Why Does Boeing's Starliner Not Look Burned After Reentry?

Why Does Boeing's Starliner Not Look Burned After Reentry?

"A simple question lead me to talk about heat shielding on many different capsules over the years. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft uses a non-ablative heatshield on the backshell partly because it has lower thermal loads, compared to SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, thanks to a shallower cone angle." 

"And that's where I started . . ."

Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft have been developed and tested to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station from U.S. soil.

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

Free 59-page PDF Download on NASA's Commercial Crew Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/commercial_crew_press_kit_04.pdf

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

Video Credit: Scott Manley

Duration: 9 minutes, 40 seconds

Release Date: June 17, 2022

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The Gamma Cygni Nebula

The Gamma Cygni Nebula

Supergiant star Gamma Cygni is at the center of the Northern Cross. Near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, that famous asterism flies high in northern summer night skies in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. Known by the proper name Sadr, Gamma Cygni also lies just below center in this telescopic skyscape, with colors mapped from both broadband and narrowband image data. The field of view spans about 3 degrees (six Full Moons) on the sky and includes emission nebula IC 1318 and open star cluster NGC 6910. Filling the upper part of the frame and shaped like two glowing cosmic wings divided by a long dark dust lane, IC 1318's popular name is understandably the Butterfly Nebula. Right of Gamma Cygni, are the young, still tightly grouped stars of NGC 6910. The distance to Gamma Cygni is around 560 parsecs or 1,800 light-years. Estimates for IC 1318 and NGC 6910 range from 2,000 to 5,000 light-years.

Image Credit & Copyright: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Yizhou Zhang, and Benchu Tang

Min Xie's website: 

https://www.astrobin.com/users/mxcoppell/

Release Date: June 18, 2022

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SpaceX Globalstar FM15 Mission Launch

SpaceX Globalstar FM15 Mission Launch

Congratulations to SpaceX on 3 successful launches from 3 SpaceX launchpads in less than 37 hours! 

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours of Sunday morning, June 19, 2022. Liftoff occurred at 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with the rocket’s official mission being the deployment of a single replacement satellite for communications operator Globalstar. The Globalstar-2 FM15 spacecraft was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space as part of Globalstar’s second-generation constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites.

Image Credit: SpaceX

Caption Credit: NASASpaceflight.com

Release Date: June 19, 2022

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World Refugee Day | International Space Station

World Refugee Day | International Space Station

European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy: "On World Refugee Day, I want to thank and salute all countries, communities and individuals who welcome and help refugees. Because every Earthling deserves a home."

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 Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center / ESA /Samantha Cristoforetti

Release Date: June 20, 2022

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A White Dwarf Star Consumes Its Planetary System | NASA Goddard

A White Dwarf Star Consumes Its Planetary System | NASA Goddard

A star’s death throes have so violently disrupted its planetary system that the white dwarf star left behind, is siphoning off debris from both the system’s inner and outer reaches. This is the first time astronomers have observed a white dwarf star consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets.

Archival data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other NASA observatories were essential in diagnosing this case of cosmic "cannibalism." The findings help describe the violent nature of evolved planetary systems and can tell astronomers about the makeup of newly forming systems.

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

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Music & Sound

“Through a Computer Screen” by Raphael Olivier [SACEM] via KTSA Publishing [SACEM] and Universal Production Music

ESA Credit:

Ring of rocky debris around a white dwarf star (artist’s impression)

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI)

Evaporating extrasolar planet, from Video (artist's impression)

Credit: ESA, Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France) and NASA.

Red Giant Sun

Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)

Flight through our Solar System

Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)

European Southern Observatory (ESO) Credit:

Comets in Solar System

Credit on screen with : ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)

Duration: 2 minutes, 34 seconds

Release Date: June 15, 2022

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Massive Galaxy Cluster Abell 1351 | Hubble

Massive Galaxy Cluster Abell 1351 | Hubble

The massive galaxy cluster Abell 1351 is captured in this image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys. This galaxy cluster lies in the constellation Ursa Major in the northern hemisphere.

This image is filled with streaks of light, which are actually the images of distant galaxies. The streaks are the result of gravitational lensing, an astrophysical phenomenon that occurs when a massive celestial body such as a galaxy cluster distorts spacetime sufficiently strongly to affect the path of light passing through it—almost as if the light were passing through a gigantic lens. Gravitational lensing comes in two varieties—strong and weak—and both can give astronomers an insight into the distribution of mass within a lensing galaxy cluster such as Abell 1351.

