Tonight's Sky: September 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

Tonight's Sky: September 2023  (Northern Hemisphere)

In September 2023, the Pegasus constellation becomes increasingly prominent in the southeastern sky, allowing stargazers to locate globular star clusters and a nearby double star, Alpha Capricorni. Keep watching for space-based views of densely packed, spherical collections of ancient stars in visible and X-ray light.

About this Series

“Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning.

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 29, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Hello, Goodbye | Week of Sept. 1, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Hello, Goodbye | Week of Sept. 1, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, departure opportunities for the agency’s Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions near the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida. The next available undocking opportunity is no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Sept. 3, with a splashdown no earlier than 12:07 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, pending weather evaluations.

Mission teams will meet Friday evening to determine the viability of the next Crew-6 undock target. The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, remains healthy while currently docked to the space station as Crew-6 prepares for their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit.

Crew-6’s Dragon undocking depends on a variety of factors, including spacecraft readiness, recovery team readiness, weather, sea states, and other factors.

Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, Konstantin Borisov

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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

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, 46 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Mars Sample Return: Exciting New Region | JPL

NASA's Perseverance Rover Mars Sample Return: Exciting New Region | JPL

The Mars Report: NASA is preparing to bring scientifically selected rock samples back from Mars for the first time as part of the planned Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign with the European Space Agency. Already having gathered 20 samples from the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover is now poised to enter a new area of Mars’ Jezero Crater and begin collecting samples with the strongest signal of a mineral called carbonate, which on Earth is deposited by liquid water. In bringing these samples to state-of-the-art Earth-based laboratories, the campaign will help scientists understand how rocky planets form and how potentially habitable environments evolve.

This edition of the Mars Report, set in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, features Mars Sample Return Principal Scientist Mini Wadhwa. She explains the testing and preparations for the Mars Sample Return campaign, as well as the excitement that’s building for bringing those Mars samples to labs on Earth for the first time. 

For more information on NASA's Mars Sample Return Campaign, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/msr

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover characterizes the planet's geology and past climate, paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and is the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL; Personal Images: Courtesy of M. Wadwha

Duration: 3 minutes, 28 seconds

Release Date: Aug 31, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon-9 Rocket Plume & Exhaust

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon-9 Rocket Plume & Exhaust

This illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 26, 2023. The snapshot was taken about 2 minutes after the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for the International Space Station. It captures drifting plumes and exhaust from the separated first and second stage illuminated against the still dark skies. 

Near the center of the image, within the ragged blueish ring, are two bright points of light. The lower one is the second stage of the rocket carrying four humans to space in a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The bright point above is the Falcon 9 first stage booster orienting itself for the trip back to Landing Zone-1 at Cape Canaveral, planet Earth.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

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

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley

Michael's website: http://www.mseeley.net

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | El vuelo del cuervo: 25 de agosto de 2023

NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | El vuelo del cuervo: 25 de agosto 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: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Expedition 69: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Says Farewell | International Space Station

Expedition 69: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Says Farewell | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Crew-6, which includes NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg as well as United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev provided farewell remarks on August 31, 2023, ahead of their upcoming departure from the space station. Joining Crew-6 for the farewell remarks were NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev. Crew-6 is slated to undock on September 2, 2023, and splashdown off the coast of Florida September 3 after completing a six-month mission. 

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 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)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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: 11 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Expedition 69 Photos: Eleven Crew & Five Countries | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Photos: Eleven Crew & Five Countries | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli inside the Unity module

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark inside the Columbus laboratory module

Astronauts Frank Rubio of the United States & Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates enjoy a slice of pizza

NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen enjoys a slice of pizza

NASA Astronaut Woody Hoburg relaxes and plays guitar

Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos (Russia) and Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, both from NASA, are pictured in the SpaceX pressure suits they will wear when they return to Earth aboard the company's Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in September.

