Ax-2 Commander Profile: Former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson | Axiom Space

Ax-2 Commander Profile: Former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson | Axiom Space

The Ax-2 Mission Commander is Axiom Space's Director of Human Spaceflight and retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. During the next ten days, she will extend her record as the American with the most amount of time spent in space! 

Ax-2: The second private mission to the International Space Station

Peggy Whitson's Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/peggy-a-whitson

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/peggy-a-whitson/biography

"The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) astronauts are part of the latest class of space pioneers and Axiom Space's next crew to expand access to the International Space Station (ISS) and low-Earth orbit. Aboard the orbiting laboratory, the four-person, multinational crew will conduct extensive research, investigate novel technologies, and engage with audiences around the world as champions of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. Their efforts will continue to lay the groundwork and establish the key capabilities needed to build out and operate Axiom Station, the world's first commercial space station."

"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

Credit: Axiom Space

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: May 20, 2023

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New Planet Mars Images: May 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

New Planet Mars Images: May 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

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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/Arizona State University/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: May 14-18, 2023

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The Legendary Crab Nebula | Kitt Peak National Observatory

The Legendary Crab Nebula | Kitt Peak National Observatory

The nebula that keeps on giving, the Crab Nebula (Messier 1), is captured here by the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope from Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab. The storied history of this supernova remnant in modern astronomy begins when it was recorded in 1731 by British astronomer John Bevis, who believed it was nothing more than a cloudy blob. It was more than three decades later that French comet hunter Charles Messier clarified that the object was in fact something, and it became the first entry in his catalog of nebulae and star clusters. Then in the early 20th century astronomers connected Messier 1 to a supernova explosion observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054. This made the Crab Nebula the first astronomical object to be connected to a previously observed supernova. 

Distance: 6,500 light years

A pulsar—the ultra-dense, rapidly spinning remnant of a star—inside the Crab Nebula was discovered in 1968 at radio wavelengths. Its presence in the optical part of the spectrum was confirmed a year later by Americans John Cocke and Donald Taylor and British astronomer Michael Disney using the University of Arizona 0.9-meter Spacewatch Telescope at KPNO. The Crab Pulsar then became integral in advancing scientific understanding of supernova remnants. It was the first of its kind to link a historical supernova to a pulsar whose precise age is known.

This image was the last taken with the Mayall telescope before the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) was installed. The Crab Nebula was also the first target for the telescope’s first light in 1973. 

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Release Date: March 15, 2023

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The Artemis II Moon Mission Crew Visits D.C. | This Week @NASA

The Artemis II Moon Mission Crew Visits D.C. | This Week @NASA

Week of May 19, 2023: The Artemis II Moon mission crew visits D.C., another partner to land humans on the Moon, and preparing to get to the heart of “cosmic matter” . . . a few of the stories to tell you about–This Week at NASA!

Video Credits: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

Video Producer, Editor & Narrator: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: May 19, 2023

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NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Discusses Life in Space with Students

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Discusses Life in Space with Students

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview May 18, 2023, with students at the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C. Rubio is in the midst of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions.

Astronaut Frank Rubio’s Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/frank-rubio/biography/

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: 20 minutes

Release Date: May 18, 2023

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Earth's Ice is Melting Faster than Ever | European Space Agency

Earth's Ice is Melting Faster than Ever | European Space Agency

As global temperatures increase, the melting of the massive ice sheets that blanket Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated, making a significant contribution to sea-level rise. In total, Earth is losing around a trillion tonnes of ice each year—which is not being replenished.

Andrew Shepherd of the University of Leeds is a leading climate scientist working with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. Join Andrew as he discusses how long-term satellite observations from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative are key in monitoring changes in ice sheets over decades.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: May 19, 2023

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Sonification of Star V838 Monocerotis Light Echo | NASA Goddard

Sonification of Star V838 Monocerotis Light Echo | NASA Goddard

This data sonification of the star V838 Monocerotis, or V838 Mon, shows two Hubble images taken almost seven months apart. A pulse of light from the central star illuminates clouds of dust and gas surrounding V838 Mon. 

This star is located about 20,000 light-years away, at the outer edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. In this sonification, scientists mapped brightness to pitch and volume, and the surrounding stars are pitched to musical notes.

 

Sonification credits: System Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)

Duration: 46 seconds

Release Date: May 19, 2023

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The Many Layers of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1808 | NOIRLab

The Many Layers of Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1808 | NOIRLab

NGC 1808 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Columba (the dove). This image was captured using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which is mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, in Chile. 

The core of NGC 1808 is thought to house a supermassive black hole, characterized by its accretion of material and higher-than-normal brightness. The smoldering center is closely surrounded by a faint blue ring populated with star clusters and supernova remnants. This region is defined by its starburst activity, producing an exceptional number of hot, bright, young stars.

Distance: 40 million light years

The abundance of rapid star formation is thought to be the result of past tidal interactions with the nearby galaxy NGC 1792. Laced throughout this middle region of NGC 1808 are dark dust lanes resulting from large outflows of hydrogen gas from the galactic nucleus. The softly glowing outer arms surrounding the galaxy are slightly warped, again pointing to tidal interactions with NGC 1792. Such an interaction could have created the asymmetrical shape of NGC 1808 and hurled gas towards the nucleus, igniting the rapid star formation in its surrounding ring.

