New Expedition 70 Crew Photos for 2024 | International Space Station

New Expedition 70 Crew Photos for 2024 | International Space Station

Four Expedition 70 astronauts pose for a fun portrait inside their crew quarters. Clockwise from left are, Commander Andreas Mogensen of Denmark from the European Space Agency (ESA), Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Flight Engineers Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, from NASA.

NASA astronauts Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan peers at the Earth from inside the cupola

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa works on carbon dioxide removal hardware

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa jogs on the COLBERT treadmill

Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa works out on the Advanced Resisitive Exercise Device located (ARED)

Astronaut Loral O'Hara poses in front of the Advanced Plant Habitat

Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli poses in front of the Advanced Plant Habitat

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (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.

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Jan. 12, 2024

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NASA’s PACE Earth Science Mission Spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

NASA’s PACE Earth Science Mission Spacecraft on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated atop is rolled to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Liftoff of the PACE mission is set for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Image Credit: SpaceX

Image Date: Feb. 4, 2024

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The Subtle Unstructured Beauty of Galaxy ESO 245-5 in Phoenix | Hubble

The Subtle Unstructured Beauty of Galaxy ESO 245-5 in Phoenix | Hubble

This image shows a densely packed field of stars, laid on top of a background of dust, gas, and light from more distant celestial objects. The stars take up so much of the field of view in this image that it is a little tricky to discern that you are in fact looking at most of a galaxy, known as ESO 245-5. This galaxy is a relatively close neighbor of the Milky Way, lying at the fairly modest distance of 15 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Phoenix. 

Another reason that it is perhaps a little tricky to spot that ESO 245-5 is a galaxy is its apparent lack of structure. Hubble images of spiral galaxies are interesting to look at in part because of their seemingly extraordinarily ordered arms of stars, gas and dust. ESO 245-5, in contrast, is classified as an IB(s)m type galaxy under the system of galaxy classification known as the De Vaucouleurs system. The IB(s)m designation specifically means that the galaxy is irregular (I), barred (B), has a slight spiral structure ((s)), and is of the Magellanic type (m).

Irregular in this context is quite intuitive. The galaxy does not appear to have a regular, ordered structure. In fact, essentially the entire view here is covered by the stars of this galaxy. The second term means that the galaxy has a barred shape at its center. This is the dense stretch of stars that crosses through the center of this image. The third term says that there are hints of a spiral structure, but nothing clear or definitive (hence the ‘s’ is bracketed). Finally, the last term indicates ESO 245-5’s similarity to the Magellanic Clouds—two dwarf galaxies that are close neighbors of the Milky Way. 

Image Description: An irregular galaxy: a cloud of tiny, point-like stars on a dark background. The cloud is densest along a broad, curved band across the center of the image, colored a faint blue with glowing purplish patches, and the stars grow more dense out to the edges but don’t fully vanish. A few distant background galaxies appear among the stars as glowing spots.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Messa

Release Date: Feb. 5, 2024

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China's Chang'e-5 Moon Mission: Landing, Sample Collection & Earth Return

China's Chang'e-5 Moon Mission: Landing, Sample Collection & Earth Return

Watch extraordinary time lapse video of the first lunar-sample mission in forty-four years! 

This is camera footage of China's Chang'e-5 lunar robotic orbiter & lander in action during the year 2020. Each mission stage is presented: separation, lunar landing, drilling, sample collection, ascender liftoff, unmanned orbital docking, sample transportation, and return to Earth.

Chang'e-5 Moon Landing Site: Mons Rümker, region of Oceanus Procellarum—a vast lunar mare on the western edge of the near side of the Moon.

The Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission was the first of its kind since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. This successful mission made China the third country to return samples from the Moon after the United States and the former Soviet Union. India has plans for its own lunar sample return mission later in this decade.

Chang'e-5 Earth Launch: November 23, 2020

Chang'e-5 Moon Landing: December 1, 2020

Chang'e-5 Earth Landing: December 16, 2020 

Chang'e-5 landed in China's Inner Mongolia region.

