How Will China's Xuntian Survey Space Telescope Differ from Hubble?

How Will China's Xuntian Survey Space Telescope Differ from Hubble?

Welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour! In this episode, we provide an overview of the Xuntian Space Telescope (launching in 2023), and compare it to the Hubble Space Telescope operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. As always, lots of fun facts & cool physics! 

Xuntian, also known as the Chinese Survey Space Telescope or Chinese Space Station Telescope, is a planned Chinese space telescope currently under development. It will feature a 2-meter (6.6 foot) diameter primary mirror and is expected to have a field of view 300–350 times larger than the 32 year old Hubble Space Telescope. This will allow the telescope to image up to 40 percent of the sky using its 2.5 gigapixel camera over ten years.

Xuntian is planned for launch in 2024 on China's Long March 5B rocket. It will to co-orbit with China's new Tiangong Space Station in slightly different orbital phases, allowing for periodic docking with the station.

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Credits for various visuals: CCTV, CGTN, NASA, CAST, Celestrak, CNSA

Video Credit: Dongfang Hour

Duration: 13 minutes

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover—New June 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover—New June 2022 Images | JPL

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

Release Date: June 10, 2022

Mars2020 - Sol 466 - Mastcam-Z

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

Mars2020 - Sol 466 - Mastcam-Z

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

Mars2020 - Sol 466 - SuperCam

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

Perseverance Rover Update:

Perseverance has continued into Hawksbill Gap, making remote sensing observations of small portions of outcropping rock layers in search of a good place to collect a sample. Since Perseverance is in the Shenandoah quadrangle, we are using target names from Shenandoah National Park. Some of the names this past week included “Bald_Face_Mountain,” “Little_Devil_Stairs,” “Sunset_Hill,” “Luck_Hollow,” and “Moody_Creek.” Perseverance logged nearly 400 meters of driving progress for the week of May 15-21, accumulating a total distance since landing of over 11.8 km as of Sol 446.

Caption Credit: Eleni Ravanis, Student Collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Release Date: June 2, 2022

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

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Cosmic Treasure Chest: Globular Cluster Terzan 9 | Hubble

Cosmic Treasure Chest: Globular Cluster Terzan 9 | Hubble

This star-studded image shows the globular cluster Terzan 9 in the constellation Sagittarius, towards the center of the Milky Way. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this glittering scene using its Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. 

Globular clusters are stable, tightly bound groupings of tens of thousands to millions of stars. As this image demonstrates, the hearts of globular clusters can be densely packed with stars; the night sky in this image is strewn with so many stars that it resembles a sea of sequins or a vast treasure chest crammed with gold.

This starry snapshot is from a Hubble program investigating globular clusters located towards the heart of the Milky Way. The central region of our home galaxy contains a tightly packed group of stars known as the Galactic bulge, which is also rich in interstellar dust. This dust has made globular clusters near the Galactic center difficult to study, as it absorbs starlight and can even change the apparent colours of the stars in these clusters. Hubble's sensitivity at both visible and infrared wavelengths has allowed astronomers to measure how the colors of these globular clusters have been changed by interstellar dust, and thereby to establish their ages.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen

Release Date: June 13, 2022

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Astra Rocket Static Fire Test for NASA's TROPICS Mission

Astra Rocket Static Fire Test for NASA's TROPICS Mission

The Final System Test, also known as the “hot fire” engine test for Astra's Launch Vehicle 0010 for NASA's TROPICS Mission. The NASA TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six small satellites that will observe tropical cyclones, aiming to improve the scientific community’s understanding of these dangerous weather events. 

The current launch window opens June 12, 2022, at 12pm ET. The launch site is Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, in Florida.

Launch Vehicle: Rocket 3.3

Target Orbital Inclination: 29.75 degrees

Target Altitude: 550 kilometers

Payload: 2x TROPICS 3U CubeSats

The NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission is a constellation of state-of-the-science observing platforms that will measure temperature and humidity soundings and precipitation with spatial resolution comparable to current operational passive microwave sounders but with unprecedented temporal resolution (median revisit time of 50 minutes). Each SmallSat hosts a 12-channel passive microwave spectrometer. The primary mission objective of TROPICS is to relate temperature, humidity, and precipitation structure to the evolution of tropical cyclone intensity.

