Astronaut Don Pettit's Water Ice Wafer 'Space Art' | International Space Station

Astronaut Don Pettit's Water Ice Wafer 'Space Art' | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit: "Science, or should I say Nature, has a way of presenting surprising beauty if one is willing to look."

"Science and Art, or Art and Science; related subjects where it really doesn’t matter which comes first. So I have access to a freezer kept at -95 degrees centigrade (-140 F). What would you do with such a freezer in space?"

"I decided to grow thin wafers of water ice for no more reason than I’m in space and I can. Plus, I wanted to see how the freezing front behaves in 0g (without gravitational buoyancy, how does the freezing front push the tiny bubbles around). Here is one frame from a whole series. I photographed the ice . . . between crossed polarizers where I used a white (blank) laptop display as the illuminator/polarizer in conjunction with an analyzer (polarizing filter) I strategically packed in my bag of personal effects."

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Don Pettit

Release Date: Oct. 26, 2024

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Mars Images: October 2024 | NASA Mars Perseverance Rover

Mars Images: October 2024 | NASA Mars Perseverance Rover

Mars 2020 - sol 1303

Mars 2020 - sol 1309

Mars 2020 - sol 1306

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Mars 2020 - sol 1308

Mars 2020 - sol 1309

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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: Oct. 20-26 , 2024

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Astronaut Don Pettit's "Water Science" Experiments | International Space Station

Astronaut Don Pettit's "Water Science" Experiments | International Space Station

Space science is fun! NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit can be seen with spheres of water containing food coloring and creating a "planet Jupiter-like" effect in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. Don also plays with antacid pills and water!

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

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

Release Date: Oct. 26, 2024

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Polaris Dawn Mission Tribute

Polaris Dawn Mission Tribute

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the Polaris Dawn mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Polaris Dawn became the first crew to perform the first-ever spacewalk from Dragon, to travel the farthest (1,408 km) within Earth’s orbit since the completion of the Apollo program in 1972, and to test Starlink laser-based communications aboard Dragon. 

Additionally, the crew conducted approximately 36 experiments designed to better life on Earth and on future long-duration spaceflights. Polaris Dawn also "inspired the world with a global music moment before safely returning to Earth" on Sunday, September 15, 2024.

This was the first human spaceflight for Mission Pilot Kidd Poteet, Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis, and Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Anna Menon. Mission Commander Jared Isaacman previously flew to space as commander of Inspiration4. This has also been the first time two SpaceX employees have been part of a human spaceflight crew, providing valuable insight to future missions on the road to making life multiplanetary.

Learn more about the Polaris Program:

https://polarisprogram.com

Video Credit: Polaris Program

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Oct. 26, 2024

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The Rise of India's Private Space Firms | Bloomberg

The Rise of India's Private Space Firms | Bloomberg

Journalist Haslinda Amin "reveals the burgeoning role of India's private space firms and their recent advances. Through interviews with leaders and innovators, learn how they are pushing the boundaries of space."

Bloomberg's “Momentum” takes you on "a journey to the frontiers of innovation, uncovering the groundbreaking ideas and inspiring people shaping our future. Join Haslinda Amin as she explores the leading-edge and the invaluable lessons it offers our rapidly evolving world."

Video Credit: Bloomberg

Duration: 24 minutes

Release Date: Oct. 17, 2024  

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Launch Preparations for Shenzhou-19 Crewed Mission | China Space Station

Launch Preparations for Shenzhou-19 Crewed Mission | China Space Station

With just a few days to go before the liftoff of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spacecraft, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday conducted a comprehensive drill, involving all launch systems and units, to test their readiness for the upcoming mission.

Before that, the combination of the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft and its carrier rocket had been transferred to the launch area on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

Covering all the ground operation units, the drill simulated the entire launch process, ranging from functional checks of the launch tower, the carrier rocket and the spaceship, to flight preparations, rocket blastoff and rocket-spacecraft separation.

