ispace HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander & Rover Mission | SpaceX

ispace HAKUTO-R M1 Lunar Lander & Rover Mission | SpaceX

ispace Inc.'s HAKUTO-R mission 1 successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The M1 lander will deploy two robotic rovers, a two-wheeled, baseball-sized device from Japan's JAXA space agency and the four-wheeled Rashid explorer made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The M1 lunar lander, made by Japanese company ispace, may become the first commercial lander to reach the moon. In Japanese folklore, the name HAKUTO refers to "the white rabbit that lives on the moon." 

Image Credit: SpaceX

Image Capture Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Departs Asteroid Bennu for Earth | NASA

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Departs Asteroid Bennu for Earth | NASA

This animation shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu, returning to Earth, and dropping off a capsule of pristine material from the asteroid. On September 24, 2023, the sample return capsule will enter Earth’s atmosphere, cross the Western U.S., deploy its parachute, and touch down at the Air Force’s Utah Test and Training Range in the Great Salt Lake Desert. From there, the capsule will be flown to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, where its samples of asteroid Bennu will be curated, distributed, and studied for decades to come.

OSIRIS-REx Mission: 

http://www.asteroidmission.org

Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab/SVS

Duration: 1 minute, 20 seconds

Release Date: Dec. 12, 2022

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Panning across a Cosmic Smokescreen: The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble

Panning across a Cosmic Smokescreen: The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble

A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 6530 is a collection of several thousand stars lying around 4,350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The cluster is set within the larger Lagoon Nebula, a gigantic interstellar cloud of gas and dust. It is the nebula that gives this image its distinctly smokey appearance; clouds of interstellar gas and dust stretch from one side of this image to the other.

Description: Clouds of gas cover the entire view, in a variety of bold colors. In the center the gas is brighter and very textured, resembling dense smoke. Around the edges it is more sparse and faint. Several small, bright blue stars are scattered over the nebula.

Astronomers investigated NGC 6530 using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. They scoured the region in the hope of finding new examples of proplyds, a particular class of illuminated protoplanetary discs surrounding newborn stars. The vast majority of proplyds have been found in only one region, the nearby Orion Nebula. This makes understanding their origin and lifetimes in other astronomical environments challenging.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, European Southern Observatory (ESO), O. De Marco  

Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç  

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date:  Dec. 12, 2022

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Coloring the Night over Chile | NOIRLab

Coloring the Night over Chile | NOIRLab

Looking past Earth’s brightly lit atmosphere, incredibly brilliant and colorful celestial objects exist in the vast expanse of space. The Milky Way is the most conspicuous of these nighttime objects, captured here near Cerro Pachón in Chile, home to several facilities operated by NSF's NOIRLab, including half of the International Gemini Observatory, the SOAR Telescope and Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Milky Way’s luminous disk is partially obscured by the interstellar clouds of dust known as the Great Rift. Some of the rift’s dark nebulae fragments appear to stretch into the nearby neighborhood of nebulae. The small grouping of colors is known as the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, a dynamic bunch made of reflection nebulae, scattering bright blue and yellow hues from nearby stars, and emission nebulae, diffusing the reddish glow of hot hydrogen gas. Hidden among this interstellar complex are the stars Rho Ophiuchi itself and the ‘heart’ of Scorpius, Antares. ‘Above’ this vibrant group is a much larger deep red emission nebula known as Sh2-27, surrounding the star Zeta Ophiuchi.

The diffuse light to the right of the center is the gegenschein, which is caused by sunlight that is scattered back from dust particles in the outer Solar System. The dust that produces the zodiacal light and Gegenschein comes from a variety of sources, including comet tails and asteroid collisions.

This 170-megapixel photo was taken as part of the recent NOIRLab 2022 Photo Expedition to all the NOIRLab sites. 

Credit:

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

Release Date: Dec. 7, 2022

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NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission Highlights

NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission Highlights 

From launch to splashdown, NASA’s Orion spacecraft completed its first deep-space mission with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, west of Baja California, at 9:40 a.m. PST (12:40 p.m. EST) Sunday, December 11, 2022. The record-breaking Artemis mission traveled more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the Moon and returned safely to Earth. Splashdown was the final milestone of the Artemis I Moon mission, which began with a successful liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Nov. 16, from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Over the course of 25.5 days, NASA tested Orion in the harsh environment of deep space before flying astronauts on Artemis II. During the mission, Orion performed two lunar flybys, coming within 80 miles of the lunar surface. At its farthest distance during the mission, Orion traveled nearly 270,000 miles from our home planet, more than 1,000 times farther than where the International Space Station orbits Earth, to intentionally stress systems before flying crew. 

