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Monday, August 28, 2023

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Arrival | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Arrival | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Crew-7 Commander, Jasmin Moghbeli, poses for a photo in the first moments the Crew-7 quartet is onboard the International Space Station after hatch opening on August 27, 2023.

NASA astronaut and Crew-7 Commander, Jasmin Moghbeli, goes for a hug with NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen after entering through the hatch.

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark is greeted by NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen in the first moments after hatch opening on August 27, 2023.

JAXA astronaut & Crew-7 Mission Specialist, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, smiles for a photo while holding a welcome message from the Expedition 69 crew, following Crew-7's arrival.

SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft carrying the Crew-7 quartet approaches the International Space Station for docking on August 27, 2023, as it soared 261 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft approaches the International Space Station as it prepares to autonomously dock to the Harmony module's space-facing port on August 27, 2023.

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-7 “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, was opened on August 27, 2023, at 10:58 EDT. Crew-7 is SpaceX’s seventh operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Aug. 27, 2023

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New Mars Images: August 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

New Mars Images: August 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

MSL - sol 3930

MSL - sol 3924

MSL - sol 3900

Mars 2020 - sol 889

MSL - sol 3926

Mars 2020 - sol 887

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Celebrating 11+ 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

Celebrating 2+ Years on 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 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

Image Release Dates: Aug. 19-28, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch Broadcast Highlights | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch Broadcast Highlights | Kennedy Space Center

Highlights from NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 launch day—Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023—from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2023, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A.

Crew-7's Dragon spacecraft docked to the space-facing port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 9:16 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27. The quartet then opened the hatch and floated onboard the orbital outpost before providing welcoming remarks as their mission aboard the space station began.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

Video Credit: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Duration: 1 minute, 19 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 28, 2023

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Reflection Nebula NGC 1333: Infrared view | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Reflection Nebula NGC 1333: Infrared view | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Located 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes the beautiful chaos of a dense group of stars being born. Most of the visible light from the young stars in this region is obscured by the dense, dusty cloud in which they formed. With NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists can detect the infrared light from these objects. This allows a look through the dust to gain a more detailed understanding of how stars like our sun begin their lives.

The young stars in NGC 1333 do not form a single cluster, but are split between two sub-groups. One group is to the north near the nebula shown as red in the image. The other group is south, where the features shown in yellow and green abound in the densest part of the natal gas cloud. With the sharp infrared eyes of Spitzer, scientists can detect and characterize the warm and dusty disks of material that surround forming stars. By looking for differences in the disk properties between the two subgroups, they hope to find hints of the star- and planet-formation history of this region.

The knotty yellow-green features located in the lower portion of the image are glowing shock fronts where jets of material, spewed from extremely young embryonic stars, are plowing into the cold, dense gas nearby. The sheer number of separate jets that appear in this region is unprecedented. This leads scientists to believe that by stirring up the cold gas, the jets may contribute to the eventual dispersal of the gas cloud, preventing more stars from forming in NGC 1333.

In contrast, the upper portion of the image is dominated by the infrared light from warm dust, shown as red.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. A. Gutermuth (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

Image Date: Nov. 15, 2005

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The SLS RS-25 Moon Rocket Engine: Eight Minutes of Pure Power | NASA Marshall

The SLS RS-25 Moon Rocket Engine: Eight Minutes of Pure Power | NASA Marshall

When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket roars to life on the launch pad, NASA’s Artemis astronauts inside the Orion spacecraft will feel the power of the rocket’s four RS-25 engines for eight minutes. The four RS-25 engines on SLS are the most efficient engines ever built. Two giant propellant tanks on the SLS core stage provide the fuel to power the engines that, together, provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help launch NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon.

The RS-25 engines are produced by Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company. Watch this video to learn more about how these engines have been adapted from the Space Shuttle Program for the SLS rocket’s bold missions into deep space.

For more information about SLS, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

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

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 28, 2023

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Watch the "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse: Coming Oct. 14, 2023 | NASA

Watch the "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse: Coming Oct. 14, 2023 | NASA

On Oct. 14, 2023, a “ring of fire,” or annular, solar eclipse will travel from Oregon coast to the Gulf of Mexico. Weather permitting, most of the Americas will be able to view at least a partial solar eclipse. Click here to see the NASA 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse Map: https://go.nasa.gov/USEclipseMaps

An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, but is just far away enough in its orbit that the Sun is not completely covered—creating a large, bright ring in the sky.

WARNING: During an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. How to safely view an eclipse:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/safety/

Not in the path of the eclipse? Watch with us from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage on Oct. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. EDT (1530-1715 UTC) on NASA TV, NASA.gov and the NASA app.

Learn more about the upcoming annular solar eclipse:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/overview/

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Sonnet Apple

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Aug. 28, 2023

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Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 in Perseus: Wide-field view | Mayall Telescope

Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 in Perseus: Wide-field view | Mayall Telescope

This image of reflection nebula NGC 1333 was taken using the Mosaic-1 imager and the National Science Foundation’s 4-meter Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). This star-forming region, located roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Perseus, harbors hundreds of newly formed stars less than one million years old. Many of these proto-stars exhibit energetic activity, such as jets and strong stellar winds.

