The NASA Space Odyssey

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-24 crew to the International Space Station rolled out from its integration building to the launch pad Sept. 12 for final preparations. While the roll out took place, members of the Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’ Hara and their backups, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Tracy C. Dyson of NASA participated in final prelaunch training activities. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox.

A new crew heads to the space station, a major storm spotted from space, and a robotic spacecraft enabling human missions to the Moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/A%20N... Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. Hear from Bluford himself, see footage from his Space Shuttle missions, and celebrate the milestones that forever changed the landscape of space exploration. Bluford’s first mission was STS-8, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Aug. 30, 1983. This was the third flight for the Challenger orbiter, and the first mission with a night launch and night landing. During the mission, the STS-8 crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated the Canadian-built RMS with the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA), operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) with live cell samples, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects of spaceflight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-8 completed 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Sept. 5, 1983. More on Guy Bluford: https://www.nasa.gov/subject/11054/gu... Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Guy%2... Producer: Jori Kates Editor: Sonnet Apple Music: Universal Production Music

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Listen to the sounds of space! Join the HARP citizen science team to explore audified measurements from NASA's THEMIS mission. With every feature you identify, you'll help scientists better understand the connection between Earth and the Sun! Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Beth Anthony (KBRwyle) Writer: Vanessa J. Thomas (KBRwyle) This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14333. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the audified data samples and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14333 For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit: https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines.

Aboard the International Space Station, Crew-6 which includes NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev provided farewell remarks on August 31 ahead of their upcoming departure from the space station. Joining Crew-6 for the farewell remarks were NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev. Crew-6 is slated to undock on September 2 and splashdown off the coast of Florida September 3 after completing a six-month mission. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox.