | NASA Goddard

Hubble Women Making History: Beverly Johnson | NASA Goddard

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has an impressive group of women who have worked and continue to work on the historic mission. From astronauts and engineers to IT and ground testers, Hubble continues its important mission thanks to some truly amazing women.

One of these inspiring women is Hubble Payload Team Manager Beverly Johnson. Beverly works hard every day to ensure that Hubble performs at the peak of its capabilities.

In this video Beverly quickly goes over what her job entails and important  lessons she learned along the way.

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

Kascie Herron: Lead Producer

Paul Morris: Support

Beverly Johnson: Interviewee

Opening Montage Credit:

Photo Row Template by By Tyler via Motion Array

Duration: 2 minutes, 48 seconds

Release Date: March 29, 2023

#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #BeverlyJohnson #HubblePayload #TeamManager  #Women #Leaders #Professionals #Careers #Students #Stars #Nebulas #Galaxies #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's Espacio A Tierra | Todo va de ciencia: 24 de marzo de 2023

NASA's Espacio A Tierra | Todo va de ciencia: 24 de marzo de 2023

Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional. 

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Release Date: March 29, 2023

#NASA #Space #NASAenespañol #español #ISS #Earth #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Expedition68 #Technology #Engineering #UnitedStates #Russia #UAE #International #Research #Laboratory #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Hubble’s Inside The Image: Earendel—Most Distant Individual Star Ever Seen

Hubble’s Inside The Image: Earendel—Most Distant Individual Star Ever Seen

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken over 1.5 million observations over the years. One of them is the breathtaking image of the star known as Earendel.

The star is positioned along a ripple in spacetime that gives it extreme magnification, allowing it to emerge into view from its host galaxy, which appears as a red smear across the sky.

With this observation, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the Universe’s birth in the Big Bang (at a redshift of 6.2)—the most distant individual star ever seen.

In this video, Dr. Brian Welch explains this fascinating phenomenon of nature, and goes over how important Hubble is to exploring the mysteries of the universe.

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Producer & Director: James Leigh

Editor: Lucy Lund

Director of Photography: James Ball

Additional Editing & Photography: Matthew Duncan

Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan

Production & Post: Origin Films 

Hubble Space Telescope Animation

Dark Matter Gravitational Lensing Animation

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), A. Fujii, Robert Gendler, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Panther Observatory, Steve Cannistra, Michael Pierce, Robert Berrington (Indiana University), Nigel Sharp, Mark Hanna (NOAO)/WIYN/NSF

Duration: 2 minutes, 25 seconds

Release Date: March 30, 2023

#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Earendel #Star #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Astronomer #BrianWelch #Goddard #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Anuncio de la tripulación de NASA Artemis II: 3 de abril de 2023

Anuncio de la tripulación de NASA Artemis II: 3 de abril de 2023

¡No te lo pierdas! La NASA y la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense por sus siglas en inglés) anunciarán durante un evento a las 11 a.m. EDT del lunes 3 de abril, desde el Campo Ellington del Centro Espacial Johnson de la NASA en Houston, a los cuatro astronautas que se aventurarán alrededor de la Luna. Viajando a bordo de la nave espacial Orion de la NASA durante Artemis II, la misión es la primera prueba de vuelo tripulado en el camino de la agencia para establecer una presencia científica y humana a largo plazo en la superficie lunar.

El evento en inglés de YouTube está aquí: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mua1Lysc_JQ

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov

Crédito: NASA

Productor/editor: Phil Sexton

Productores: Aly Lee, Sami Aziz, Radislav Sinyak

Duration: 37 seconds

Release Date: March 30, 2023

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Zooming into The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

Zooming into The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

Zoom-in to UGC 12914 and UGC 12915—nicknamed the Taffy Galaxies. Their twisted shape is the result of a head-on collision that occurred about 25 million years prior to their appearance in this image. A bridge of highly turbulent gas devoid of significant star formation spans the gap between the two galaxies.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Bartmann/D. De Martin

Image Processing: M. Rodriguez (NSF’s NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)  & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) 

Acknowledgment: PI: A. S. Castelli  (Universidad Nacional de la Plata)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: March 24, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #UGC12914 #UGC12915 #TaffyGalaxies #Pegasus #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #NOIRLab #DOE #NSF #AURA #GeminiObservatory #GeminiNorth #Telescope #Optical #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Collision of The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

Collision of The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

Cosmoview Episode#64: The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of the so-called Taffy Galaxies—UGC 12914 and UGC 12915. Their twisted appearance is the result of a head-on collision that occurred about 25 million years prior to their appearance in this image. A bridge of highly turbulent gas devoid of significant star formation spans the gap between the two galaxies.

Credit:

Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA, T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab), ESA/Hubble/L. Calcada, D. Munizaga, N. Bartmann

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: March 24, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #UGC12914 #UGC12915 #TaffyGalaxies #Pegasus #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #NOIRLab #DOE #NSF #AURA #GeminiObservatory #GeminiNorth #Telescope #Optical #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education

Collision of The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

Collision of The Taffy Galaxies: UGC12914 & UGC12915 | NOIRLab

The Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, captured this dazzling image of the so-called Taffy Galaxies—UGC 12914 and UGC 12915. Their twisted appearance is the result of a head-on collision that occurred about 25 million years prior to their appearance in this image. A bridge of highly turbulent gas devoid of significant star formation spans the gap between the two galaxies.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Image Processing: M. Rodriguez (NSF’s NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)  & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab) 

Acknowledgment: PI: A. S. Castelli  (Universidad Nacional de la Plata)

Release Date: March 29, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #UGC12914 #UGC12915 #TaffyGalaxies #Pegasus #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #NOIRLab #DOE #NSF #AURA #GeminiObservatory #GeminiNorth #Telescope #Optical #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education

Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies from The Early Universe | ESO

Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies from The Early Universe | ESO

ESOCast Light: Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderweb galaxy—the most distant detection of such hot gas yet. This further reveals just how early these structures begin to form.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner

Editing: Angelos Tsaousis

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Rory Harris and Jonas Enander

Footage and Photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ESO/C. Malin, ESO/B. Tafreshi

Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova

Release Date: March 29, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #ESO #Galaxy #SpiderwebGalaxy #Galaxies #Gas #ICM #Hydra #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #EarlyUniverse #Cosmology #ALMA #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video