It’s all about connections!
TROPICS, launching soon, will study how storms in the tropics form and help us understand how storms are connected to Earth’s water cycle, long-term climate trends, and other Earth systems. go.nasa.gov/3q92aDi
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NASA, Rocket Lab Announce Coverage for Second TROPICS Launch
After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22 (5:30 p.m.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
.@NASA_Astronauts aboard the space station will speak to students from St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The Earth-to-space call will air live on @nasa TV at 10:10 a.m. EDT Thursday, May 25. nasa.gov/press-release/florida…
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Florida Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will speak to students from St. Mark’s Episcopal School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.Claire O’Shea (NASA)
We and @RocketLab are targeting 12am ET Thursday, May 25 (0400 UTC), for the second launch of our cyclone-studying TROPICS mission.
Tune in here and at go.nasa.gov/424tYpt at 11:40pm ET (0340 May 25 UTC) for live launch coverage from New Zealand: go.nasa.gov/42071E4
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NASA, Rocket Lab Announce Coverage for Second TROPICS Launch
After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22 (5:30 p.m.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
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A star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, ~200,000 light-years away, glows with arcs of the material that stars and planets need to form. The purple cloud at left is the remains of a supernova explosion from a massive star. go.nasa.gov/3qdG8z5
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NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.Lee Mohon (NASA)
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Resupply Cargo Craft Docks to Station
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 12:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24, following launch on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. (5:56 p.m.blogs.nasa.gov
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Resupply Cargo Craft Docking to Station Live on NASA TV
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website now are providing live coverage of the rendezvous and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. An automatic docking to the Poisk module is planned at 12:20 p.blogs.nasa.gov
Victor Glover: captain, pilot, astronaut.
Glover most recently served as the pilot of the NASA @SpaceX #Crew1 mission and will be one of four astronauts flying aboard the #Artemis II mission around the Moon. go.nasa.gov/31cfXJh
Celebrate #MilitaryAppreciationMonth.
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Victor J. Glover, Jr. (Captain, U.S. Navy) NASA Astronaut
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Melting winter snowpack and river ice breaking up caused damaging floods along Alaskan rivers in May 2023. go.nasa.gov/3Ww0PlX
These #Landsat images show the Yukon River transforming from a frozen, snowy landscape to a thawed one in just 8 days.
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A Tumultuous Spring Breakup
Rapid thawing in Alaska caused damaging river floods in May 2023.go.nasa.gov
💎Lucy in the sky with asteroids (and a diamond beam splitter)
Learn all about the Lucy mission and its quest to learn more about the origins of our solar system on this week’s episode of Houston We Have a Podcast.
nasa.gov/johnson/HWHAP/lucy
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Ep. 289: Lucy
The Principal Investigator for NASA’s Lucy mission discusses the spacecraft’s 12-year journey to eight different asteroids as we look to better understand the formation of our solar system. HWHAP Episode 289.Heidi Lavelle (NASA)
APOD: 2023 May 24 – Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Telescope teamwork never looked so good. 🤩
This image of the spiral galaxy M74 features visible-light data from Hubble, along with X-ray information from @ChandraXRay and infrared data from @NASAWebb.
Find more information and composite images: go.nasa.gov/3WvBmZW
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Scott Carpenter became the 2nd American to orbit Earth #OTD in 1962 with the launch of Mercury-Atlas 7. Despite a faulty horizon scanner and a delay in firing retrorockets for reentry, Carpenter manually piloted his Aurora 7 capsule to a safe splashdown.
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60 Years Ago: Scott Carpenter Orbits the Earth aboard Aurora 7
On May 24, 1962, astronaut M. Scott Carpenter completed America’s second orbital spaceflight during the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. Carpenter flew the mission after doctors grounded the prime crew member, astronaut Donald K. “Deke” Slayton...Kelli Mars (NASA)
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Progress Cargo Craft Successfully Launches to Resupply Crew
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 8:56 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24 (5:56 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.go.nasa.gov
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Station Resupply Mission Launching Live on NASA TV
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.blogs.nasa.gov
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🎉 Submissions for FediVision are open! 🥳
Head over to our official site at fedivision.party and submit your original, up to now unpublished song to take part and find out everything about this fun contest. You have until June 5th 2023, 1 PM UTC.
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Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
Image Credit & Copyright: Rick Whitacre; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)
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APOD: 2023 May 24 – Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Join @nasa’s chief exploration scientist for an event at @AirAndSpace to see how, with #Artemis, we plan to live and work on the Moon and how that will prepare future generations for Mars.
