⏪ #FlashbackFriday to Hubble’s observations of Comet ISON in April 2013!
Even without a space-based observatory to help, this comet became visible with the naked eye too!
Read more: go.nasa.gov/3Y201oB
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Another comet viewing opportunity is here: C/2022 E3 (ZTF) can be seen with binoculars or a small telescope in the predawn sky as the comet travels across the northern sky.
Check your favorite skywatching app for the comet's position and more info! go.nasa.gov/3Y27Dax
#Hubble
What’s Up: Skywatching Tips from NASA
Watch the latest video in NASA’s “What’s Up” series to discover the skywatching highlights for this month.NASA Solar System Exploration
We're honored to receive the 2023 Swigert Award for Space Exploration, a top award from the Space Foundation.
The Webb team "represents the best of our humanity and an enduring pursuit to better understand the cosmos.” -NASA Administrator @SenBillNelson go.nasa.gov/3jflvPV
#JamesWebb
NASA’s Webb Telescope Receives Top Space Foundation Award
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration, a top award from the Space Foundation.Alise Fisher (NASA)
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Have a stellar #HubbleFriday!
This week's image shows the bright star V 372 Orionis, along with a smaller companion star in the upper left.
Both stars call the Orion Nebula home – which is a massive region of starbirth about 1,450 light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3DkX6zq
#Hubble
Hubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
Planting cover crops – those planted between growing seasons – decreases the total harvest of corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest, a new #NASAHarvest study found.
Full story: go.nasa.gov/3XLwUGj 🌽
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Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit
Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields.go.nasa.gov
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a bit more context would help wit this post.
news.stanford.edu/2022/11/08/c…
"More research can help guide that implementation by showing, among other things, how alternatives to rye – the most commonly used cover crop in the U.S. Corn Belt – might result in higher primary crop yields in some regions"
Cover crops can lower yields | Stanford News
Federal subsidies promote planting cover crops to store carbon in agricultural soils, among other benefits, but the approach as currently practiced can reduce yields in the U.S. Corn Belt, researchers find.Stanford News
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Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit
Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields.go.nasa.gov
A spark, a pure oxygen environment, design flaws in the hatch door…
Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom were tragically killed on Jan. 27, 1967, when a fire erupted inside the Apollo command module during a preflight rehearsal test. #NASARemembers
go.nasa.gov/3D75hPN
#NASAhistory
Remembering Apollo 1
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
Ready for a puzzler?
This satellite image shows a place on our planet.
Tell us where this is, what we’re looking at, and why it’s interesting. (And, no, it’s not a close up of powdered donuts.)
🧩: go.nasa.gov/4077EvS
#NASAEarth
My skin, after January in Boston, MA.
Or, sand dunes in Algeria. I like the Atacama Desert suggestion as well.
APOD: 2023 January 27 - Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett
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APOD: 2023 January 27 - Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#NASAhqphoto
20230126 Day of Remembrance
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
I have long remembered the names Grissom, White and Chafee, the fateful crew of Apollo 1.
Space flight as with aviation learns from its mistakes. Had Apollo 1 not happened, and the lessons learned, there could have been a far more significant failure in flight.
#ISS
Crew Preps for Next Spacewalk, Explores Space Biology and Physics
The Expedition 68 astronauts are cleaning up following three days of advanced bone repair studies while getting ready for an upcoming spacewalk.blogs.nasa.gov
Today we pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger (STS-51L), Columbia (STS-107), and other members of our NASA family that have lost their lives while advancing our mission of exploration, innovation, and discovery. #NASARemembers
More: go.nasa.gov/3wnjZ1n
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NASA Day of Remembrance
Day of Remembrance: Remembering NASA's Heroes, #NASARemembers Each January NASA pauses to honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttle…NASA
We work to never repeat mistakes from our past. On our Day of Remembrance, we honor all of our fallen heroes, including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger STS-51L, and Columbia STS-107: go.nasa.gov/3Y1j7uS
Feb. 1 marks 20 years since the Columbia tragedy. #NASARemembers
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NASA Day of Remembrance
Day of Remembrance: Remembering NASA's Heroes, #NASARemembers Each January NASA pauses to honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttle…NASA
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
APOD: 2023 January 26 - Active Galaxy NGC 1275
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Active Galaxy NGC 1275
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage, A. Fabian (University of Cambridge, UK)
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APOD: 2023 January 26 - Active Galaxy NGC 1275
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#NASASolarSystem
#ISS
Bone Healing Study Continues as SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Approaches
Wednesday was the last full day of research operations aboard the International Space Station to learn how to improve bone healing therapies both on Earth and in space.blogs.nasa.gov
#NASASolarSystem
OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and is bringing a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission launched Sept. 8, 2016, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.NASA
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NASA System Predicts Small Asteroid to Pass Close by Earth This Week
Asteroid 2023 BU is about the size of a box truck and is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded.Tony Greicius (NASA)
#NASA
#PerseveranceRover
#ISS
What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
A new set of four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission.Mark Garcia (NASA)
#NASA
LIVE NOW: Astronauts aboard our next mission to the @Space_Station are taking questions from the media and the public at @NASA_Johnson. Share your #Crew6 Qs with #AskNASA! twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BdGY…
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#NASASolarSystem
NASA’s Lucy Team Announces New Asteroid Target
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy will get a close-up view of a small main-belt asteroid to conduct an engineering test of the spacecraft’s innovative asteroid-tracking nav…Jessica Merzdorf (NASA)
#NASAExoplanets
Discovery Alert: Two 'Nearby' Worlds Might be Habitable
Two newly discovered planets, about as massive as Earth, orbit within the habitable zone around their star – in a system only 16 light-years away.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
LIVE NOW: We're talking about #Crew6, our next crewed mission to the @Space_Station, lifting off from @NASAKennedy no earlier than Feb. 26. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ypKd…
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Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦
in reply to NASA • • •Rick
in reply to NASA • • •It would have been better to acknowledge the widespread call to pick a more suitable name pre-flight. The scientific value of the poorly named mission is nonetheless enormous. I do enjoy reading about the vast quantity of information being collected.