Chasing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with NASA WB-57 High-altitude Jets

Chasing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with NASA WB-57 High-altitude Jets

The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will produce stunning views across North America. While anyone along the eclipse path with a clear sky will see the spectacular event, the best view might be 50,000 feet in the air, aboard NASA’s WB-57 jet planes. This is where a trio of NASA-funded teams are sending their scientific instruments to take measurements of the eclipse.

Two teams will image the Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—and a third will measure the ionosphere, the upper electrically charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere. This information will help scientists better understand the structure and temperature of the corona, the effects of the Sun on Earth’s atmosphere, and even aid in the search of asteroids that may orbit near the Sun. 

To learn more about eclipse safety visit: 

go.nasa.gov/EclipseSafety

View and download the eclipse map here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5073

Video Credit: NASA

Producer: Joy Ng (NIA)

Scientist: Amir Caspi (Southwest Research Institute)

Scientist: Shadia Habbal (Uni. of Hawaii)

Scientist: Bharat Kunduri (Virginia Tech)

Cinematographer: Josh Valcarcel (eMITS), Joy Ng (NIA)

Support: Lacey Young (MORI Associates)

Support: Peter Layshock (JSC)

Duration: 4 minutes, 19 seconds

Release Date: April 3, 2024

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🚨 NASA Internship Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024 | See details below.🚨

🚨 NASA Internship Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024 | See details below.🚨

Visit: intern.nasa.gov | See full list of internships with low applications further below.

Eligibility: U.S. Citizens | For international internships—citizens of a country with a current NASA agreement: https://lnkd.in/gEuQgzGE

Remember: Applications are due on April 5, 2024.

With less than a week left to apply for Fall 2024 internships, NASA's internship team has assembled this list of 100 current opportunities with fewer than 10 total applications. 

To get started: 

Head to stemgateway.nasa.gov and login or create an account. 

Copy and paste the six-digit unique ID number for a role from the list below into the central search bar. 

 Review the specific details of the opportunity to see if you'd be a good fit. 

 If interested, click the large apply button in the top right of the position listing.  

Repeat. 

Application Tip: 

In the application when asked "Why do you want this NASA Internship?" give an honest response which demonstrates your passion or what you can bring to the role. This is one of the few places in your application to make yourself stand out. 

List of Opportunities:

