Chinese Astronauts in Space Answer Questions from American Children

Chinese Astronauts in Space Answer Questions from American Children

Chinese astronauts on the Tiangong Space Station orbiting Earth interacted with U.S. schoolchildren by answering questions during the "My question to Taikonauts" event held by the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. in the United States on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut is presently aboard China's Tiangong space station on a six-month mission, along with her crewmates, Nie Haisheng and Ye Guangfu.

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.

Tiangong is a space station being constructed by China in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface. Being China's first long-term space station, it is the goal of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program. It is hoped that the research conducted on the station will improve researchers' ability to conduct science experiments in space.

Former NASA Astronaut Donald A. Thomas also gave a presentation to students at the Chinese Embassy. Don Thomas is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle flights: STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94

Donald A. Thomas NASA Bio

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thomas_donald.pdf

Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) News Agency

Duration: 3 minutes, 28 seconds

Release Date: April 10, 2022

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

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

MSL - Sol 3422 - MAHLI

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Curiosity mastcam L Sol 3423 demosaicing

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS - Processing: Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today

MSL - Sol 2993 - MAHLI

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 403 - Mastcam-Z

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3437 - MastCam

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 2453 - MAHLI

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 2582 - MAHLI

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Perseverance Sol 395 anaglyph (3D)

[Wear your red-blue 3D glasses]

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Processing: Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin / aliveuniverse.today

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spent most of March 2022 climbing the “Greenheugh Pediment”—a gentle slope capped by rubbly sandstone. On March 18, the mission team moved to avoid patches of knife-edged rocks called ventifacts, which are made of sandstone—the hardest type of rock Curiosity has encountered on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp rocks that the rover will have to navigate around on its own. At the end of the 3-mile (5-kilometer) journey, which began March 14, 2022, Perseverance will reach an ancient river delta within Jezero Crater, where a lake existed billions of years ago. This delta is one of the best locations on Mars for the rover to look for signs of past microscopic life. 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers.

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: August 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

For more about Curiosity: 

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory-curiosity-rover-msl

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

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity) is now in an operations demo phase.

For more about Perseverance: nasa.gov/perseverance

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

Image Release Dates: 

March 23, 2022 - April 9, 2022

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Galactic Dance | Gemini Observatory

Galactic Dance | Gemini Observatory

Image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 obtained with NSF's NOIRLab's Gemini North 8-meter telescope on Hawai'i's Maunakea using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph in imaging mode. This four-color composite image has a total exposure time of 42 minutes.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Release Date: December 19, 2019

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Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman Interview | IgnitedThinkers

Former NASA Astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman Interview | IgnitedThinkers

Her Space Journey & Advancing Diversity

Friends of NASA Member Gitika Gorthi: "I had the great honor and pleasure of conducting an exciting space champion interview with Astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman!"

"Dr. Coleman is a chemist, an engineer, a former United States Air Force colonel, and a retired NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space. She has incredible experiences in the military and throughout her work at NASA, including serving as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office." 

"This interview dives deeper into Dr. Coleman’s experience going to space, conducting scientific experiments on the ISS, advancing diversity in the aerospace industry, and her journey to becoming an astronaut. Dr. Coleman is incredibly inspiring, and her journey highlights how the aerospace industry is truly for everyone!"

"Hope you enjoy our 100th YouTube Video!"

Watch more Space Champion interviews here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/IgnitedThinkers/videos

Dr. Cady Coleman's Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/coleman.pdf

Coleman has logged more than 4,330 hours in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-73 & STS-93), including 159 days on the International Space Station (Expedition 26/27).

Credit: IgnitedThinkers/Gitika Gorthi

Website: www.ignitedthinkers.org

Duration: 34 minutes

Release Date: April 9, 2022

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Expedition 67 Poster | International Space Station

Expedition 67 Poster | International Space Station

Expedition 67 Crew:

Commander: Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos)

ESA Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

NASA (U.S.) Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, Robert Hines

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

Expedition 66/67 Blended Crew (April 2022)

Commander: Thomas Marshburn (NASA-U.S.)

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsakov, Denis Matveev

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer Matthias Maurer (DLR/German Aerospace Center)

NASA (U.S.) Flight Engineers: Raja Chari, Kayla Barron

New April 2022 Crew Additions (SpaceX Crew-4):

Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA-Italy)

NASA-U.S Flight Engineers: 

Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, Robert Hines

April 2022 Crew Departures:

SpaceX Crew-3: 

Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron

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.

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

Credit: NASA Space Flight Awareness/Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: April 2022

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Former NASA Astronaut Don Thomas Speaks at Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Former NASA Astronaut Don Thomas Speaks at Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.