This observation is part of an astronomical album comprising snapshots of some of the most massive galaxy clusters. This menagerie of massive clusters demonstrates interesting astrophysical phenomena such as strong gravitational lensing, as well as showcasing spectacular examples of violent galaxy evolution. To obtain this astronomical album, astronomers proposed a Snapshot Program to be slotted into Hubble’s packed observing schedule. These Snapshot Programs are lists of separate, relatively short exposures which can fit into gaps between longer Hubble observations. Having a large pool of Snapshot candidates to dip into allows Hubble to use every second of observing time possible and to maximize the scientific output of the observatory.

Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling

Acknowledgement: L. Shatz

Release Date: June 20, 2022

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Nebula NGC 6188: "Dragons of Ara"

Nebula NGC 6188: "Dragons of Ara"

Do dragons fight on the altar of the sky? Although it might appear that way, these dragons are illusions made of thin gas and dust. The emission nebula NGC 6188, home to the glowing clouds, is found about 4,000 light years away near the edge of a large molecular cloud unseen at visible wavelengths, in the southern constellation Ara (the Altar). Massive, young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association were formed in that region only a few million years ago, sculpting the dark shapes and powering the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. 

Joining NGC 6188 on this cosmic canvas, visible toward the lower right, is rare emission nebula NGC 6164, also created by one of the region's massive O-type stars. Similar in appearance to many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164's striking, symmetric gaseous shroud and faint halo surround its bright central star near the bottom edge. This impressively wide field of view spans over 2 degrees (four full Moons), corresponding to over 150 light years at the estimated distance of NGC 6188.

Image Credit & Copyright: Shaun Robertson

Shaun's website: 

https://www.darkmoonastrophotography.com/about

Release Date: June 7, 2022

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European Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Recreates Scene from Film "Gravity"

European Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Remakes Scene from Film "Gravity"

Samantha: "Hey, Dr. Stone! Quick question for you. How did you get your hair to stay put?"

This is European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy. She is on her second space mission, known as Minerva, on the International Space Station. 

The 2013 science fiction film Gravity starred Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone, "a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission." The screen above Samantha shows one of the well-known scenes.

ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Official Biography

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

Learn more about Mission Minerva: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti

Release Date: June 19, 2022

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The Color of Space: A NASA Documentary Showcasing the Stories of Black Astronauts

The Color of Space: A NASA Documentary Showcasing the Stories of Black Astronauts

The Color of Space captures the personal stories of seven current and former Black astronauts, each selected to become part of NASA's astronaut corps and train for space missions. Current NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson, Victor Glover, Jeanette Epps, as well as retired astronauts Leland Melvin, Bernard Harris, Robert Curbeam, and Bobby Satcher, speak about their journeys and their motivations in a panel hosted by NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, the first Black woman to lead a NASA center.

They took the step to achieve the impossible, overcoming barriers and making space for others to follow. In this new documentary, be empowered by the remarkable stories of tenacity, courage, and motivation from the agency's most decorated heroes. Learn about their path to NASA, their sources of inspiration, experiences in space, the importance of representation, the meaning of Juneteenth, and much more.

Originally held at Space Center Houston on March 25, 2022, the panel discussion marks the first time the seven astronauts have been assembled for an official NASA event.

For more details, visit https://go.nasa.gov/3Oktwxa

Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/stephanie-d-wilson/biography

Astronaut Victor Glover Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/victor-j-glover

Astronaut Jeanette Epps Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jeanette-j-epps/biography

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Jori Kates

Editors: Jori Kates and Sonnet Apple

Duration: 50 Minutes

Release Date: June 19, 2022

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NASA Astronauts Attend "Color of Space" Documentary Screening

NASA Astronauts Attend "Color of Space" Documentary Screening 

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson and former NASA astronauts Leland Melvin and Susan Kilrain attended this special free in-person screening at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022, of “The Color of Space”—an inspirational 50-minute documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. This documentary officially premiered on Juneteenth, June 19, the new annual federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States on the anniversary of June 19, 1865. It commemorates the emancipation of 250,000 enslaved people in Texas who were freed after a Union army took over the previously Confederate-held state.

Watch the event footage on video: https://youtu.be/S6vYHdH0AeE

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, left, and former NASA astronauts Leland Melvin and Susan Kilrain pose for a photograph prior to the screening.

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, left, and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, pose for photograph with 6-year-old Armani Bonds prior to the screening.

6-year-old Armani Bonds draws on a postcard that will be sent to space by Club for the Future on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket.

6-year old Armani Bonds poses for a photograph as he exits a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule mockup prior to the screening.

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin poses with attendees prior to the documentary screening. 

9-year-old Amara Bowman smiles as her father photographs her inside a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule mockup prior to the screening.

    Former NASA astronaut Susan Kilrain poses for a photograph with attendees prior to the screening.

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche gives remarks. 

