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Friday, September 16, 2022

Planet Saturn: The Farewell | NASA Cassini Mission

Planet Saturn: The Farewell | NASA Cassini Mission

The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017. Cassini's end involved a series of close Saturn passes, approaching within the rings, then an entry into Saturn's atmosphere to destroy the spacecraft. This method was chosen because it is necessary to ensure protection and prevent biological contamination to any of the moons of Saturn thought to offer potential habitability.

For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit: https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and www.nasa.gov/cassini

The Cassini-Huygens mission was a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, managed the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center was based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Processing: Elisabetta Bonora & Marco Faccin

Release Date: September 3, 2022

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Star Formation Region LHA 120-N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Star Formation Region LHA 120-N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. As the Milky Way’s gravity gently tugs on its neighbor’s gas clouds, they collapse to form new stars. In turn, these light up the gas clouds in a kaleidoscope of colors, visible in this image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA)

Acknowledgement: Josh Lake

Release Date: January 17, 2013

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Commemorating an Historic Event for Human Spaceflight | This Week @NASA

Commemorating an Historic Event for Human Spaceflight | This Week @NASA

Week of September 16, 2022: Commemorating an historic event for human spaceflight, an update on plans for Artemis I, and what our Perseverance rover is up to on Mars . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Producer: Andre Valentine

Editor: Shane Apple

Music: Universal Production Music

Credit: NASA

Duration: 4 minutes, 28 seconds

Release Date: September 16, 2022

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Bubbles & Baby Stars in The Large Magellanic Cloud: A Closer Look | Hubble

Bubbles & Baby Stars in The Large Magellanic Cloud: A Closer Look | Hubble

This Hubblecast features a spectacular NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope image—one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region. It highlights N11, part of a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters within our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This region of energetic star formation is one of the most active in the nearby Universe.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble

Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser

Animations: Martin Kornmesser

Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Richard Hook, Colleen Sharkey & Eric Schwartz

Narration: Gaitee Hussain

Additional images: Akira Fujii, Eckhard Slawik & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Directed by: Colleen Sharkey

Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

Duration: 4 minutes, 37 seconds

Release Date: June 22, 2010

Mexico City at Night | International Space Station

Mexico City at Night | International Space Station

Mexico City at night as seen by the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy aboard the International Space Station for her Minerva Mission. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. It is the most populous city in North America.

This image is dedicated to Friends of NASA member Amanda Rodriguez Valdés.

Learn about Samantha's Minerva Mission: https://bit.ly/MissionMinerva

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.

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

Credit: ESA/NASA-S.Cristoforetti

Image Date: June 25, 2022

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"The Tarantula Zone" | James Webb Space Telescope/Hubble/ESO

"The Tarantula Zone" | James Webb Space Telescope/Hubble/ESO

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 180 thousand light-years away, it is the largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The cosmic arachnid sprawls across this magnificent view, an assembly of image data from large space- and ground-based telescopes. Within the Tarantula (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds, and supernova shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars cataloged as R136 energize the nebular glow and shape the spidery filaments.

Around the Tarantula are other star forming regions with young star clusters, filaments, and blown-out bubble-shaped clouds. In fact, the frame includes the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, at lower right. The rich field of view spans about 2 degrees or 4 full moons, in the southern constellation Dorado. If the Tarantula Nebula was closer, say 1,500 light-years distant like the Milky Way's own star forming Orion Nebula, it would take up half the sky.

Image Credit & Copyright: Processing - Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari

Robert Gendler's website: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com

Roberto Colombari's website: https://www.fast-aio.net/tarantula-jwst

Data - Hubble Tarantula Treasury, European Southern Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, Amateur Sources

Release Date: September 16, 2022

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Surveying Star Formation Region N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Surveying Star Formation Region N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

This panning sequence gives a close-up view of the Hubble image of the star forming region LHA 120-N 11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Rich detail can be seen in the clouds of gas and dust and many hot young stars, often in clusters, can be seen.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 36 seconds

Release Date: February 17, 2016

Bubbles & Baby Stars in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Bubbles & Baby Stars in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

This image is one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region. It highlights N11, part of a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters within our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This region of energetic star formation is one of the most active in the nearby Universe.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

Release Date: June 22, 2010

Pan across Star Formation Region N11 | Hubble

Pan across Star Formation Region N11 | Hubble

Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. As the Milky Way's gravity gently tugs on its neighbor's gas clouds, they collapse to form new stars. In turn, these light up the gas clouds in a kaleidoscope of colors.

