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When it comes to space, humans and robots go way back. We rely heavily on our mechanical friends to perform tasks that are too dangerous, difficult, or out of reach for us humans. We're even working on a new generation of robots that will help us explore in advanced and novel ways. Learn more about the CADRE-Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration- project and how this new network of mini rovers could enable future self-guided robotic exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. https://go.nasa.gov/3k5EuZx Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

The Artemis II astronauts check out their ride to the Moon, practicing post-splashdown recovery operations for Artemis II, and the Webb Space Telescope checks out a record-breaking star ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA! Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

Our next space station crew rotation flight, a launch day simulation for our upcoming Moon mission, and visiting the splashdown recovery crew for Artemis II a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA! Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

A commercial resupply mission heads to the space station, a key piece of hardware for a future Moon mission is on the move, and another spacecraft gets ready to spread its wings in deep space ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA! Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

Sending a swarm of small satellites into orbit, the first views from our newest storm-watching mission, and making the grade for investing in small business a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA! Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

Where does space begin? Well, it depends. There's no sharp boundary that marks the end of atmosphere and beginning of space. But no matter where you draw the line in the sand - or the air Earth's atmosphere is full of all kinds of interesting stuff. That's why scientists like Doug Rowland are studying its many layers: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2919/ea... Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: Dan Salazar Credit: NASA

Is NASA mining asteroids? No, we're not in the business of mining asteroids but we do love to study them. This year, our #Psyche Mission launches to a unique metal-rich asteroid to study what appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. However, the science we gain from missions like this could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors. And in September, our OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver an asteroid sample back to Earth. Analysis from the sample may help improve future asteroid missions: https://go.nasa.gov/43PoK2y Explore more: https://nasa.gov/asteroids Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

In September 2023, scientists with NASA's OSIRIS-REX mission will gather in the Utah desert for the arrival of the largest asteroid sample ever received on Earth. "Asteroid City" actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jake Ryan and Jeffrey Wright, join NASA OSIRIS-REX sample expert Dr. Danny Glavin to discuss how studying the asteroid sample will give scientists insight into how the early solar system formed and how life began on Earth. After a seven-year round trip journey that included mapping Bennu's surface (a near-Earth asteroid that is no threat to our planet), identifying minerals and chemicals, and collecting a sample from the surface, OSIRIS-REX is on its way back to Earth with more than eight ounces of material. For more information on NASA's OSIRIS-REX mission: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/ Follow NASA Solar System on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: https://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem, https://www.facebook.com/NASASolarSys..., https://www.instagram.com/nasasolars..... Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde, Emily Furfaro, Sami Aziz, Molly Wasser Editor: Jessica Wilde Movie Footage courtesy of Focus Features Asteroid City Credit: NASA

Here's a big question: How did life begin on Earth? We don't quite know, but this fundamental question is a driving force behind astrobiology research at NASA. Understanding how life originated on our planet could inform us about the potential for life to exist throughout the universe. Astrobiology expert Shawn Domagal-Goldman explains more about our search for answers. Explore more about astrobiology at NASA: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: Daniel Salazar Credit: NASA

Northrop Grumman's 19th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station is carrying scientific investigations including a 3D neuron cell culture to test gene therapy, instruments to monitor plasma density, and an updated potable water dispenser system. The Cygnus spacecraft carrying these experiments to the orbiting laboratory is scheduled to lift off no earlier than August 1 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more about some of the science that's traveling to the space station on this mission: https://go.nasa.gov/43futh0 Credit: NASA #NASA #SpaceStation #Science

Join the journey as NASA's Psyche mission team prepares for a targeted Oct. 5, 2023, launch to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, likely made largely of nickel-iron metal mixed with rock, could contain metal from the core of a planetesimal (the building block of an early rocky planet) and may offer a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created the terrestrial planets like Earth. Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. JPL, which is managed by Caltech for NASA, is responsible for the mission's overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California, provided the high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis. For more info about NASA's #MissionToPsyche, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/psyche and https://psyche.asu.edu/ Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/JPL-2... Credit: NASA

What's going on with the hole in the ozone layer? Thanks to a global effort to regulate ozone-depleting substances, the ozone hole is showing signs of recovery and is projected to return to a healthy level by mid-century. However, at NASA, scientists continue to monitor its progress. @NASAGoddard's Qing Liang explains more. Keep up: https://go.nasa.gov/3DhEBvp Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/What's Going on with the Hole in the Ozone Layer_ - Horizontal Video Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

We know the Moon contains water, but, could future astronauts access and make use of it? That's the goal. At NASA, we're actively trying to answer that question. Once it lands at the lunar south pole, our PRIME-1 Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 - will robotically sample and analyze ice from beneath the lunar surface, contributing to our search for water on the Moon: https://go.nasa.gov/2QygCmF Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: James Lucas Credit: NASA

Is climate change the same as global warming? Not quite. The warming of Earth — or global warming - is just one factor that makes up a range of changes that are happening to our planet, which is climate change. And NASA is studying all of it: https://climate.nasa.gov/ Link to download this video: https://go.nasa.gov/30Fwkb2 Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: Daniel Salazar Credit: NASA

While Apollo placed the first steps on the Moon, Artemis opens the door for humanity to sustainably work and live on another world for the first time. Using the lunar surface as a proving ground for living on Mars, this next chapter in exploration will forever establish our presence in the stars.✨ We are returning to the Moon - to stay - and this is how we are going! Actress Kelly Marie Tran of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" lent her voice to this project.