United Arab Emirates Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi | International Space Station

United Arab Emirates Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi | International Space Station

United Arab Emirates Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi: "Space, this is not a goodbye. I will see you later, whether on a new mission to the ISS or a farther destination . . ." 

—Sultan AlNeyadi

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-6 “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren (Woody) Hoburg, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, was closed on Sept. 3, 2023, at 09:19 UTC (05:19 EDT). Crew-6 is SpaceX’s sixth operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 7:05 a.m. EDT to complete a  six-month science mission.

NASA TV coverage will resume at 11 p.m. ET Sunday until Endeavour splashes down at approximately 12:07 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 4, near Tampa off the coast of Florida and Crew-6 members are recovered.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launched March 2, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the International Space Station the next day.

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: Sept. 3, 2023

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Reflection Nebula NGC 6590 in Sagittarius Star Cloud: Wide-field view

Reflection Nebula NGC 6590 in Sagittarius Star Cloud: Wide-field view

An image like this shows that our galaxy is always "partly cloudy." Not unlike Earthly clouds that block parts of the sky (say on a starry night), tremendous clouds of gas and dust obscure the things that are beyond them. However, breaks in these galactic clouds can also be seen, even towards the densest part of our galaxy. M24 is the large oval collection of bluish stars that stands out among the others in the right of this picture. To look at this stellar association of young and bright stars is to peer through a break in the obscuring clouds to places much deeper towards an inner spiral arm. The stars of M24 are many thousands of light years away (perhaps 10,000). The northern part of this star cloud boasts several dark nebula that provides contrast for all of the stars in the background. Near the right of the frame, IC 1284 glows bright red, while NGC 6590 scatters bluish light around a few bright stars.

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

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

Release Date: June 25, 2014

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Reflection Nebula NGC 6590 in Sagittarius | Steward Observatory

Reflection Nebula NGC 6590 in Sagittarius | Steward Observatory

NGC 6590 is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius. This nebula is near the similar reflection nebula NGC 6589. Both nebulas are flanked by red emission nebula IC 1284. 

Distance:  ~5,900 light years away

What causes the colors in this beautiful nebulosity in Sagittarius? The colors of this nebulosity are caused by gas and dust. The blue color of the nebula nearest the bright stars is caused by reflections off interstellar dust. The dust emits little visible light of its own—in the absence of a nearby star the dust would appear dark, blocking light from background stars. The red color of the nebula farthest from the bright stars is caused by glowing hydrogen gas. Energetic light from the central stars ionizes hydrogen gas, which glows red when recombining with a local electron.

Technical Details:

Optics: Phillips 24-inch RCOS Telescope

Camera: SBIG STL11000

Credit: Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona 

Image Date: Aug. 1, 2009

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Meet Artemis Team Member & NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli

Meet Artemis Team Member & NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions to The Moon. Moghbeli is a naval aviator, test pilot, and aerospace engineer. 

Since this video was released in 2020, Jasmin has become the mother of twin girls. She has also become commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission and a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. This is Moghbeli's first spaceflight. She 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

Through the Artemis program, NASA and a coalition of international partners, will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the benefit of all. With Artemis missions, NASA will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon in 2024 and about once per year thereafter.

Through the efforts of humans and robots, we will explore more of the Moon than ever before; to lead a journey of discovery that benefits our planet with life changing science, to use the Moon and its resources as a technology testbed to go even farther and to learn how to establish and sustain a human presence far beyond Earth. 

Learn more: www.nasa.gov/ArtemisTeam

Video Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Producer: Paul Wizikowski

Directors: Ryan Cristelli and Paul Wizikowski 

Editor: Jamie Quinn

Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds

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Hurricane Idalia Moves Inland | International Space Station

Hurricane Idalia Moves Inland | International Space Station

An astronaut on the International Space Station used a handheld camera to capture this oblique photo at 10:44 a.m. Eastern Time (14:44 Universal Time) on August 30, 2023, several hours after landfall. Idalia had weakened to a category 1 storm by this time with sustained winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) per hour. It continued to weaken as it moved northeast over Georgia, South Carolina, and then offshore over the Atlantic Ocean on August 31. As the storm moved north over the Gulf, it quickly strengthened and made landfall over the Big Bend region of Florida on the morning of August 30, 2023, as a category 3 storm.

This astronaut photograph was acquired on August 30, 2023, with an Apple camera using a focal length of 1 millimeter. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 69 crew. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public. 

Expedition 69 Crew (Early 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)

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.

