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Artemis_I_Orion_in_space_animation4K_2021 NASA ID: Artemis_I_Orion_in_space_animation4K_2021 Animation showing Orion's journey to the Moon on Artemis I - 4k letterbox version. Artemis I will be the first integrated flight test of NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During this flight, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and travel thousands of miles beyond the Moon, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown, over the course of about a three-week mission. Download the unedited 4k b-roll: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Orion_Artemis-I_b-roll_9_2021_LB Date Created:2021-10-05 Center:JSC Secondary Creator Credit: Liam Yanulis Location:Moon Visit JSC Website

Earth Views from the International Space Station NASA ID: Earth Views from the International Space Station The International Space Station’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment is an external camera platform located on the Columbus module of the space station. In addition to providing beautiful views of Earth, one of the goals of HDEV is to monitor the longevity and quality of its image sensors in the space environment. HDEV operations began April 30, 2014 and only a single bad pixel has been identified. Date Created:2019-04-30 Center:HQ

What's Up: November 2021 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA ID: JPL-20211101-WHATSUf-0001-1080 What are some skywatching highlights in November 2021? Enjoy the Moon and planets after sunset all month, plus a lunar eclipse! A partial lunar eclipse will be visible to much of the world on Nov. 18 and 19. Also, the familiar stars of Northern Hemisphere winter (or Southern summer) are returning to late night skies. In particular, note that several destinations of NASA's Lucy mission are located near the Pleiades. Date Created:2021-11-01 Center:JPL

Watch the "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse (NASA Broadcast Trailer) NASA ID: Watch the Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse (NASA Broadcast Trailer)r On Oct. 14, 2023, a “ring of fire,” or annular, solar eclipse will travel from the Oregon coast to the Gulf of Mexico. Weather permitting, most of the Americas will be able to view at least a partial solar eclipse. Click here to see the NASA 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse Map: https://go.nasa.gov/USEclipseMaps An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, but is just far away enough in its orbit that the Sun is not completely covered—creating a large, bright ring in the sky. WARNING: During an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. How to safely view an eclipse: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/safety/ Not in the path of the eclipse? Watch with us from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage on Oct. 14 from 11:30 ...more Date Created:2023-08-28

ScienceCast 36: Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere NASA ID: 36_LunarIonosphere How can a world without air have an ionosphere? Somehow the Moon has done it. Lunar researchers have been struggling with this mystery for years, and they may have finally found a solution. Date Created:2011-11-10 Center:HQ

ScienceCast 77: Weird Planets NASA ID: 77_WeirdPlanets Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planers orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought. Date Created:2012-09-06 Center:HQ

ScienceCast 136: A Sudden Multiplication of Planets NASA ID: 136_Multiplicity Today, NASA announced a breakthrough addition to the catalog of new planets. Researchers using Kepler have confirmed 715 new worlds, almost quadrupling the number of planets previously confirmed by the planet-hunting spacecraft. Date Created:2014-02-26 Center:HQ

Launching a Pair of Earth-Observing Small Satellites on This Week @NASA – May 31, 2024 NASA ID: Launching a Pair of Earth-Observing Small Satellites on This Week @NASA – May 31, 2024 Launching a pair of Earth-observing small satellites, an intriguing planet discovered outside of our solar system, and its “full cruise ahead” for our mission to a metal-rich asteroid … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Date Created:2024-05-31 Center:HQ Keywords: NASA , TWAN , This Week @NASA , This Week At NASA , Solar System , Climate Study , PREFIRE Mission , Rocket Lab Electron Rocket , CubeSats , Earth's Poles , TESS , Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite , Venus , Gilese 12b , Dwarf Stars , JWST , James Webb Space Telescope , Psyche Spacecraft , Asteroid , Mars , Jupiter , Earth , Metallic Cores , Euclid Mission , Dark Universe , ESA , European Space Agency , Dark Matter , Dark Energy , Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

What's Up: January 2022 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA ID: JPL-20220101-WHATSUf-0001-Whats_Up_January_2022r What are some skywatching highlights in January 2022? Stargazing is at its best on the nights around the new moon, Jan. 2. Later that night, catch the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower. Then look for the Moon with Jupiter on Jan. 5, and with Mars and Venus on Jan. 29. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/home. Date Created:2022-01-01 Center:JPL Albums: Whats_Up Photographer:NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visit JPL Website

JPL-20181101-WHATSUf-0001-What's Up November 2018 NASA ID: JPL-20181101-WHATSUf-0001-What's Up November 2018 What's Up for November, a series for amateur astronomers. This month features seeing Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon; asteroid 3 Juno; Comet 46P/Wirtanen; and the Leonid meteor shower. Date Created:2018-10-31 Center:JPL Keywords: JPL , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , NASA , What's Up , Whats Up , WhatsUp , Meteor Showers , Leonid , Leonids , Mars , Saturn , Venus , Jupiter , Juno , asteroid , asteroid 3 Juno , 3 Juno , comet , comet 46P , Comet 46P/Wirtanen Albums: Whats_Up Visit JPL Website