This video pans across observations of LHA 120-N11, one of these regions of glowing dust and gas with ongoing star formation.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA)

Acknowledgement: Josh Lake

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: January 17, 2013

Zoom into Star Formation Region N11 | Hubble

Zoom into Star Formation Region N11 | Hubble

Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. As the Milky Way's gravity gently tugs on its neighbor's gas clouds, they collapse to form new stars. In turn, these light up the gas clouds in a kaleidoscope of colors.

This video zooms in from a view of the night sky into the Large Magellanic Cloud, and focuses in on part of LHA 120-N11, a region of glowing dust and gas with ongoing star formation.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: January 17, 2013

U.S. & European Astronauts Enjoy Window Views | International Space Station

U.S. & European Astronauts Enjoy Window Views | International Space Station

Astronauts are pictured looking out from cupola windows on the International Space Station's "window to the world." The astronauts use the seven-windowed cupola to monitor the arrival of spacecraft at the orbiting lab and to view the Earth below.

Astronaut Jessica Watkins looks out a cupola window

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy looks out a cupola window

Astronauts Bob Hines & Jessica Watkins look out a cupola window

Astronaut Bob Hines looks out a cupola window

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren looks out a cupola window

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)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: September 12, 2022

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Huge Star Formation Region N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Huge Star Formation Region N11 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

This broad vista of young stars and gas clouds in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). This region is named LHA 120-N 11, informally known as N11, and is one of the most active star formation regions in the nearby Universe. This picture is a mosaic of ACS data from five different positions and covers a region about six arcminutes across.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)

Release Date: June 22, 2010

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NASA's Space to Ground: Windows to the World | Week of Sept. 16, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground: Windows to the World | Week of Sept. 16, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Three cosmonauts are nearing their crew departure after living and working on the space station for six months. Commander Oleg Artemyev staged cargo today for packing inside the Soyuz MS-21 crew ship that has been docked to the Prichal docking module since March 18, 2022. Roscosmos Flight Engineers Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov also kicked off preparations for their ride back to Earth at the end of September.

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)

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 29 seconds

Release Date: September 16, 2022

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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Area | JPL

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Area | JPL

This NASA news briefing provides highlights from the first year-and-a-half of the Perseverance rover’s exploration of Mars. The rover landed in Mars’ Jezero Crater in February 2021 and is collecting samples of rock and other materials from the Martian surface. Perseverance is investigating the sediment-rich ancient river delta in the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater.

Speakers:

• Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters

• Laurie Leshin, JPL director

• Rick Welch, Perseverance deputy project manager, JPL

• Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, Caltech

• Sunanda Sharma, Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) scientist, JPL

• David Shuster, Perseverance returned sample scientist, University of California, Berkeley

Learn more at: https://mars.nasa.gov

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Duration: 1 hour, 17 minutes

Release Date: September 15, 2022

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Zoom on Supernova 1987A in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble/ESO

Zoom on Supernova 1987A in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble/ESO

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have for the first time obtained a three dimensional view of the distribution of the innermost material expelled by a recently exploded star, known as Supernova 1987A (or SN 1987A). The original blast was not only powerful, according to the new results. It was also more concentrated in one particular direction. This is a strong indication that the supernova must have been very turbulent, supporting the most recent computer models.

SN 1987A lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 165,000 light-years from Earth. This video zooms into images of SN 1987A as seen with ESO telescopes, and finally fades into an artist’s impression that shows the different elements present in SN 1987A: two outer rings, one inner ring and the deformed, innermost expelled material.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: November 26, 2015

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Supernova 1987A in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Supernova 1987A in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Image obtained with the European Southern Observatory Schmidt Telescope of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Supernova 1987A is clearly visible as the very bright star in the middle right. At the time of this image, the supernova was visible with the unaided eye from Earth.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: February 24, 2007

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