1 Aeronautics at Ames Research Center Fall 2024 018368

2 Agile Business Analyst for NASA STEM Gateway 018370

3 CALPHAD applied to in-space laser manufacturing 017840

4 Evaluation of the mesosphere in GEOS-5 017849

5 Explorations Technology at Ames Research Center Fall 2024 018371

6 Human Landing System (HLS)-GNC Deep Space Navigation 018085

7 MELD Project Intern 018022

8 Space Operations Data Analytics & Knowledge Management Project 017905

9 Characterization of Nuclear Radiation Effects on SiC Sensors 018151

10 Dependency modeling 017936

11 Estimation of extreme values and tail probabilities for reliability analysis 018136

12 Hyperspectral Imaging 018004

13 NASA Spanish-language Journalism, Multimedia, Social Media Intern 017869

14 Polymer Electrolytes for All-Solid-State High Performance Batteries 017835

15 Project Management Dashboard Development 017827

16 Electrified Aircraft Interactive Visualization at NASA Graphics Lab 018047

17 Exploring the drivers of variation of evapotranspiration in the Southeastern U.S 018132

18 Fission Surface Power: Nuclear power on Moon&Mars for sustained human presence3 018141

19 Impacts of ISS on Drosophila CNS 018174

20 Material and Electrical Characterization of Metal contacts to SiC 018148

21 Particle Stoichiometry for Life Detection 017853

22 Science Internship at Ames Research Center Fall 2024 018369

23 Smoke Plume Monitoring Using TEMPO and Radar Measurements 017947

24 Two Phase Flow Experimental Research in Microgravity Fall 2024 018109

25 CFO Business Systems Operations POC  - Sharepoint Transition 017555

26 Correlated Electromagnetic Levitation Actuator (CELA) 017249

27 Hybrid - DEIA & NExCT Support 018084

28 Onsite - Engineer/Researcher in the Bioengineering Branch 017731

29 STEM Engagement Support 018140

30 Sustainability Ambassador - Strategic Communications Support EPFD 017841

31 ASTRO CAMP Collaborative Partners Supporting Hispanic Programs in STEM 017959

32 ETD Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Actuator for nano-positioning 017892

33 Industrial Hygiene Intern 017763

34 Office of STEM Engagement Social and Digital Media Intern 018093

35 Safe, High Performing Battery Designs 018236

36 US Greenhouse Gas Center Program Support Intern 017897

37 Archives Intern - Langley Research Center (in-person) 018060

38 Characterization of high strain composite materials and structures 018183

39 Communications Support 018072

40 Cryogenic CFD RDRE Modeling 018074

41 Earth Information Center Coordinator 017845

42 High Temperature Oven Construction 018147

43 History of Student Engagement in the Earth Science Branch 017948

44 IR Spectroscopy 017822

45 ISS Water Recovery Management Modeling and Data Trending 017991

46 Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Actuator for nano-positioning 017864

47 Mars Mission Architecture Integration 018348

48 Mechanical and Electrical Optimization of the COSmIC facility 017823

49 Miniaturized instruments enabled by nanomaterials for space missions 017857

50 NASA Natural Resource Management Support 018168

51 Processing, Testing and Characterization of Light Weight Composite Conductors 017764

52 Safe DNN-enabled Autonomous Systems 017780

53 Structural Strength Test Instrumentation Engineer 017842

54 Telescope Structural Optimization 018149

55 Updating EMTAT Simulink graphical programming language 017990

56 Virtual: Indigenous Peoples Initiative Outreach 018207

57 Air quality prediction using TEMPO data 017926

58 Computational Materials-informed Q&C 017832

59 Computational Studies in Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics 018210

60 Design & Development of Molecular-based Laser Diagnostics 018209

61 Design of frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) and antennas on PCB and flexible s 017968

62 ETD Develop a verification methodology for fixed-point digital controllers 017894

63 Lunar Architecture Team 018037

64 NASA Audio Storytelling Internship 017867

65 Outreach Support for Scientific Computing Visualization Lab 017769

66 Precision Eddy Current Displacement Sensor 017866

67 Remote sensing of marine debris 018216

68 SMD - Office 365 Power Platform Development 017725

69 Soft Matter Science Research in Microgravity Fall 2024 018110

70 Water Resources Project Impact Follow up 018171

71 ABoVE Collaborations and Engagement Intern 018019

72 Advanced Deployment Mechanisms for Deployable Space Trusses 018182

73 Crater Navigation 017920

74 ETD Modular Mechanism Control Electronics for Spaceflight Instruments 017862

75 Fiber Optics Sensing System Electrical Engineering Fall 2024 018164

76 Gateway STEM outreach project 018092

77 Illustration/Graphic Design Intern 017733

78 Illustration/Graphic Design Intern 017954

79 Implementing the CSWA Strategic Plan 017900

80 KSC Energy and Water Conservation and Resiliency 017969

81 MPS Lifecycle Analysis Process Integration 017720

82 Nanoengineered multifunctional perovskites: 017933

83 ONSITE - Greater Heights VR Experience Development 018066

84 Onsite - Laser Spark Analysis 017791

85 Powder Removal In Microgravity Environments (PRIME) Project 018142

86 Structural Strength Test Engineer 017843

87 Towards Justified Confidence 017828

88 Uncovering the role of old growth forests on the terrestrial carbon cycle 018133

89 Virtual- Carbon Cycle Research with the CASA Model 018157

90 Battery Material Intern 018018

91 Characterization of a Composite Foldable Antenna Reflector for the Lunar Surface 018180

92 Coordination of NASA’s Water Quality and Coastal Relevant Activities 018170

93 EIC Web Designer 017846

94 Fission Surface Power: Nuclear power on Moon & Mars for sustained human presence2 018145

95 Impact Tool Suite for Medical System Trade Analyses ans Decision Support    018123

96 Modeling Mission Operations As A System 017983

97 Onsite - Bioengineering & Instrumentation Group Internship 018015

98 Onsite - Engineer/Researcher in the Bioengineering Branch 017870

99 Space Technology Communications and Outreach Intern 018115

100 Surface to Space: Bringing new data to ecosystem models 018135

Countries with a current NASA agreement: https://lnkd.in/gEuQgzGE

Australia: Victorian Space Science Education Center (VSSEC)

Brazil: Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)

Israel: Israel Space Agency (ISA)

