DART Planetary Defense Test Results | This Week @NASA

 DART Planetary Defense Test Results | This Week @NASA

Week of October 14, 2022: The results of our DART planetary defense test, astronauts return safely from the International Space Station, and more imagery from the Webb Space Telescope . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credits: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Andre Valentine

Editor: Sonnet Apple

Music: Universal Production Music

Duration: 1 minute, 52 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Return Safely to Earth | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Return Safely to Earth | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins

ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren

NASA Astronaut Robert Hines

SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft lands

NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on October 14, 2022, at 4:55 p.m. EDT after 170 days in space.

Teams on the Megan recovery ship, including two fast boats, now are in the process of securing Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams complete their work, the recovery ship will move into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck of Megan with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew will be taken out of the spacecraft and receive medical checks before a helicopter ride to Jacksonville to board a plane for Houston.

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/Bill Ingalls

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Splashdown in Alantic Ocean off Florida

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Landing

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, left, Robert Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan

SpaceX recovery ship Megan in the Atlantic Ocean

SpaceX fast boat teams in the Atlantic Ocean

NASA, ESA, and SpaceX support teams board a helicopter

NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on October 14, 2022, at 4:55 p.m. EDT after 170 days in space.

Teams on the Megan recovery ship, including two fast boats, now are in the process of securing Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams complete their work, the recovery ship will move into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck of Megan with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew will be taken out of the spacecraft and receive medical checks before a helicopter ride to Jacksonville to board a plane for Houston.

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/Bill Ingalls

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on October 14, 2022, at 4:55 p.m. EDT after 170 days in space.

Teams on the Megan recovery ship, including two fast boats, now are in the process of securing Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams complete their work, the recovery ship will move into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck of Megan with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew will be taken out of the spacecraft and receive medical checks before a helicopter ride to Jacksonville to board a plane for Houston.

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/SpaceX

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin | NASA Ames

Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin | NASA Ames

A new NASA and Durham University simulation puts forth a different theory of the Moon’s origin—the Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact. The simulations used in this research are some of the most detailed of their kind, operating at the highest resolution of any simulation run to study the Moon’s origins or other giant impacts. 

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/lunar-origins-simulations

Credit: NASA/ Durham University/Jacob Kegerreis 

Duration: 1 minute, 50 seconds

Release Date: October 4, 2022

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Explore Eight New Galleries at the National Air and Space Museum (USA)

Explore Eight New Galleries at the National Air and Space Museum (USA)

"Think you’ve checked the National Air and Space Museum off of your must-see list? Think again. We have just opened brand-new exhibitions at our location on the National Mall in Washington, DC, that are must-sees for anyone who thinks aviation and space are cool—no matter how many times you’ve visited before."

Destination Moon Exhibit: 

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/destination-moon

Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery 

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/griffin-exploring-planets

One World Connected

https://airandspace.si.edu/whats-on/exhibitions/one-world-connected

Learn more: https://airandspace.si.edu

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Credit: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Duration: 2 minutes, 11 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Undocking & Departure | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Undocking & Departure | International Space Station

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy inside undocked from the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 12:05 p.m. EDT to complete a nearly six-month science mission.

NASA will continue to provide live coverage until Freedom splashes down at approximately 4:55 p.m. EDT near Jacksonville off the coast of Florida and the Crew-4 astronauts are recovered.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission launched Apr. 27, 2022, on a Falcon 9 rocket from the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the International Space Station later the same day.

Dragon’s hatch closing, undocking, and splashdown coverage is airing live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA also will host an audio-only post-splashdown news teleconference. 

Follow all live events at: https://www.nasa.gov/live

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/SpaceX

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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SpaceX Crew-4 Dragon Hatch Closure | International Space Station

SpaceX Crew-4 Dragon Hatch Closure | International Space Station

At 10:20 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, the hatch closed between the Dragon Freedom spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as  European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy.

Crew-4 is SpaceX’s fourth operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). The “Freedom” Crew Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously undock and depart the International Space Station on October 14, 2022, at 15:35 UTC (11:35 EDT).

Dragon’s hatch closing, undocking, and splashdown coverage is airing live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA also will host an audio-only post-splashdown news teleconference. 

Follow all live events at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

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/SpaceX

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 3 minutes, 49 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Will Slingshot Around Earth | Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Will Slingshot Around Earth | Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA’s Lucy Mission is heading to the Jupiter Trojans—two swarms of primitive asteroids trapped in Jupiter’s orbit that may hold clues to the formation of the planets. Lucy launched on October 16, 2021. After a year in orbit around the Sun, it is returning home on its launch anniversary for the first of three Earth gravity assists. On October 16, 2022, Lucy will fly by the Earth like a partner in a swing dance, boosting its speed and elongating its orbit around the Sun. At 7:04 am, Eastern Time, Lucy will make its closest approach at just 219 miles above the planet: lower than the International Space Station. This exceptionally close shave will increase its velocity by four-and-a-half miles per second, setting Lucy on track to gain even more speed when it returns to Earth for its second gravity assist in December 2024.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/main/index

