NASA TROPICS Mission: Rocket Lab Electron Launch Preparations | Earth Science
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Friday, April 28, 2023
NASA TROPICS Mission: Rocket Lab Electron Launch Preparations | Earth Science
Large Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth | NOAA
Large Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth | NOAA
On April 21, 2023, a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun, spewing out a burst of plasma that raced toward Earth at nearly two million miles per hour and generated a severe geomagnetic storm (level 4 out of 5 on NOAA’s space weather G- scale) at 3:26 p.m. EDT on April 23.
Credits: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: April 28, 2023
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Zooming in on Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
Zooming in on Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
This video begins with a ground based view of the night sky, before zooming in on dwarf galaxy DDO 68 as the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope sees it.
This ragged collection of stars and gas clouds looks at first glance like a recently-formed galaxy in our own cosmic neighborhood. However, is it really as young as it looks?
Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger
Release Date: Sept. 25, 2014
Acknowledgement: A. Aloisi (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Duration: 1 minute
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Panning across Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
Panning across Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
This video pans over NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope observations of dwarf galaxy DDO 68. This ragged collection of stars and gas clouds looks at first glance like a recently-formed galaxy in our own cosmic neighborhood. However, is it really as young as it looks?
Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA)
Acknowledgement: A. Aloisi (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: September 25, 2014
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Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
Dwarf Galaxy DDO 68 | Hubble
Credit: NASA, ESA
Acknowledgement: A. Aloisi (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Release Date: September 25, 2014
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
Six Examples of Galaxy Mergers | Hubble Space Telescope
Six Examples of Galaxy Mergers | Hubble Space Telescope
This is a montage of six beautiful galaxy mergers. These interactions are a key aspect of galaxy evolution and are among the most spectacular events in the lifetime of a galaxy. The mergers featured in this video include NGC 3256, NGC 1614, NGC 4194, NGC 3690, NGC 6052, and NGC 34.
Credit: ESA/Hubble, N. Bartmann
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: Jan. 7, 2021
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Six Examples of Galaxy Mergers | Hubble Space Telescope
Six Examples of Galaxy Mergers | Hubble Space Telescope
Top left: NGC 3256
This galaxy is about 100 million light-years from Earth and provides an ideal target in which to investigate starbursts that have been triggered by galaxy mergers.
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA
Top Middle: NGC 1614
The galaxy system NGC 1614 has a bright optical center and two clear inner spiral arms that are fairly symmetrical. It also has a spectacular outer structure that consists principally of a large one-sided curved extension of one of these arms to the lower right, and a long, almost straight tail that emerges from the nucleus and crosses the extended arm to the upper right.
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Top Right: NGC 4194
NGC 4194 is also known as the Medusa merger. An early galaxy consumed a smaller gas-rich system, throwing out streams of stars and dust out into space. These streams, seen rising from the top of the merger galaxy, resemble the writhing snakes that Medusa, a monster in ancient Greek mythology, famously had on her head in place of hair, lending the object its intriguing name. The Medusa merger is located about 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear).
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo
Bottom Left: NGC 3690
This system consists of a pair of galaxies, dubbed IC 694 and NGC 3690, which made a close pass some 700 million years ago. As a result of this interaction, the system underwent a fierce burst of star formation. In the last fifteen years or so six supernovae have popped off in the outer reaches of the galaxy, making this system a distinguished supernova factory.
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Bottom Middle: NGC 6052
Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784 by William Herschel and were originally classified as a single irregular galaxy because of their odd shape. However, we now know that NGC 6052 actually consists of two galaxies that are in the process of colliding.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo et al.
Bottom Right: NGC 34
Lying in the constellation Cetus (The Sea Monster), NGC 34’s outer region appears almost translucent, pin pricked with stars and strange wispy tendrils. This image shows the galaxy's bright center, a result of this merging event that has created a burst of new star formation and lit up the surrounding gas. As the galaxies continue to intertwine and become one, NGC 34’s shape will become more like that of a peculiar galaxy, devoid of any distinct shape.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Adamo et al.
Story Credit: NASA & ESA
Release Date: January 7, 2021
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Russian Cosmonauts on Spacewalk | International Space Station
Russian Cosmonauts on Spacewalk | International Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct two spacewalks in May outside the International Space Station to relocate hardware from the Rassvet module to the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Follow Expedition 69 updates here:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
Expedition 69 Crew (April 2023)
Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev
Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg
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)
Release Date: April 26, 2023
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NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission: Launch to Splashdown Highlights
NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission: Launch to Splashdown Highlights
Ride along with NASA’s Orion capsule on the Artemis I mission around the Moon and back.
