NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Mission Launch | Kennedy Space Center
Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Capture Date: March 14, 2023
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NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Mission Launch | Kennedy Space Center
Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Capture Date: March 14, 2023
Hubble’s Inside The Image: Crab Nebula | NASA Goddard
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken over 1.5 million observations over the years. One of them is the breathtaking Crab Nebula.
With an apparent magnitude of 8.4 and located 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus, the Crab Nebula can be spotted with a small telescope and is best observed in January. The nebula was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731, and later observed by Charles Messier who mistook it for Halley’s Comet. Messier’s observation of the nebula inspired him to create a catalog of celestial objects that might be mistaken for comets.
In this video, Dr. Padi Boyd takes us on a journey through the Nebula, teaching us some of the interesting science behind this famous Hubble image.
Video Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer & Director: James Leigh
Editor: Lucy Lund
Director of Photography: James Ball
Additional Editing & Photography: Matthew Duncan
Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan
Production & Post: Origin Films
Hubble Space Telescope Animation
Credits: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), A. Fujii, Robert Gendler, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Panther Observatory, Steve Cannistra, Michael Pierce, Robert Berrington (Indiana University), Nigel Sharp, Mark Hanna (NOAO)/WIYN/NSF.
Crab Nebula Zoom Visualization
Image Credits: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey, Nick Risinger
Dark Matter Gravitational Lensing Animation
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Duration: 2 minutes, 41 seconds
Release Date: March 16, 2023
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ALMA and its Partners Celebrate 10 Years of Groundbreaking Science | ESO
Happy 10th Anniversary, ALMA! This week marks the tenth anniversary of the world’s largest radio telescope—the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner. Over the past decade, ALMA has revolutionized our understanding of the Universe by revealing new insights into the formation of planets, stars, and galaxies; deciphering the chemistry of the cosmos; and has been a crucial component in obtaining the first images of black holes.
To mark this milestone, ALMA held celebrations with Chilean authorities, ambassadors, representatives of the scientific community and local communities at the observatory site near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on March 13, 2023. The ceremony and an accompanying art performance will be live streamed through ALMA Social Networks and website.
"ALMA has transformed our understanding of the Universe and opened new research frontiers," said Dr Sean Dougherty, Director of ALMA. "We are very proud of the accomplishments of the past decade and excited about the discoveries over the next ten years."
Since its inauguration in 2013, the astronomical community has produced more than 3,000 scientific publications using ALMA data, with groundbreaking discoveries ranging from forming planets and stars to detecting complex organic molecules in the Universe’s early years. One of ALMA’s best-known achievements was its contribution to the Event Horizon Telescope project, which captured the first image of a black hole in the centre of the M87 galaxy and also the one in the center of the Milky Way.
ALMA’s success is due to its cutting-edge technology developed through an international collaboration of 21 countries from North America, Europe, and East Asia. The telescope consists of 66 antennas, spread over 16 kilometres on the Chajnantor plateau of the Chilean Andes, 5,000 meters above sea level. A partnership of ESO, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) operates ALMA, whose observations have provided valuable data to astronomers worldwide to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the Universe.
ESO has been a key stakeholder in the planning and development of ALMA since its inception, most notably providing 25 of the 66 antennas. One of the reasons why ALMA is such a powerful telescope is its ability to change, repositioning its antennas to carry out different astronomical observations. Each antenna weighs over 100 tons, and they are relocated with two enormous transporters provided by ESO, each 20 meters long, 10 meters wide and 6 meters high. Various European institutions collaborated to develop several of ALMA's 10 receivers—the detectors that capture radio waves from space. ESO also provided the ALMA residencia, which offers pleasant living conditions for the staff working temporarily on site in the harsh Atacama Desert. Finally, ESO contributes to the joint operations of the facility with the other partners and acts as the focal point for liaison with the European science community.