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

Caption Credit: Kathryn Hansen 

Image Date: Aug. 30, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Trains for International Space Station Mission

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Trains for International Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps seated inside a T-38 trainer jet

NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps & Matthew Dominick

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps prepares for T-38 training

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps during a training session

NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Matthew Dominick train together

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick prepares for spacewalk training

NASA astronaut Mike Barratt prepares for spacewalk training

NASA astronauts Mike Barratt & Matthew Dominick

Four crew members are now assigned to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station, including Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Mike Barratt. 

All three NASA astronauts will join Expedition 70 and 71 crew members aboard the station in early 2024 to conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities.

This will be the first trip to the International Space Station for Epps and Dominick. This will be Barratt’s third trip to the space station. In 2009, Barratt served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 19 and 20 as the station transitioned its standard crew complement from three to six, and performed two spacewalks. He flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 2011 on STS-133, which delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module and fourth Express Logistics Carrier. He has spent a total of 212 days in space. 

NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jeanette-j-epps

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jeanette-j-epps/biography

NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick Official Biography

www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/matthew-dominick/

NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/michael-reed-barratt/biography

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

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.

Image Credit: NASA/JSC

Image Dates: Jan.-May 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Departure | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Departure | International Space Station

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-6 “Endeavour” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren (Woody) Hoburg, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev of Russia, and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, was closed on Sept. 3, 2023, at 09:19 UTC (05:19 EDT). Crew-6 is SpaceX’s sixth operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 7:05 a.m. EDT to complete a  six-month science mission.

NASA TV coverage will resume at 11 p.m. ET Sunday until Endeavour splashes down at approximately 12:07 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 4, near Tampa off the coast of Florida and Crew-6 members are recovered.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launched March 2, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the International Space Station the next day.

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/SpaceX

Duration: 2 minutes, 16 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 3, 2023

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Ancient Bristlecone Pine & The Milky Way Galaxy

Ancient Bristlecone Pine & The Milky Way Galaxy

This gnarly tree is an ancient bristlecone pine growing in the White Mountains of California at an elevation of about 10,000 ft (3,048 m). These bristlecone trees are the oldest living non-clonal organisms in the world. Some of them have been dated to be nearly 5,000 years old. So, they were already alive when the pyramids were being built in Egypt.

Conditions in these remote mountains are very severe, with cold temperatures, a short growing season, high winds, and barren dolomite soil. Yet bristlecone pines thrive in these surroundings and attain their great age not in spite of the harsh environment, but because of it—the pines grow very slowly which makes their wood very dense and resistant to insects, disease, and erosion. They also face little competition for resources as few other species can survive such relentless conditions.

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California Coordinates: 37.3853, -118.1782

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: Photographer: Marcin Zajac 

Summary Author: Marcin Zajac 

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=70821&actid=50

Marcin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrcnzajac

Image Date: Feb. 7, 2022

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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

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

Mars 2020 - sol 899

Mars 2020 - sol 897

MSL - sol 3931

Mars 2020 - sol 897

MSL - sol 3154

Mars 2020 - sol 890

MSL - sol 3930

MSL - sol 3926

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Celebrating 11+ 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

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 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: Aug. 19-28, 2023

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Expedition 69 Astronaut Andreas Mogensen Calls Home to Denmark

Expedition 69 Astronaut Andreas Mogensen Calls Home to Denmark

[Event starts at 1 minute, 12 second mark] Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogenson of Denmark discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview August 31, 2023, with Danish media and the public. Mogenson was launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon “Endurance” on August 25 as part of Crew-7. It is a science mission with astronauts living and working at the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and to demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. 

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is on his first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Andreas was the pilot on the SpaceX Crew Dragon that carried him and the rest of Crew-7 to the Space Station—a first for a European!

The name of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s second mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is ‘Huginn’.

Inspired by Norse mythology, the name is taken from one of two ravens who serve the god Odin. Called Huginn and Muninn, these two birds sit on Odin’s shoulders and are sent flying across the world at dawn. They return at night to inform him of the many events they have seen and heard. In Old Norse, ‘Huginn’ means ‘thought’ and ‘Muninn’ means ‘mind’ or ‘memory’. 

Visit esa.int/huginn for more information on the Huginn mission.

Mogensen completed his 10-day ‘iriss’ mission to the International Space Station in 2015. The name "iriss" combined Iris and ISS. Iris was a Greek goddess, the messenger of the gods of Olympus and the personification of the rainbow. As messenger, she represents the link between humanity and the cosmos, and between the heavens and Earth.

Representing Europe in space, Andreas will carry out science throughout his mission and bring back the knowledge to Earth, for the benefit of humankind.