Jordan: Crown Prince Foundation

Lithuania: Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA)

Mexico: Mexican Space Agency (AEM)

New Zealand: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)

Norway: Norwegian Space Center (NSC)

Portugal: Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

South Korea: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

Sweden: Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA)

Trinidad and Tobago: National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST)

United Arab Emirates (UAE): UAE Space Agency (UAESA)

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Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: Comet Geyser | NASA/JPL

Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: Comet Geyser | NASA/JPL

Meet the 24th Martian sample collected by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover “Comet Geyser,” a sample taken from a region of Jezero Crater that is especially rich in carbonate, a mineral linked to habitability. When the rover used its abrasion bit to grind away the surface of the rock, cameras showed interesting and diverse textures. It also spotted silica and carbonate, minerals that scientists know have the highest potential to preserve signs of ancient life on Earth. 

Could it have preserved signs of ancient life on Mars?

As of early April 2024, the Perseverance rover has collected and sealed 24 scientifically selected samples inside pristine tubes as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign. The next stage is to get them to Earth for study. 

Considered one of the highest priorities by the scientists in the Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, Mars Sample Return would be the first mission to return samples from another planet and provides the best opportunity to reveal the early evolution of Mars, including the potential for ancient life. NASA is teaming with the European Space Agency (ESA) on this important endeavor.

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

Read about all the carefully selected samples: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples

Learn more about the Mars Sample Return campaign: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr 

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL/Purdue/USGS

Duration: 52 seconds

Release Date: April 3, 2024

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Probing Extreme Starburst Galaxy Messier 82 | James Webb Space Telescope

Probing Extreme Starburst Galaxy Messier 82 | James Webb Space Telescope

A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy is relatively compact in size but hosts a frenzy of star formation activity. For comparison, M82 is sprouting new stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way galaxy.

Using Webb to inspect the activity in galaxies like these can deepen astronomers’ understanding of the early universe by getting a closer look at the physical conditions that foster the formation of new stars.

For more information about Webb, visit:

https://webb.nasa.gov/

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Isabelle Yan: Producer

Dr. Stefanie N Milam: Voiceover

Thaddeus Cesari: Script

Abigail Major, STScI: Script

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Duration: 1 minute, 55 seconds

Release Date: April 3, 2024

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Building a Lunar Space Station with European Partners: Gateway HALO | NASA

Building a Lunar Space Station with European Partners: Gateway HALO | NASA

The primary structure of the Gateway space station's Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module is one step closer to launch following welding completion in Turin, Italy. HALO is one of four Gateway modules where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for lunar surface missions. NASA is partnering with Northrop Grumman and their subcontractor Thales Alenia Space to develop HALO.

Learn more about the Lunar Gateway Program: 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/gateway/

Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: 

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

Learn more about Thales Alenia Space: www.thalesaleniaspace.com

Image Credit: Northrop Grumman & Thales Alenia Space

Release Date: April 2, 2024

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Shenzhou-16 Astronaut Shares Space Experience with Hometown in China

Shenzhou-16 Astronaut Shares Space Experience with Hometown in China

Shenzhou-16 astronaut Zhu Yangzhu shared his journey in space with hometown folks and students from his old school at Peixian County of Xuzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province while on vacation.

On March 26, 2024, Zhu visited his hometown and had a reunion with his parents, friends, and fellow countrymen. They reviewed the launch of Shenzhou-16 and heard stories from Zhu's space mission.

"I feel that everything becomes distinct when I speak the dialect of my hometown. Our simple hometown dialect always reminds me of 'Where did I come from? and Where am I going?' I will never forget the care and support of the fellow villagers in my hometown," said Zhu.

On the second day, Zhu visited his old school and gave a lecture about his experiences in fulfilling his dream of being in outer space.

Students also presented their scientific models to Zhu.

". . . Today I met Zhu Yangzhu, our role model space hero. I feel very excited and very proud (of him)," said Liu Jiabao, a senior at Peixian Middle School.

The Shenzhou-16 crew consisted of Zhu Yangzhu and his colleagues Jing Haipeng, and Gui Haichao. They returned to Earth safely on Oct. 31, 2023.

Since setting foot back on the Earth, the crew members have completed stages of quarantine and recuperation and met the press on January 19.

At present, the trio are all in good shape with normal medical examination results. Their muscle strength, endurance and cardio functions have recovered to their pre-mission levels.

