What is the Future of Global Space Cooperation? | World Economic Forum

What is the Future of Global Space Cooperation? | World Economic Forum

"Between lunar missions and commercial space stations, low-Earth economy and vital information-gathering about our planet, investments in the space industry could reach $1 trillion in the 2030s."

"How can public and private stakeholders worldwide collaborate to make these ventures a success and ensure space exploration and research benefits us all?"

"The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change."

Learn about the World Economic Forum: 

https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2022

European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's Biography (ESA)

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

Video & Caption Credit: World Economic Forum

Duration: 53 minutes

Release Date: May 25, 2022

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SpaceX Transporter-5 Commercial Payloads Mission

SpaceX Transporter-5 Commercial Payloads Mission

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 2:35 p.m. ET, a Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-5, SpaceX’s fifth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the eighth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster, which previously supported launch of Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, one Starlink mission, and Transporter-4. 

Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. On board this flight were 59 spacecraft, including CubeSats, microsats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles, plus Nanoracks’ Outpost Mars Demo 1 experiment to test technologies for cutting into rocket upper stages.

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Image Date: May 25, 2022

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Boeing Starliner Crew Spacecraft Orbital Flight Test-2 Post-Landing | NASA

Boeing Starliner Crew Spacecraft Orbital Flight Test-2 Post-Landing | NASA

Boeing and NASA teams work around Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 serves as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. 

For more info on OFT-2 and Starliner, visit: boeing.com/starliner

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: May 25, 2022

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Boeing Starliner Crew Spacecraft Orbital Flight Test-2 Landing | NASA

Boeing Starliner Crew Spacecraft Orbital Flight Test-2 Landing | NASA

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew spacecraft lands at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in New Mexico. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. OFT-2 serves as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. 

For more info on OFT-2 and Starliner, visit: boeing.com/starliner

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: May 25, 2022

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Expedition 67 Crew Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 67 Crew Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 67 crew pose for a dinner portrait

In the front row (from left), are NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov. In the back (from left), are Roscosmos Flight Engineer Denis Matveev; NASA Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines; European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti; and Roscosmos Commander Oleg Artemyev. 

Image Date: May 14, 2022

NASA astronauts (from left) Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines are pictured inside the International Space Station's seven-windowed cupola monitoring the approach and rendezvous of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.

Image Date: May 20, 2022

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is seated next to "Rosie the Rocketeer" inside Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft the day after it had docked to the International Space Station's Harmony module on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.

Image Date: May 21, 2022

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev smiles for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Unity module.

Image Date: May 14, 2022

NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins enjoys the view of the Earth below from inside the International Space Station's seven-windowed cupola. The orbiting lab was flying 272 miles above the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, at the time this photograph was taken.

Image Date: May 3, 2022

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti monitors a pair of Astrobee robotic free-flyers performing autonomous maneuvers inside the International Space Station. The cube-shaped, toaster-sized robots are designed to help scientists and engineers develop and test technologies for use in microgravity to assist astronauts with routine chores, and give ground controllers additional eyes and ears on the space station.

Image Date: May 18, 2022

Roscosmos cosmonauts (from left) Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsakov and Denis Matveev, are pictured inside the International Space Station's Poisk module. Korsakov had helped Artemyev and Matveev out of their Orlan spacesuits after they had just completed a seven-hour and 42-minute spacewalk to activate the European robotic arm on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

Image Date: April 28, 2022

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti installs acrylic scratch panes on two windows inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world." The orbiting lab was flying 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand at the time of this photograph.

Image Date: May 12, 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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: April 28-May 21, 2022

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

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

Mars2020 - Sol 445 - Watson

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3474 - MastCam

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

MSL - Sol 3480 - Mastcam

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

MSL - Sol 3476 - Mastcam

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

Mars2020 - Sol 446 - Mastcam-Z

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

MSL - Sol 3481 - Mastcam

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

MSL - Sol 3481 - Mastcam

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

Mars2020 - Sol 446 - Mastcam-Z

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

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

Perseverance Mission Updates: 

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/

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

Curiosity Mission Updates: 

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/

Image & Caption Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: May 19-25, 2022

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SpaceX's 25th Cargo Resupply Mission for Science | International Space Station

SpaceX's 25th Cargo Resupply Mission for Science | International Space Station

The 25th SpaceX cargo resupply services mission (SpaceX CRS-25) carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch June 7, 2022, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Experiments aboard the Dragon capsule include studies of the immune system, wound healing, soil communities, and cell-free biomarkers, along with mapping the composition of Earth’s dust and testing an alternative to concrete.

Learn More about the science aboard SpaceX CRS-25: https://go.nasa.gov/3PENKTO

NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/offices/c3po/home/

Credit: NASA

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: May 25, 2022

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Space Vehicles & Robots | International Space Station

Space Vehicles & Robots | International Space Station

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaches the International Space Station on Orbital Flight Test-2

SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship docked to Harmony module

U.S. & Russian spacecraft attached to International Space Station

Soyuz MS-21 crew ship docked to International Space Station

57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm attached to International Space Station

Leading End Effector on the Canadarm2 robotic arm

SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship docked to Harmony module

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew ship at International Space Station

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

Image Dates: May 1-20, 2022

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NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams | The Miracle Planet

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams | The Miracle Planet

In this week’s episode of Down to Earth: Conversations, Suni and Adrien discuss protecting our planet’s environment and give their closing thoughts on their conversation. 