NASA's Return to Venus NASA ID: NASA's Return to Venus Venus, our planetary neighbor, is a hot, hellish unforgiving world and NASA has selected two bold new missions to study this inferno-like planet: DAVINCI+ and VERITAS. Are Venus and Earth fundamentally unique worlds? Or are the differences between these ‘twins’ only cosmetic? Answering this question is key to understanding what makes other rocky planets habitable and, ultimately, emerge with life. Learn more about NASA’s newest Discovery missions: https://go.nasa.gov/NewVenusMissions Date Created:2021-06-02 Center:HQ Keywords: Venus , NASA's Return to Venus , Planet DAVINCI , Planet VERITAS , bold new missions Visit HQ Website

SOFIA Reveals New View of Milky Way’s Center NASA ID: ARC-20200103-AAV3244-SOFIA-GalacticCenter-RptrPkg-NASAWeb NASA’s flying telescope SOFIA captured a crisp infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Spanning more than 600 light-years, the panorama reveals details within the dense swirls of gas and dust, opening the door to future research into how massive stars are forming and what’s feeding the black hole at our galaxy’s core. Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center Date Created:2020-01-03 Center:ARC Keywords: nasa ames research center , nasa in silicon valley , nisv , sofia , stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy , milky way , galaxy , galactic core , infrared , hubble , spitzer , herschel , space telescope , star formation , astronomy , flying telescope , boeing 747sp , galactic center , black hole Location:NASA Ames Research Center Photographer:NASA Ames Research Center Visit ARC Website

Explorer 1: Celebrating 60 Years of America in Space NASA ID: GSFC_20180129_Explorer1_m12837_60yrs1 Less than a lifetime ago, humankind just barely left the limits of Earth’s atmosphere. Who could have imagined that only 60 years later we would be touching the surface of the Sun, arriving at the most distant object humans have ever explored, and soon to be launching the world’s most powerful telescope to get a glimpse of the first galaxies born after the Big Bang? As NASA celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Explorer 1, the satellite that blazed the way for hundreds of missions to follow, some of the most ambitions explorations are yet to come. Date Created:2018-01-29 Center:GSFC Keywords: Van Allen Radiation Belts , Launch , Earth , Sun , Planets and Moons , Universe , Explorer 1 Albums: Explorer 1 Secondary Creator Credit: Lauren Ward, Thomas H. Zurbuchen, Bill Barry, Debra Hernandez Location:Goddard Space Flight Center Visit GSFC Website

Envisioning the Next Generation of Human Presence in Low Earth Orbit NASA ID: Envisioning the Next Generation of Human Presence in Low Earth Orbit NASA’s human spaceflight missions have steadily built on each other, leading us to a continuous human presence in low Earth orbit for 23 years. Now, as we stand on the cusp of a new era of human spaceflight, NASA is calling for feedback on what the agency’s goals and objectives should be for the low Earth orbit microgravity environment. The agency will utilize future commercial space stations to advance microgravity science, technology, and exploration. Date Created:2024-08-26 Center:HQ Keywords: NASA , Low Earth Orbit , LEO Microgravity Strategy Visit HQ Website

How Do Sounds on Mars Differ from Sounds on Earth? NASA ID: JPL-20230516-M2020f-0002-Sounds of Mars NoVoiceOver Did you know sound works differently on Mars than it does on Earth? Mars has a different atmosphere than Earth, so sounds on the Red Planet would sound a bit different and be more muffled. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has two microphones that record sounds on the Red Planet. Since its landing in February 2021, the rover has captured sounds such as dust devils, the whir of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in flight, and the sound of its wheels crunching over the rocky Martian terrain. Learn more about Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020 For more sounds of Mars: http://mars.nasa.gov/mars-sounds Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS; NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI; Mastcam-Z - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS SHERLOC - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Date Created:2023-05-16 Center:JPL Keywords: NASA , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , JPL , Mars 2020 , Mars , rover , Perseverance , sounds of Mars , Mars sounds , Nars Helicopter , atmosphere , wind , dust devil , driving , Red Planet , robot , robotic exploration , microphone , audio Visit JPL Website

What Is Winter Like on Mars? (NASA Mars News Report) NASA ID: JPL-20221222-MARSRf-0001-Mars Report-1080cc Snow falls and ice and frost form on Mars, too. NASA's spacecraft on and orbiting the Red Planet reveal the similarities to and differences from how we experience winter on Earth. Date Created:2022-12-22 Center:JPL Keywords: Mars News , NASA , NASA , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , JPL , Mars , Red Planet , snow on Mars , spacecraft , space , space exploration , explorers , weather , weather sensors , weather reporting , tech , technology , robots , robotic exploration , Mars Report , raw images , discoveries , Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter , Orbiter , MRO , atmosphere , Mars climate , Martian climate , human exploration , Mars images , HiRISE , news , mars news , news about mars , Odyssey , Viking , Mars Climate Sounder , fans , polygons , spiders , geysers , dalmatian spots , halos , fried eggs , winter , winter on Mars , snow , ice , cold , winter wonderland , frost , Sylvain Piqueux Photographer:NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Visit JPL Website

