Friday, April 05, 2024

Soyuz MS-24 Hatch Closure for Crew's Earth Return | International Space Station

Soyuz MS-24 Hatch Closure for Crew's Earth Return | International Space Station

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft’s hatch was closed on April 6, 2024, at 00:45 UTC. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy (Олег Новицкий) of Russia, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara of the United States and Cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya (Марына Васілеўская) of Belarus are departing the International Space Station with Soyuz MS-24 scheduled to undock on April 6, 2024, at 03:54 UTC. 

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/Roscosmos

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 47 seconds

Release Date: April 5, 2024


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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks over Italy

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks over Italy


12P/Pons–Brooks is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 71 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with an orbital period between 20 and 200 years. It is also one of the brightest known periodic comets, reaching an absolute visual magnitude ~5 in its approach to perihelion.

Comet Pons-Brooks was discovered at Marseilles Observatory in July 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons.

Technical Details:

Telescopio: Askar fra600 ridotto a f3.9

Camera: Zwo Asi 2600 mc duo

Montatura: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5

Filtro optolong l-pro

Software d'acquisizione Sgpro

8 x 120s

Pixinsight

Photoshop


Image Credit: Gianni Lacroce

Gianni's website: https://www.astrobin.com/users/gianni.lacroce/

Image Date: April 5, 2024


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China's 2nd Lunar Sample Return Mission: Visiting Far Side South Pole in 2024

China's 2nd Lunar Sample Return Mission: Visiting Far Side South Pole in 2024

China successfully completed the launch of Queqiao-2 in March 2024, a relay satellite designed to enable communications between the far side of the moon and Earth. It will support China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission to collect the world's first samples from the moon's South Pole-Aitken basin in 2024.

Unlike previous missions that sampled the near side of the moon, direct communications between Chang'e-6 and Earth will be lost when Chang'e-6 undertakes its sampling task.


Video Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Feb. 28, 2024


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Planet Mars Images: April 2024 | NASA Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Planet Mars Images: April 2024 | NASA Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Mars 2020 - sol 1109
Mars 2020 - sol 1106
MSL - sol 4144
MSL - sol 4139
MSL - sol 4142
MSL - sol 4140
MSL - sol 4139
MSL - sol 4144

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 3+ 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: March 30-April 4, 2024

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Preparing for Crew Member Departures: April 2024 | International Space Station

Preparing for Crew Member Departures: April 2024 | International Space Station

Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O Hara is pictured inside the cupola the International Space Station s window to the world as the orbital complex soared 259 miles above Turkmenistan.
Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Tracy C. Dyson and Jeanette Epps, both NASA astronauts, are pictured aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.
Expedition 70 Flight Engineers from left: Loral O Hara and Tracy C. Dyson, both NASA astronauts, review documents aboard the International Space Station.
Expedition 70 Flight Engineers from left: Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O'Hara participate in an Earth photography session inside the cupola the International Space Station's window to the world. The orbital complex was soaring 259 miles above West Virginia in the United States at the time of this photograph.
Expedition 70 Flght Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O Hara's image is refracted in a water bubble she squeezed from a drinking bag aboard the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.
Expedition 70 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara conducts leak checks and tries on the Sokol launch and entry suit she will wear when she returns to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship docked to the International Space Station's Rassvet module.
Pictured from left, Soyuz MS-24 crew members NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Russia pose for a portrait at the Garagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in their Sokol launch and entry suits.
The Soyuz MS-25 crew ship is pictured docked to the International Space Station's Prichal docking module as the orbital complex soared 263 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.

Three International Space Station residents are in their final full day aboard the orbital outpost focusing their attention on Friday night’s departure. The rest of the Expedition 70 crew continued its human research activities ensuring crews remain healthy in space.

NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is nearing the end of her spaceflight that began on Sept. 15, 2023. She is returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-24 crew ship. The trio will undock from the Rassvet module at 11:54 p.m. EDT on Friday and parachute to landing inside the Soyuz in Kazakhstan at 3:17 a.m. on Saturday (12:17 p.m. Kazakh time).

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 Credits: NASA's Johnson Space/Andrey Shelepin

Image Dates: Oct. 13, 2022-April 4, 2024


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NASA's Space to Ground: Totality | Week of April 5, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground: Totality | Week of April 5, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. Three International Space Station residents are in their final full day aboard the orbital outpost focusing their attention on Friday night’s departure. The rest of the Expedition 70 crew continued its human research activities ensuring crews remain healthy in space.

NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is nearing the end of her spaceflight that began on Sept. 15, 2023. She is returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya aboard the Soyuz MS-24 crew ship. The trio will undock from the Rassvet module at 11:54 p.m. EDT on Friday and parachute to landing inside the Soyuz in Kazakhstan at 3:17 a.m. on Saturday (12:17 p.m. Kazakh time).

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.

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


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

Duration: 4 minutes, 38 seconds

Release Date: April 5, 2024

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Thursday, April 04, 2024

SpaceX Starship: Highlights of Third Flight Test

SpaceX Starship: Highlights of Third Flight Test

On March 14, 2024, Starship successfully lifted off at 8:25 a.m. CT from Starbase in Texas and went on to accomplish several major milestones and firsts.

Starship's six second stage Raptor engines all started successfully and powered the vehicle to its expected orbit, becoming the first Starship to complete its full-duration ascent burn. Starship went on to experience its first ever entry from space, providing valuable data on heating and vehicle control during hypersonic reentry. Live views of entry were made possible by Starlink terminals operating on Starship.

This rapid iterative development approach has been the basis for all of SpaceX’s major innovative advancements, including Falcon, Dragon, and Starlink. Recursive improvement is essential as we work to build a fully reusable transportation system capable of carrying both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon, and ultimately travel to Mars and beyond.

"Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program."

Key Starship Parameters:

Height: 121m/397ft

Diameter: 9m/29.5ft

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

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."

Super Heavy is the first stage, or booster, of the Starship launch system. Powered by 33 Raptor engines using sub-cooled liquid methane (CH4) and liquid oxygen (LOX), Super Heavy is fully reusable and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to land back at the launch site.

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

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF):

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


Video Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Duration: 2 minutes, 22 seconds

Release Date: April 4, 2024


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What's It Like To Be A Research Astronomer? Meet Ivy Wong | CSIRO

What's It Like To Be A Research Astronomer? Meet Ivy Wong | CSIRO

How galaxies regulate and retire from star formation is among the questions CSIRO science leader Ivy Wong's research seeks to solve as part of the space and astronomy team in Australia. 

Ivy Wong's Official Biography:

https://people.csiro.au/W/I/Ivy-Wong

Stars, galaxies and gas clouds in space emit visible light as well as light from other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in the form of radio waves, gamma rays, X-rays, and infrared radiation. Radio telescopes detect and amplify radio waves from space, turning them into signals that astronomers use to enhance our understanding of the Universe. They can be used day and night.

Learn more about radio astronomy:

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/astronomy-space/What-is-radio-astronomy


Video Credit: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) [Australia]

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: April 2, 2024 


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Boeing Starliner’s First Astronaut Flight: New Date Set | International Space Station

Boeing Starliner’s First Astronaut Flight: New Date Set | International Space Station

Following a review of the International Space Station operations, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test now is targeting no earlier than Monday, May 6, 2024, for Starliner’s first launch with astronauts to the orbital complex. The date adjustment optimizes space station schedule of activities planned toward the end of April, including a cargo spacecraft undocking and a crew spacecraft port relocation required for Starliner docking. NASA and Boeing also are performing prelaunch closeout work and completing final certification for flight.

Starliner will carry NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the space station for a docking to the forward port of the Harmony module. Ahead of Starliner’s launch, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crewmates will board the Dragon spacecraft, currently docked to the forward port, for a relocation to the zenith port of Harmony to allow for Starliner docking. The date shift also allows additional time for the crew aboard the microgravity laboratory to complete science and cargo logistics ahead of the departure of the Dragon cargo spacecraft.

As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Williams and Wilmore will spend about a week docked to the space station ahead of a return to Earth in the western United States. The flight test will help NASA verify whether the Starliner system is ready to fly regular crew rotation missions to space station for the agency.

Image Description: The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral on May 4, 2022. 

Through the Commercial Crew Program (CCP), NASA is working with business partners to build rockets and spacecraft. The Commercial Crew Program has made it possible for astronauts to launch to space from the United States once again. 