Learn more at:

astra.com/missions/tropics-1

https://tropics.ll.mit.edu/CMS/tropics/Mission-Overview

Credit: Astra

Duration: 29 seconds

Release Date: June 8, 2022

#NASA #Space #Satellites #SmallSats #CubeSats #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #Weather #Meteorology #Cyclones #Tropical #TROPICS #Climate #Environment #Astra #Rocket #CapeCanaveral #Florida #UnitedStates #Science #Technology #Engineering #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Astra Prepares to Launch NASA's TROPICS Mission

Astra Prepares to Launch NASA's TROPICS Mission

The NASA TROPICS mission consists of a constellation of six small satellites that will observe tropical cyclones, aiming to improve the scientific community’s understanding of these dangerous weather events. Current launch window opens June 12, 2022, at 12pm ET. The launch site is Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, in Florida. 

Launch Vehicle: Rocket 3.3

Target Orbital Inclination: 29.75 degrees

Target Altitude: 550 kilometers

Payload: 2x TROPICS 3U CubeSats

The NASA Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission is a constellation of state-of-the-science observing platforms that will measure temperature and humidity soundings and precipitation with spatial resolution comparable to current operational passive microwave sounders but with unprecedented temporal resolution (median revisit time of 50 minutes). Each SmallSat hosts a 12-channel passive microwave spectrometer. The primary mission objective of TROPICS is to relate temperature, humidity, and precipitation structure to the evolution of tropical cyclone intensity. 

Learn more at:

astra.com/missions/tropics-1

https://tropics.ll.mit.edu/CMS/tropics/Mission-Overview

Credit: Astra

Release Date: June 8, 2022

#NASA #Space #Satellites #SmallSats #CubeSats #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #Weather #Meteorology #Cyclones #Tropical #TROPICS #Climate #Environment #Astra #Rocket #CapeCanaveral #Florida #UnitedStates #Science #Technology #Engineering #STEM #Education

Russian Progress 79 Resupply Ship Reenters Earth's Atmosphere to Self-Destruct

Russian Progress 79 Resupply Ship Reenters Earth's Atmosphere to Self-Destruct

The trash-filled International Space Station Progress 79 resupply ship from Roscosmos undocks and leaves a plasma trail as it reenters Earth's atmosphere for a fiery, but safe demise above the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 2022. 

In October 2021, Progress 79 delivered 5,623 pounds (2,550 kilograms) of supplies for seven Expedition 66 crewmembers on the International Space Station. The cargo included 3,351 pounds (1,520 kg) of dry goods, 1,212 pounds (550 kg) of rocket propellant, 926 pounds (420 kg) of water, 106 pounds (48 kg) of air and 28 pounds (13 kg) of nitrogen. 

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)

Capture Date: June 1, 2022

#NASA #Space #ISS #Astronauts #FlightEngineers #Cosmonauts #Progress79 #Cargo #Spacecraft #Undocking #HumanSpaceflight #Science #Technology #Engineering #JSC #UnitedStates #Italy #Italia #Europe #Russia #Россия #Roscosmos #Роскосмос #Expedition67 #International #STEM #Education

NASA's Artemis I Mega Moon Rocket Rolled to the Launch Pad | This Week @NASA

NASA's Artemis I Mega Moon Rocket Rolled to the Launch Pad | This Week @NASA

Week of June 10, 2022: Our Artemis I mega Moon rocket is rolled to the launch pad, the astronauts of our Crew-2 mission come to Washington, and investigating the impact of dust on Earth's climate . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

The NASA-led Artemis program is a new generation of lunar exploration missions designed to send humans farther into space than ever before. The Artemis missions are increasingly complex endeavours that will lay the foundation for sustainable human and robotic exploration of Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, heralding a new era for space exploration and utilization. 