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Capture Date: June 18, 2022

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Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

SARah-1 Mission | SpaceX

SARah-1 Mission | SpaceX

SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster 1071-3 lands after successfully launching the SARah-1 satellite for Germany's Bundeswehr—the German Armed Forces.

Germany’s SARah-1 military radar Earth observation satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The launch, which was the 25th flight of the Falcon 9 this year, occurred at 7:19 AM PDT (14:19 UTC)—less than 24 hours after Friday’s Starlink 4-19 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Saturday’s launch used flight-proven Falcon 9 booster 1071-3. This booster previously flew the NROL-87 and NROL-85 missions out of Vandenberg earlier in 2022, and the SARah-1 mission marks its third flight. SpaceX was awarded the contract to launch SARah for the German government in 2013.

Lifting off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Falcon 9 headed southward targeting a sun-synchronous polar orbit—a type of orbit commonly used by Earth observation satellites.

Unlike optical reconnaissance satellites, radar imaging satellites like SARah-1 and its sister spacecraft can image Earth in any weather and lighting conditions, such as a cloudy, rainy night, or other conditions which would limit optical observation, using a technique called synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

After the rocket’s two stages separated, the second stage proceeded to orbit with SARah-1, while B1071 conducted a boostback burn to place itself on a trajectory back towards the launch site. It subsequently made entry and landing burns before landing on the concrete pad at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4), built on the site of the former SLC-4W launch pad adjacent to SLC-4E.

While B1071-3 flew back towards the launch site, Falcon 9’s second stage and its single Merlin Vacuum (MVac) engine placed the SARah-1 satellite into orbit. SARah-1 will operate in a circular orbit inclined at 98.4 degrees to the equator, with an altitude of about 750 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. 

Image Credit: SpaceX

Caption Credit: NASASpaceflight.com

Release Date: June 18, 2022

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China Shenzhou-14 Crew's First Week at Tiangong Space Station

China Shenzhou-14 Crew's First Week at Tiangong Space Station

Three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, successfully arrived at the core module of China's Tiangong Space Station on June 5, 2022. Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe are adapting to microgravity at the start of their six-month long duration mission to complete the construction of the facility. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first. 

The astronauts first needed to fetch living necessities from the Tianzhou-4 cargo craft, said Liu Weibo, deputy chief designer of the astronaut system of China's manned space project. "They need to transfer things such as food, water, air filters and set them up in the core module."

Setting up all the equipment and moving around the supplies were the astronauts' main tasks during the first week of their stay. Tianzhou-4, which holds supplies for the Shenzhou-14 crewed mission, docked with the combination of Tianhe core module and Tianzhou-3 cargo vessel in May 2022.

With a length of 10.6 meters and a maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, the Tianzhou-4 cargo ship carried about 6 tons of goods and 750 kg of propellant for the space station complex. Colored tags were put on parcels with different goods, so that the astronauts can quickly identify and find the goods they need. 

The lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth. 

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 2 minutes, 40 seconds

Release Date: June 15, 2022

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SpaceX Starlink Mission: June 17, 2022

SpaceX Starlink Mission: June 17, 2022

53 Starlink satellites successfully deployed.

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 12:27 a.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of Globalstar FM15 to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

Learn more about Starlink: https://www.starlink.com

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Image Date: June 17, 2022

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

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

MSL - Sol 1819 - Mastcam

MSL - Sol 1555 - Mastcam

MSL - Sol 3504 - Mastcam

MSL - Sol 3504 - Mastcam

Curiosity Rover Update: Sols 3493-3495

"Everywhere you look in the Navcam mosaic (above) there's something interesting to see!

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.

I . . . was very excited to see the great view we have of the north crater rim, especially since we've been spending so much time recently in among lots of terrain blocking this view. Imaging the crater rim can help us to characterise 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/JPL

Release Date: June 7, 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

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)/Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Date: June 17, 2022

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NASA Astronauts on American Tour

NASA Astronauts on American Tour

NASA astronauts Stephanie Wilson, left, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Tom Marshburn, along with Vice President Kamala Harris watch a video screen as NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station give remarks prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. 

Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn gives remarks prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington.

Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli works with students during a hands-on STEM activity on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. 

Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronaut Megan McArthur speaks to students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.

Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks to students during a visit to Arlington Science Focus Elementary School, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia. 

Photo Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/stephanie-d-wilson/biography/

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli/biography

Astronaut Thomas Marshburn Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/thomas-h-marshburn

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/thomas-h-marshburn/biography

Astronaut Megan McArthur Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/k-megan-mcarthur

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/k-megan-mcarthur/biography

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/robert-shane-kimbrough

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/robert-shane-kimbrough/biography

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