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew


Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Release Date: April 2, 2024


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Revelan detallada panorámica de 11 mil millones de años hacia el pasado del Universo

Revelan detallada panorámica de 11 mil millones de años hacia el pasado del Universo

Cosmoview Episodio 78: Desde que comenzó el estudio del cielo en 2021, el Instrumento Espectroscópico de Energía Oscura (DESI por sus siglas en inglés) observa conjuntos de 5.000 galaxias cada 20 minutos de operación, totalizando más de 100 mil galaxias por noche en su búsqueda para crear el mayor mapa tridimensional del Universo jamás visto. Utilizando los datos del primer año del estudio, que contiene la mayor muestra espectroscópica extragaláctica jamás realizada, los astrónomos reportaron que fueron capaces de medir la historia de la expansión del Universo durante los últimos 11 mil millones de años con una precisión superior al 1%. Estas mediciones confirman los fundamentos de nuestro mejor modelo del Universo, al tiempo que se descubren algunas áreas tentadoras para explorar con más datos.


Credits:

Images and Videos: DESI Collaboration/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.T. Sparks/T. Slovinský/D. Kirkby/R. Proctor

Duration: 1 minute, 25 seconds

Release Date: April 4, 2024


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11 Billion Years Into the Past: Most Detailed View Ever of Our Expanding Universe

11 Billion Years Into the Past: Most Detailed View Ever of Our Expanding Universe

Cosmoview Episode 78: Since beginning its survey of the sky in 2021, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has observed a new set of 5,000 galaxies every 20 minutes, totaling more than 100,000 galaxies per night, in its quest to create the largest 3D map of the Universe ever. Using the survey’s first-year data, containing the largest extragalactic spectroscopic sample ever collected, astronomers report that they have measured the Universe’s expansion history over the last 11 billion years with a precision better than 1%. These measurements confirm the basics of our best model of the Universe, while also uncovering some tantalizing areas to explore with more data.

The Mayall Telescope is a four-meter (158 inches) reflector telescope in Arizona named after Nicholas U. Mayall. It saw first light on February 27, 1973, and was the second-largest telescope in the world at that time.


Credits:

Images and Videos: DESI Collaboration/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.T. Sparks/T. Slovinský/D. Kirkby/R. Proctor

Duration: 1 minute, 25 seconds

Release Date: April 4, 2024


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NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV): Lunar Dawn Concept Illustrations | Artemis Program

NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV): Lunar Dawn Concept Illustrations | Artemis Program





These are Lunar Dawn concept illustrations of a NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) rover for Artemis astronauts. NASA has selected the Lunar Dawn team to develop a next-generation lunar terrain vehicle under its LTV contract as part of the Artemis program. 

Led by Lunar Outpost, the Lunar Dawn team includes Lockheed Martin, GM, Goodyear and MDA Space. The lunar terrain vehicle enables unprecedented exploration of the Moon with autonomous, telerobotic and manual operation, providing unmatched capabilities through the application of aerospace and automotive innovations in power systems, reliability and mission operations. 

Read more: 

https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/lunar-mobility-vehicle.html


Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

Release Date: April 3, 2024


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Wednesday, April 03, 2024

"Opening The Moon for All" with NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle | Artemis Program

"Opening The Moon for All" with NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle | Artemis Program

NASA has selected the Lunar Dawn team to develop a next-generation lunar terrain vehicle under its LTV contract as part of the Artemis program. 

Led by Lunar Outpost, the Lunar Dawn team includes us, GM, Goodyear and MDA Space. The lunar terrain vehicle enables unprecedented exploration of the Moon with autonomous, telerobotic and manual operation, providing unmatched capabilities through the application of aerospace and automotive innovations in power systems, reliability and mission operations. 

Read more: 

https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/lunar-mobility-vehicle.html


Video Credit: Lockheed Martin

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: April 3, 2024


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NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle | Artemis Moon Exploration Program

NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle | Artemis Moon Exploration Program

NASA hosted a news conference from the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, April 3, 2024, to announce the companies selected to move forward in the development of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle under the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract. The award leverages NASA’s expertise in developing and operating these next generation "Moon buggies" to build commercial capabilities that support scientific discovery and long-term human exploration on the Moon. NASA intends to begin using the LTV for crewed operations during the Artemis V mission on the surface of the Moon.


Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: NASA/Jamie Quinn

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds

Release Date: April 3, 2024


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NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | Una semana muy ocupada: 29 de marzo de 2024

NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | Una semana muy ocupada: 29 de marzo de 2024

Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional.

Aprende más sobre la ciencia a bordo de la estación espacial:

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/space-station-research-and-technology/ciencia-en-la-estacion/

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete


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

Duration: 4 minutes, 14 seconds

Release Date: April 3, 2024


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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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