Russian Soyuz Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Next International Space Station Crew

Russian Soyuz Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Next International Space Station Crew

The Russian Soyuz rocket is seen after being rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-24 crew to the International Space Station rolled out from its integration building to the launch pad Sept. 12, 2023, for final preparations. While the roll out took place, members of the Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’ Hara and their backups, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Tracy C. Dyson of NASA participated in final prelaunch training activities.

Astronaut Loral O’Hara Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut

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/Bill Ingalls

Capture Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Talks with Media Post-Mission | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Talks with Media Post-Mission | International Space Station

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi discussed their six-month science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Fellow crew member Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev was unable to participate in the news conference due to travel. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 returned to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft splashing down at 12:17 a.m., Sept. 4, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, and flew back to Houston shortly afterward. The four crewmates traveled 78,875,292 statute miles during 2,976 orbits around the Earth and spent approximately 186 days in orbit. It was the first spaceflight for Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev, and the fourth for Bowen.

During the mission, Bowen and Hoburg completed two spacewalks, and Alneyadi became the first UAE astronaut to conduct a spacewalk. With ten spacewalks throughout his missions, Bowen ties the record for most spacewalks by a U.S. astronaut, also held by four others. He ranks third on the all-time list for cumulative hours of spacewalking. While aboard the station, Crew-6 contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations, including conducting a student robotic challenge, studying plant genetic adaptations to space, and monitoring human health in microgravity to prepare for exploration beyond low Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth. Crew-6 spent about a week with the newly arrived crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission that docked to the station Aug. 27, handing over ongoing tasks, and introducing two first-time explorers to the orbital outpost. Both missions are part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

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: 40 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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Russian Soyuz Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Next International Space Station Crew

Russian Soyuz Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Next International Space Station Crew

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-24 crew to the International Space Station rolled out from its integration building to the launch pad Sept. 12, 2023, for final preparations. While the roll out took place, members of the Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’ Hara and their backups, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Tracy C. Dyson of NASA participated in final prelaunch training activities.

Astronaut Loral O’Hara Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut

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, 31 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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Planet Mars Images: Sept. 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Planet Mars Images: Sept. 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Mars 2020 - sol 907

Mars 2020 - sol 907

MSL - sol 3934

MSL - sol 3944

Mars 2020 - sol 909

MSL - sol 3934

Mars 2020 - sol 910

Mars 2020 - sol 910

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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: Sept. 11-12, 2023

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NASA Astronauts Vande Hei & Rubio: Record Breaking Space Station Missions

NASA Astronauts Vande Hei & Rubio: Record Breaking Space Station Missions

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio of NASA answered questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory and discussed his record-breaking mission during an in-flight conversation recorded on Sept. 5, 2023, with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei who was in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center. Rubio surpassed Vande Hei’s previous record for the longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut—355 days—on Sept. 11, 2023. Rubio will wrap up his long duration flight on the station on Sept. 27 with a total of 371 days in space. Research conducted during long-duration missions, such as this one, 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. 

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

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

Expedition 69 Crew

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: 10 minutes, 31 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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NASA Psyche Mission Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li | JPL

NASA Psyche Mission Solar Electric Propulsion Engineer Julie Li | JPL

Behind the Spacecraft: Julie Li of Maxar Technologies talks about the solar electric propulsion hardware on the Psyche spacecraft. The Psyche mission aims to help answer fundamental questions about Earth’s own metal core and the formation of our solar system. Scheduled to launch on Oct. 5, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the spacecraft will begin orbiting the asteroid Psyche in 2029. 

To learn more about the Psyche mission, visit https://nasa.gov/psyche 

For more information, go to: www.nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Duration: 1 minute, 38 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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Expedition 69 Crew Photos: September 2023 | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Crew Photos: September 2023 | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli services microbe samples for DNA sequencing aboard the International Space Station.

Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Frank Rubio, both from NASA, and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) join each other for lunch aboard the International Space Station's Unity module.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

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

Expedition 69 Crew

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 Dates: Sept. 6-7, 2023

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The Universe's Expansion Rate: The Hubble Tension | NASA Goddard

The Universe's Expansion Rate: The Hubble Tension | NASA Goddard

When the Hubble Space Telescope launched, one of its main goals was to measure the rate at which our universe is expanding. This rate is called the “Hubble Constant”—named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, who contributed to the discovery of the universe’s expansion. However, the expected value of the expansion rate is different depending on what equipment is being used to determine it.

In this video, Nobel Laureate Dr. Adam Riess explains this phenomenon, known as “Hubble Tension,” and how important this mystery is to our understanding of the universe.

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 

Producer & Director: James Leigh

Editor: Lucy Lund

Director of Photography: James Ball

Additional Editing & Photography: Matthew Duncan

Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan

Production & Post: Origin Films 

Video Credit:

Hubble Space Telescope Animation

Credit: M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble)

Dark Energy Expansion Graph

Dark Energy Expansion Animation 

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Hubble Extreme Deep Field Fly Through

Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, L. Frattare, T. Davis, Z. Levay, and G. Bacon (Viz3D Team, STScI)

James Webb Space Telescope Animations

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 12, 2023

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Lander Observed by Korea's Danuri Lunar Orbiter

India's Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Lander Observed by Korea's Danuri Moon Orbiter

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri ( 다누리), imaged ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, about 600 kilometers from the Moon's South Pole at Shiv Shakti Point (69.373 S, 32.319E), on August 27, 2023.

Video Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds

Release Date: Sept, 12, 2023

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Earth View from SpaceX Dragon Endurance | NASA's SpaceX Crew-7

Earth View from SpaceX Dragon Endurance | NASA's SpaceX Crew-7

This view of Earth was captured from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Pictured below is the Strait of Gibraltar that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, which separates the continents of Europe and Africa.

Aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft was NASA's SpaceX Crew-7: NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (Commander), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark (Pilot), JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan (Mission Specialist) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia (Mission Specialist).

"The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. It is the experience of seeing first-hand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, 'hanging in the void', shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. The effect may also invoke a sense of transcendence and connection with humanity as a whole, from which national borders appear petty."

The term and concept were coined in 1987 by American author, Frank White, who explored the theme in his book The Overview Effect — Space Exploration and Human Evolution.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Aug. 27, 2023

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Expedition 69-70 International Space Station Crew Prepares for Kazakhstan Launch

Expedition 69-70 International Space Station Crew Prepares for Kazakhstan Launch

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Station’s Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara participated in a variety of activities as they prepared for their upcoming mission on the International Space Station. Kononenko, Chub, and O’Hara are set to launch Sept. 15, 2023, from Baikonur in the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft for long duration missions on the outpost. The footage includes the crew’s arrival in Baikonur, their Soyuz fit checks in the Cosmodrome’s Integration Facility, and other training milestones.

Astronaut Loral O’Hara Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut

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: Sept. 11, 2023

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NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans: A Proud History

NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans: A Proud History

For more than half a century, NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans has been “America’s Rocket Factory,” the nation’s premiere site for manufacturing and assembly of large-scale space structures and systems. The government-owned manufacturing facility is one of the largest in the world at 829-total acres, with 43 acres of manufacturing space under one roof—a space large enough to contain more than 31 professional football fields. Michoud, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, includes several areas within its facility that are used by commercial firms of NASA Contractors.

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

Duration: 10 minutes

Release Date: Sept. 11, 2023

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Tianzhou-5 Cargo Ship Separates from China Space Station for Earth Reentry

Tianzhou-5 Cargo Ship Separates from China Space Station for Earth Reentry

China's Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft separated from the orbiting space station at 4:46pm Beijing Time (BJT) on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, and switched to independent flight mode after completing all assigned tasks, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The ship will conduct a controlled reentry into the Earth's atmosphere on Tuesday, Sept. 12 during which most parts of the ship will burn up.

