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A new name and new journey for an asteroid mission, testing the self-flying capabilities of some drones, and test firing a 3D-printed rocket engine … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

El astronauta de la NASA Frank Rubio muestra la sección de la Estación Espacial Internacional desde donde se accede al espacio: la esclusa de aire Quest. Quest es un módulo presurizado con dos compartimentos: la cámara de equipamiento, con los sistemas necesarios para el mantenimiento y reacondicionamiento de los trajes, y la esclusa de la tripulación, desde donde los astronautas salen de la estación para realizar caminatas espaciales. Mira el recorrido completo de la estación espacial: https://youtu.be/0JU4z-iLmGQ English Translation: NASA astronaut Frank Rubio shows the section of the International Space Station from which astronauts gain access to space: the Quest airlock. Quest is a pressurized module with two compartments: the equipment chamber, with the systems necessary for suit maintenance and refurbishment, and the crew airlock, from which astronauts exit the station for spacewalks. See Frank’s full tour of the spacestation here: https://youtu.be/0JU4z-iLmGQ

Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft reenters the atmosphere after completing a 1.4 million-mile, 25.5 day Artemis I mission to the Moon. Date Created:2022-12-11 Center:JSC Keywords: Orion , Artemis I , Reentry , Atmosphere , Plasma , Plume Secondary Creator Credit: Orion Spacecraft Photographer:Orion Spacecraft

Ensuring U.S. leadership of in-space manufacturing in low Earth orbit by enabling the use of the ISS National Laboratory to demonstrate the production of advanced materials Hundreds of experiments flew aboard the International Space Station in 2023, covering a wide range of scientific topics, including biology, human research, and Earth science. Take a glimpse back at a year of science in space. 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. Subscribe at: https://www.nasa.gov/subscribe Date Created:2023-12-28

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview Dec. 27 with KCTV-TV in Kansas City. Moghbeli and O’Hara are in the midst of long-duration missions living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

For 40 years, NASA has expanded our view of the universe with space telescopes that detect infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye. Observing the infrared realm helps us study the origins of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the universe itself. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the agency’s latest infrared space telescope, adding new insights to targets first discovered and studied by infrared missions that came before it. Infrared space telescope missions have built upon one another to reveal stars, galaxies, and all manner of cosmic objects with ever-increasing clarity. Here you will see images from the pioneering Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), launched in 1983, the Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003, and the James Webb Space Telescope, which launched in 2021 and is sending back extremely detailed images today. For more information about Webb, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/webb For more information about Spitzer, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/spitzer For more information about IRAS, visit: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/infrared-astronomical-satellite-iras Credits: IRAS images: NASA/Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes/UK Science and Engineering Research Council/JPL-Caltech; Spitzer images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC; Webb images: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI #nasa #nasaupdates

After 1,000 Martian days of exploration, NASA’s Perseverance rover is studying rocks that show several eras in the history of a river delta billions of years old. Scientists are investigating this region of Mars, known as Jezero Crater, to see if they can find evidence of ancient life recorded in the rocks. Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley provides a guided tour of a richly detailed panorama of the rover’s location in November 2023, taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument. Composed of 993 individual images and 2.38 billion pixels, this 360-degree mosaic looks in all directions from a location the rover science team calls “Airey Hill.” Portions of the rover itself are visible in the scene, appearing more distorted toward the edges as a result of the image processing. A color enhancement applied to the image increases contrast and accentuates color differences. By approximating what the scene would look like under Earth-like lighting conditions, the adjustment allows mission scientists to use their everyday experience to interpret the landscape. The view on Mars would be darker and more reddish. The panorama can be explored and downloaded at: https://go.nasa.gov/3tmJnGB. Learn more about Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS; ESA/DLR/FU-Berlin Credit: https://images.nasa.gov/

Landing science on the Moon, demonstrating quiet supersonic aircraft, and launching two new Earth climate satellites, plus a mission to Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons, are just a FEW of the milestones we have planned for 2024.