The three Shenzhou-19 crew members, whose names are yet to be revealed, also participated in the drill. They completed equipment checks and finished the key flight procedures in cooperation with ground personnel.

The drill also included medical examinations of the Shenzhou-19 crew, as well as a simulation of the send-off ceremony, the in-cabin status setting and post-entry procedures.

"During the whole drill, the Shenzhou-19 crew were in a very good state, and they gave very accurate commands and made skillful operations. The collaboration between the ground control personnel and the crew, as well as collaboration among the crew members was quite good. After the drill, the three astronauts will make final preparations for the launch. They will receive close medical monitoring and continue to conduct skill-based training," said Xing Lei, a staff member of the Beijing-based China Astronaut Research and Training Center.

The ground personnel recently also conducted final checks and tests of the spacesuits, food, and other equipment and materials to be used by the astronauts. In addition, they tested the in-cabin atmospheric and microbial environment, and carried out other tasks, such as cell culture for space experiments, and functional tests of the equipment that has been installed on the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft.

Currently, the Chinese space station and its equipment are all in good condition, along with the Shenzhou-18 crew, made up of astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu.

A search and retrieval drill was conducted recently at the preset landing site to prepare for the Shenzhou-18 crew's return after their six-month space travel.

The three-member Shenzhou-18 crew was sent into space on April 25, 2024.

Shenzhou-18 Crew:
Ye Guangfu (叶光富, commander)
Li Cong (李聪, mission specialist)
Li Guangsu (李广苏, mission specialist)

Video Credit: CCTV
Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Release Date: Oct. 26, 2024

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NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Re-entry & Splashdown | International Space Station

NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Re-entry & Splashdown | International Space Station

Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour Re-entry

Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour Re-entry

Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour Re-entry

Dragon’s four main parachutes deployed

Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour splashdown

After 235 days in space, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday, October 25.

After safely splashing down, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida.

After medical evaluation at the hospital, three of the crew members departed Pensacola and arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The one astronaut who remains at Ascension is in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure. To protect the crew member’s medical privacy, specific details on the individual’s condition or identity will not be shared.

During its return to Earth, the SpaceX Dragon executed a normal entry and splashdown. Recovery of the crew and the spacecraft was without incident. During routine medical assessments on the recovery ship, the additional evaluation of the crew members was requested out of an abundance of caution.

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Video/Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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Comet (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) over Austria

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) over Austria

Astrophotographer Michael Karrer: "Last scene of this beautiful comet."

Astrophotographer Michael Karrer: "The tail becomes clearer as dusk fades. Photographically 12 degrees long, with the naked eye approx. 5 degrees. A magnificent sight! The anti-tail is faintly visible."

Astrophotographer Michael Karrer: "The comet in early twilight. Cirrus clouds gave a nice touch, even if we had to worry about them hiding the comet at some time."

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is a comet from the solar system's Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory east of Nanjing, China, on January 9, 2023, and independently found by the automated Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa on February 22, 2023. ATLAS is funded by NASA's planetary defense office, and developed and operated by the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy. C/2023 A3 passed perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at a distance of 0.39 AU (58 million km; 36 million miles) on September 27, 2024.

The Oort cloud is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). The concept of such a cloud was proposed in 1950 by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, in whose honor the idea was named. Oort proposed that the bodies in this cloud replenish and keep constant the number of long-period comets entering the inner Solar System—where they are eventually consumed and destroyed during close approaches to the Sun.

Image Credit: Michael Karrer

Capture Date: October 14, 2024

Release Date: October 25, 2024

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Expanding Space with Inflatable Habitats | Lockheed Martin

Expanding Space with Inflatable Habitats | Lockheed Martin

"We’re developing advanced inflatable softgoods technologies to support astronauts living and working in space. These durable, spacious and safe modules are designed for a variety of mission needs."

"Built entirely by our expert team, our inflatable habitats offer adaptability, repeatability and cost-effective manufacturing—paving the way for the future of space habitation."