Prior to entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the crew module separated from its service module, which is the spacecraft’s propulsive powerhouse provided by ESA (European Space Agency). During re-entry, Orion endured temperatures of about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, half as hot as the surface of the Sun. Within about 20 minutes, Orion slowed from nearly 25,000 mph to about 20 mph for its parachute-assisted splashdown. During the flight test, Orion stayed in space longer than any spacecraft designed for astronauts without docking to a space station. While in a distant lunar orbit, Orion surpassed the record for distance traveled by a spacecraft designed to carry humans, previously set during Apollo 13.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 24 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Cosmic Smokescreen: The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble Space Telescope

Cosmic Smokescreen: The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble Space Telescope

A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 6530 is a collection of several thousand stars lying around 4,350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The cluster is set within the larger Lagoon Nebula, a gigantic interstellar cloud of gas and dust. It is the nebula that gives this image its distinctly smokey appearance; clouds of interstellar gas and dust stretch from one side of this image to the other.

Image Description: Clouds of gas cover the entire view, in a variety of bold colors. In the center the gas is brighter and very textured, resembling dense smoke. Around the edges it is more sparse and faint. Several small, bright blue stars are scattered over the nebula.

Astronomers investigated NGC 6530 using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. They scoured the region in the hope of finding new examples of proplyds, a particular class of illuminated protoplanetary discs surrounding newborn stars. The vast majority of proplyds have been found in only one region, the nearby Orion Nebula. This makes understanding their origin and lifetimes in other astronomical environments challenging.

Hubble’s ability to observe at infrared wavelengths—particularly with Wide Field Camera 3—have made it an indispensable tool for understanding starbirth and the origin of exoplanetary systems. In particular, Hubble was crucial to investigations of the proplyds around newly born stars in the Orion Nebula. The new NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope’s unprecedented observational capabilities at infrared wavelengths will complement Hubble observations by allowing astronomers to peer through the dusty envelopes around newly born stars and investigate the faintest, earliest stages of starbirth.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, European Southern Observatory (ESO), O. De Marco

Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç

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Replay: NASA Experts Discuss Artemis I Moon Mission Splashdown & Next Steps

Replay: NASA Experts Discuss Artemis I Moon Mission Splashdown & Next Steps

Following the successful splashdown of the Artemis I Moon mission off the coast of California at 12:40 p.m. EST (17:40 UTC) on Dec. 11, 2022, NASA experts discussed next steps for the Orion spacecraft. Orion spent 25.5 days in space and travelled 1.4 million miles (2.3 million km) around the Moon and back after launching aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Nov. 16 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

The Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Ground Systems.

This will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, to develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

Learn more about Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA

Duration: 50 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Orion Spacecraft Recovery | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion Spacecraft Recovery | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission was successfully recovered inside the well deck of the United States Navy's USS Portland on Dec. 11, 2022 off the coast of Baja California. After launching atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Nov. 16, 2022, from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, Orion spent 25.5 days in space before returning to Earth, completing the Artemis I mission.

The Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Ground Systems. 

This will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Orion Spacecraft Recovery & Splashdown | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion Spacecraft Recovery & Splashdown | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion was recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland ship.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Replay: NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean

Replay: NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean

On Dec. 11, 2022, the Artemis I Moon mission concluded with the entry, descent, and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft. After 25.5 days in space, and a 1.3-million-mile (2.1-million-km) journey around the Moon, Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 12:40pm ET (17:40 UTC) on Sunday, Dec. 11. The exploration ground systems recovery team from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, working with the U.S. Navy recovered the spacecraft. 

Live coverage for this event began at 11 a.m. EST (16:00 UTC).

Orion launched aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at 1:47 am EST (06:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, from historic Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

The Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Ground Systems. 