Shenzhou-16 China Space Station Crew: 

Jing Haipeng (Commander) 

Zhu Yangzhu

Gui Haichao

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 55 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 11, 2023

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Webb Discovers Methane & Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of Exoplanet K2-18 b

Webb Discovers Methane & Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of Exoplanet K2-18 b

This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data. K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and lies 120 light-years from Earth.

Spectra of exoplanet K2-18 b

A new investigation with the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope into exoplanet K2-18 b has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules, including methane and carbon dioxide. The abundance of methane and carbon dioxide, and shortage of ammonia, support the hypothesis that there may be an ocean underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere in K2-18 b.

While K2-18 b lies in the habitable zone and is now known to harbor carbon-bearing molecules, this does not necessarily mean that the planet can support life. The planet's large size—with a radius 2.6 times the radius of Earth—means that the planet’s interior likely contains a large mantle of high-pressure ice, like Neptune, but with a thinner hydrogen-rich atmosphere and an ocean surface. Hycean worlds are predicted to have oceans of water. However, it is also possible that the ocean is too hot to be habitable or be liquid.

"Although this kind of planet does not exist in our solar system, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of planet known so far in the galaxy," explained team member Subhajit Sarkar of Cardiff University. "We have obtained the most detailed spectrum of a habitable-zone sub-Neptune to date, and this allowed us to work out the molecules that exist in its atmosphere.”

Image 1 Description: Illustration of an exoplanet planet and its red cool dwarf star on a black background that is speckled with some small stars. 

Image 2 Description: The graphic shows the spectra of the exoplanet K2-18 b from NIRISS and NIRSpec in the form of a graph, with the vertical y-axis labelled as Amount of Light Blocked and the horizontal axis labelled as Wavelength of Light (microns). The spectra is plotted as dots with vertical short vertical lines across the plot, with the best-fit model as a blue jagged white line.There are green, yellow and light blue vertical columns of varying thicknesses scattered across the plot indicating where variations in the line represent the presence of methane, carbon dioxide, and dimethyl sulphide, respectively.

Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmstead (STScI), N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)

Release Date: Sept. 11, 2023

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Reflection Nebula NGC 6914 in Cygnus | Steward Observatory

Reflection Nebula NGC 6914 in Cygnus | Steward Observatory

NGC 6914 is a reflection nebula located approximately 6,000 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation. It was discovered by French astronomer, Édouard Stephan, on August 29, 1881. Ultraviolet radiation from stars in the Cygnus OB2 association ionize the nebula's hydrogen.

Technical Details:

Optics: Phillips 24-inch RCOS Telescope

Camera: SBIG STL11000

Credit: Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona 

Release Date: June 1, 2010

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Comet Nishimura & Planet Venus over Slovakia

Comet Nishimura & Planet Venus over Slovakia

This scene would be beautiful even without the comet. By itself, the sunrise sky is an elegant deep blue on high, with faint white stars peeking through, while near the horizon is a pleasing tan. On its own, the foreground hills of eastern Slovakia are appealingly green, with the Zadňa hura and Veľká hora hills in the distance, and with the lights of small towns along the way. Venus, on the far right, appears unusually exquisite, surrounded by a colorful atmospheric corona. However, what attracts the eye most is the comet. On the left side of this composite image, taken just before dawn yesterday morning, is Comet Nishimura. 

On recent mornings around the globe, Comet Nishimura's bright coma and long ion tail make many a morning panoramic photo unusually beautiful. Tomorrow, C/2023 P1 (Comet Nishimura) will pass its nearest to the Earth for about the next 434 years.

Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek/Institute of Physics in Opava

Petr's website: https://www.petrhoralek.com

Institute of Physics in Opava (Czech Republic): https://www.slu.cz/phys/en/

Image Date: Sept. 10, 2023

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