Video Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)

Acknowledgements: CNSA Watcher Archives

Duration: 1 minute, 20 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 4, 2024

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Science Briefing on NASA PACE Mission Studying Earth's Atmosphere & Oceans

Science Briefing on NASA PACE Mission Studying Earth's Atmosphere & Oceans

Targeted to launch on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission will study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate. Prelaunch activities included a briefing on the mission science on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 11am EST with the following NASA participants:

Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor

Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division

Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist

Andy Sayer, PACE atmospheric scientist

Natasha Sadoff, Satellite Needs Program Manager  

PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Video Credit: NASA

Duration: 50 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 4, 2024

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Remembering Skylab 4: 50th Anniversary | America's First Space Station (1973-1974)

Remembering Skylab 4: 50th Anniversary | America's First Space Station (1973-1974)

NASA Astronauts Carr and Pogue demonstrate weight training in zero-gravity

Astronaut Gerald Carr floats in forward dome area

Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just egressed the Skylab EVA hatchway in this frame taken from a roll of movie film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab extravehicular activity (EVA) that took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the EVA by Carr and Gibson.

This photograph was taken as the third crew (Skylab-4) departed the space station. The solar observatory was designed for full exposure to the Sun throughout most of the Skylab mission. Solar energy was transformed into electrical power for operation of all spacecraft systems. The proper operation of these solar arrays was vital to the mission. This Skylab in orbit view was taken by the Skylab-4 crew.

This image of Skylab in orbit was taken as the third crew (Skylab-4) departed the space station after 84 days in the orbiting laboratory. "A smiling Skylab seemed to wink good-bye for the job well done."

These three men were the prime crewmen for the Skylab 4 mission. Pictured in their flight suits with a globe and a model of the Skylab space station are, left to right, astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander; scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot; and astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot.

Skylab 4 (IV) Launch on a Saturn 1B space vehicle: Nov. 16, 1973

Skylab 4 Mission: Crew Emblem

"The symbols in the patch refer to the three major areas of investigation in the mission. The tree represents man's natural environment and relates directly to the Skylab mission objectives of advancing the study of Earth resources. The hydrogen atom, as the basic building block of the universe, represents man's exploration of the physical world, his application of knowledge, and his development of technology. Since the sun is composed primarily of hydrogen, it is appropriate that the symbol refers to the solar physics mission objectives. The human silhouette represents mankind and the human capacity to direct technology with a wisdom tempered by regard for his natural environment. It also directly relates to the Skylab medical studies of man himself. The rainbow, adopted from the Biblical story of the flood, symbolizes the promise that is offered man. It embraces man and extends to the tree and the hydrogen atom emphasizing man's pivotal role in the conciliation of technology with nature."

Skylab was a United States experimental space station consisting of a 100-ton laboratory complex where medical, scientific, and technological experiments were performed in Earth orbit. The Skylab Program emerged from the Apollo Applications Program of the mid-1960s that sought to use hardware from the Apollo Moon landing program to develop America’s first space station. To build Skylab, engineers converted a Saturn rocket upper stage into an orbital workshop designed to house three successive crews of three astronauts. 

The third and final crew to the Skylab space station completed a record-breaking 84 days in space while continuing the program's scientific objectives of making Earth resources, solar astronomy, and medical experiment observations. Skylab’s third crew was unusual in that all three astronauts were on their first trip into space. Gerald P. Carr, the commander, was a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Dr. Edward G. Gibson, science pilot, had joined NASA in 1965. The agency gave him pilot training. Lt. Col. William Pogue, U.S. Air Force, rounded out the crew.

Skylab was intended as a research platform in low-Earth orbit, focusing primarily on studying human adaptation to long-duration spaceflight, observing the Sun, and monitoring the Earth. Investigations in physics, materials processing, and student-designed experiments rounded out Skylab’s research portfolio. A series of experiments investigated the responses of the astronauts’ physiologic systems to the effects of long-duration weightlessness. The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) contained instruments to observe the Sun and other celestial objects, while instruments looking down at the home planet comprised the Earth Resources Experiment Package.

Skylab Mission 4

Space Station Crew

Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, William R. Pogue

Launch: Nov. 16, 1973

Landing: Feb. 8, 1974

Learn more about Skylab 4: 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/skylab-4

Learn about the Skylab Program: 

https://www.nasa.gov/skylab/

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/skylab.htm

Image Credit: NASA

Image Dates: Aug. 1973-Feb. 1974

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What's in the Night Sky: February 2024 | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

What's in the Night Sky: February 2024 | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal what to see in the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere throughout February 2024, including the best comets, clair-obscure effects on the Moon, Orion, Gemini and star clusters. 