While NASA is leading the Artemis missions, international partnerships will play a key role in achieving a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon while preparing to conduct a historic human mission to Mars.

Learn more about Artemis I at:

NASA's Artemis Program:

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

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)

Duration: 3 minutes, 41 seconds

Release Date: June 10, 2022

#NASA #ESA #Space #SpaceX #Moon #Artemis #ArtemisI #SLS #Boeing #Rocket #DeepSpace #LockheedMartin #Orion #Spacecraft #Astronauts #Mars #JourneyToMars #Science #Engineering #Technology #Exploration #Europa #EuropaClipper #SolarSystem #KSC #UnitedStates #France #AretmisAccords #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

The Nile River at Night | International Space Station

The Nile River at Night | International Space Station

The Damietta Branch of the Nile River splits into canals in the central portion of the Nile Delta in Egypt. Lights from several cities surrounding the Egyptian waterways are pictured in this nighttime photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The longest river in Africa, it has historically been considered the longest river in the world, though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic meters of water. About 6,650 km (4,130 mi) long, its drainage basin covers eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. Additionally, the Nile is an important economic river, supporting agriculture and fishing. [Source: Wikipedia]

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: May 29, 2022

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Hubble Measures Potential Isolated Black Hole Roaming Galaxy

Hubble Measures Potential Isolated Black Hole Roaming Galaxy

The vast gulf of space between stars in our Milky Way galaxy contains the burned-out and crushed remnants of once glorious stars. These black holes cannot be directly seen because their intense gravity swallows light. Their presence can only be deduced by seeing how they affect the environment around them.

For more information, visit: https://nasa.gov/hubble

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

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Music Credits: 

“Celestial Spaces 2” by Joel Goodman [ASCAP] via Medley Lane Music [ASCAP] and Universal Production Music

Visualization of Multiple Black Holes: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds

Release Date: June 10, 2022

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Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti | International Space Station

Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti | International Space Station

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy is on her second space mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 67. 

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti is pictured inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," while orbiting 264 miles above Kazakhstan.

Image Date: June 8, 2022

ESA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti practices robotics maneuvers on a laptop computer inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module.

Image Date: May 31, 2022

ESA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti checks out a camera inside the International Space Station's "window to the world," the seven-windowed cupola.

Image Date: May 23, 2022

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)

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 Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) 

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NASA's Space to Ground: The To-Do List | Week of June 10, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground: The To-Do List | Week of June 10, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than June 28, 2022, for the launch of the cargo Dragon spacecraft flight, designated CRS-25, to the International Space Station, pending variables, including availability on the Eastern Range and space station scheduling.

Get email or text alerts when the International Space Station is flying over your location: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov

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.

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, 45 seconds
Release Date: June 10, 2022

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover—New Closeup Image & Wheel Damage Inspection

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover—New Closeup Image & Wheel Damage Inspection

"It's not the years . . . It's the mileage."

A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has found additional breaks on the wheels—the latest signs of wear and tear as the rover continues its journey, now exceeding 17 miles or 28 kilometers since its landing in August 2012. 

The Curiosity rover is climbing to sequentially higher and younger layers of lower Mount Sharp to investigate how the region's ancient climate changed billions of years ago. Clues about environmental conditions are recorded in the rock layers. During its first year on Mars, the mission succeeded at its main goal by finding that the region once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, if Mars has ever hosted life. The conditions in long-lived ancient freshwater Martian lake environments included all of the key chemical elements needed for life as we know it, plus a chemical source of energy that is used by many microbes on Earth.

MSL - Sol 948 - MAHLI

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

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image A

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image I

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image B

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image G

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image D

MSL - MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image E

MAHLI - SOL 3492 - Image C

Curiosity Rover Update: Sols 3493-3495

"We’re up close to a nifty layered outcrop, which is getting lots of imaging including ChemCam LIBS on targets ‘Rukumata’ and ‘Guarico,' a ChemCam mosaic on ‘Kamakusa,’ MAHLI dogs-eye imaging of ‘Tabaco’ and the DRT location ‘Issano,’ which will also have APXS on it. Mastcam will also be imaging Issano pre- and post-DRT for comparison, and taking a mosaic of the outcrop as a whole. Off the outcrop, ChemCam is also doing LIBS on ‘Sisipelin,’ which Mastcam will also image, and ChemCam and Mastcam are both taking mosaics further afield towards the Gediz Vallis Ridge."

