Galaxy NGC 3156 in Sextans: The Measure of a Great Galactic Disc | Hubble

Galaxy NGC 3156 in Sextans: The Measure of a Great Galactic Disc | Hubble

This dream-like image features the galaxy known as NGC 3156. It is a lenticular galaxy, meaning that it falls somewhere between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy. It lies about 73 million light-years from Earth in the minor equatorial constellation Sextans. 

Sextans is a small constellation that belongs to the Hercules family of constellations. It is a constellation with an astronomical theme, being named for the instrument known as the sextant. Sextants are often thought of as navigational instruments that were invented in the 18th century by Europeans. However, the sextant as an astronomical tool has been around for much longer. Islamic scholars developed astronomical sextants many hundreds of years earlier in order to measure angles in the sky. A particularly striking example is the enormous sextant with a radius of 36 meters that was developed by Ulugh Beg of the Timurid dynasty in the fifteenth century, located in Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan. These early sextants may have been a development of the quadrant, a measuring device proposed by Ptolemy. A sextant, as the name suggests, is shaped like one-sixth of a circle, approximately the shape of the constellation.

Sextants are no longer in use in modern astronomy, having been replaced by instruments that are capable of measuring the positions of stars and astronomical objects much more accurately and precisely. NGC 3156 has been studied in many ways other than determining its precise position—from its cohort of globular clusters, to its relatively recent star formation, to the stars that are being destroyed by the supermassive black hole at its center.

Image Description: A large elliptical galaxy. It appears to be formed of faint, grey, concentric ovals that grow progressively brighter towards the core, where there is a very bright point, and fade away at the edge. Two threads of dark red dust cross the galaxy’s disc, near the center. The background is black and mostly empty, with only a few point stars and small galaxies.

Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble & NASA, R. Sharples, S. Kaviraj, W. Keel

Release Date: Sept. 11, 2023

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The History of Space Food | Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

The History of Space Food | Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

When we first ventured into low Earth orbit, NASA was not completely certain that humans would be able to eat like we do on Earth. Fortunately for us, astronaut John Glenn proved that we could. However, being able to eat was just the first step. In this short video, we will look at food that is suitable for spaceflight, some that is not, and space food’s evolution from fueling the body during short flights to promoting psychological health on long duration ones. 

This “clip” is part of the STEM in 30 episode: "Food on the Fly".  

For more information about how to use this resource in your classroom, please visit Food on the Fly Teacher Tips: https://s.si.edu/3qnJWhY 

STEM in 30 is a free educational series for kids produced by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. We cover all the cool, fun, and weird ways that aviation and spaceflight touch our lives. Check out more episodes: https://airandspace.si.edu/stem-30

Credit: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum

Duration: 2 minutes, 23 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 8, 2023

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Planet Mars: Sand Dunes & Inverted Craters | NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Planet Mars: Sand Dunes & Inverted Craters | NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

This image shows dark sand dunes and inverted craters in the Arabia Terra region of Mars. The sand is dark because it was probably derived from basalt, a black volcanic rock that is common on Mars. Unlike traditional craters that are depressions, those here stick up above the surrounding plains. Such “inverted topography” is found on Mars and Earth where erosion has stripped away surrounding topography. 

In this case, the craters were filled with sediment. Subsequent erosion stripped away the terrain around the filled craters, leaving the inverted topography visible here.

This is a non-narrated clip and uses the center enhanced color (infrared-red-blue) swath. It is less than 1 km (under 1 mi) across and is 272 km (169 mi) above the surface.

Image Date: Jan. 29, 2010

Latitude (centered): 3.120°

Longitude (East): 4.553°

This image was taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument.

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, to provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and to relay data from surface missions back to Earth. It was launched on August 12, 2005, and reached Mars on March 10, 2006. 

The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the HiRISE instrument, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), 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

Caption Credit: Nathan Bridges

Duration: 3 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: June 29, 2021

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Milky Way Meets Moonrise over Ranger Station | Yosemite National Park

Milky Way Meets Moonrise over Ranger Station | Yosemite National Park

Milky Way and moonrise over Thorofare Ranger Station in Yosemite National Park on Sept. 1, 2023. Thorofare Ranger Station is deep in the south-eastern corner of Wyoming. 

Yellowstone National Park is located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. 

Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful geyser—one of its most popular. While it represents many types of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most abundant. Yosemite is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.

Yosemite National Park: 

https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm

Image Credit: National Park Service (NPS)/Jacob W. Frank

Image Date: September 1, 2023

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#Astrophotography #Photography #NationalPark #Yosemite #YosemiteNationalPark #NPS
#ThorofareRangerStation #Wyoming #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

SpaceX Starship 2 | SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

SpaceX Starship 2 | SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

SpaceX is moving ahead with preparations for a second integrated Starship/Super Heavy flight, collectively called Starship 2. It rolled out a Starship vehicle designated Ship 25 to the pad on Sept. 5, 2023, and installed it atop Booster 9, which completed a static-fire test on Aug. 25, 2023.

“Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA license approval,” posted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Neither SpaceX nor the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have estimated how long it will take to get a license approved.

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.

Key Starship Parameters:

Height: 120m/394ft

Diameter: 9m/29.5ft

Payload to LEO: 100 – 150 t (fully reusable)

Capabilities:

Satellites: "Starship is designed to deliver satellites further and at a lower marginal cost per launch than our current Falcon vehicles. With a payload compartment larger than any fairing currently in operation or development, Starship creates possibilities for new missions, including space telescopes even larger than the James Webb."

Landing on Mars: "Starship will enter Mars’ atmosphere at 7.5 kilometers per second and decelerate aerodynamically. The vehicle’s heat shield is designed to withstand multiple entries, but given that the vehicle is coming into Mars' atmosphere so hot, we still expect to see some ablation of the heat shield (similar to wear and tear on a brake pad)."

Starship's Engines: Raptors

"The Raptor engine is a reusable methalox staged-combustion engine that powers the Starship launch system. Raptor engines began flight testing on the Starship prototype rockets in July 2019, becoming the first full-flow staged combustion rocket engine ever flown."

Raptor Engine Parameters:

Diameter: 1.3m/4ft

Height: 3.1m/10.2ft

Thrust: 230tf/500 klbf

First Lunar Private Mission

"Later this decade, Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and the crew of dearMoon will become the first civilian passengers on a lunar Starship mission, featuring a fly-by of the Moon during their week-long journey. This flight is an important step toward enabling access for people who dream of traveling to space."

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF): 

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

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Caption Credit: SpaceX/Jeff Foust at SpaceNews.com

Release Date: Sept. 9, 2023

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Orbital Sunset over Argentina | International Space Station

Orbital Sunset over Argentina | International Space Station

In this image, the International Space Station soars 266 miles above the coast of Argentina near the Rio de la Plata as it flies into an orbital sunset. In the foreground from left are, the station's main solar arrays, the Canadarm2 robotic arm, and the Kibo laboratory module's external research platform.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

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

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, 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)

Image Date: Sept. 5, 2023

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Wide-field View of The Serpent's Nebula | European Southern Observatory

Wide-field View of The Serpent's Nebula | European Southern Observatory

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) shows the area around the Serpens Nebula. The Serpens star-forming region is a compact region of star formation. At a distance of about 1,300 light-years, it is close enough for detailed, spatially-resolved studies of its individual young stellar objects.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: Oct. 31, 2018

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Serpent’s Nebula | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Serpent’s Nebula | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

The emission nebula Sh2-54 glows brightly in this image from the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab. Gathering the fine details of this particular image required almost twenty minutes of observations and three different wavelength filters. Situated within the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent), Sh2-54 forms part of a much wider nebulosity which includes the famous Eagle Nebula. Serpens is a unique constellation, the only one of the official 88 used today that is split into two unconnected parts: Serpens Caput—the Serpent’s Head—and Serpens Cauda—The Serpent’s Tail. 

Distance: 6,000 light years

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

Acknowledgments: Image Processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

Release Date: Jan. 27, 2021

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Emission Nebula Sh2-64 in Serpens | Schulman Telescope

Emission Nebula Sh2-64 in Serpens | Schulman Telescope

Sh2-64 is a star-forming region in the Milky Way galaxy located in the constellation Serpens. In this region, interstellar gas, forming a diffuse nebula, surrounds a cluster of several hundred new-born stars.

Distance: 1,400 light years

Technical Details:

Optics: Schulman 32-inch RCOS Telescope

Camera: SBIG STX16803

The 0.81 m (32 in) Schulman Telescope is a Ritchey-Chrétien reflector built by RC Optical Systems and installed in 2010. It is operated by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter and is Arizona's largest dedicated public observatory. The Schulman Telescope was designed from inception for remote control over the Internet by amateur and professional astrophotographers worldwide. It is currently the world's largest telescope dedicated for this purpose.

Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Release Date: June 1, 2013

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Newly Detected Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura): Tails Growing Near Sun

Newly Detected Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura): Tails Growing Near Sun

Comet Nishimura is expanding. More precisely, the tails of comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) are growing as it nears the Sun. Discovered in August 2023, the comet is already near naked eye brightness as it now moves inside the Earth's orbit. The comet will be nearest the Earth next week, but nearest the Sun the week after—on September 17, 2023. Speculation holds that expelled ice and dust from Comet Nishimura's last visit to the inner Solar System may have created the Sigma Hydrids meteor shower which peaks yearly in December. If so, then this meteor shower may become more active, refreshed with new comet debris. 

This image of Comet Nishimura was captured from Edgewood, New Mexico, USA four nights ago, showing a long ion tail structured by interactions with the solar wind. The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona. 

Look for this comet near your eastern horizon just before sunrise for the next few mornings, but very near your western horizon just after sunset next week—as its coma continues to brighten and its tails continue to grow.