Image Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Image Processing: R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Release Date: May 17, 2023

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Planet Mars Views: Belva Crater | NASA's Perseverance Rover | JPL

Planet Mars Views: Belva Crater | NASA's Perseverance Rover | JPL

This video presents Belva Crater on Mars viewed through 152 individual images taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover on April 22, 2023. The large boulder seen on the far right of the mosaic is about 20 meters away from Perseverance and is about 1.5 meters in diameter.

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/Arizona State University (ASU)/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Release Date: May 19, 2023

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Mars #RedPlanet #Planet #Astrobiology #Geology #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #IngenuityHelicopter #JezeroCrater #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #JPL #Caltech #ASU #MSSS #UnitedStates #MoonToMars #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's Space to Ground: Springing into Flight | Week of May 19, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Springing into Flight | Week of May 19, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew members continue preparing the International Space Station for the arrival four private astronauts early next week.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (May 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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 17 seconds

Release Date: May 18, 2023

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Planet Jupiter & Moon Io | NASA's Juno Mission | JPL

Planet Jupiter & Moon Io | NASA's Juno Mission | JPL

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Io - PJ51-69

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Jupiter - PJ51-85

Jupiter - PJ51-86

Jupiter has a long history of surprising scientists—all the way back to 1610 when Galileo Galilei found the first moons beyond Earth. This discovery changed the way we see the universe. Fifth in line from the Sun, Jupiter is, by far, the largest planet in the solar system—more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Jupiter's familiar stripes and swirls are actually cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water, floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium.

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains dozens of miles (or kilometers) high. Io is caught in a tug-of-war between Jupiter's massive gravity and the smaller but precisely timed pulls from two neighboring moons that orbit farther from Jupiter—Europa and Ganymede.

Juno Mission Profile

Launched: Aug. 5, 2011

Arrival at Jupiter: July 4, 2016

Goal: Understand origin and evolution of Jupiter, look for solid planetary core, map magnetic field, measure water and ammonia in deep atmosphere, observe auroras.

Learn more about the Juno mission at: www.nasa.gov/juno

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the Juno mission for NASA. The mission's principal investigator is Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The mission is part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, managed at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Release Dates: May 17-18, 2023

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NASA's Espacio a Tierra | Mezcla de dragones: 12 mayo 2023

NASA's Espacio a Tierra | Mezcla de dragones: 12 mayo 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 

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: May 18, 2023

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America’s Future: Commercial Space Destinations | NASA's Johnson Space Center

America’s Future: Commercial Space Destinations | NASA's Johnson Space Center

As NASA transitions from the International Space Station and sets its sights on the Moon, America will enable a new generation of commercial partnerships . . .

Through the Commercial LEO Development Program, NASA is working with industry partners to develop the first generation of commercial space destinations.  

This new orbital economy will allow the U.S. to maintain a continuous human presence in space, while enabling new opportunities for commercial partners—to discover scientific breakthroughs, stimulate commerce, and share the experience of spaceflight for generations to come. 

Learn more about Commercial Destinations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO): https://www.nasa.gov/leo-economy/low-earth-orbit-economy

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 1 minute, 42 seconds

Release Date: May 18, 2023

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Zoom-in to Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 & Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

Zoom-in to Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 & Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of infant stars bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas to illuminate the reflection nebula known as Bernes 149. These contrasting regions make this object a prime target of research on star formation. 

This star-forming nebula is located about 500 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lupus (the Wolf).

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/ T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab)

Image Processing: D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: May 17, 2023

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Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 in Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 in Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of infant stars bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas to illuminate the reflection nebula known as Bernes 149. These contrasting regions make this object a prime target of research on star formation.

This star-forming nebula is located about 500 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lupus (the Wolf).

Video & Image Credits: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/ T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab) Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Bartmann/D. de Martin Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: May 17, 2023

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Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 in Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 in Dark Cloud Lupus 3 | NOIRLab

The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of infant stars bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas to illuminate the reflection nebula known as Bernes 149. These contrasting regions make this object a prime target of research on star formation. This star-forming nebula is located about 500 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lupus (the Wolf).

The clashing of energy and matter can lead to fantastical sites on Earth, such as glowing auroras and powerful lightning displays. The same can be said about space, where energy from bright young stars and protostars floods their surroundings, illuminating vast interstellar clouds of dust and gas to create spectacular objects known as reflection nebulae. 

The two blue stars blazing in the center of the sprawling nebula, known as HR 5999 and HR 6000, illuminate nearby gas and dust, creating the bright blue reflection nebula Bernes 149. These stars grew out of the dark nebula Lupus 3, which stretches like a blanket across the background of stars. This cloud is not just a coal-black cosmic blob, however. It is home to a fleet of infant stars known as T Tauri stars, which will eventually use the material of Lupus 3 to grow into fully fledged stars. 

At the relatively young age of about 1 million years, HR 5999 and HR 6000 are the oldest of the stars in the Lupus 3 region. These stars are pre-main-sequence stars, meaning that despite their brightness, they are not yet powered by nuclear fusion, like our Sun. They are instead powered by gravity, which compresses and heats up the internal matter. These sibling stars have blown away nearby gas and dust, illuminating the remnants and creating the Bernes 149 reflection nebula. 

Lupus 3 is one of at least nine clouds within the massive Lupus cloud complex. Lupus 3 itself stretches across an area of the sky equivalent to about 24 Moon-diameters as seen from Earth. With a whopping 2.2-degree field of view, DECcam can capture massive objects like Lupus 3 in a single image.

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/ T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab)

Image Processing: D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Release Date: May 18, 2023

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