Clair-obscure effects: The continuous interplay of sunlight and shadow through its changing phases provides a myriad of opportunities to see faces, eyes, cities, alphabet letters—almost anything you might imagine. Lunar enthusiasts call them clair-obscur effects, derived from the French words for "light" and "shadow." (Source: Sky & Telescope Magazine)

00:00 Intro

00:13 Mercury, Venus and Mars

02:23 Jupiter and Saturn

03:41 Uranus and Neptune

06:22 Comets

11:25 Einstein Crater

13:34 Lunar X and V, Jewelled Handle

15:31 Orion

16:30 Castor and Pollux

17:50 M35

19:05 Ursa Major

20:15 Leo and the Sickle

22:00 Beehive Cluster

23:06 M67

25:08 Hydra

Video Credit: BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Duration: 30 minutes

Release Date: Jan. 31, 2024

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China Smart Dragon-3 Rocket Sea Launches Egypt's NExSat-1 + 8 Satellites

China Smart Dragon-3 Rocket Sea Launches Egypt's NExSat-1 + 8 Satellites

A Smart Dragon-3 sea-based solid-fueled rocket successfully launched nine satellites, including NExSat-1 for the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), from a sea-based platform off the coast of Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China, on February 3, 2024, at 03:06 UTC (11:06 local time). Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3, also known as Lightning Dragon No. 3, Jielong-3) is a solid-propellant rocket developed by the China Rocket Co. Ltd., affiliated to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT). The launch was coordinated by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center and was the third mission for the Smart Dragon-3 launch vehicle.

The rocket carried satellites for a variety of customers. NExSat 1 is an experimental Earth observation satellite built by the National Authority of Space Sciences (NARSS) in Egypt in collaboration with Berlin Space Technologies (BST).

Other satellites included Dongfang Huiang-01, also known as Yantai-2, a remote sensing satellite with a resolution of 0.5 meters and autonomous processing. 

Little is known about DRO-L. It was developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAMCAS). The DRO satellite may be a low Earth orbit link navigation satellite launched in preparation for the upcoming launch of experimental small lunar navigation satellites, Tiandu-1 and 2. The pair are expected to launch for the Moon along with the Queqiao-2 lunar relay satellite around March 2024.

Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Acknowledgement: SciNews/SpaceNews

Duration: 1 minute, 24 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 3, 2024

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NASA’s PACE Earth-Observing Spacecraft: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Encapsulation

NASA’s PACE Earth-Observing Spacecraft: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Encapsulation

PACE spacecraft encapsulation into Space Falcon 9 payload fairing

PACE spacecraft processing

PACE Observatory Mechanical Team

PACE spacecraft uncrating

PACE Program Science - Earth Data Management

NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulated NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fairing halves protect the spacecraft from aerodynamic pressure and heating during the ascent phase of launch. PACE is set to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/Katie Mellos/Denny Henry/GSFC

Image Dates: Nov. 15, 2023- Jan. 31, 2024

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PACE: estudiando microorganismos desde el espacio | NASA Terra

PACE: estudiando microorganismos desde el espacio | NASA Terra

El satélite llamado Plancton, Aerosoles, Nubes y Ecosistemas Oceánicos, o PACE  por sus siglas en inglés, es el más reciente en la flota de satélites de observación de la Tierra de la NASA. PACE nos ayudará a tener un mejor entendimiento de los complejos sistemas que impulsan los cambios en nuestro planeta y cómo interactúan con el cambio climático.

En este video, la científica de programa la Laura Lorenzoni te explica cómo PACE, entre otras cosas, permitirá a los científicos estudiar la cadena trófica marina como nunca antes, utilizando tecnología de observación hiperespectral para monitorear el fitoplancton que se encuentra en los océanos.

La misión PACE será lanzada en febrero de 2024 desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida.

