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Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Prep for Station Power Upgrades
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata began a spacewalk at 8:14 a.m.go.nasa.gov
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NASA TV is Live as Two Astronauts Prep for Spacewalk
NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata is now underway and is also available on the NASA app, the space station blog and the agency’s website…go.nasa.gov
Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82
Image Credit & Copyright: Andreas Aufschnaiter
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APOD: 2023 January 20 - Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 January 20 - Galaxy Wars: M81 and M82
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Ever wondered how space missions are created?
We're LIVE NOW with a @NASAJPL robotics engineer who'll explain how we go from a napkin sketch to a fully-formed robot. Drop your questions in the chat at youtu.be/lf1NwSKIL6s
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How Do Missions Get Formed? (Live Public Talk)
We’ll talk to one of our robotics engineers about project formulation and demonstration, and look at the process of generating ideas - from napkin sketch to ...YouTube
You can re-trace New Horizons' journey to Pluto using our 3D solar system simulator: go.nasa.gov/3XrRKKI and make your own virtual visit at solarsystem.nasa.gov/pluto
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Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of the Solar System. Learn about past and future missions.Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL
“It was amazingly quiet in the launch control center. You could feel the focus of the team, the intensity of the moment.”
#Artemis I launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson recalls the last couple minutes before liftoff of the @NASA_SLS rocket during today’s @NASASTEM event:
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Would you go on a spacewalk?
Astronauts @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata would, and they're doing their first one on Jan. 20 to prepare the @Space_Station for new power upgrades. Our livestream starts at 7am ET (1200 UTC): youtu.be/M26s9nfQ7DA
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Spacewalk with Astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata at the Space Station (Jan. 20)
Astronauts Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will step outside the International Space Station for their fir...YouTube
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NASA Recaps Webb Telescope Findings From AAS Meeting
Scientists shared new findings and updates from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, also called “Webb” or “JWST,” at press conferences during the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, from Jan. 8 to 12.Jessica Merzdorf (NASA)
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Crew Ready for Spacewalk and Conducts Biology, Physics Research
The first spacewalk of 2023 will begin on Friday to continue upgrading the International Space Station’s power generation system.blogs.nasa.gov
#Crew6, our next mission to the @Space_Station, is now scheduled to lift off from @NASAKennedy no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 26.
Tune in next Wednesday, Jan. 25, for a mission overview and a briefing with the crew—share your questions with #AskNASA: go.nasa.gov/3XI5qAU
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Briefings, Interviews Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
A pair of news conferences on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station in February.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
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The #Artemis I mission has laid the groundwork for future astronauts to live and work on the Moon.
Watch live today at 1pm ET (18:00 UTC) as students across the country ask @NASAArtemis experts and leaders about what’s next: nasa.gov/live
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Ready for your close-up, Pluto!
#OTD in 2006, NASA launched the first spacecraft to take a close look at the edges of our solar system: New Horizons! We got our first detailed views of Pluto and its moons 9 years later in 2015.
More on @NASANewHorizons: go.nasa.gov/3GO3MHg
#NASAhistory
In Depth | New Horizons – NASA Solar System Exploration
New Horizons was the first spacecraft to explore Pluto and its five moons up close and, later, made the first close exploration of a Kuiper Belt Object.NASA Solar System Exploration
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Official 4K Video)
Official 4K Video for ”I Will Always Love You” by Whitney HoustonListen to Whitney Houston: https://WhitneyHouston.lnk.to/listenYDWatch more Whitney Houston ...YouTube
After a series of atmospheric rivers, sediment billowed into the Pacific Ocean along the California coastline.
These satellite images show swirls of sediment on Jan. 17 (right) compared to more typical conditions on Jan. 23 (left). go.nasa.gov/3QYCHFV
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An Outpouring of Color
Following a siege of atmospheric rivers, sediment billowed into the Pacific Ocean along the California coastline.go.nasa.gov
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#PerseveranceRover
Another tube drop makes eight out of 10!