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Spaceflight Experience:

Expedition 14/15 (December 9, 2006 to June 22, 2007)

Expedition 32/33 (July 14 to November 18, 2012)

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/sunita-l-williams/biography

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/williams-s.pdf

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 5 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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NASA's Student Rocket Launch Competition Returns to Alabama Sky

NASA's Student Rocket Launch Competition Returns to Alabama Sky

Following two years of virtual events, middle school, high school, and college teams from across the United States returned to Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama, to compete in NASA's Student Launch rocketry competition April 23, 2022. They flew high-powered amateur rockets that they designed, built, and tested.

Learn about NASA's Student Launch Program: 

https://www.nasa.gov/stem/studentlaunch/home/index.html

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

Image Date: April 23, 2022

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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 541 Fuels an Irregular Galaxy | Hubble

Elliptical Galaxy NGC 541 Fuels an Irregular Galaxy | Hubble

Image Description: Center, right: Bright, white elliptical galaxy with very bright core from which a diffuse glow extends outward. Another bright, smaller/more distant galaxy is below it, while bright blue/white irregular is to its lower left.

This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski’s Object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxies are nearly spherical to egg-shaped groups of stars that form when galaxies merge. NGC 541 shoots out radio jets that are invisible to human eyes but detectable by radio telescopes. These jets originate in the accretion disk around the galaxy’s central black hole.

The radio jet from NGC 541 likely caused the star-formation in Minkowski’s Object. Radio galaxies like NGC 541 are surrounded by gaseous halos and/or debris from recent merger events—which may have triggered the radio galaxy activity in the first place. The jet plows into the moderately dense, warm gas around the galaxy and the shock compresses and heats the gas, causing it to become energized, or ionized. As the ionized gas reverts from its higher-energy state to a lower-energy state, energy leaves the cloud in the form of radiation. As the clouds cool, they collapse, giving rise to starbirth. Minkowski’s Object is about 7.5 million years old and consists of about 20 million stars.

Hubble observed Minkowski’s Object and NGC 541 to get a better sense of how star formation occurs in this region, what kind of star formation takes place, and the properties of the jet that triggers it.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Croft (Eureka Scientific Inc.); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA Goddard/Catholic University of America)

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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Space Frost on Window | International Space Station

Space Frost on Window | International Space Station

This unique image was captured by Cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov aboard the International Space Station.

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: Sergey Korsakov (Roscosmos)

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Overview | NASA Goddard

James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Overview | NASA Goddard

An overview of the instruments onboard the Webb Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), and the Fine Guidance Sensor/Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph. Learn how each instrument will help Webb unfold the universe.

Learn more about Webb’s mission: http://webb.nasa.gov

Learn more about the search for life: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Producer

Michael Starobin (KBRwyle): Producer

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Producer

Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator

Chris Meaney (KBRwyle): Animator

Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Videographer

Michael McClare (KBRwyle): Lead Editor

Rich Melnick (KBRwyle): Editor

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Host

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Narrator

Duration: 3 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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United Launch Alliance Atlas V OFT-2 Starliner Launch Highlights

United Launch Alliance Atlas V OFT-2 Starliner Launch Highlights

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program lifted off on May 19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

For more info on OFT-2 and Starliner, visit: boeing.com/starliner

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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Northrop Grumman & NASA's Lunar Gateway: Preparing for Moon Exploration

Northrop Grumman & NASA's Lunar Gateway: Preparing for Moon Exploration

"Listen to our very own Rick Mastracchio, a former NASA astronaut, as he talks about our contributions to NASA's Lunar Gateway, including our work on the Habitation and Logistics Outpost—humanity’s first home away from Earth as we begin to explore the Moon and the rest of our solar system with NASA’s Artemis program." 

Learn more about our work on NASA's Gateway program: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/nasas-artemis-program/

Credit: Northrop Grumman

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: May 20, 2022

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Globular Cluster Liller 1 Surrounded by Blue Stars | Hubble

Globular Cluster Liller 1 Surrounded by Blue Stars | Hubble

The muted red tones of the globular cluster Liller 1 are partially obscured in this image by a dense scattering of piercingly blue stars. In fact, it is thanks to Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) that we are able to see Liller 1 so clearly in this image, because the WFC3 is sensitive to wavelengths of light that the human eye cannot detect. Liller 1 is only 30,000 light-years from Earth—relatively neighborly in astronomical terms—but it lies within the Milky Way’s ‘bulge’, the dense and dusty region at our galaxy’s center. Because of that, Liller 1 is heavily obscured from view by interstellar dust, which scatters visible light (particularly blue light) very effectively.

Fortunately, some infrared and red visible light are able to pass through these dusty regions. WFC3 is sensitive to both visible and near-infrared (infrared that is close to the visible) wavelengths, allowing us to see through the obscuring clouds of dust, and providing this spectacular view of Liller 1. 

Liller 1 is a particularly interesting globular cluster, because unlike most of its kind, it contains a mix of very young and very old stars. Globular clusters typically house only old stars, some nearly as old as the Universe itself. Liller 1 instead contains at least two distinct stellar populations with remarkably different ages: the oldest one is 12 billion years old and the youngest component is just 1-2 billion years old. This led astronomers to conclude that this stellar system was able to form stars over an extraordinary long period of time. 

Credit:

European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, F. Ferraro

Release Date: May 23, 2022

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