The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros: Wide-field view

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros: Wide-field view

Leonardo Orazi: "The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers . . . This view seemed most appropriate, with a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas in the region included in the composition. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter."

Image Details:

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII F/5 530mm. - APO Refractor

Camera: Moravian C3-61000 Pro

Image Credit & Copyright: Leonardo Orazi

Leonardo's Website: 

https://www.starkeeper.it/index.htm

Image Date: Sept. 5, 2022 

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station | This Week @NASA 

Week of August 4, 2023: A commercial resupply mission heads to the International Space Station, a key piece of hardware for a future Moon mission is on the move, and another spacecraft gets ready to spread its wings in deep space . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft installation at the International Space Station is now complete. Cygnus, carrying over 8,200 pounds of cargo and science experiments, launched atop the company’s Antares rocket at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At 5:52 a.m., NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, along with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio as backup, captured Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.

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.

For more information about NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission go to: nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu

Learn more about the Artemis II Moon Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii 

Learn more about SLS: nasa.gov/sls

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer: Andre Valentine

Video Editor: Andre Valentine

Narrator: Andre Valentine

Music: Universal Production Music

Duration: 2 minutes, 35 seconds

Release Date: August 4, 2023

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Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre mundos oceánicos | NASA en Español

Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre mundos oceánicos | NASA en Español

Nuestro planeta es un mundo grande y hermoso que está lleno de agua. Y eso es bueno porque toda la vida tal como la conocemos necesita H20 para existir.  Pero, ¿sabías que existen vastos océanos de agua líquida en otros mundos de nuestro sistema solar? Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre los mundos oceánicos.

Credit: NASA en Español/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 13 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 4, 2023

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Panning across Planetary Nebula CVMP 1 in Circinus | NOIRLab

Panning across Planetary Nebula CVMP 1 in Circinus | NOIRLab

A twenty-second video pan out from the core of the planetary nebula CVMP 1. The international Gemini Observatory composite color image of the planetary nebula CVMP 1 was captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini South Telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile. CVMP 1 formed as the result of a massive star throwing off its outer layers at the end of its life.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Duration: 25 seconds

Release Date: June 26, 2023

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Planetary Nebula CVMP 1 in Circinus | Gemini South Telescope

Planetary Nebula CVMP 1 in Circinus | Gemini South Telescope

The international Gemini Observatory composite color image of the planetary nebula CVMP 1 captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile. CVMP 1 formed as the result of a massive star throwing off its outer layers at the end of its life.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Release Date: Feb. 20, 2020

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Planet Mars: Circular Sand Dunes | NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Planet Mars: Circular Sand Dunes | NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example, the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual. 

Black and white images are 5 km across; enhanced color images are 1 km.

Latitude (centered)

42.505°

Longitude (East)

67.076°

Spacecraft altitude

298.2 km (185.3 miles)

The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

“For 17 years, MRO has been revealing Mars to us as no one had seen it before,” said the mission’s project scientist, Rich Zurek of JPL.

Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Image Date: Nov. 22, 2022

Narration: Tre Gibbs

Duration: 54 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 4, 2023

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Recientemente: Nuestro próximo vuelo de la tripulación de la estación espacial

Recientemente: Nuestro próximo vuelo de la tripulación de la estación espacial

Recientemente en la NASA, la versión en español de las cápsulas This Week at NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la NASA. 

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: 2 minutes, 19 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 4, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Deep Dive | Week of Aug. 4, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Deep Dive | Week of Aug. 4, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft installation at the International Space Station is now complete. Cygnus, carrying over 8,200 pounds of cargo and science experiments, launched atop the company’s Antares rocket at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At 5:52 a.m., NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg, along with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio as backup, captured Cygnus using the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Highlights of space station research facilitated by delivery aboard this Cygnus are:

- The final iteration of a series of spacecraft fire protection experiments

- A new potable water dispenserthat provides hot water and improved sanitization

- Neural cellsthat will be cultured into 3D cell models for gene therapy testing

- A probethat measures plasma density of the upper atmosphere

- A memory cardthat contains creative works from students around the world

Cygnus will remain at the space station until October before it departs for a destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.