Reminder: this set I’m dropping is a backup. Plan A: I deliver the samples I’m still carrying (and others still to come) directly to #MarsSampleReturn. But if I can’t, this set alone would be worth sending back. mars.nasa.gov/msr
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Mars Sample Return - NASA
NASA and ESA are working to plan ways to bring the first samples of Mars rocks and soil back to Earth for detail study.mars.nasa.gov
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Attached: 1 image Another tube drop makes eight out of 10! Reminder: this set I’m dropping is a backup. Plan A: I deliver the samples I’m still carrying (and others still to come) directly to #MarsSampleReturn.Social::Beach
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Two Perseverance Sampling Locations in Jezero's Delta – NASA Mars Exploration
NASA’s Perseverance rover collected rock samples for possible return to Earth in the future from two locations seen in this image of Mars’ Jezero Crater: “Wildcat Ridge” (lower left) and “Skinner Ridge” (upper right).NASA Mars Exploration
The Seagull Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Taylor
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APOD: 2023 January 19 - The Seagull Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 January 19 - The Seagull Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Lunar Gateway Instruments to Improve Weather Forecasting for Artemis
For Artemis astronauts traveling on missions to the Moon, two space weather instrument suites, HERMES and ERSA, will provide an early forecast.Miles Hatfield (NASA)
Teams have unloaded the #LunaTwins from the @NASA_Orion spacecraft following the #Artemis I mission.
These two female manikins, Helga and Zohar, measured radiation levels to potentially reduce exposure during future missions with astronauts: go.nasa.gov/3XBH8Zq
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
Orion Manikins Return from Artemis I Mission
Helga and Zohar – two female manikins of the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment (MARE) investigation – undergo post-flight payload inspections inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.Jason Costa (NASA)
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Briefings, Interviews Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
A pair of news conferences on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station in February.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
This satellite image shows a long cloud formation, called a cavum, spanning part of southeastern France.
Seen from below, cavum can look like a large circle hole-punched in the clouds. go.nasa.gov/3QQf2Yn
#NASAEarth
When Clouds Cave
When airplanes pass through clouds with supercooled water droplets, they can leave distinctive holes in their wake.go.nasa.gov
✨ Starry surprises in NGC 346
🌌 Early "green pea" galaxies discovered
🥇 First exoplanet confirmed by Webb
📀 New infrared look at dusty disk AU Mic
...and more!
#ICYMI, catch up on Webb updates announced during the recent #AAS241 conference here: go.nasa.gov/3ZOcjmj
#JamesWebb
NASA Recaps Webb Telescope Findings From AAS Meeting
Scientists shared new findings and updates from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, also called “Webb” or “JWST,” at press conferences during the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, from Jan. 8 to 12.Jessica Merzdorf (NASA)
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission launched on Dec. 11, 2022, beginning its journey to discover hidden surface ice in the lunar south pole region.
While the SmallSat is largely healthy, teams are troubleshooting the underperformance of 3 of its 4 thrusters: go.nasa.gov/3XIjpXk
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Team Assessing Spacecraft’s Propulsion System
The mission is characterizing its new “green” propulsion system and developing a modified plan for the briefcase-size satellite’s journey to the Moon.Tony Greicius (NASA)
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Lunar Gateway Instruments to Improve Weather Forecasting for Artemis
For Artemis astronauts traveling on missions to the Moon, two space weather instrument suites, HERMES and ERSA, will provide an early forecast.Miles Hatfield (NASA)
#NASAExoplanets
Two Super-Earths May Be Mostly Water
Two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star may be "water worlds." They are 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, and are unlike any planet found in our solar system.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Hey, little buddy 👋 go.nasa.gov/3Hor1cB
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#ISS
NASA Astronauts Complete Seat Liner Move
On Jan. 17, NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada, with assistance from NASA Flight Engineer Nicole Mann, worked inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance crew ship collecting tools and readying the spacecraft for a seat liner move.blogs.nasa.gov
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NASA Issues Award for Greener, More Fuel-Efficient Airliner of Future
NASA announced Wednesday it has issued an award to The Boeing Company for the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which seeks to inform a potential new generation of green single-aisle airliners.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
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20230118 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project Announcement
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
Earth in blues and browns 💙🤎
Nevada’s Clayton Valley, the site of the only active lithium mine in the United States, is shown in this #Landsat 9 image captured on December 8, 2022.
⛏️: go.nasa.gov/3ke4eXx
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Racing to Mine Lithium
One way of harvesting the valuable metal involves the use of evaporation ponds that concentrate the substance into lithium-rich brines.go.nasa.gov
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#NASAhistory
Live: We’re announcing the next steps for our Sustainable Flight Demonstration project, which will create a large-scale demonstrator aircraft to develop technology and designs for a new generation of lower-emission single-aisle airliners. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNxa…
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