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

Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle): Producer

Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Visualizer

Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Lead Animator

Jenny McElligott (AIMM): Animator

Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator

Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator

Katherine Kretke (SwRI): Support

Ernie Wright (USRA): Support

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support

Duration: 3 minutes, 21 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Marks Last Days on International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Marks Last Days on International Space Station

Astronaut Jessica Watkins is pictured eating a meal

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works on a laptop computer

Astronaut Bob Hines is pictured looking at the Earth below

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren signs his name on the Harmony module

Astronaut Bob Hines signs his name on the Harmony module

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti signs her name on the Harmony module

Astronaut Jessica Watkins signs her name on the Harmony module

The aurora australis intersects Earth's atmospheric glow

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 11:35 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, for the agency’s Crew-4 undocking from the International Space Station to begin their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit. Splashdown is targeted several hours later at approximately 4:50 p.m. off the coast of Florida. 

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the Crew-4 mission with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy.

Dragon’s hatch closing, undocking, and splashdown coverage will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA also will host an audio only post-splashdown news teleconference. 

Follow all live events at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

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 Dates: October 2-10, 2022

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NASA's Space to Ground: A Full House | Week of Oct. 14, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground: A Full House | Week of Oct. 14, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 11:35 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, for the agency’s Crew-4 undocking from the International Space Station to begin their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit. Splashdown is targeted several hours later at approximately 4:50 p.m. off the coast of Florida. 

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the Crew-4 mission with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

Dragon’s hatch closing, undocking, and splashdown coverage will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA also will host an audio only post-splashdown news teleconference. 

Follow all live events at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

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)

Duration: 2 minutes, 11 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2022

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Chinese Astronaut Liu Yang Shows Progress of Plant Growth | China Space Station

Chinese Astronaut Liu Yang Shows Progress of Plant Growth | China Space Station

How does rice grow in space? Astronaut Liu Yang in China's space station shows the progress of plant growth in the new Wentian lab module, during a livestreamed science class to students on Earth. 

Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 is her second space mission.

Credit: GLOBALink/New China TV

Duration: 55 seconds

Release Date: October 12, 2022

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Our Sun: A Strong X1 Solar Flare | NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

Our Sun: A Strong X1 Solar Flare | NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Sun released an X1 solar flare, a powerful burst of energy, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Oct. 2, 2022. X-class are the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. For instance, an X1 flare is half as strong as an X2. While solar flares can affect radio communications, power grids, and navigation signals, harmful radiation from a solar flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground. By studying flares and how they affect our planet and nearby space, the SDO helps us to better prepare for and mitigate these potential disruptions.

Image Description:

The Sun is gold with a mottled, swirling surface. Glowing particles burst out from the edge on the lower right and most of the upper left against the black background of space.

Learn more about solar flares:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/2022/06/10/solar-flares-faqs/

Image Credit: NASA/SDO

Release Date: October 11, 2022

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Pair of Interacting Stars Create Concentric Rings of Dust | NOIRLab

Pair of Interacting Stars Create Concentric Rings of Dust | NOIRLab

Ryan Lau, an astronomer at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, has led some of the first observations with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, finding at least 17 rings of dust emanating from a binary star system. The new data show that the dust is rich in carbon and seems to be surviving to seed space far beyond its parent star with heavy elements, meaning it could play a role in the formation of later stars and planets.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech; NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Duration: 1 minute, 24 seconds

Release Date: October 13, 2022

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NASA Explorers: The Moon's South Pole

NASA Explorers: The Moon's South Pole

Season 5, Episode 4: When Artemis astronauts land on the Moon, they will travel to sites never before visited by humans. Namely, they will explore the South Pole region, home to the Moon’s largest crater, areas of near-constant light and deep shadows, and some of the coldest temperatures in the solar system.

Exploring the South Pole will teach us more about the Moon’s history, as well as the history of our solar system. It is home to frozen water, which is crucial for living sustainably on the lunar surface and exploring deeper into the solar system.

Artemis astronauts will explore the Moon on behalf of all of us and bring back lunar rocks and soil for analyses by generations of scientists who will help us gain unimaginable insights into our cosmic history.  

Series Executive Producers: Katy Mersmann/Lauren Ward 

Season Producers: Lonnie Shekhtman/Stephanie Sipila/James Tralie/Molly Wasser 

Explorers: Jose Aponte/Natalie Curran/Julie Mitchell/Adam Naids/Noah Petro/Kelsey Young/Jessica Watkins

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 10 minutes, 47 seconds

Release Date: October 12, 2022

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SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon Endurance Approaches International Space Station

SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon Endurance Approaches International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon Endurance and the waxing gibbous Moon

SpaceX Dragon Endurance and the waxing gibbous Moon

SpaceX Dragon Endurance and the Earth's horizon

SpaceX Dragon Endurance above Pacific Ocean

SpaceX Dragon Endurance approaches International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon Endurance approaches International Space Station

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) arrived at the International Space Station Thursday Oct. 6, 2022, as the SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the complex at 5:01 p.m. EDT while the spacecraft were flying 258 miles above the west coast of Africa.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Kjell Lindgren

Capture Date: October 6, 2022

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