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a path to the Moon, officially beginning the Artemis I mission. Over the course of 25.5 days, Orion performed two lunar flybys, coming within 80 miles (129 kilometers) of the lunar surface. At its farthest distance during the mission, Orion traveled nearly 270,000 miles (435,000 kilometers) from our home planet. NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 9:40 a.m. PST (12:40 p.m. EST) as the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission.
Artemis I was the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems—the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and the supporting ground systems—and the first in a series of increasingly complex missions at the Moon. Over the course of the flight test, flight controllers tested Orion’s capabilities in the harsh environment of deep space to prepare for flying astronauts on Artemis II. Through Artemis missions, NASA will establish a long-term lunar presence for scientific discovery and prepare for human missions to Mars.
For more information about the Artemis program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii/
Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: April 27, 2023
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NASA Astronaut & Spaceflight Veteran Jessica Watkins on Teamwork
NASA Astronaut & Spaceflight Veteran Jessica Watkins on Teamwork
"In order to be successful as a rugby team, it really requires that everybody comes to the table and relies on each other. Success is not possible without having people really of all different sizes and strengths and skill sets really working together."
"And I think that type of teamwork is really applicable to human spaceflight. Human spaceflight is a team sport as well. And we have so many people with different experiences and expertise that they bring to the table that really allows us to do this hard thing, accomplish this goal of human spaceflight as a concept, but even on an individual everyday basis. Operating the International Space Station requires an entire team of people all coming together with one goal in pursuit of that one mission."
— Jessica Watkins, Astronaut, NASA's Johnson Space Center
Jessica Watkins served as a mission specialist on Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station as part of SpaceX Crew-4.
Jessica Watkins Official Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jessica-watkins/biography
Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Release Date: April 18, 2023
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Planet Mars Images: April 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL
MSL - sol 3808
Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars! (2012-2023)
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
Celebrating 2+ Years on Mars (2021-2023)
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.
Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)
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
Processing: Kevin M. Gill
Image Release Dates: April 25-26, 2023
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China to Build Lunar Research Station during Chang'e-8 Mission | CGTN
China to Build Lunar Research Station during Chang'e-8 Mission | CGTN
China has put forth plans to build an International Lunar Research Station on the moon during its Chang'e-8 mission, with research and development already started. According to the construction plan, the building of the station will be carried out in three phases, with its basic model expected to be completed by around 2030.
Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds
Release Date: April 27, 2023
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Astronauts Alneyadi & Bowen Prepare for Spacewalk | International Space Station
Astronauts Alneyadi & Bowen Prepare for Spacewalk | International Space Station
Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates tries on his spacesuit ahead of a spacewalk
NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen tries on his spacesuit ahead of a spacewalk
NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg prepares a spacesuit for a spacewalk
Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates prepares a spacesuit for a spacewalk
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen prepares a spacesuit for a spacewalk
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio installs the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer
Follow Expedition 69 updates here:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
Expedition 69 Crew (March 2023)
Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev
Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg
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.
Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Image Dates: April 24-26, 2023
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New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions
New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions
An Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine was tested on the Fred Haise Test Stand (formerly A-1 Test Stand) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on April 26 2023, at 18:36 UTC (13:36 CDT, 14:36 EDT). This was the sixth hot fire test in a planned 12-test series of the newly redesigned RS-25 engines that will be used beginning with the Artemis V Mission. The test had a planned duration of 720 seconds with operators conducting the first gimbal test of the current RS-25 certification series.
For information about the Space Launch System, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center
Acknowledgement: SciNews
Duration: 13 minutes
Release Date: April 26, 2023
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NASA's Espacio a Tierra | Haciendo un impacto global: 21 de abril de 2023
NASA's Espacio a Tierra | Haciendo un impacto global: 21 de abril de 2023
Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional.
Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete
Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/
Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Duration: 4 minutes
Release Date: April 26, 2023
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Zooming in on the Black Hole and Jet of Galaxy Messier 87 | ESO
Zooming in on the Black Hole and Jet of Galaxy Messier 87 | ESO
This zoom video starts with a view of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescopes in Chile and zooms in on the heart of the M87 galaxy, showing successively more detailed observations. The final image shows the shadow of the black hole and a powerful jet expelled from it, together for the first time in the same image. The observations were obtained with telescopes from the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA), ALMA, of which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the Greenland Telescope.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., R. Lu and E. Ros (GMVA), S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
Duration: 54 seconds
Release Date: April 26, 2023
#NASA #ESO #Space #Astronomy #Science #Galaxy #Messier87 #M87 #BlackHole #BlackHoleJet #ALMA #RadioTelescopes #NSF #Chile #Europe #Art #Illustration #Infographic #STEM #Education #HD #Video