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi wears a SpaceX pressure suit

Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico

The four newest crew members aboard the International Space Station are adjusting to life in weightlessness while stepping up orbital maintenance duties. The seven other Expedition 69 crew mates continued their space research and health activities before September sees the orbital residents split up. Members of the Expedition 69 crew can be seen in a series of portraits and candid photos here. 

Cosmonaut and flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev of Russia will be returning to Earth soon with NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, plus Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates—all members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6. The quartet will enter the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft one week after Crew-7 arrives, undock from Harmony’s forward port, and splashdown off the coast of Florida to complete a six-month space mission.

NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, for Crew-6 and SpaceX’s Dragon to undock from the space station and safely splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday, Sept. 3. Joint teams are monitoring weather forecasts across seven potential splashdown sites off the coast of Florida and any impacts Hurricane Idalia may have on recovery operations.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, Konstantin Borisov

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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)

Image Dates: Aug. 23-29, 2023

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Supernova 1987A | James Webb Space Telescope

Supernova 1987A | James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun the study of one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SN 1987A has been a target of intense observations at wavelengths ranging from gamma rays to radio for nearly 40 years, since its discovery in February 1987. New observations by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) provide a crucial clue to our understanding of how a supernova develops over time to shape its remnant. 

This image reveals a central structure like a keyhole. This center is packed with clumpy gas and dust ejected by the supernova explosion. The dust is so dense that even near-infrared light that Webb detects cannot penetrate it, shaping the dark “hole” in the keyhole. 

A bright, equatorial ring surrounds the inner keyhole, forming a band around the waist that connects two faint arms of hourglass-shaped outer rings. The equatorial ring, formed from material ejected tens of thousands of years before the supernova explosion, contains bright hot spots, which appeared as the supernova’s shock wave hit the ring. Now spots are found even exterior to the ring, with diffuse emission surrounding it. These are the locations of supernova shocks hitting more exterior material.

These crescents are thought to be a part of the outer layers of gas shot out from the supernova explosion. Their brightness may be an indication of limb brightening, an optical phenomenon that results from viewing the expanding material in three dimensions. In other words, our viewing angle makes it appear that there is more material in these two crescents than there actually may be.

Image Description: A supernova. The center of the image contains a dense green cloud, shaped like a keyhole. Within this keyhole, there is a dark spot, composed of even denser gas. Outside of this cloud of gas is a ring of dense orange gas and dust that becomes more diffused as it travels further away from the center. The innermost part of this dense orange ring contains brighter orange clumps of glowing gas. Outside of these structures, both above and below them, are very faint orange rings of gas and dust. There are several bright white stars, three of which show an eight-pronged diffraction pattern brought about by the Webb Space Telescope. Several other white stars are strewn throughout the image.

Despite the decades of study since the supernova’s initial discovery, there are several mysteries that remain, particularly surrounding the neutron star that should have been formed in the aftermath of the supernova explosion. Like NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, Webb will continue to observe the supernova over time. Its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) instruments will offer astronomers the ability to capture new, high-fidelity infrared data over time and gain new insights into the newly identified crescent structures. Further, Webb will continue to collaborate with Hubble, Chandra, and other observatories to provide new insights into the past and future of this legendary supernova.

Image Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Mikako Matsuura (Cardiff University), Richard Arendt (NASA-GSFC, UMBC), Claes Fransson (Stockholm University), Josefin Larsson (KTH)

Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Image Capture Dates: Sept. 1-2, 2022

Image Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Three Astronomy Myths | European Southern Observatory

Three Astronomy Myths | European Southern Observatory

ChasingStarlight Episode 4: Join European Southern Observatory astronomer, Suzanna Randall, as we look at three common cosmic beliefs.

00:00 Introduction

00:57 Black holes: cosmic vacuum cleaners?

02:25 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?

04:03 Your star sign

Which ones are true or false? Watch our ChasingStarlight episode to find out. 