They will continue to conduct training and will work towards follow-up missions.

The Shenzhou-16 Mission (神舟十六号) involved three astronauts, Jing Haipeng (景海鹏, commander), Zhu Yangzhu (朱杨柱) and Gui Haichao (桂海潮), on a 150+ day long duration mission aboard the China Space Station between May 30, 2023, and October 31, 2023.

Video Credit: CCTV Video News Agency

Duration: 1 minute, 19 seconds

Release Date: April 2, 2024

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Stars & Sunglint Beams off South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Stars & Sunglint Beams off South Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

The Sun's glint beaming off the South Pacific Ocean near the coast of Chile just after an orbital sunrise and a slight airglow crowning Earth's horizon are photographed from the International Space Station. At top, are star fields including a cluster of stars in the constellation of Cancer and a portion of the Lynx constellation.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates: 

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

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia), Oleg Novitskiy (Russia), Marina Vasilevskaya (Belarus)

NASA: Loral O'Hara, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

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

Image Date: March 21, 2024

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Former NASA Astronauts Test Next-Gen Spacesuit Effectiveness | Collins Aerospace

Former NASA Astronauts Test Next-Gen Spacesuit Effectiveness | Collins Aerospace

After a recent Zero G test, former NASA Astronauts Danny Olivas and Dan Burbank confirmed that the Collins spacesuit enhanced their ability to move and complete tasks in a microgravity environment.

Learn more:  https://collins.aero/3QSLRoU

Former NASA Astronaut John Daniel “Danny” Olivas Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/people/dr-john-daniel-danny-olivas-pe/

Former NASA Astronaut Dan Burbank Official Biography (PDF)

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/burbank.pdf

Video Credit: Collins Aerospace

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds

Release Date: April 2, 2024  

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United Arab Emirates Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi Interview | IWASM

United Arab Emirates Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi Interview | IWASM

Selected in 2021, Nora Al Matrooshi became the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) first ever female astronaut. She trained alongside the most recent NASA astronaut class, including her compatriot, Mohammed Al-Mulla, graduating in March 2024. Watch this short video of the International Women's Air & Space Museum (IWASM) interview with Al Matrooshi.

Nora Al Matrooshi, hailing from UAE's third largest city, Sharjah, possesses an impressive academic background. She graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the United Arab Emirates University and further honed her skills through specialized training at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Nora also studied the Korean language at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. 

Starting in 2016, she worked as a piping engineer at the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. She is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Nora was chosen from over 4,000 candidates to be trained for future space exploration missions.

International Women's Air & Space Museum Website: 

https://iwasm.org

Subscribe to The International Women's Air & Space Museum YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@internationalwomensairspac1760

Video Credit: International Women's Air & Space Museum

Record Date: March 5, 2024

Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds

Release Date: April 2, 2024

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Panning over Interacting Galaxies NGC 5996 & NGC 5994 (Arp 72) | Hubble

Panning over Interacting Galaxies NGC 5996 & NGC 5994 (Arp 72) | Hubble

This image features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two interacting galaxies: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and NGC 5994 (its smaller companion, in the lower left of the image). Both galaxies lie approximately 160 million light-years from Earth, and their cores are separated from each other by a distance of around 67 thousand light-years. Moreover, the distance between the galaxies at their closest points is even smaller, closer to 40 thousand light-years. Whilst this might still sound vast, in galactic separation terms it is really very cozy! For comparison, the distance between the Milky Way and its nearest independent galactic neighbor Andromeda is around 2.5 million light-years. Alternatively, the distance between the Milky Way and its largest and brightest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite galaxies are galaxies that are bound in orbit around another galaxy), is about 162 thousand light-years. 

Given this, coupled with the fact that NGC 5996 is roughly comparable in size to the Milky Way, it is not surprising that NGC 5996 and NGC 5994—apparently separated by only 40 thousand light-years or so—are interacting with one another. In fact, the interaction might be what has caused the spiral shape of NGC 5996 to distort and apparently be drawn in the direction of NGC 5994. It also prompted the formation of the very long and faint tail of stars and gas curving away from NGC 5996, up to the top right of the image. This ‘tidal tail’ is a common phenomenon that appears when galaxies get in close together, as can be seen in several Hubble images.

