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Boeing’s historic CST-100 Starliner Test Mission
“Approaching the International Space Station…”–commentator
On May 20, Boeing is unmanned Starliner CST-100 . spacecraft Arriving at the International Space Station On the Orbital Flight Test-2 or OFT-2 mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
“Soft catch confirmed.”–audio mission
“Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft completes its historic first docking on the International Space Station, opening new avenues for crew access to the orbiting laboratory.”–commentator
the next day – First time for StarlinerThanks to the efforts of NASA astronauts Jill Lindgren and Bob Haynes.
“Okay – and it looks like the hatch is open for the Starliner. Bob Haines was the first astronaut to put the Starliner into orbit.”–commentator
The Starliner spent several days at the station, where the team carried out a series of planned tests, and the station crew hauled several hundred pounds of cargo and supplies. Starliner not docked from the station on May 25 and returned to Earth the same day, Landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. The OFT-2 mission was designed to test the comprehensive capability of the Starliner system to safely transport astronauts to and from the space station.
Greg Robinson, program manager for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope at NASA Headquarters, gives a brief interview on NASA TV as he and the launch team watch the Webb launch countdown on December 25, 2021, at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Webb is a large infrared telescope with a main mirror of 21.3 feet (6.5 m). The observatory will study every stage of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Gregory Robinsonprogram manager NASA’s James Webb Space TelescopeNamed in TIME100 – the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people and leaders. Robinson began his career at NASA in 1989 and joined Webb’s team in 2018. In his current position, he oversees what will become the first space observatory for the next decade. The Webb telescope will explore every stage of 13.5 billion years of cosmic history to help us understand our place in the universe.
CAPSTONE Over the Moon’s North Pole: Upon reaching the moon, CAPSTONE will begin its main six-month mission. The mission will investigate the orbital properties of the nearest straight halo by demonstrating how to enter and operate the orbit. Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter Illustration
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CAPSTONE CubeSat prepares for flight to the moon
Cislunar autonomous GPS technology operation experience and navigation experience, or CAPSTONE MISSION It is scheduled to be released no later than June 6. This is a collaboration between NASA and industry that will use the microwave-sized CubeSat to test a unique elliptical orbit around the moon, officially known as the near straight corona orbit. This mission will help reduce risks to future spacecraft, including Gatewhich is an outpost circling the moon for Program Artemis NASAby validating innovative navigation techniques and examining the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbiter.
Scattered solar sails, shown in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, such as orbits above the sun’s poles. Credit: Mackenzie Martin
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NASA-powered solar sails can take science to new heights
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program, or NIAC program, has selected a new solar sail concept to develop towards a demonstration mission. It solar screenUsing a property of light called diffraction to increase the efficiency with which sunlight is used, could take science to new goals.
NASA’s creative Mars helicopter made its record-breaking 25th flight on April 8, 2022. The navigation camera on the swivel craft captured its longest and fastest flight to date on the Red Planet. The helicopter covered a distance of 2,310 feet (704 meters) with a top speed of 12 miles per hour (5.5 meters per second). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Our Ingenuity helicopter on Mars captured this black-and-white footage during its record-breaking 25th flight. The flight, which took place on April 18, was also Ingenuity’s longest and fastest flight to date. The rotorcraft traveled over 2,300 feet and reached a speed of 12 mph.
That’s what’s up this week @NASA …
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