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)

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: Aug. 3, 2023

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China's Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing in 2029 | Dongfang Hour

China's Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing in 2029 | Dongfang Hour

China has revealed plans to land two Chinese astronauts on the lunar surface by 2030, and is currently developing a heavy lift rocket, a crewed spacecraft, and a lunar lander to support this mission.

In this episode, we do a deep dive into the space hardware, the timelines, as well as a comparison with Apollo and Artemis.

The coming decade is going to be packed with lunar activity, both crewed and uncrewed!

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00:00 Introduction

00:50 China's robotic exploration program (Chang'e)

02:12 Crewed lunar exploration: early plans

03:44 Crewed lunar landing in 2029 (the Long March 10, NGCS, and lunar module)

07:00 Ground News

08:16 Mission profile (step-by-step)

10:27 Comparison with Apollo and Artemis

12:24 The timeline!

Video Credit: DongfangHour/Jean Deville

Visual Credits: NASA, ESA, CMSA, CNSA, CALT, CASC, DSEL, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin

Duration: 14 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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How NASA Uses Gravity and Radio Waves to Study Planets and Moons

How NASA Uses Gravity and Radio Waves to Study Planets and Moons

The Deep Space Network, NASA’s international collection of giant radio antennas used to communicate with spacecraft at the Moon and beyond, helps scientists and engineers use gravity and radio science experiments to learn more about our planetary neighborhood.

After reaching a spacecraft reaches its destination, it uses radio antennas to communicate with the Deep Space Network, which in turn transmits radio signals back to the spacecraft. Every spacecraft travels in a predetermined path emitting radio signals as it orbits around its target. Scientists and engineers can infer the spacecraft's location and how fast it's going by measuring changes in the spacecraft's radio signal frequency. This is made possible by the Doppler effect, the same phenomenon that causes a siren to sound different as it travels towards and away from you. 

The Doppler phenomenon is observed here when the spacecraft and the Deep Space Network antenna move in relation to each other. Differences between the frequency of radio signals sent by the spacecraft as it orbits and signals received on Earth give us details about the gravitational field of a planetary body. For example, if the gravity is slightly stronger, the spacecraft will accelerate slightly more. If gravity is slightly weaker, the spacecraft will accelerate slightly less. By developing a model of the planetary body's gravitational field, which can be mapped as a gravitational shape, scientists and researchers can deduce information about its internal structure.

The Deep Space Network was developed by and is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. The antennas of the Deep Space Network are the indispensable link to robotic explorers venturing beyond Earth. They provide the crucial connection for commanding our spacecraft and receiving never-before-seen images and scientific information on Earth, propelling our understanding of the universe, our solar system and ultimately, our place within it.

JPL manages the Deep Space Network for the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program, based at NASA Headquarters within the Space Operations Mission Directorate.

Learn more about the DSN at: go.nasa.gov/about-dsn

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Duration: 2 minutes, 47 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Spacecraft: Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed

NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Spacecraft: Huge Solar Arrays Permanently Installed

The solar arrays for NASA’s Psyche mission underwent a final deployment test and were permanently installed on the spacecraft at Astrotech Space Operations near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

Psyche is preparing for a 2.5 billion-mile (4 billion-kilometer) solar-powered trip to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name. In a clean room at Astrotech, the solar arrays were attached to the spacecraft body, unfolded lengthwise, and then re-stowed. This timelapse video was shot over about eight days in late July 2023. The solar arrays provide power for the journey to the asteroid and for operating the spacecraft’s science instruments. When unfolded, each array is 37 feet (11.3 meters) long.

Psyche expects to launch from Kennedy no earlier than Oct. 5, 2023. 