This will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

Learn more: 

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

Credit: NASA

Duration: 4 hours

Release Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Orion Spacecraft Splashdown | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion Spacecraft Splashdown | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland ship.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Orion Prepares for Earth Landing | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion Prepares for Earth Landing | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Flight Day 26: NASA's Orion spacecraft is returning to Earth. Orion is currently less than 10,000 miles/16,000 km away. Traveling at 13,000 mph/21,000 kmh and accelerating.

The Orion spacecraft is on its last day in space with splashdown off the Baja Coast near Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean targeted for 11:39 a.m. CST (12:39 p.m. EST) on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Orion Spacecraft Recovery Practice | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion Spacecraft Recovery Practice | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

NASA's Landing and Recovery Team practices bringing a mock Orion capsule into the well deck of the USS Portland (LPD 27) 

NASA's Landing and Recovery Team practices bringing a mock Orion capsule into the well deck of the USS Portland (LPD 27) 

U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a rigid hull Zodiac boat have attached tether lines to a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

A test version of the Orion crew module floats outside the well deck of the USS San Diego during Orion Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California

NASA's Landing and Recovery Team practices bringing a mock Orion capsule into the well deck of the USS Portland (LPD 27)

NASA and DoD members of the Artemis I recovery team run practice flight operations procedures aboard the USS Portland (LPD 27)

NASA and DoD members of the Artemis I recovery team run practice flight operations procedures aboard the USS Portland (LPD 27)

A colorful sunrise illuminates the water on the second day of Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California

NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and the U.S. Navy conducted a series of tests using the USS San Diego, various watercraft and equipment to practice for recovery of Orion on its return from deep space missions. The testing allowed the team to demonstrate and evaluate recovery processes, procedures, hardware and personnel in open waters. 

Flight Day 26: NASA's Orion spacecraft is returning to Earth. Orion is currently less than 10,000 miles/16,000 km away. Traveling at 13,000 mph/21,000 kmh and accelerating.

The Orion spacecraft is on its last day in space with splashdown off the Baja Coast near Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean targeted for 11:39 a.m. CST (12:39 p.m. EST) on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Oct. 2016-Dec. 9, 2022

Release Date: Dec. 11, 2022

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Space Historian Andy Chaikin Compares NASA's Apollo 17 & Artemis I Missions

Space Historian Andy Chaikin Compares NASA's Apollo 17 & Artemis I Missions

The nearly month-long Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is slated to end on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. On that very day 50 years ago, Dec. 11, 1972, the last Apollo astronauts set foot on the moon. Space historian Andy Chaikin, author of the definitive account of the Apollo missions “A Man on the Moon,” joins Miles O'Brien to discuss the parallels.

Credit: PBS NewsHour

Duration: 7 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 9, 2022

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Orion's Journey Home | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion's Journey Home | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

On flight day 25 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured this photo of the Earth from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays. The spacecraft is now closer to Earth than to the Moon, and will splash down on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

On flight day 25 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured this photo of the Earth from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays.

On flight day 24 of the Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured this black-and-white photo of Earth as a sliver. 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.

On flight day 25 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured this photo of the Moon from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays. 

Flight day 25 of the Artemis I mission: Orion captured this photo of the Moon

Orion looks back at the Moon on flight day 23 of the Artemis I mission, at the time over 180,000 miles away. 

On flight day 25 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured this photo of the Moon from a camera mounted on one of its solar arrays.

Orion looks back at the Moon on flight day 23 of the Artemis I mission, at the time over 180,000 miles away.

The Orion spacecraft is on its last full day in space with splashdown off the Baja Coast near Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean targeted for 11:39 a.m. CST (12:39 p.m. EST) on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Capture Date: Dec. 7, 2022

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Orion's Lunar Flyby: New Moon Views | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

Orion's Lunar Flyby: New Moon Views | NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission

On Dec. 5, 2022, NASA's Orion spacecraft completed its return powered flyby burn, in which the spacecraft harnessed the Moon’s gravity and accelerated back toward Earth. Orion is expected to splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 12:39 p.m. EST (17:30 UTC) on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

Orion launched on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test of our SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground systems for future Artemis missions—which will provide the foundation to send humans to the lunar surface, develop a long-term presence on and around the Moon, and pave the way for humanity to set foot on Mars.

More on Artemis I: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Release Date: Dec. 5, 2022

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