XRISM: Exploring the Hidden X-ray Cosmos | NASA Goddard

XRISM: Exploring the Hidden X-ray Cosmos | NASA Goddard

Watch this video to learn more about the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA. This new satellite aims to pry apart high-energy light into the equivalent of an X-ray rainbow using an instrument called Resolve.

“Resolve will give us a new look into some of the universe’s most energetic objects, including black holes, clusters of galaxies, and the aftermath of stellar explosions,” said Richard Kelley, NASA’s XRISM principal investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “We’ll learn more about how they behave and what they’re made of using the data the mission collects after launch.”

Resolve measures tiny temperature changes created when an X-ray hits its 6-by-6-pixel detector. To measure that minuscule increase and determine the X-ray’s energy, the detector needs to cool down to around minus 460 Fahrenheit (minus 270 Celsius), just a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.

The mission’s other instrument, developed by JAXA, is called Xtend. It will give XRISM one of the largest fields of view of any X-ray imaging satellite flown to date, observing an area about 60% larger than the average apparent size of the full Moon.

XRISM is a collaborative mission between JAXA and NASA, with participation by ESA (European Space Agency). NASA’s contribution includes science participation from the Canadian Space Agency.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio 

Sophia Roberts (AIMM): Lead Producer

Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park): Lead Writer

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBRwyle): Lead Animator

Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle): Animator

Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer

Harrison Bach (Intern): Videographer

John D. Philyaw (AIMM: Videographer

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support

Francois Mernier (University of Maryland College Park): Research Astrophysicist

Takashi Okajima (GSFC): Research Astrophysicist

Duration: 6 minutes, 23 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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Stellar Explorations

Stellar Explorations

The spectacular green colors visible in the night sky here are due to a phenomenon known as airglow. Airglow is not an optical illusion, but a genuine light source that results from chemical reactions in Earth’s upper atmosphere. It is far too faint to be visible during the daytime, and in most human-inhabited places it is drowned out by light pollution.

Image details: Single exposure, 10s

The Fading Milky Way

Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time. A recent study revealed that perhaps two-thirds of the world's population can no longer look upwards at night and see the Milky Way—a hazy swath of stars that on warm summer nights spans the sky from horizon to horizon.

The Milky Way is dimming, not because the end of the Universe is near, but rather as a result of light pollution: the inadvertent illumination of the atmosphere from street lights, outdoor advertising, homes, schools, airports and other sources. Every night billions of bulbs send their energy skyward where microscopic bits of matter—air molecules, airborne dust, and water vapor droplets—reflect much of the wasted light back to Earth. 

(Source: NASA)

Learn more:

International Dark-Sky Association

https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution

Globe at Night

https://www.globeatnight.org

Night Sky Network (NASA/JPL)

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Image Credit: Clément Brustel

Location: France

Image Date: August 19, 2023

Release Date: August 26, 2023

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Traveling on The Moon | ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Rover Traveling on The Moon | ISRO

The travels of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover, named Pragyan, along the lunar surface on August 25, 2023, were captured by a camera oboard the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, called Vikram. Chandrayaan-3 landed at Shiv Shakti Point in the Moon's South Pole region on August 23, 2023.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is the first to land at the lunar south pole. This region is of special interest for space agencies and private space companies because of the presence of water ice that could support future surface activities.

India has become the fourth country, after the United States, Russia and China, to successfully soft-land on the Moon. 

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 1 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 1 Highlights | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2023, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four crew members are scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Aug. 27 where they will conduct a six-month mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: 34 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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Meet Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Specialist

Meet Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Specialist

Meet Satoshi Furukawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut from Kanagawa, Japan, making his second trip to space as a mission specialist on Crew-7. Furukawa was selected as a JAXA astronaut in 1999 and has 165 days aboard the International Space Station under his belt as part of Expeditions 28 and 29 in 2011. He is a physician and received his medical degree from the University of Tokyo, and later a doctorate in medical science from the same university. Furukawa served as a crewmember on the 13th NEEMO mission, and later, was appointed head of JAXA’s Space Biomedical Research Group.

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa JAXA Biography:

https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/furukawa-satoshi/

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: 2 minutes, 50 seconds

Release Date: Aug 26, 2023

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Meet Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Specialist

Meet Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Specialist

Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia is making his first trip to space and serves as a mission specialist on Crew-7, working to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and entry phases of flight. He entered the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps as a test cosmonaut candidate in 2018 and will serve as a flight engineer for Expedition 69/70.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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Meet European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Pilot

Meet European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen: NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Pilot

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 pilot is Andreas Mogensen—the Copenhagen, Denmark native who was selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut in 2009 and became the first Danish citizen in space after launching aboard a Soyuz for a 10-day mission to the International Space Station in 2015. He completed undergraduate studies and received a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College London in England before gaining his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Mogensen has since served as a crew member for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) missions and was the European astronaut liaison officer to NASA's Johnson Space Center from 2016-2022, working as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for astronauts aboard the station and as ground support for spacewalks, relaying tasks and direction from mission control to the spacewalkers. 