Register to attend in person or online at: bit.ly/3MtwPTb
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Exploring the Moon and Mars: Learning to Work and Live in Space
Artemis astronauts living and working on the Moon will make breakthrough discoveries revealing the formation of the Earth-Moon system and early history of our solar system.bit.ly
I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky…
Webb, @chandraxray, @NASAHubble and other telescopes contributed to these stunning composite images of star cluster NGC 346, spiral galaxies NGC 1672 & M74, and the Pillars of Creation: s.si.edu/chandrawebb2
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I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky…
Webb, @chandraxray, @NASAHubble and other telescopes contributed to these stunning composite images of star cluster NGC 346, spiral galaxies NGC 1672 & M74, and the Pillars of Creation: s.si.edu/chandrawebb2
#JamesWebb
Hey, you: Get a load of this cloud! High-altitude ice clouds (like this one) can help regulate Earth's temperature by reflecting energy from the Sun.
A new @NASAEarth mission called PoISIR aims to study them in greater detail to improve climate forecasts. go.nasa.gov/3IAfgjj
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NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere
NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions.Claire O’Shea (NASA)
Wow, Uranus is showing off more these days.
@NASASolarSystem researchers found a polar cyclone on the gas giant for the first time. Microwave observations and the planet's particular orbit gave scientists a better view: go.nasa.gov/427AvQi
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NASA Scientists Make First Observation of a Polar Cyclone on Uranus
Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet’s position in its long orbit around the Sun.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Toxic algae blooms are becoming more frequent in some lakes, including Chile’s Lake Villarrica seen in this #Landsat image.
The blooms are likely caused by warmer surface waters and nutrient-laden runoff from urban or agricultural areas. go.nasa.gov/423UHCA
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This week @nasa @esa & @jaxa_en received the IAF Special Award for the Earth Observing Dashboard, which shows changes in Earth’s air, land and water.
Explore the dashboard: eodashboard.org/
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Earth Observing Dashboard
The Earth Observing Dashboard combines the resources, technical knowledge and expertise of three partner agencies ESA, JAXA, and NASA to strengthen our global understanding of the changing environment with human activity.Earth Observing Dashboard
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of the Roscosmos Progress 84 cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station.Claire O’Shea (NASA)
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Station Welcomes Axiom Astronauts and Preps for Next Cargo Mission
11 crew members are living aboard the International Space Station with four spaceships now docked to the orbiting lab.blogs.nasa.gov
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NASA Scientists Make First Observation of a Polar Cyclone on Uranus
Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet’s position in its long orbit around the Sun.Tony Greicius (NASA)
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72 planets were added to the known worlds, bringing our total to 5,419! Most of the new planets were detected with the help of @NASAAmes supercomputers & validated with new machine learning tools! More: go.nasa.gov/42YUKkC
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New Deep Learning Method Adds 301 Planets to Kepler's Total Count
A new machine-learning method yields 301 new exoplanet discoveries from the retired Kepler Space Telescope.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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Our galaxy contains millions of small black holes, and our universe is home to many supermassive black holes. But what about black holes "in between"?
Using Hubble, astronomers may have found evidence for an elusive intermediate-mass black hole: go.nasa.gov/3or3vVv
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NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
Astronomers using Hubble have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of "intermediate-sized" black hole that may be lurking in the heart of the closest globular star cluster to Earth.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
In Spain, a drought turns the world’s largest olive oil producing region brown.
NASA’s Terra satellite shows where green vegetation in May 2022 (left) turned brown by May 2023 (right). The drought dried up reservoirs, parched olive groves, and led to water restrictions.
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Spain Browned by Drought
Unseasonable heat and meager rainfall parched the world’s largest olive oil producing region in spring 2023.go.nasa.gov
Bruce Peterson, born 90 years ago today, was a NASA research pilot who expertly tested a variety of aircraft at @NASAArmstrong in the 1960s. In May 1967, Peterson was seriously injured in a crash of the M2-F2 lifting body (shown ⬇️ ).
More about Peterson: go.nasa.gov/3ofJFMK
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Bruce A. Peterson
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APOD: 2023 May 23 – Jupiters Swirls from Juno
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Jupiter's Swirls from Juno
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill
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APOD: 2023 May 23 – Jupiters Swirls from Juno
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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