“ALMA is an integral part of ESO’s suite of world-leading observatories,” said Xaiver Barcons, ESO Director General. “It complements the Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the most powerful and productive telescopes in the optical range since 25 years, by delivering fantastic science at sub/millimeter wavelengths. ALMA is an excellent example of what we can achieve with international collaboration in science. An endeavour like ALMA would have simply not been possible for one country alone. The many scientific successes ALMA achieved in its first ten years of operation show us that working together is the best way to drive scientific progress worldwide.”
To mark this milestone, ALMA is hosting a series of events during 2023, which kick off today at the observatory site. The participants will renew the "Tribute to Mother Earth" ceremony, performed by a local community leader, and tour the observatory facilities accompanied by scientists and engineers. The day will close with an immersive artistic performance of light and sound. The ceremony and the art performance will be live streamed through ALMA Social Networks and website. A complete list of activities celebrating the first decade can be found on the ALMA website.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Y. Beletsky
Release Date: March 13, 2023
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Mission Success! | NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) | JSC
Mission success! 🚀🌎
NASA's Johnson Space Center: "Our all-women HERA crew has now completed their 45-day simulated space mission to the Mars moon, Phobos. Their work helps NASA study how isolation & confinement affects crew behavior, health, & performance—all without leaving Earth."
Congratulations to Vanesa Gomez Gonzalez, Sandra Herrmann, Kimberly Knish, and Katie Koube!
HERA Crew biographies: http://bit.ly/42enJ3S
What better way to celebrate Women's History Month?
Housed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, HERA enables researchers to study how crew members adjust to isolation, confinement, and remote conditions on Earth before NASA sends astronauts on deep-space missions. To help researchers learn about crew behaviors, the crew carries out various science and maintenance tasks inside HERA, such as analyzing rock samples in a glovebox and testing augmented reality capabilities. Crew members also faced the challenge of increasing communication delays with mission control as they approach Phobos. During this mission simulation, communication delays will last up to ten minutes (five minutes each way).
Insights from how crews perform these tasks and adapt to communication delays will help NASA develop strategies that enable crew members to become more autonomous, work better as a team, and communicate effectively to accomplish mission tasks. Using this data, researchers aim to optimize methods for Artemis missions to the Moon, as well as future journeys to Mars and beyond.
NASA's Human Research Program pursues methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel. Through science conducted in laboratories, ground-based analogs, and the International Space Station, this team scrutinizes how spaceflight affects human bodies and behaviors. Such research drives NASA's quest to innovate ways that keep astronauts healthy and mission-ready as space travel expands to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Learn more about how NASA innovates for the benefit of humanity at:
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Release Date: March 14, 2023
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Recap | International Space Station
New Map Shows Distribution of Water Near Moon's South Pole | NASA Ames
[No Audio] A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon. The new map covers about one-quarter of the Earth-facing side of the lunar surface below 60 degrees latitude and extends to the Moon’s South Pole. In this data visualization, SOFIA’s lunar water observations are indicated using color, with blue representing areas of higher water signal, and brown lower.
Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie Wright
Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: March 15, 2023
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NASA's Artemis III Moon Spacesuit Prototype Design Photos | Axiom Space
Note: Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being used for display purposes only to conceal the suit’s proprietary design.
Axiom Space March 15, 2023 Press Release
Houston, Texas: When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing Axiom Space’s next-generation spacesuit to walk on the lunar surface.
“We’re carrying on NASA’s legacy by designing an advanced spacesuit that will allow astronauts to operate safely and effectively on the Moon,” said Michael T. Suffredini, Axiom Space president and CEO. “Axiom Space’s Artemis III spacesuit will be ready to meet the complex challenges of the lunar south pole and help grow our understanding of the Moon in order to enable a long-term presence there.”
The new Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that was revealed today at Space Center Houston’s Moon 2 Mars Festival is a prototype, with a full fleet of training spacesuits to be delivered to NASA by late this summer. The spacesuit will provide astronauts with advanced capabilities for space exploration while providing NASA commercially developed human systems needed to access, live and work on and around the Moon. The advanced spacesuit ensures astronauts are equipped with high-performing, robust equipment and is designed to accommodate a wide range of crew members.