For more about Andreas and his Huginn mission, visit the Huginn mission page: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Overview | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Overview | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is carrying NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos (Russia) to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on August 26, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the company’s seventh crew rotation mission for NASA. 

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to International Space Station

On August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET, NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance embarked on a journey to the International Space Station. Watch the full coverage of their launch from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

Andreas Mogensen of Denmark serves as pilot and has become the first European to take that role. He is sitting next to Crew-7's commander and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. Andreas is responsible for the spacecraft’s performance and systems. Accompanying them are mission specialists Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan) and Konstantin Borisov from Roscomos (Russia).

Andreas’s Huginn mission officially begins when Endurance docks with the Station. The name Huggin, which translates to ‘thought’ and traces back to the raven of Norse god Odin, symbolizes the raven's pursuit of knowledge. Similarly, Andreas is embarking on this mission to gather scientific information.

Aboard the International Space Station, Andreas’ tasks will include monitoring 3D-printing metal objects with a European Space Agency (ESA) printer and controlling a group of robots on Earth from the European Columbus module.

For more about Andreas and his Huginn mission, visit the Huginn mission page: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Huginn

00:00 - 01:10 Lift-off

01:10 - 02:45 MAX-Q

02:45 - 03:18 First stage separation

03:18 - 05:00 First look at the Crew-7 inside Crew Dragon spacecraft

05:00 - 05:59 Booster landing

Video Credits: European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA/SpaceX

Duration: 6 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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Meet NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli: SpaceX Crew-7 Commander

Meet NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli: SpaceX Crew-7 Commander

Meet your Crew-7 commander, Jasmin Moghbeli, the New York native making her first trip into space after being selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. Moghbeli earned her bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering with information technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Moghbeli has 2,000 hours of flight time in over 25 different aircraft. She is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland.

This is the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017.

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jasmin-moghbeli/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: 3 minutes, 10 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

For SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET. 

The “Endurance” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on August 27, 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon previously supported two missions: Crew-3 and Crew-5.

Image Credits: NASA/SpaceX

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Launch to International Space Station | NASA Kennedy

For SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on August 26, 2023, at 3:27am ET. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on August 27, 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The “Endurance” Crew Dragon previously supported two missions: Crew-3 and Crew-5.

Credit: NASA/SpaceX

Duration: 6 minutes, 39 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 26, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon 9 Rocket & Dragon Preflight | Kennedy Space Center

From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa stand in front of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance.

An international crew is preparing to launch to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (commander), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen (pilot) of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos (Russia) will perform research technology demonstrations, science experiments, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch no earlier than 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017.

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.

Learn more about the Crew-7 mission here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky/SpaceX

Image Capture Dates: Aug. 21-24, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7: Preflight Dress Rehearsal | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7: Preflight Dress Rehearsal | Kennedy Space Center

From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Russia), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and Crew-7 commander

European Space Agency astronaut and Crew-7 pilot Andreas Mogensen of Denmark

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and Crew-7 mission specialist Satoshi Furukawa

Roscosmos cosmonaut and Crew-7 mission specialist Konstantin Borisov (Russia)

An international crew is preparing to launch to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (Crew-7 commander), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen (Crew-7 pilot) of Denmark, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut (Crew-7 mission specialist) Satoshi Furukawa, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Crew-7 mission specialist) of Roscosmos (Russia) will perform research technology demonstrations, science experiments, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are scheduled to launch no earlier than 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 26, 2023, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

This will be the first spaceflight for Moghbeli, who became a NASA astronaut in 2017.

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.

Learn more about the Crew-7 mission here: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-7/

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Image Capture Date: Aug. 23, 2023

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The Webb Space Telescope Captures a Cosmic Ring | This Week @NASA

The Webb Space Telescope Captures a Cosmic Ring | This Week @NASA

Our Webb Space Telescope captures a cosmic ring, the team behind our upcoming Psyche mission, and the unique thing about a star that was ripped apart by a black hole . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 38 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's Second Static Fire Test in Texas

SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's Second Static Fire Test in Texas

Replay of Starship Super Heavy Booster 9's second static fire. Test starts at 8 minute mark. SpaceX conducted a static-fire test of their Starship Super Heavy Booster 9 on Aug. 25, 2023. The test was conducted at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX briefly ignited the booster's 33 Raptor engines while anchored to the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas.

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket—collectively referred to as Starship—represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry up to 150 metric tonnes to Earth orbit reusable, and up to 250 metric tonnes expendable.

Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program.

Key Starship Parameters:

Height: 120m/394ft

Diameter: 9m/30ft

Payload to LEO: 100 – 250+ t (orbit dependent)

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF): 

https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Duration: 11 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 25, 2023

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