"We are honored to have Mr. Donald Thomas with us at the embassy. As a former NASA astronaut, Thomas logged over 1,040 hours in space and circled the earth 692 times, traveling 17.6 million miles. Here is what he says to the American students on site." pic.twitter.com/TS2VUJFHLN

— Qin Gang 秦刚 (@AmbQinGang) April 9, 2022

NASA Astronaut Donald A. Thomas Official Biography

Don Thomas is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle flights: 

STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thomas_donald.pdf

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Axiom Ax-1 Crew welcomed by International Space Station Crew

Axiom Ax-1 Crew welcomed by International Space Station Crew

Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Ax-1 docked to the orbital complex at 8:29 a.m. while the spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. It is the first mission with an entirely private crew to arrive at the orbiting laboratory.

The Axiom crew are joining Expedition 67 crew members, including NASA astronauts Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsokov, and Denis Matveev.

The welcome ceremony included: 

Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate

Michael Suffredini, President and CEO, Axiom Space

The Ax-1 crew will spend more than one week aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting science, education, and commercial activities.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space: https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: Axiom Space

Duration: 10 minutes, 15 seconds

Capture Date: April 9, 2022

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SpaceX Dragon Axiom Mission 1 Docks to International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon Axiom Mission 1 Docks to International Space Station

April 9, 2022: Axiom Mission 1 astronauts Michael Lopez Algeria, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe docked to the zenith port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station April 9 following a launch April 8 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The four crew members will conduct an eight-day mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory before undocking to return to Earth later in April. This is the first spaceflight for Axiom Space and the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space: https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 19 minutes, 4 seconds

Capture Date: April 9, 2022

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SpaceX Ax-1 Launch & NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket | Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Ax-1 Launch & NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard, is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, right, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard the Falcon 9 are Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

This is the first time two totally different types of rockets and spacecraft designed to carry humans are on the sister pads at the same time—but it will not be the last as NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continues to grow as a multi-user spaceport to launch both government and commercial rockets.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space: https://www.axiomspace.com

Artemis I launch is currently scheduled for spring 2022.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.  It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

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

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Image Date: April 8, 2022

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SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space:

https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: SpaceX/Axiom Space

Image Date: April 8, 2022

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Ellen Ochoa: First Hispanic Woman in Space | NASA History

Ellen Ochoa: First Hispanic Woman in Space | NASA History

Today in NASA History: When Space Shuttle Discovery launched on April 8, 1993, on flight STS-56, astronaut Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in space. Ochoa flew on four separate space missions and was the first Hispanic director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) and its second female director.

NASA Astronaut Ellen Ochoa's Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/people/orgs/bios/ochoa.html

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/716572main_Ellen_Ochoa_Biography.pdf (PDF)

NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Ellen L. Ochoa Oral History Interviews: Transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/OchoaEL/ochoael.htm

Image Credit: NASA/JSC

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Reflecting on a Record-Setting Spaceflight | This Week @NASA

Reflecting on a Record-Setting Spaceflight | This Week @NASA

Reflecting on a record-setting spaceflight, an update on prelaunch activities for Artemis I, and launching the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space:

https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 4 minutes, 7 seconds

Release Date: April 8, 2022

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SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space:

https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: SpaceX/Axiom Space

Duration: 3 hours, 51 minutes

Capture Date: April 8, 2022

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NASA's Space to Ground—First Time Callers: Week of April 8, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground—First Time Callers: Week of April 8, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space:

https://www.axiomspace.com

The seven-member Expedition 67 crew is gearing up for a pair of spacewalks scheduled for later this month while ensuring the International Space Station orbits Earth in tip-top shape. 

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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on the International Space Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 30 seconds

Release Date: April 8, 2022

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SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Launch | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station with Commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada aboard, Friday, April 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 mission is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. López-Alegría, Connor, Pathy, Stibbe launched at 11:17 a.m. from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin their 10-day mission. 

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

Learn more about Ax-1 at Axiom Space:

https://www.axiomspace.com

Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Image Date: April 8, 2022

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Axiom Space Mission 1 Specialist Mark Pathy Profile

Axiom Space Mission 1 Specialist Mark Pathy Profile

Mark Pathy, a mission specialist on Ax-1, is CEO and chair of MARVIK of Montreal, Canada. MARVIK performs investments in firms that focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and "responsible investing" in areas focused on food, agriculture, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

Pathy is also chair of the board of Stingray Group Inc., a publicly traded music, media and technology company that is also in Montreal. His previous affiliations include president and CEO of dry bulk shipping company Fednav International, and co-CEO of the parent company of Fednav (called Fednav Ltd.)

For philanthropy, Pathy is on the board of the Pathy Family Foundation. He is also a member of the boards and executive committees of the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation, along with homeless youth support organization Dans la Rue ("On the Street.")

Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the world’s first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), launched Friday. The four-person multi-national crew of Ax-1 is now in orbit following an 11:17 a.m. EDT liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  

During their 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities. Ax-1 is the first of several proposed Axiom missions to the orbiting laboratory and an important step toward Axiom’s goal of constructing a private space station, Axiom Station, in low-Earth orbit that can serve as a global academic and commercial hub.

More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com.

Credit: Axiom Space

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: April 8, 2022

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