NASA's Space to Ground: It's a Feast | Week of Nov. 25, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground: It's a Feast | Week of Nov. 25, 2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Four Expedition 68 astronauts will relax on Thanksgiving Day as three cosmonauts continue preparing for a spacewalk on Friday. The International Space Station residents are also expecting a space delivery this weekend bringing new roll-out solar arrays and science experiments.

Happy Thanksgiving from the International Space Station!

Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions. 

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 9 minutes, 21 seconds

Release Date: November 22, 2022

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Happy Thanksgiving from the International Space Station!

Happy Thanksgiving from the International Space Station!

Check in with NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata to learn more about what the holiday means to them—and get a look at what Thanksgiving in space is like!

Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions. 

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 1 minute, 24 seconds

Release Date: November 21, 2022

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NASA's Artemis I Orion: NAVCAM "Low-res Black & White" Moon Images

NASA's Artemis I Orion: NAVCAM "Low-res Black & White" Moon Images

On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the Moon below. Orion uses the optical navigation camera to capture imagery of the Earth and the Moon at different phases and distances, providing an enhanced body of data to certify its effectiveness under different lighting conditions as a way to help orient the spacecraft on future missions with crew.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2022 

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NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission: All Access | Episode 2 | JSC

NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission: All Access | Episode 2 | JSC

Artemis All Access - Episode 2: On the eighth day of its mission, Nov. 23, 2022, Orion continues to travel farther away from the Moon as it prepares to enter a distant retrograde orbit. The orbit is “distant” in the sense that it is at a high altitude from the surface of the Moon, and it is “retrograde” because Orion will travel around the Moon opposite the direction the Moon travels around Earth.  

Orion exited the gravitational sphere of influence of the Moon Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 9:49 p.m. CST at a lunar altitude of 39,993 miles. The spacecraft will reach its farthest distance from the Moon Friday, Nov. 25, just before performing the next major burn to enter the orbit. The distant retrograde orbit insertion burn is the second in a pair of maneuvers required to propel Orion into the highly stable orbit that requires minimal fuel consumption while traveling around the Moon.   

Artemis All Access is your look at the latest in Artemis I, the people and technology behind the mission, and what is coming up next. This uncrewed flight test around the Moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.  

Live coverage of major events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at www.nasa.gov/live 

Learn more about the mission and track the Orion Spacecraft’s current position at www.nasa.gov/trackartemis/ 

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: November 23, 2022

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Are There Rivers and Lakes on Other Worlds? We Asked a NASA Scientist

Are There Rivers and Lakes on Other Worlds? We Asked a NASA Scientist

Are there rivers and lakes on other worlds? You bet. Just like Earth, Saturn’s moon Titan is home to these fairly unique features, except these lakes and rivers aren’t filled with water. Dr. Sarah Hörst spills the science tea: https://go.nasa.gov/2QzAAIt

Credit: NASA

Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde

Editor: Matthew Schara

Duration: 1 minute, 13 seconds

Release Date: November 23, 2022

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Leaving Earth for The Moon: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft

Leaving Earth for The Moon: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft

The Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft launched at 1:47am EST from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B on November 16, 2022. This is an uncrewed flight test that will demonstrate the ability of the SLS rocket to safely carry the Orion spacecraft around the Moon and its return and recovery to Earth for the agency’s Artemis Program. Orion is completing a 25-day test flight of all key systems as part of the Artemis I mission. 

Artemis I will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Pipplo IMP

Duration: 1 minute, 32 seconds

Image Date: November 21, 2022

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Sunset over Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

Sunset over Atlantic Ocean | International Space Station

The sun's last rays illuminate Earth's thin atmosphere during an orbital sunset in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Atlantic Ocean.

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Nov. 18, 2022

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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59: Jet Engine Installed | NASA Armstrong

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59: Jet Engine Installed | NASA Armstrong

The engine that will power NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 in flight is installed, marking a major milestone in the experimental aircraft’s journey toward first flight. The installation of the F414-GE-100 engine at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility brings the vehicle close to the completion of its assembly, with NASA targeting flight in 2023. The engine packs 22,000 pounds of propulsion energy, and will power the X-59 in flight at speeds up to Mach 1.4, and altitudes up to 55,000 feet. The X-59 is designed to reduce the intensity of sonic booms, which occur when an aircraft flies at supersonic speeds, or, faster than the speed of sound.