Image Description: A large spiral galaxy with a smaller neighboring galaxy. The spiral galaxy is wide and distorted, with colorful dust. Its companion lies close by it at the end of a spiral arm, to the lower left. A long, faint tail of stars reaches up from the right side of the spiral galaxy to the top of the image. Several small, distant galaxies can be seen in the background, as well as one bright star in the foreground.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, L. Galbany, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date: April 2, 2024

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Expedition 70 Crew Photos: Spring 2024 | International Space Station

Expedition 70 Crew Photos: Spring 2024 | International Space Station

Five NASA astronauts wear eye-protecting specs in anticipation of viewing the solar eclipse from the International Space Station's cupola. The Expedition 70 crewmates will have three opportunities on April 8 to view the Moon's shadow as it tracks across the Earth surface during the eclipse.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara is pictured in her spacesuit before beginning a spacewalk for maintenance on the International Space Station's port solar alpha rotary joint, which allows the solar arrays to track the Sun and generate electricity to power the orbital outpost.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara is pictured during a spacewalk for maintenance on the International Space Station's port solar alpha rotary joint, which allows the solar arrays to track the Sun and generate electricity to power the orbital outpost.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps installs the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-2, or ADSEP-2. The scientific device can interface with the Dragon and Cygnus cargo craft and houses cassettes that process samples for biology and physics research including cell and tissue culturing, protein crystal growth, microorganism and bacteria studies, and materials science research.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Mike Barratt works aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module processing protein crystal samples inside a portable glovebag to learn how to generate personalized medicines in space for astronauts.

Expeditiom 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Nikolai Chub from Roscosmos, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, both from NASA, are pictured inside the International Space Station's Harmony module. The trio was awaiting the opening of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft's hatch on Harmony's space-facing port.

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick smiles for a portrait during photography duties aboard the International Space Station.

Just a tiny image in the center of this photograph, the Soyuz MS-25 crew ship carrying three crew members is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module. Aboard the Soyuz MS-25 were, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. At left, is the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship docked to the Rassvet module, and at right, is the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka science module.

The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people already aboard for Expedition 70 temporarily increases the station’s population to 10.

On March 25, 2024, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy (Russia), and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya joined NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, and Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, already living and working aboard the space station.

Dyson will spend six months aboard the station as an Expedition 70 and 71 flight engineer, returning to Earth in September with Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos (Russia), who will complete a year-long mission on the laboratory.

Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya will be aboard the station for 12 days, providing the ride home for O’Hara on Saturday, April 6, aboard Soyuz MS-24 for a parachute-assisted landing on steppe of Kazakhstan. O’Hara will have spent 204 days in space when she returns.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates: 

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

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia), Oleg Novitskiy (Russia), Marina Vasilevskaya (Belarus)

NASA: Loral O'Hara, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

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

Image Dates: Nov. 1, 2023-March 29, 2024

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What's Up for April 2024 | Skywatching Tips from NASA (Northern Hemisphere)

What's Up for April 2024 | Skywatching Tips from NASA (Northern Hemisphere)

Here are examples of skywatching highlights for April 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere:

Catch Mars and Saturn rising, and Jupiter hangs out with Comet 12P. Plus NASA has you covered for the total eclipse in North America whether you are headed to totality or watching from afar.

View and download the eclipse map here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5073

0:00 Intro 

0:14 Moon & planet highlights

0:57 Comet 12p/Pons-Brooks

1:38 Total solar eclipse

3:45 April Moon phases

NASA's Night Sky Network

https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/night-sky-network/

Skywatching resources from NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching

Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: April 1, 2024

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NASA Astronauts Share Tips for Viewing a Total Solar Eclipse

NASA Astronauts Share Tips for Viewing a Total Solar Eclipse

Astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, Frank Rubio, and Sultan Alneyadi are on a mission to get you ready for the upcoming total eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.

View and download the eclipse map here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5073

Not in the path of the eclipse? Watch with us from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT (1700 to 2000 UTC) on April 8. We will share conversations with experts and provide telescope views of the eclipse from several sites along the eclipse path: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJY_ptQW1o&t=0s

WARNING: Except during the brief totality phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. Indirect viewing methods, such as pinhole projectors, can also be used to experience an eclipse. 