"Imaging the crater rim can help us to characterize the amount of dust in the atmosphere, which is especially important in the dusty season. Aside from the crater rim observations, we are also trying to catch dust devils with a dust devil survey and movie, keeping an eye on the clouds with a few cloud movies, and taking Mastcam tau observations as an additional way to quantify the amount of dust in the atmosphere."

"After this marathon of observations, we’ll drive about 30 m further and finish up the weekend with a morning ENV block with our weekly AM cloud and dust observations."

Caption Credit: Alex Innanen  

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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

Wheel Image Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / PipploIMP

Image Release Dates: June 3-9, 2022 

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Milky Way & Earth Glow | International Space Station

Milky Way & Earth Glow | International Space Station

This long-duration photograph was taken from the International Space Station at an altitude of 259 miles above the island nation of Vanuatu northeast of Australia. The Milky Way is pictured above Earth's atmospheric glow blanketing the planet's horizon.

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.

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)

Image Date: May 30, 2022

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Earth from Orbit: 2022 Hurricane Season Begins | NOAA

Earth from Orbit: 2022 Hurricane Season Begins | NOAA

The 2022 hurricane season is officially underway. The eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15, while June 1 marked the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. 

NOAA satellites monitored the first named storms in each hurricane basin. Tropical Storm Agatha formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean on May 28 and rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with peak winds of 110 miles per hour by the next day. Remnants from Agatha helped fuel what would become the Atlantic’s first tropical cyclone, Alex, that affected south Florida at the beginning of June. 

Credits:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Music: 

“Abandoned Agony,” by William Charles Baker [PRS]; Ninja Tune Production Music; Universal Production Music

Duration: 1 minute, 38 seconds

Release Date: June 9, 2022

#NASA #NOAA #Space #Satellites #GOES #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #Weather #Forecasting #Meteorology #Science #Hurricanes #Atlantic #Pacific #Oceans #UnitedStates #NorthAmerica #Canada #Mexico #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #STEM #Education #International #HD #Video

Moonset Dreaming | International Space Station

Moonset Dreaming | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and flight engineer Jessica Watkins: "As beautiful as the Earth is, I can't seem to take my eyes off of the Moon. Every moonset on the International Space Station brings us one step closer to earthrise on the Moon as we conduct scientific research and develop new technologies that will help pave the way to the lunar surface."

The NASA-led Artemis program is a new generation of lunar exploration missions designed to send humans farther into space than ever before. The Artemis missions are increasingly complex endeavours that will lay the foundation for sustainable human and robotic exploration of Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, heralding a new era for space exploration and utilization. 

While NASA is leading the Artemis missions, international partnerships will play a key role in achieving a sustainable and robust presence on the Moon while preparing to conduct a historic human mission to Mars.

Jessica Watkins' Biography (NASA)

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

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.

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)

Release Date: June 9, 2022

 

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #ISS #Astronaut #FlightEngineer #JessicaWatkins #Geologist #Artemis #Moon #Moonset #Earth #Planet #Science #HumanSpaceflight #Expedition67 #UnitedStates #HumanSpaceflight #SolarSystem #Exploration #STEM #Education

Russian Progress 81 Cargo Craft Approaches International Space Station

Russian Progress 81 Cargo Craft Approaches International Space Station

The Progress 81 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Zvezda service module's rear port.

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

Image Date: June 3, 2022

#NASA #Space #ISS #Astronauts #FlightEngineers #Cosmonauts #Progress81 #Cargo #Spacecraft #Docking #HumanSpaceflight #Science #Technology #Engineering #JSC #UnitedStates #Italy #Italia #Europe #Russia #Россия #Roscosmos #Роскосмос #Expedition67 #International #STEM #Education