“Our expert team is ready to provide NASA the next-generation spacesuit,” said Mark Greeley, Axiom Space, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) program manager. “We carefully considered years of lessons learned by NASA and used that experience to build a spacesuit for the Moon and for our future Axiom Space customers.”
Leveraging NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) spacesuit design, the Axiom Space spacesuits are built to provide increased flexibility, greater protection to withstand the harsh environment and specialized tools to accomplish exploration needs and expand scientific opportunities. Using innovative technologies, the new spacesuit will enable exploration of more of the lunar surface than ever before.
Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being used for display purposes only to conceal the suit’s proprietary design. Axiom Space collaborated with costume designer Esther Marquis from the Apple TV+ series, “For All Mankind” to create this custom cover layer using the Axiom Space logo and brand colors.
The development of these next-generation spacesuits by Axiom Space is a significant milestone in furthering American leadership in space exploration and enabling a deeper understanding of the solar system and beyond. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term, sustainable presence and serving as a gateway for future astronaut missions to Mars. Artemis III is scheduled to land near the lunar south pole in 2025.
For more information about Axiom Space and its next-generation spacesuit, visit axiomspace.com/axiom-suit
About Axiom Space
Axiom Space is building history, guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in low-Earth orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home.
Credit: Axiom Space
Release Date: March 15, 2023
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NASA's Artemis III Moon Spacesuit Prototype Design | Axiom Space
"This advanced spacesuit ensures NASA's Artemis astronauts will be equipped with high-performing, robust equipment and it can accommodate a wide range of crew members."
Axiom Space March 15, 2023 Press Release
Houston, Texas: When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing Axiom Space’s next-generation spacesuit to walk on the lunar surface.
“We’re carrying on NASA’s legacy by designing an advanced spacesuit that will allow astronauts to operate safely and effectively on the Moon,” said Michael T. Suffredini, Axiom Space president and CEO. “Axiom Space’s Artemis III spacesuit will be ready to meet the complex challenges of the lunar south pole and help grow our understanding of the Moon in order to enable a long-term presence there.”
The new Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that was revealed today at Space Center Houston’s Moon 2 Mars Festival is a prototype, with a full fleet of training spacesuits to be delivered to NASA by late this summer. The spacesuit will provide astronauts with advanced capabilities for space exploration while providing NASA commercially developed human systems needed to access, live and work on and around the Moon. The advanced spacesuit ensures astronauts are equipped with high-performing, robust equipment and is designed to accommodate a wide range of crew members.
“Our expert team is ready to provide NASA the next-generation spacesuit,” said Mark Greeley, Axiom Space, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) program manager. “We carefully considered years of lessons learned by NASA and used that experience to build a spacesuit for the Moon and for our future Axiom Space customers.”
Leveraging NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) spacesuit design, the Axiom Space spacesuits are built to provide increased flexibility, greater protection to withstand the harsh environment and specialized tools to accomplish exploration needs and expand scientific opportunities. Using innovative technologies, the new spacesuit will enable exploration of more of the lunar surface than ever before.
Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being used for display purposes only to conceal the suit’s proprietary design. Axiom Space collaborated with costume designer Esther Marquis from the Apple TV+ series, “For All Mankind” to create this custom cover layer using the Axiom Space logo and brand colors.
The development of these next-generation spacesuits by Axiom Space is a significant milestone in furthering American leadership in space exploration and enabling a deeper understanding of the solar system and beyond. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term, sustainable presence and serving as a gateway for future astronaut missions to Mars. Artemis III is scheduled to land near the lunar south pole in 2025.
For more information about Axiom Space and its next-generation spacesuit, visit axiomspace.com/axiom-suit
About Axiom Space
Axiom Space is building history, guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in low-Earth orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home.
Credit: Axiom Space
Release Date: March 15, 2023
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Axiom Space Reveals NASA's New Astronaut Moon Spacesuit Design
When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing Axiom Space’s next-generation spacesuit to walk on the lunar surface.