Video Credits: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Martin Wallner 

Hosted by: Suzanna Randall 

Written by: Thomas Howarth, Claudia Sciarma, Bárbara Ferreira 

Editing: Martin Kornmesser 

Videography: Angelos Tsaousis

Footage and photos: ESO/M. Kornmesser, ESO/L. Calçada, ESO/ERIS team, videvo, S. Brunier, The Simpsons Created by: Matt Groening 

Producers: Bonita Pietila, Richard Raynis, Richard Sakai, Denise Sirkot 

Production: Gracie Films, 20th Television

Animations & infographics:  Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser 

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida 

Scientific consultancy: Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos, Bárbara Ferreira   

Promotion: Oana Sandu

Filming Locations: ESO Supernova

Duration: 7 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

#NASA #ESO #Space #Astronomy #Science #ChasingStarlight #Mythbusters #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #Stars #ZodiacSigns #Zodiac #Astrology #BlackHoles #Chile #Europe #Art #Illustrations #Visualizations #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Ron McNair, Guy Bluford & Fred Gregory: NASA Astronaut Class of 1978 Members

Ron McNair, Guy Bluford & Fred Gregory: NASA Astronaut Class of 1978 Members

On January 16, 1978, NASA announced the first astronaut class in nine years. Dr. Ronald McNair, Guy Bluford and Fred Gregory were among those selected—the first African Americans in NASA's astronaut program. The Astronaut Class of 1978, otherwise known as the “Thirty-Five New Guys,” was NASA’s first new group of astronauts since 1969. This, the eighth astronaut group, was the first to include not only African Americans, but also women and Asian Americans.

Learn more about the Astronaut Class of 1978: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/1978-astronaut-class

Over 40 Years of Inspiration: In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. He was a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions between 1983 and 1992.

Bluford’s first mission was STS-8, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Aug. 30, 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger orbiter, and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission, the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA), operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) with live cell samples, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects of spaceflight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-8 completed 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Sept. 5, 1983.

Learn more about NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford: 

https://www.nasa.gov/subject/11054/guy-bluford/

NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford Official Biography (PDF)

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bluford_guion.pdf

Image Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Image Date: Jan. 16, 1978

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To Asteroid Bennu and Back: Journey’s End | NASA Goddard

To Asteroid Bennu and Back: Journey’s End | NASA Goddard

OSIRIS-REx is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission. It launched in September 2016 on a journey to explore a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. In October 2020, the spacecraft ventured to the asteroid’s surface and collected about 250 grams of material for delivery to Earth. Now, two years and four months after leaving Bennu, OSIRIS-REx is closing in on the place where its journey began. The mission’s thrilling finale will take place on September 24, 2023, as a capsule containing the Bennu samples touches down in Utah’s West Desert. 

Follow the journey to Bennu and back at: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Dan Gallagher: Producer/Narrator

Walt Feimer: Animation Lead

Michael Lentz: Art Director/Animator

Jonathan North: Animator

Jenny McElligott: Animator

Adriana Manrique Gutierrez: Animator

Kim Dongjae: Animator

Angeles Miron: Animator

Josh Masters: Animator

Kel Elkins: Data Visualizer

Dante Lauretta: Scientist

Jason Dworkin: Scientist

Support: Michael Starobin

Support: Lonnie Shekhtman

Support: Chris Meaney

Support: Ernie Wright

Public Affairs: Rani Gran

Duration: 3 minutes, 45 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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Hurricane Idalia over Florida | International Space Station

Hurricane Idalia over Florida | International Space Station

External cameras on the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Idalia at 10:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, as the station flew 260 miles overhead. Idalia made landfall just before 8 a.m. near Keaton Beach, Florida, along the state’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm packing winds of 125 miles an hour. Idalia had peaked to a Category 4 storm with 130 mile per hour winds prior to landfall. The system is moving to the north-northeast at 18 miles an hour, heading for the southeast United States and then out over the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

National Hurricane Center:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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: 13 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Moon Lander Imaged by Pragyan Lunar Rover

India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Moon Lander Imaged by Pragyan Lunar Rover

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, has been imaged by the mission’s rover, named Pragyan, on August 30, 2023, at 05:34 UTC (11:04 IST) in the South Pole region of the Moon at Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E). The image was taken by the Navigation Camera (NavCam) onboard the rover. You can also see the Chandra's Surface Thermo Physical Experiment (ChaSTE) and the Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA).