For more information about NASA’s Psyche mission go to: nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu/

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson and Cory Huston

Duration: 43 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 in Spacesuits | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 in Spacesuits | Kennedy Space Center

From left to right: Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov (Russia), Pilot Andreas Mogensen (Denmark), Commander Jasmin Moghbeli (USA), and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA astronaut and commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan) is a veteran astronaut and mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 crew are pictured in their spacesuits during a training session at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will be the spacecraft commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the agency’s seventh rotational mission to the International Space Station. This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will join European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia and astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 

Mogensen will be the spacecraft pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the first non-US astronaut assigned in this capacity. This will be the first long-duration mission for Mogensen. He previously served as a flight engineer on a ten-day mission to the International Space Station in 2015. Crew-7 will be his second trip to space.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.

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: SpaceX

Image Capture Date: July 22, 2023

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NASA Mars Curiosity Rover’s Most Challenging Climb Yet | JPL

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover’s Most Challenging Climb Yet | JPL

Mars Report - August 2023: NASA’s Curiosity rover recently made its most challenging climb on Mars. Curiosity faced a steep, slippery slope on its journey up Mount Sharp, so rover drivers had to come up with a creative detour. After the detour, Curiosity stopped by a new area with intriguing impact craters to explore. 

This edition of the Mars Report, set in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Yard and the Curiosity rover operations area, features rover driver Dane Schoelen explaining how the team found another route with less hazardous terrain. Curiosity will celebrate its 11th anniversary on Mars on Aug. 5.

For more information on Curiosity’s tough climb, visit https://go.nasa.gov/3DCuAsS

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Celebrating 10+ Years on Mars!

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

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/USGS-Flagstaff/University of Arizona

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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Wildfires 101: How NASA Studies Fires in a Changing World

Wildfires 101: How NASA Studies Fires in a Changing World

Changes in our climate, along with other factors, have led to wildfires increasing in intensity, severity, size and duration. From forest floor to space, NASA scientists and collaborators are advancing tools and methods to predict, remotely detect, and ultimately mitigate wildfires. That process starts with understanding fire behavior, tracking them with satellites, and getting that data in the hands of land managers and communities facing record-breaking fire seasons.

Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/fires

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Katie Jepson (KBRwyle): Lead Producer

Katie Jepson (KBRwyle): Narrator

Katie Jepson (KBRwyle): Editor 

Doug C. Morton (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

Elizabeth Hoy (GST): Scientist

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Animator 

Alex Bodnar (None): Animator 

Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Pad Visit | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: Launch Pad Visit | Kennedy Space Center

The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission poses for a photo wearing their matching Crew-7 patch polo shirts during a training with SpaceX. Form left to right: Konstantin Borisov (Russia), Andreas Mogensen (Denmark), Jasmin Moghbeli (USA), and Satoshi Furukawa (Japan).

Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA astronaut and commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Konstantin Borisov, a Russian cosmonaut and mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Andreas Mogensen, a Danish astronaut and pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan) is an astronaut and mission specialist on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 crew are pictured during a training session at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will be the spacecraft commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the agency’s seventh rotational mission to the International Space Station. This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will join European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia and astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 

Mogensen will be the spacecraft pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the first non-US astronaut assigned in this capacity. This will be the first long-duration mission for Mogensen. He previously served as a flight engineer on a ten-day mission to the International Space Station in 2015. Crew-7 will be his second trip to space.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 5:23 a.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. The adjusted date allows additional time for launch site processing at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, a backup opportunity is available at 3:49 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25.

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: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)/NASA's Johnson Space Center

Image Capture Date: July 22, 2023

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Last Rays of an Orbital Sunset | International Space Station

Last Rays of an Orbital Sunset | International Space Station

The last rays of an orbital sunset dim in the Earth's atmosphere as the International Space Station orbited above Niger on the African continent.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center

Image Date: July 9, 2023

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