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is a long-period comet discovered by Hideo Nishimura on Aug. 12, 2023. With an observation arc of seven months, the orbital period of the comet is estimated to be 434 years. An eccentricity of 0.996 gives the comet a semi-major axis (average distance from the Sun) of about 57 astronomical units (AU), which is comparable to the average distance of Eris at 68 AU. The comet will not leave the Solar System and will come to aphelion (farthest distance from the Sun) in the year 2227.

1 astronomical unit (AU) = equal to 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) or 8.3 light-minutes

An astronomical unit is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun. 

Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura discovered the comet in images he obtained using a 200-mm f/3 telephoto lens mounted on a Canon EOS 6D on Aug. 12, 2023, when the comet was 1 AU from the Sun. 

Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Kennett

Peter's Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/kennettphotography/

Image Date: Sept. 5, 2023

Release Date: Sept. 9, 2023

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

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

Bajo su superficie helada, la luna de Saturno Encélado esconde muchas sorpresas: un depósito de agua líquida, compuestos químicos orgánicos y fuentes hidrotermales. Descubre lo que necesitas saber sobre Encélado, un mundo oceánico que podría presentar condiciones favorables para la vida.

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 en Español

Duration: 1 minute, 47 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 8, 2023

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NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana: Supporting Human Spaceflight

NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana: Supporting Human Spaceflight

On September 7, 1961, NASA named the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) to be the sole manufacturing plant for building human space flight vehicles. This year MAF is responsible for producing space flight hardware for Apollo, Shuttle, and now Artemis. Throughout the years, MAF has endured several natural disasters which tested their resiliency—a test they continue to pass time and time again.

Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 8, 2023

#NASA #Space #Earth #Moon #ApolloProgram #SpaceShuttleProgram #STS #ArtemisProgram #Rockets #LaunchVehicles #Science #SpaceTechnology #Engineering #MichoudAssemblyFacility #MAF #NewOrleans #Louisiana #UnitedStates #Astronauts #HumanSpaceflight #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Safely Returns to Earth | This Week @NASA

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Safely Returns to Earth | This Week @NASA 

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission safely returns to Earth, the tech demo hitching a ride on NASA's Psyche spacecraft, and studying ancient life on Earth to better understand Mars . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: September 8, 2023

#NASA #Space #Earth #Mars #PsycheMission #Science #ISS #Spacecraft #SpaceX #CrewDragon #SpaceXCrew6 #CrewDragonEndeavour #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #Russia #Россия #Роскосмос #Roscosmos #JAXA #Japan #日本 #UAE #HumanSpaceflight #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

A Storm Brewing in the Indian Ocean | International Space Station

A Storm Brewing in the Indian Ocean | International Space Station

A storm is seen in the Indian Ocean from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above nearing the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

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

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, 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)

Image Date: Sept. 5, 2023

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Astronauts Moghbeli & Rubio Talk to Georgia Students | International Space Station

Astronauts Moghbeli & Rubio Talk to Georgia Students | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio and Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 7, 2023, with students at Dames Ferry Elementary School in Gray, Georgia. Rubio and Moghbeli are in the midst of science missions living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. 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.

NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Official NASA Biography:

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

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

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/frank-rubio

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/frank-rubio/biography

Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

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

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, 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: 20 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 7, 2023

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #ISS #Astronauts #FrankRubio #JasminMoghbeli #Cosmonauts #Russia #Россия #Роскосмос #HumanSpaceflight #JAXA #Japan #日本 #ESA #Europe #Denmark #UnitedStates #MicrogravityResearch #SpaceLaboratory #Expedition69 #Georgia #Students #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Virgin Galactic Completes Second Private Astronaut Flight: Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic Completes Second Private Astronaut Flight: Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic announced the completion of its second private astronaut flight, ‘Galactic 03.’ on Sept. 8, 2023. The mission flew three of Virgin Galactic’s first customers.

‘Galactic 03’ was Virgin Galactic’s fourth successful spaceflight in the past four months, and the third flight of Virgin Galactic’s inaugural commercial spaceflight season. The flight followed the Company’s first research mission in June 2023 and first private astronaut mission in August.

Onboard Galactic 03:

Astronaut 014 Ken Baxter from the United States of America

Astronaut 015 Timothy Nash from South Africa

Astronaut 016 Adrian Reynard from the United Kingdom

Spaceship VSS Unity was piloted by Commander Nicola Pecile and Pilot Michael Masucci; Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses was also on board. Mothership VMS Eve was piloted by Commander Jameel Janjua and Pilot Kelly Latimer.

Learn more on Virgin Galactic's website: https://www.virgingalactic.com

Credit: Illustration, images & video footage courtesy of Virgin Galactic

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 23 seconds

Release Date: June 29, 2023

#NASA #Space #Earth #CommercialSpaceflight #VirginGalactic #SpaceShipTwoVehicle #Galactic03 #VSSUnity #VMSEve #SuborbitalFlight #Astronauts #KenBaxter #TimothyNash #AdrianReynard #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceportAmerica #SpaceTourism #NewMexico #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video