"To learn more about how we are expanding space with inflatable habitats, visit:" https://lmt.co/3YBOgIA

"We are testing our inflatable softgoods technology to the limit, learn more:" https://lmt.co/4fkZ6Zb

Video Credit: Lockheed Martin Space

Duration: 1 minute, 46 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 24, 2024

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Planet Mars: Dust Storm Detected | European Space Agency Mars Express

Planet Mars: Dust Storm Detected | European Space Agency Mars Express

With its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured a Martian dust storm.

Mars Express is celebrating over 21 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.

Orbit: 21940

Date: May 12, 2021 

Time: 12:44:09.876Z

Video Credits:

Raw Data: ESA/German Aerospace Center (DLR)/Freie Universität Berlin (FUBerlin)

Image Processing: Andrea Luck, L'informatico mondo di Pipplo [active interpolation using an artificial intelligence (AI) model between frames and an upscaling to 4K]

Duration: 12 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew 8 Earth Return: Flight Highlights | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew 8 Earth Return: Flight Highlights | International Space Station

NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. EDT on Friday, October 25, completing their seven-month mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Dragon and Crew-8 to the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, March 3, 2024 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 20 minutes

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown off Florida Coast | International Space Station

NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown off Florida Coast | International Space Station

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, left, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, second from left, Matthew Dominick, second from right, and Jeanette Epps, right are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN

NASA astronaut Michael Barratt helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN

Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25,2024.

After 235 days in space, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday, October 25. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Dragon and Crew-8 to the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at 10:53 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

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

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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NASA's Space to Ground: The Return of Crew-8 | Week of Oct. 25, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground: The Return of Crew-8 | Week of Oct. 25, 2024

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what is happening aboard the International Space Station. After 235 days in space, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday, October 25. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Dragon and Crew-8 to the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at 10:53 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

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

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

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

Duration: 2 minutes, 54 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Observatories in Arizona and Chile

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Observatories in Arizona & Chile

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) graced the skies over U.S. National Science Foundation astronomical observatories in Chile and Arizona during September 2024 [no audio].

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is a comet from the solar system's Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory east of Nanjing, China, on January 9, 2023, and independently found by the automated Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa on February 22, 2023. ATLAS is funded by NASA's planetary defense office, and developed and operated by the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy. C/2023 A3 passed perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at a distance of 0.39 AU (58 million km; 36 million miles) on September 27, 2024.

The Oort cloud is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). The concept of such a cloud was proposed in 1950 by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, in whose honor the idea was named. Oort proposed that the bodies in this cloud replenish and keep constant the number of long-period comets entering the inner Solar System—where they are eventually consumed and destroyed during close approaches to the Sun.

Credit: CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA/ A. Quintana / C. Corco / H. Stockebrand / N. Bartmann (NSF NOIRLab)  
Duration: 50 seconds
Release Date: Oct. 24, 2024

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NASA's Robonaut 2 on Display | National Air & Space Museum

NASA's Robonaut 2 on Display | National Air & Space Museum

Robonaut 2 is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Chantilly, Va. Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot to fly to space, is displayed publicly for the first time near the space shuttle Discovery. In 2011, NASA sent Robonaut 2 to the International Space Station. 

A Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), in collaboration with General Motors and Oceaneering, designed a state-of-the-art, highly dexterous, humanoid robot: Robonaut 2 (R2). R2 is made up of multiple component technologies and systems, including vision systems, image recognition systems, sensor integrations, tendon hands, control algorithms. R2’s nearly 50 patented and patent-pending technologies can be applied to many industries, such as logistics and distribution, medical and industrial robotics.

Learn more about NASA's Robonaut 2

https://www.nasa.gov/robonaut2/

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA

https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center

Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Capture Date: Oct. 24, 2024

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NASA Espacio a Tierra | Visitante celestial : 18 de octubre de 2024

NASA Espacio a Tierra | Visitante celestial : 18 de octubre 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/

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: 

https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete

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

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Duration: 3 minutes, 21 seconds
Release Date: Oct. 24, 2024

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