The new Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit will provide astronauts advanced capabilities for space exploration while providing NASA commercially developed human systems needed to access, live and work on and around the Moon. The advanced spacesuits ensure astronauts are equipped with high-performing, robust equipment and are designed to accommodate a wide range of crew members.
Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leader in providing space infrastructure as a service, Axiom offers end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately developing its successor – a permanent commercial destination in Earth’s orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home.
More information about Axiom can be found at www.axiomspace.com.
Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: https://nasa.gov/artemis
Credit: Axiom Space
Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Release Date: March 15, 2023
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NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Mission Launch | Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's uncrewed Dragon spacecraft on top, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida right on time, at 8:30 p.m. EDT on March 14, 2023. Dragon is carrying more than 6,200 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies to the International Space Station.
Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Duration: 2 minutes, 21 seconds
NASA's SpaceX Dragon CRS-27 Resupply Mission | International Space Station
Seen here is a up-close view of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in the vertical position at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 14, 2023, in preparation for the 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the space station, including the final two experiments comprising the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2. SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 8:30 p.m. EDT, carrying over 6,200 lbs. of science, supplies, and food for the international crew.
"This is the Artemis Generation" | NASA
"It is a new era of pioneers, star sailors, and adventurers. The Artemis Generation will go to the Moon to prepare us for Mars."
"We are going."
Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: https://nasa.gov/artemis
Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Duration: 1 minutes, 57 seconds
Release Date: March 14, 2023
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Wolf-Rayet 124—A Star in Transition | James Webb Space Telescope
Space Sparks Episode 10: A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act of a massive star: the supernova.
As one of its first observations in 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 in unprecedented detail. Learn more in this Space Sparks episode.
Video Credits:
Directed by: Bethany Downer
Editing: Nico Bartmann
Web and technical support: Enciso Systems
Written by: Bethany Downer
Footage and photos: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, DSS, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. de Martin (ESA/Webb), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb
Duration: 1 minute, 51 seconds
Release Date: March 14, 2023
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Zoom into Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope
Despite being the scene of an impending stellar ‘death’, astronomers also look to Wolf-Rayet stars for insights into new beginnings. Cosmic dust is forming in the turbulent nebulas surrounding these stars, dust that is composed of the heavy-element building blocks of the modern Universe, including life on Earth.
Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, DSS, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. de Martin (ESA/Webb), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
Release Date: March 14, 2023
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Pan of Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope
This video features one of Webb’s first observations in 2022, the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 in unprecedented detail.
Despite being the scene of an impending stellar ‘death’, astronomers also look to Wolf-Rayet stars for insights into new beginnings. Cosmic dust is forming in the turbulent nebulas surrounding these stars, dust that is composed of the heavy-element building blocks of the modern universe, including life on Earth.
Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Webb ERO Production Team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: March 14, 2023
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Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope
The luminous, hot star Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124) is prominent at the center of the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope’s composite image combining near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths of light. The star displays the characteristic diffraction spikes of Webb’s Near-infrared Camera (NIRCam), caused by the physical structure of the telescope itself. NIRCam effectively balances the brightness of the star with the fainter gas and dust surrounding it, while Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nebula’s structure.
Distance:15,000 light years
Image Description: A large, bright star shines from the center with smaller stars scattered throughout the image. A clumpy cloud of material surrounds the central star, with more material above and below than on the sides, in some places allowing background stars to peek through. The cloud material is yellow closer to the star.
Background stars and galaxies populate the field of view and peek through the nebula of gas and dust that has been ejected from the ageing massive star to span 10 light-years across space. A history of the star’s past episodes of mass loss can be read in the nebula’s structure. Rather than smooth shells, the nebula is formed from random, asymmetric ejections. Bright clumps of gas and dust appear like tadpoles swimming toward the star, their tails streaming out behind them, blown back by the stellar wind.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
Release Date: March 14, 2023