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NASA showcases the Artemis I Moon Mission
We reviewed the unmanned Artemis I mission to the Moon during two briefings. On August 3, agency officials at NASA Headquarters and at other NASA centers presented “Big Picture Overview” from the task.
“Artemis I showed that we can do great things. The things that unite people, the things that benefit humanity. Things like Apollo inspire the world.” – Bill Nelson, Administrator NASA
He followed up two days later with a file Dive deeper into mission timelines and operations From the Johnson Space Center. The agency is currently targeting, by Monday, August 29, a Space Launch System rocket launch to send the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth. Artemis I will take about six weeks to inspect the system before astronauts fly the spacecraft on Artemis II.
This image of the Wheel of the Cart and its accompanying galaxies was created from near-infrared (NIRCam) and mid-infrared (MIRI) web cameras, which reveal details that are difficult to see in individual images alone.
This galaxy was formed as a result of a high-speed collision that occurred about 400 million years ago. The wheel consists of two rings, a shiny inner ring and a colored outer ring. The two rings extended outward from the center of the collision like shock waves. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Produksi Production Team
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Webb takes new pictures of the Wagon Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Generates new detailed images of the Cart Galaxy and two smaller galaxies. The Cart Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years from us, is a rare type of galaxy that astronomers call a “ring galaxy.” The somersault galaxy is believed to be an ordinary spiral galaxy like ours[{”attribute=””>MilkyWaybeforeacollisionwithanothergalaxyaffectedtheCartwheelGalaxy’sshapeandstructure[{”attribute=””>MilkyWaybeforeacollisionwithanothergalaxyaffectedtheCartwheelGalaxy’sshapeandstructure
Stay curious with NASA and celebrate the agency’s Curiosity Mars rover’s 10th anniversary on the Red Planet with a two-sided poster that lists some of the intrepid explorer’s inspiring accomplishments. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating 10 years on Mars. The rover landed on the Red Planet at 10:32 p.m. PDT on August 5, 2012. Since then, it has driven about 18 miles and climbed more than 2,000 feet while exploring Gale Crater and the foothills of Mount Sharp. Most importantly, Curiosity determined that liquid water and the chemical building blocks needed for life were indeed present in this region of Mars for at least tens of millions of years. The Curiosity team now plans to have the rover spend the next few years exploring a new region, one thought to have formed as water was drying out, leaving behind salty minerals called sulfates.
A collage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 from left to right, top to bottom: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. Credit: NASA
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The Next Commercial Crew Launch to the Space Station
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“We are coming together as a human race. And our mission onboard the International Space Station of developing this technology and research to benefit all of humankind is really what brings us together.” — Nicole Mann, NASA Astronaut
This is NASA’s fifth crew rotation flight to the space station with a U.S. commercial spacecraft.
Actor Nichelle Nichols, who died July 30, 2022, didn’t just break new ground on “Star Trek” by playing one of the first leading recurring Black female characters on U.S. television. A decade after the show ended, she did the same for NASA, appearing in a promotional film aimed at recruiting women and people of color to apply to be astronauts, as she recounted in a 2012 visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The next astronaut class, appointed in 1978, included Guy Bluford, the first Black American in space, and Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Credit: NASA
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NASA Pays Tribute to Nichelle Nichols
NASA is remembering actor Nichelle Nichols, who passed away on July 30. She broke new ground on “Star Trek” in her role as Lieutenant Uhura, one of the first leading recurring Black female characters on U.S. television. Years later, NASA officials enlisted her help to recruit the first women and minority astronauts for the Space Shuttle Program. In a statement, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson noted that as we prepare to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon under Artemis, NASA is guided by the legacy of Nichelle Nichols.
That’s what’s up this week @NASA
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