Our Next International Space Station Crew Rotation Flight | This Week @NASA

Our Next International Space Station Crew Rotation Flight | This Week @NASA

Our next International Space Station crew rotation flight, a launch day simulation for our upcoming Moon mission, and visiting the splashdown recovery crew for Artemis II . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 will carry NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station no earlier than Aug. 17, 2023. 

More on Crew-7: https://go.nasa.gov/471ovnh

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, who will fly to space for the first time, is set to launch aboard a Soyuz rocket no earlier than Sept. 15, 2023, to join the other crew members to conduct science experiments and research aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer, Video Editor, Narrator: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 38 seconds

Release Date: July 28, 2023

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The Northern Jewel Box & Crimson Nebula: NGC 6231& IC 4628 | NOIRLab

The Northern Jewel Box & Crimson Nebula: NGC 6231 & IC 4628 | NOIRLab

The reddish nebulosity toward the top left of the frame is IC 4628. The bright concentrated cluster in the lower right is NGC 6321. This entire region is north of Zeta Scorpii. By the unaided eye, this part of the sky looks like a spray of stars coming from the bend in the scorpion (beneath Antares). NGC 6231 is often referred to as the "Northern Jewel Box."

This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program during 2014 at Kitt Peak Visitor Center.

Credits: Kitt Peak National Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)/Adam Block

Release Date: June 7, 2014

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The Prawn Nebula: Wide-field view | ESO

The Prawn Nebula: Wide-field view | ESO

The glowing jumble of gas clouds visible in this image make up a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula. Taken using the VLT Survey Telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, this may be one of the sharpest pictures ever taken of this object. It shows clumps of hot new-born stars nestled in among the clouds that make up the nebula.

Distance: 6,000 light years

This image also contains information from images of this object taken by Martin Pugh.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Acknowledgement: Martin Pugh

Release Date: September 18, 2013

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Revisiting Mission DreamStar with Barbie & NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron

Revisiting Mission DreamStar with Barbie & NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron

"You Can Be Anything!": Shoot for the stars with Barbie and NASA astronauts! These out-of-this-world role models take you onboard the International Space Station to give you a glimpse of life in space! You’ll see their view from space, how they grow food, and the robots they work and live with. You’ll also learn about the many ways you can be involved in space exploration—shoot for the moon and remember that you can be anything!

The DreamStar science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education project created videos and educational materials highlighting women in space and reinforcing the message, “if you can see it, you can be it.” NASA astronaut Kayla Barron took these photos for us during the Expedition 66 Mission.

NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kayla-barron/biography

Credit: Barbie YouTube Channel/Mattel

Duration: 6 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: April 14, 2022

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Dreamstar Dolls: "Hello Barbie!" | International Space Station

DreamStar Dolls: "Hello Barbie!" | International Space Station

DreamStar dolls float in front of the International Space Station’s cupola window.

DreamStar dolls float in front of Astrobee and Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) aboard the International Space Station.

Mattel DreamStar dolls are pictured floating aboard the International Space Station. The DreamStar science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education project created videos and educational materials highlighting women in space and reinforcing the message, “if you can see it, you can be it.” NASA astronaut Kayla Barron took these photos for us during the Expedition 66 Mission.

NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kayla-barron/biography

Image Credit: NASA Astronaut/Kayla Barron/Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: March 1, 2022

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Hubble & Multiwavelength Astronomy: The Big Picture | NASA Goddard

Hubble & Multiwavelength Astronomy: The Big Picture | NASA Goddard

Until the 20th century, astronomers learned virtually all they knew about sources in the sky from only the tiny fraction of electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the eye. 

However, as astronomers have discovered how to collect radiation outside this part of the spectrum, they have been able to learn much more about the universe. Many objects reveal different aspects of their composition and behavior at different wavelengths. Other objects are completely invisible at one wavelength, yet are clearly visible at another.

In this video, Dr. Padi Boyd explains the exciting future of multiwavelength astronomy and how important Hubble is to exploring the mysteries of the universe.

Credit: 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 

Video Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Animation

Credit: M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble)

Electromagnetic Spectrum Graphic

Credit: NASA GSFC Conceptual Image Lab

James Webb Space Telescope Animation

Credit: NASA GSFC Conceptual Image Lab

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: July 28, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Gearing Up | Week of July 28, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Gearing Up | Week of July 28, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 will carry NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station no earlier than Aug. 17, 2023. 

More on Crew-7: https://go.nasa.gov/471ovnh

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, who will fly to space for the first time, is set to launch aboard a Soyuz rocket no earlier than Sept. 15, 2023, to join the other crew members to conduct science experiments and research aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

Release Date: July 28, 2023 

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Fires Blaze Across the Western U.S. | NOAA Weather Satellites

Fires Blaze Across the Western U.S. | NOAA Weather Satellites

As record-breaking heat continues to scorch parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, NOAA satellites are monitoring fires in the western U.S., which are sending plumes of smoke into the atmosphere.

