Our Artemis I Flight Test is “Go for Launch” on This Week @NASA – August 26, 2022
Our Artemis I flight test is “go for launch,” the first deep-space long-duration biology test, and the Webb Space Telescope captures new images of Jupiter … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the world's most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). The world got its first look at the full capabilities of the mission at a live event streamed from the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on July 12, 2022.
The event showcased these targets:
- Carina Nebula: A landscape speckled with glittering stars and cosmic cliffs
- Stephan’s Quintet: An enormous mosaic with a visual grouping of five galaxies
- Southern Ring Nebula: A nebula with rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions
- WASP 96-b: A distinct signature of water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet orbiting a distant Sun-like star
- SMACS 0723: The deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date
The full set of the telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data are available at: https://nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
Full-resolution images can be downloaded at: https://webbtelescope.org
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With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.
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Video Producer: Sonnet Apple
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Before our Apollo astronauts launched to the Moon, they walked out of these doors at Kennedy Space Center. When NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley board Crew Dragon for the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station, these doors will be used again. Prepare to #LaunchAmerica on May 27. www.nasa.gov/launchamerica
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This time-lapse video packs 90 minutes from the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship’s rendezvous and capture maneuvers at the International Space Station on April 4, 2018 into just one minute.
About the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/new-research-heading-to-space-station-aboard-14th-spacex-resupply-mission
This is SpaceX’s 14th cargo mission to the space station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. Dragon is scheduled to depart the station in May, 2018 and return to Earth with more than 3,500 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies.
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NASA paid tribute to a "Hidden Figure" by holding a ceremony officially naming the NASA Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. in honor of Mary W. Jackson Friday, Feb 26.
Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA, began her career with the agency in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The mathematician and aerospace engineer went on to lead programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. In 2019, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.
In addition to unveiling a building sign with Jackson’s name, the event featured video tributes with reflections on Jackson’s career and legacy from current and former NASA employees and astronauts, celebrities, elected officials and others.
Learn more at: https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography
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More than we could have ever imagined…
Yesterday, Oct. 20, our OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descended to the surface of asteroid Bennu, touched down and attempted to capture a sample using a “Touch-And-Go,” or TAG, maneuver. Join us at 5 p.m. EDT for a live broadcast with the mission team, as they provide a recap of yesterday’s journey #ToBennuAndBack and reveal first images and videos of this historic event.
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NASA will send the first woman and the first person of color to the lunar surface and establish a long-term presence at the Moon as part of Artemis. A lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) will enable Artemis astronauts to expand their exploration zone at the Moon’s South Pole. Built specifically for crew to use while wearing their spacesuits, astronauts using the LTV will explore farther and conduct more science experiments when on missions over 200,000 miles away from Earth. NASA is asking industry for their feedback on LTV concepts now through Oct. 1, 2021.
For more information about NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
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Producer/Editor: Amy Leniart
Animations: Mark Hailey
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We’re ready to GOES – are you? Join us to watch the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite. The satellite, currently known as GOES-T, will provide critical data to improve weather forecasting and to better track storms and other hazards.
GOES-T is scheduled for liftoff at 4:38 p.m. EST (21:38 UTC) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 451 rocket to join our fleet of spacecraft monitoring Earth from space. There is a two-hour launch window. This launch is being managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center. NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) constantly monitor weather across the Western Hemisphere, as well as weather in space caused by activity from our Sun.
Image Credit: United Launch Alliance
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