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)

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Moon Lander Imaged by Pragyan Lunar Rover

India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Moon Lander Imaged by Pragyan Lunar Rover

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, has been imaged by the mission’s rover, named Pragyan, on August 30, 2023, at 05:34 UTC (11:04 IST) in the South Pole region of the Moon at Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E). 

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, 32 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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Veteran NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford—First African American in Space

Veteran NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford—First African American in Space

NASA Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, Mission Specialist (09-20-1978)

NASA Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist for STS-39, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, is lowered by a hoist device prior to participating in an underwater rehearsal of a contingency EVA. The scene is in the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility (WET-F) which houses a 25-ft. deep pool (visible in background). (07-19-1990)

The STS-8 crew poses at Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during a session with the news media. From left to right are Astronauts Dale A. Gardner, Guion S. Bluford, and Dr. William E. Thornton, all mission specialists; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; and Richard F. Truly, crew commander. (08-15-1983)

Guy Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, launched into space on shuttle Challenger's STS-8 mission on August 30, 1983.

Astronaut Michael L. Coats (right) addresses the news media after arriving at the Shuttle Landing Facility along with his six fellow crewmembers. From left are astronauts Richard J. Hieb, L. Blaine Hammond, Guion S. Bluford, Charles L. (Lacy) Veach, Gregory J. Harbaugh and Donald R. McMonagle. The Space Shuttle mate/demate stand is seen in the background.

(05-06-1991)

This 1985 international space shuttle Challenger crew represented the largest number of persons (eight) to occupy an orbiting spacecraft at the same time. Posing with the mission insignia are (front row, left to right) Reinhard Furrer, German payload specialist; Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission specialist; James F. Buchli, mission specialist; and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., commander; and (back row, left to right) Steven R. Nagel, pilot; Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist; Ernst Messerschmid, German payload specialist; and Wubbo J. Ockels, Dutch payload specialist. (09-23-1985)

These five astronauts were assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in December 1992.  Pictured are, left to right (front), Guion S. Bluford and James S. Voss, mission specialists; and (back row) David M. Walker, mission commander; Robert D. Cabana, pilot and Michael R. U. (Rich) Clifford, mission specialist. The photograph was made in the new Space Center Houston (SCH) facility. (12-09-1992)

Official Portrait of NASA Astronaut Guion S. Bluford

(Oct. 23, 1992)

Over 40 Years of Inspiration: In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. He was a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions between 1983 and 1992.

Bluford’s first mission was STS-8, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Aug. 30, 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger orbiter, and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission, the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA), operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) with live cell samples, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects of spaceflight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-8 completed 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Sept. 5, 1983.

Learn more about NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford: 

https://www.nasa.gov/subject/11054/guy-bluford/

NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford Official Biography (PDF)

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bluford_guion.pdf

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: 1978-1992

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NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford—First African American in Space

NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford—First African American in Space

40 Years of Inspiration: In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. Hear from Bluford himself, see footage from his Space Shuttle missions, and celebrate the milestones that forever changed the landscape of space exploration. 

Bluford’s first mission was STS-8, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Aug. 30, 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger orbiter, and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission, the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA), operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) with live cell samples, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects of spaceflight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-8 completed 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Sept. 5, 1983.

Learn more about NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford: https://www.nasa.gov/subject/11054/guy-bluford/

NASA Astronaut Guy Bluford Official Biography (PDF)

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/bluford_guion.pdf

Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Jori Kates

Editor: Sonnet Apple

Duration: 1 minute, 47 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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