As of July 26, 2023, a total of 39 large fires have burned 201,637 acres in nine states, including Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, California, Texas, Montana, and Washington. 

Credits: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Duration: 1 minute, 42 seconds

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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The Taurus Molecular Cloud: Wide-field view | ESO

The Taurus Molecular Cloud: Wide-field view | ESO

This image shows a wide-field view of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, about 430 light-years from Earth. Its relative closeness makes it an ideal place to study the formation of stars. Many dark clouds of obscuring dust are clearly visible against the background stars.

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2023

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Zooming to Taurus Molecular Cloud—Star Formation Region | ESO

Zooming to Taurus Molecular Cloud—Star Formation Region | ESO

The Taurus molecular cloud (TMC-1) is an interstellar molecular cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga. This cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed stars. The Taurus molecular cloud is only ~430 light years away from Earth, making it possibly the nearest large star formation region. It has been important in star formation studies at all wavelengths.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 52 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2012

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Taurus Molecular Cloud: Star Formation Region | ESO

Taurus Molecular Cloud: Star Formation Region | ESO

The Taurus molecular cloud (TMC-1) is an interstellar molecular cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga. This cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed stars. The Taurus molecular cloud is only ~430 light years away from Earth, making it possibly the nearest large star formation region. It has been important in star formation studies at all wavelengths.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2012

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

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

Mars 2020 - sol 862

Mars 2020 - sol 859

Mars 2020 - sol 857

MSL - sol 3892

Mars 2020 - sol 851

Mars 2020 - sol 257

Mars 2020 - sol 293

MSL - sol 3892

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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

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: July 15-24, 2023

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NASA Artemis II Spacecraft Moon Mission Recovery Test in Pacific Ocean

NASA Artemis II Spacecraft Moon Mission Recovery Test in Pacific Ocean

The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10).

Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team load a mannequin into the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test 10 in the Pacific Ocean. 

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Expeditionary Support Unit 1 prepare to enter the Pacific Ocean from the well deck of USS John P Murtha

The Artemis II Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10). The CMTA is a full-scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft and is used by NASA and its Department of Defense partners to practice recovery procedures for crewed Artemis missions. URT-10 is the first test specifically in support of the Artemis II mission and allowed the team to practice what it will be like to recover astronauts and get them back to the recovery ship safely.

Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Learn more about Artemis II:

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

Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Location: Pacific Ocean, USS John P. Murtha

Image Date: July 26, 2023

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2023 Student Rocket Launch Highlights | United Launch Alliance

2023 Student Rocket Launch Highlights | United Launch Alliance

The 2023 Student Rocket Launch took place on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Hudson Ranch Rocket Launch Site in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. Summer interns at many United Launch Alliance (ULA) sites have the option to design, build, refurbish and launch sport rockets. The tradition began in Colorado and branched out to interns across the company supporting multi-year rocket projects. Now, volunteer interns and mentors build rockets at their own sites—a hands-on opportunity to work with hardware and get to know more experienced industry professionals.

Interns of all backgrounds, experience levels and job function can participate—mentors work with everyone to create safe, hands-on experiences for everyone.

Learn more:

https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/intern-rockets

Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Duration: 1 minute, 28 seconds

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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"Star Stuff": Where Elements in Our Bodies Come From | ESO

"Star Stuff": Where Elements in Our Bodies Come From | ESO

Chasing Starlight Episode 3: You have probably heard that "We are made of star stuff." This phrase was coined by American astronomer, Carl Sagan, fifty years ago and has since made it into pop culture. Is it really true? And what does it mean? In this episode, you will discover where and how the elements in the human body were born.

00:00 Introduction

01:21 The Big Bang: Hydrogen

02:23 A Star is Born

03:38 The Beginning of the End: Carbon and Oxygen

04:31 Making Stardust

06:19 Enriching Ending: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Calcium

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 8 minutes

Release Date: July 27, 2023

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #CarlSagan #History #Starstuff #Stardust #Carbon #Oxygen #Astrobiology #Biology #Sun #Earth #Humans #HumanBiology #SolarSystem #Cosmos #Universe #Astronomers #SuzannaRandall #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #Chile #SouthAmerica #Europe #STEM #Education #ChasingStarlightSeries #HD #Video

Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting "The Hiccups" | NASA Goddard

Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting "The Hiccups" | NASA Goddard

A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star about 32 light years away in the constellation Microscopium is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere—causing it to puff off the planet.

However, during one orbit observed with the Hubble Space Telescope, the planet looked like it was not losing any material at all, while an orbit observed with Hubble a year and a half later showed clear signs of atmospheric loss.

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Cassandra Morris: Narrator

Animation Credit:

Light interacting with atmosphere: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Escaping atmosphere of an exoplanet: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser

Planet orbiting a red dwarf star (artist's impression): ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser)

Red Dwarf Flare Star (Artist's Illustration): NASA, ESA, and D. Player (STScI)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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