For more information about NASA's quiet supersonic mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/Quesst

Credit: Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 12 seconds

Release Date: November 22, 2022

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New Earth Rise View | NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft

New Earth Rise View | NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft

Earth rises from behind the Moon in this video captured by a camera on one of Orion’s solar array wings. The video was taken at 8:05 a.m. EST on flight day six of the 25.5 day Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, shortly after the outbound powered flyby and six minutes after the spacecraft regained connection with NASA’s Deep Space Network.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 22 seconds

Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2022

Release Date: Nov. 22, 2022

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Dust & Drama in The Orion Nebula | JPL

Dust & Drama in The Orion Nebula | JPL

Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and European Space Agency (ESA ) telescopes The image shows infrared light, or wavelengths that the human eye cannot see. Stars radiate little or no light in these wavelengths, so the image shows only dust. 

The blue light indicates warm dust, heated by radiation from large, bright stars that can release up to one million times more light than our Sun. All that radiation breaks apart dust grains and carves out cavities, like the two blue “bubbles” in the image. Much of the remaining dust is then swept away by winds from the stars or when the stars die explosive deaths as supernovae.

Around the edge of the two cavernous regions, the dust that appears green is slightly cooler. Red indicates cold dust that reaches temperatures of about minus 440 Fahrenheit (minus 260 Celsius). A cold ribbon of dust starts near the bottom right of the image and threads throughout the nebula. Red and orange filaments like these are where dust condenses and forms new stars. Over time, these filaments may produce new giant stars that will once again reshape the region. 

These images were captured by the now-retired Herschel Space Telescope, an ESA observatory, NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, and NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which now operates under the moniker NEOWISE. Spitzer and WISE were both managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech, in Southern California.

For more information about NASA’s Spitzer mission, go to:

https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/project/spitzer

For more information about WISE, go to:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: November 21, 2022

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NASA's Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers: New Nov. 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers: New Nov. 2022 Images | JPL

Mars2020 - sol 622 - Mastcam-Z

MSL - sol 3658 - MastCam

MSL - sol 3658 - MastCam

MSL - sol 3658 - MastCam

MSL - sol 3658 - MAHLI - White Balanced

MSL - sol 3658 - MAHLI - White Balanced

MSL - sol 3658 - MAHLI - White Balanced

MSL - sol 3658 - MAHLI - White Balanced

Celebrating 10 Years on Mars! (2012-2022)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

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

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

Image Release Dates: Nov. 20-22, 2022

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'Listen' to the Light Echoes from a Black Hole | NASA Chandra's X-ray Observatory

'Listen' to the Light Echoes from a Black Hole | NASA Chandra's X-ray Observatory

A new sonification turns X-ray “light echoes” from a black hole into sound.

Rings of X-rays seen by NASA’s Chandra and Swift observatories show the echoes.

Material around a black hole can generate bursts of X-rays.

The X-rays reflect off clouds of gas and dust like beams from headlights can in fog.

Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/U.Wisc-Madison/S. Heinz et al.; Swift: NASA/Swift/Univ. of Leicester/A. Beardmore; Optical: DSS; Sonification: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: November 21, 2022

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Earthrise: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft After Moon Flyby

Earthrise: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft After Moon Flyby

The Moon is in total darkness on the right hand-side of the screen. The Earth emerges from beyond the Moon's limb. The Earth is seen rising from behind the shadowed surface of the Moon in this video taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. 

The spacecraft had just successfully executed the Outbound Powered Flyby maneuver which brought it within 80 miles of the lunar surface, the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, making the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 7 minutes, 37 seconds

Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2022

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NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Approaching The Moon

NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Approaching The Moon

Artemis I, Flight Day 5, Nov. 21, 2022: Orion spacecraft takes a selfie while approaching the Moon ahead of the outbound powered flyby—a burn of Orion's main engine that gets us into lunar orbit. During this maneuver Orion came within 81 miles of the lunar surface.

The spacecraft was preparing for the Outbound Powered Flyby (OPF) maneuver which would bring it within 80 miles of the lunar surface, the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, making the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Nov. 21, 2022

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Earthset: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Prepares for Moon Flyby

Earthset: NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Prepares for Moon Flyby

The Earth is seen setting from the far side of the Moon just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this video taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Nov. 21, 2022, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. The spacecraft was preparing for the Outbound Powered Flyby (OPF) maneuver which would bring it within 80 miles of the lunar surface, the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, making the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 10 minutes

Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2022

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NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Approaching The Moon

NASA's Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Approaching The Moon

A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in these images taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission on Nov. 21, 2022, by a camera on the tip of one of Orion's solar arrays. Orion came within 80 miles of the lunar surface—the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission—before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon.

The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 making the Moon instead of Earth the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.  

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration. It will demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. Orion is completing a 25-day test of all key systems. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Capture Date: Nov. 21, 2022

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