Astronaut Andreas Mogensen's Official ESA Biography:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Andreas_Mogensen

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 16 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket: Upper Stage Hot Fire Test | European Space Agency

Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket: Upper Stage Hot Fire Test | European Space Agency

On Sept. 1, 2023, the European Space Agency’s all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle fired its two upper stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate together at the German aerospace agency’s engine test center in Lampoldshausen, Germany. The test of the new Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) took place on a purpose-built test bench.

Vinci, the upper stage engine of Ariane 6, fed by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, can be stopped and restarted multiple times to place satellites into different orbits and then de-orbit the upper stage, so it is not left behind as hazardous space debris. 

The APU makes it possible for Vinci to restart in space, by maintaining adequate pressure in the fuel tanks and preventing bubbles in the fuel lines. The power unit uses small amounts of liquid hydrogen and oxygen from the main tanks, replacing a system which relied on large quantities of tanked helium. 

Ariane 6 is an all-new design, created to succeed Ariane 5 as Europe's heavy-lift launch system. This autonomous capability to reach Earth orbit and deep space is the foundation of Europe's vision of space-enabled navigation, Earth observation, scientific and security services. This vision is reality thanks to the sustained dedication of thousands of talented people working in the European Space Agency’s 22 Member States who call themselves "Space Team Europe".

The European Space Agency (ESA) owns and manages the Ariane 6 program and defines its performance objectives. ArianeGroup is the prime contractor, and the launch operator is Arianespace. France's space agency, CNES, operates Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana—the home of Ariane launchers since the first liftoff in 1979.

ESA's new Ariane 6 rocket takes up the baton from the Ariane 5, supporting Europe’s institutional missions and is intended to meet the needs of the commercial launch market.

Video Credits: ESA/Arianegroup/DLR - Hill Media

Image Credits: ©ArianeGroup/Frank T. Koch/Hill Media GmbH

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 24 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 2, 2023

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Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

For ISRO’s PSLV-C57 mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the “XL” configuration (PSLV-XL) launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India, on September 2, 2023, at 06:20 GMT (11:50 IST). Aditya-L1 is ISRO’s first space-based mission to study the Sun—named after Surya—the Hindu god of Sun, also known as Aditya. It will travel 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) from the Earth—1% of the Earth-Sun distance. India's space agency says it will take four months to travel that far. And L1 stands for Lagrange point 1—the place between Sun and Earth where the Indian spacecraft is heading. A Lagrange point is a place where the gravitational forces of two large objects, such as the Sun and the Earth, cancel each other out, allowing a spacecraft to "hover".

Once Aditya-L1 reaches this "parking spot", it will be able to orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth. This also means the satellite will require less fuel to operate.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 2, 2023

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A New International Space Station Crew | This Week @NASA

A New International Space Station Crew | This Week @NASA

A new crew heads to the space station, a major storm spotted from space, and a robotic spacecraft enabling human missions to the Moon . . . a few of the stories to tell you about–This Week at NASA!

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-7 “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, was opened on August 27, 2023, at 10:58 EDT. Crew-7 is SpaceX’s seventh operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer, Editor & Narrator: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 42 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología | NASA en Español

Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología | NASA en Español

¿Cómo surgió la vida en la Tierra? ¿Existe vida fuera de nuestro planeta? ¿Cómo podemos encontrarla? Estas son las GRANDES preguntas que los astrobiólogos de la NASA y de todo el mundo están tratando de responder. Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología.

Credit: NASA en Español

Duration: 1 minute, 45 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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Expedition 69 Photos: Welcoming New Crew | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Photos: Welcoming New Crew | International Space Station

From left, are Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Frank Rubio, all from from NASA, posing for a portrait aboard the International Space Station. The three astronauts were selected as part NASA's 22nd group of astronauts, nicknamed "The Turtles", in June of 2017.

Astronauts Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates and Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency

Astronaut Stephen Bowen works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox

Three Expedition 69 flight engineers work together. Clockwise from left are, astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, both from from NASA, and Sultan Alneyadi from the United Arab Emirates.

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 orbital residents leave in September. 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, undock from Harmony’s forward port, and splashdown off the coast of Florida to complete a six-month space mission.

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

Expedition 69 Crew (September 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. 17-31, 2023

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What's Up for September 2023? | Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

What's Up for September 2023? | Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

What are some skywatching highlights in September 2023 for the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres?

Venus returns to the early morning skies as a bright beacon in the east. The full moon at the end of the month is known as the Harvest Moon. And if you have access to dark skies away from urban light pollution, you might be able to glimpse the faint, glowing pillar of the zodiacal light.

0:00 Intro 

0:13 Venus in the morning sky

0:36 Viewing Jupiter and Saturn

1:01 The Harvest Moon

1:37 The Zodiacal Light

2:50 OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return

3:21 September Moon phases

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Narrator: Preston Dyches

Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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