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Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

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Crédito: Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la NASA (GSFC)

Pedro Cota: Productor y editor (NASA GSFC)

Entrevistadora: Noelia González (NASA GSFC)

Camarógrafo: Michael Menzel (NASA GSFC)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Jan. 31, 2024

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Ocean Color Countdown with PACE Mission | NASA Earth Observatory

Ocean Color Countdown with PACE Mission | NASA Earth Observatory

The color of our oceans, lakes and rivers can tell us a lot about what's going on just beneath the surface. With the new hyperspectral capabilities of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, we will know more about the health of aquatic ecosystems and those impacts on human health and climate studies. We explore just five different ocean colors around the globe and find out what those colors tell us.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS/AMA):

Lead Producer

Lead Writer

Lead Animator

Lead Editor

Narrator 

Ivona Cetinić (Morgan State University):

Lead Scientist

Lead Writer

Gregory Shirah (GSFC):

Lead Visualizer

Walt Feimer (GSFC):

Lead Animator

Duration: 5 minutes, 52 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 2, 2024

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NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) Spacecraft | NASA Earth

NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) Spacecraft | NASA Earth

NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings is transported from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, to be mated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 in preparation for liftoff set for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Image Date: Feb. 2, 2024

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A Cargo Resupply Mission to the International Space Station | This Week @NASA

A Cargo Resupply Mission to the International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Week of February 2, 2024: A commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, preparing to make a delivery to the Moon, and monitoring our changing Earth from space . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer & Editor: Andre Valentine

Narrator: Emanuel Cooper

Release Date: Feb. 3, 2024

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Ax-3 Astronaut Marcus Wendt | Muninn Mission Highlights | ESA

Ax-3 Astronaut Marcus Wendt | Muninn Mission Highlights | ESA

European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden in ESA’s Columbus module during his Muninn mission to the International Space Station.

Marcus Wandt in Columbus

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt wears a cap with sensors to record his brain activity during a session of the Orbital Architecture experiment in ESA’s Cupola module.

ESA project astronaut and Axiom Mission 3 Mission Specialist Marcus Wandt performs a technology demonstration called Surface Avatar. The experiment involved Marcus teleoperating robots on Earth from the International Space Station.

Two Scandinavian astronauts are living and working together in space for the first time in the history of spaceflight. Andreas Mogensen from Denmark (left) and Marcus Wandt (right) from Sweden are sharing the space home to boost European science and technology.

ESA’s Columbus module on the International Space Station. The Danish and Swedish flags are in the background, representing the nationalities of Andreas Mogensen (Denmark) and Marcus Wandt (Sweden).

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt's first mission to space, Muninn, takes its name from Norse mythology and the two raven accomplices of the god Odin—Muninn and Huginn. Together, the two symbolize the human mind. Huginn is the name of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s Space Station mission.

According to the myth, the ravens serve as messengers and advisors to their god, sharing all they see and hear. Muninn comes from the Old Norse word munr, that can be translated as passion and emotion, linking to Marcus’s enthusiasm for spaceflight.

European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden took off on January 18, 2024, as part of the Axiom-3 crew for a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The four Ax-3 astronauts are now preparing for their departure from the station aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft for no earlier than Saturday morning, Feb. 3, 2024. Mission managers from Axiom Space, SpaceX, and NASA are monitoring weather conditions at the splashdown site off the coast of Florida before making a final undocking decision.

Follow Marcus’s journey on the Muninn website: 

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/muninn

Marcus Wandt - Ax-3 Mission Specialist

Marcus' Biography: 

https://www.axiomspace.com/astronaut/marcus-wandt

Learn more about the Ax-3 Mission here:

https://www.axiomspace.com

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: Axiom Space/M. López Alegría/ESA/NASA-A. Mogensen/M. Wandt

Release Dates: Jan. 20, 2024

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New Mars Images: January 2024 | NASA Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

New Mars Images: January 2024 | NASA Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Mars 2020 - sol 1047

Mars 2020 - sol 1046

MSL - sol 4083

MSL - sol 4082

MSL - sol 4083

MSL - sol 4080

MSL - sol 4073

MSL - sol 4073

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Celebrating 11+ Years on Mars (2012-2024)

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.

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: Jan. 22-Feb. 1, 2024

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Expedition 70 Axiom Mission 3 International Space Station Farewell Remarks | NASA

Expedition 70 Axiom Mission 3 International Space Station Farewell Remarks | NASA

Aboard the International Space Station, Axiom Mission-3 crewmembers Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Alper Gezeravcı, and Marcus Wandt provided farewell remarks February 2, 2024, ahead of their scheduled undocking from the space station February 3. The crew has been living and working on the International Space Station since January 20 following a launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 18. Axiom Mission-3 is the third private astronaut mission to the space station. 

Learn more about Ax-3 at:

https://axiomspace.com/ax3

For more information about Axiom Space, visit: 

www.axiomspace.com

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.

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

Duration: 9 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 2, 2024

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