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

Release Date: May 16, 2007

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Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 in Perseus | Steward Observatory

Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 in Perseus | Steward Observatory

NGC 1333 is located about 1,000 light-years away in the constellation of Perseus (The Hero), positioned next to the southern constellation border with Taurus and Aries. The cool gas and dust concentrated in this region is generating new stars whose light is then reflecting off the surrounding material, lighting it up and making this object’s lingering presence known to us. NGC 1333 is accordingly classified as a reflection nebula.

This nebula is in the western part of the Perseus molecular cloud and is a young region of very active star formation. It contains a fairly typical hierarchy of star clusters that are still embedded in the molecular cloud in which they formed, which are split into two main sub-groups to the north and south. Most of the infrared emission is happening in the southern part of the nebula. A significant portion of the stars seen in the infrared are in the pre-main sequence stage of their evolution.

Technical Details:

Phillips 24-inch RCOS Telescope

Camera: SBIG STL11000

Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Image Date: Nov. 1, 2009

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Day Outtakes | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Day Outtakes | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, right, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, back right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, back left, wearing SpaceX spacesuits

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett/Joel Kowsky

Image Capture Date: Aug. 26, 2023

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 2 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 2 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia autonomously docked to the space-facing port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 9:16 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27 following a launch the day before on the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following docking, the quartet opened the hatch and floated onboard the orbital outpost before providing welcoming remarks as their mission aboard the space station began.

The four crew members will conduct a long-duration science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 24 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 27, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Welcoming Ceremony | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Welcoming Ceremony | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia were welcomed aboard the International Space Station with a ceremony after docking and ingress on Aug. 27, 2023.

Crew-7 is SpaceX’s seventh operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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

Duration: 8 minutes, 29 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 27, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Dragon Hatch Opening | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Dragon Hatch Opening | International Space Station

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-7 “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, was opened on August 27, 2023, at 14:58 UTC (10:58 EDT). Crew-7 is SpaceX’s seventh operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 27, 2023

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XRISM: Exploring the Hidden X-ray Cosmos | NASA Goddard

XRISM: Exploring the Hidden X-ray Cosmos | NASA Goddard

Watch this video to learn more about the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA. This new satellite aims to pry apart high-energy light into the equivalent of an X-ray rainbow using an instrument called Resolve.

“Resolve will give us a new look into some of the universe’s most energetic objects, including black holes, clusters of galaxies, and the aftermath of stellar explosions,” said Richard Kelley, NASA’s XRISM principal investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “We’ll learn more about how they behave and what they’re made of using the data the mission collects after launch.”

Resolve measures tiny temperature changes created when an X-ray hits its 6-by-6-pixel detector. To measure that minuscule increase and determine the X-ray’s energy, the detector needs to cool down to around minus 460 Fahrenheit (minus 270 Celsius), just a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.

The mission’s other instrument, developed by JAXA, is called Xtend. It will give XRISM one of the largest fields of view of any X-ray imaging satellite flown to date, observing an area about 60% larger than the average apparent size of the full Moon.

XRISM is a collaborative mission between JAXA and NASA, with participation by ESA (European Space Agency). NASA’s contribution includes science participation from the Canadian Space Agency.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer

Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park): Lead Writer

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator

Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle): Animator

Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer

Harrison Bach (Intern): Videographer

John D. Philyaw (AIMM: Videographer

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support

Francois Mernier (University of Maryland College Park): Research Astrophysicist

Takashi Okajima (GSFC): Research Astrophysicist

Duration: 6 minutes, 23 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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Stellar Explorations

Stellar Explorations

The spectacular green colors visible in the night sky here are due to a phenomenon known as airglow. Airglow is not an optical illusion, but a genuine light source that results from chemical reactions in Earth’s upper atmosphere. It is far too faint to be visible during the daytime, and in most human-inhabited places it is drowned out by light pollution.

Image details: Single exposure, 10s

The Fading Milky Way

Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time. A recent study revealed that perhaps two-thirds of the world's population can no longer look upwards at night and see the Milky Way—a hazy swath of stars that on warm summer nights spans the sky from horizon to horizon.

The Milky Way is dimming, not because the end of the Universe is near, but rather as a result of light pollution: the inadvertent illumination of the atmosphere from street lights, outdoor advertising, homes, schools, airports and other sources. Every night billions of bulbs send their energy skyward where microscopic bits of matter—air molecules, airborne dust, and water vapor droplets—reflect much of the wasted light back to Earth.

(Source: NASA)

Learn more:

International Dark-Sky Association

https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution

Globe at Night

https://www.globeatnight.org

Night Sky Network (NASA/JPL)

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Image Credit: Clément Brustel

Location: France

Image Date: August 19, 2023

Release Date: August 26, 2023

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Saturday, August 26, 2023

India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Traveling on The Moon | ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Traveling on The Moon | ISRO

The travels of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover, named Pragyan, along the lunar surface on August 25, 2023, were captured by a camera oboard the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, called Vikram. Chandrayaan-3 landed at Shiv Shakti Point in the Moon's South Pole region on August 23, 2023.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is the first to land at the lunar south pole. This region is of special interest for space agencies and private space companies because of the presence of water ice that could support future surface activities.

India has become the fourth country, after the United States, Russia and China, to successfully soft-land on the Moon.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 1 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 1 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2023, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four crew members are scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Aug. 27 where they will conduct a six-month mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 34 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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