For more on how to safely view this eclipse: https://go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024Safety 

Learn more about the total solar eclipse: https://go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024 

Track the eclipse path: https://go.nasa.gov/EclipseExplorer 

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Sonnet Apple

Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: April 1, 2024

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Planet Mars: North Pole Dry Ice & Sand Dunes | Europe's Mars Express

Planet Mars: North Pole Dry Ice & Sand Dunes | Europe's Mars Express

With its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured a region in Planum Boreum at Mars’ north pole on April 14, 2023. Here, frozen carbon dioxide (dry ice) covers vast sand dunes.

Celebrating over 20 years at Mars! 

The Mars Express mission was launched on June 2, 2003, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on board a Russian Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage. In addition to being Europe’s first mission to Mars, Mars Express is the first fully European mission to any planet.

Image Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

Image Capture Date: April 14, 2023

Video Credit: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 28, 2024

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Panning over Globular Cluster NGC 1651 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

Panning over Globular Cluster NGC 1651 in The Large Magellanic Cloud | Hubble

This image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 1651. It is located about 162,000 light-years away in the largest and brightest of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A notable feature of this image is that the globular cluster almost fills the entire image, even though globular clusters are only about 10 to 300 light-years in diameter (NGC 1651 has a diameter of roughly 120 light-years). 

A common misconception is that Hubble and other large telescopes manage to observe wildly differently sized celestial objects by zooming in on them, as one would with a specialized camera here on Earth. However, while small telescopes might have the option to zoom in and out to a certain extent, large telescopes do not. Each telescope’s instrument has a fixed ‘field of view’ (the size of the region of sky that it can observe in a single observation). For example, the ultraviolet/visible light channel of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), the channel and instrument that were used to collect the data used in this image, has a field of view roughly one twelfth the diameter of the Moon as seen from Earth. Whenever WFC3 makes an observation, that is the size of the region of sky that it can observe.

The reason that Hubble can observe objects of such wildly different sizes is two-fold. First, the distance to an object will determine how big it appears to be from Earth, so entire galaxies that are relatively far away might take up the same amount of space in the sky as a globular cluster like NGC 1651 that is relatively close by. In fact, there is a distant spiral galaxy lurking in this image, directly left of the cluster—though undoubtedly much larger than this star cluster, it appears small enough here to blend in with foreground stars! Second, multiple images spanning different parts of the sky can be mosaiced together to create single images of objects that are too big for Hubble’s field of view. This is a very complex task and is not typically done for most images, but it has been done for Hubble’s most iconic ones.

Image Description: A spherical collection of stars fills the whole view. The stars merge into a bright, bluish core in the center, and form a sparse band around that out to the edges of the image. A few stars lie in front of the cluster, with visible diffraction spikes. The background is dark black.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Girardi, F. Niederhofer

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date: March 25, 2024

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Companions: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5996 & NGC 5994 | Hubble

Companions: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5996 & NGC 5994 | Hubble

This image features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two interacting galaxies: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and NGC 5994 (its smaller companion, in the lower left of the image). Both galaxies lie approximately 160 million light-years from Earth, and their cores are separated from each other by a distance of around 67 thousand light-years. Moreover, the distance between the galaxies at their closest points is even smaller, closer to 40 thousand light-years. Whilst this might still sound vast, in galactic separation terms it is really very cozy! For comparison, the distance between the Milky Way and its nearest independent galactic neighbor Andromeda is around 2.5 million light-years. Alternatively, the distance between the Milky Way and its largest and brightest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (satellite galaxies are galaxies that are bound in orbit around another galaxy), is about 162 thousand light-years. 

Given this, coupled with the fact that NGC 5996 is roughly comparable in size to the Milky Way, it is not surprising that NGC 5996 and NGC 5994—apparently separated by only 40 thousand light-years or so—are interacting with one another. In fact, the interaction might be what has caused the spiral shape of NGC 5996 to distort and apparently be drawn in the direction of NGC 5994. It also prompted the formation of the very long and faint tail of stars and gas curving away from NGC 5996, up to the top right of the image. This ‘tidal tail’ is a common phenomenon that appears when galaxies get in close together, as can be seen in several Hubble images.

Image Description: A large spiral galaxy with a smaller neighboring galaxy. The spiral galaxy is wide and distorted, with colorful dust. Its companion lies close by it at the end of a spiral arm, to the lower left. A long, faint tail of stars reaches up from the right side of the spiral galaxy to the top of the image. Several small, distant galaxies can be seen in the background, as well as one bright star in the foreground.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, L. Galbany, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: April 1, 2024

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