Artemis Q&A with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy NASA ID: Artemis Q&A with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy Artemis Q & A with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars. Date Created:2022-03-10 Center:HQ Keywords: NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy , Artemis Q & A , NASA , Artemis , Artemis Generation , Moon , Mars , astronauts , Moon to Mars Visit HQ Website

Artemis_I_Orion_in_space_animation4K_2021 NASA ID: Artemis_I_Orion_in_space_animation4K_2021 Animation showing Orion's journey to the Moon on Artemis I - 4k letterbox version. Artemis I will be the first integrated flight test of NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During this flight, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and travel thousands of miles beyond the Moon, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown, over the course of about a three-week mission. Download the unedited 4k b-roll: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Orion_Artemis-I_b-roll_9_2021_LB Date Created:2021-10-05 Center:JSC Secondary Creator Credit: Liam Yanulis Location:Moon Visit JSC Website

Hinode Takes an X-Ray of a Powerful Solar Flare NASA ID: XRT20170910_Al_poly_noaxis On Sept. 10, 2017, the Hinode satellite observed an enormous X-class flare burst from an active region on the western edge of the Sun. The video shows the high-energy flare as seen by Hinode's X-Ray Telescope. The emission was so bright that the initial blast caused the detector to saturate. The giant explosion sent a huge cloud of superhot plasma zooming into interplanetary space -- a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection. Studying large flares like this one with a variety of instruments is key to understanding exactly what causes these dramatic eruptions, and one day predicting them before they occur. Date Created:2017-09-10 Center:MSFC Keywords: NASA , Marshall Space Flight Center , MSFC , Hinode , x-ray telescope , sun , solar flare Secondary Creator Credit: JAXA/NASA/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Montana State University Location:Sun Photographer:JAXA/NASA/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Montana State University Visit MSFC Website

CLPS Risks and Benefits Video Final for Social Media NASA ID: CLPS Risks and Benefits Video Final for Social Media Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar Editor: Jessica Wilde Date Created:2024-01-04 Center:HQ Keywords: CLPS , Commercial Lunar Payload Services , Moon , NASA Visit HQ Website

Expedition 70 Space Station Crew Talks with NPR’s Short Wave Podcast - March 4, 2024 NASA ID: iss070m260641453_Expedition_70_Space_Station_Crew_Talks_with_NPR’s_Short_Wave_Podcast_240304 Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview March with NPR’s “Short Wave” podcast. O'Hara is in the midst of long-duration mission 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. 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:2024-03-04 Center:JSC Keywords: Expedition 70 , Loral O'Hara , NPR's Short Wave Podcast Visit JSC Website

NEOWISE: Legacy of NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting Telescope NASA ID: JPL-20240801-NEOWISf-0001-NEOWISE Legacy of NASAs Asteroid Hunting Telescope The NEOWISE mission, NASA’s asteroid-hunting space telescope, is retiring in summer 2024 after over a decade of discovering, tracking, and characterizing near-Earth objects (NEOs) — asteroids and comets that come close to Earth’s orbit. Without a propulsion system to boost its orbit, NEOWISE, which is short for Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up in the coming months. In this video, mission leaders explain how NEOWISE has revolutionized our understanding of the solar system, better prepared us to predict potential impact events, and paved the way for a new mission: NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor. Originally launched in 2009 as WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), the telescope completed its primary mission to conduct an all-sky survey in the infrared spectrum. The spacecraft detected asteroids, stars, ...more Date Created:2024-08-01 Center:JPL Keywords: NASA , JPL , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , exoplanets , galaxies , stars , NEOWISE , WISE , asteroids , comets , telescope , images , exploration , tech , technology , robotics , engineering , space , science , scientists , astronomer , mission , universe , solar system , NEO , near-Earth objects , planetary defense , asteroid impact , infrared , end of mission , space images , Amy Mainzer , Joe Masiero , Joseph Masiero , Beth Fabinsky , Caltech Visit JPL Website

NASA Telescopes Reveal an Invisible Infrared Universe NASA ID: JPL-20231222-SOLSYSf-0001-NASA Telescopes Reveal Hidden Universe 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, ...more Date Created:2023-12-22 Center:JPL Keywords: NASA , JPL , Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Spitzer Space Telescope , IRAS , Infrared , Astronomical Satellite , James Webb , Caltech , Universe , Exoplanets , astrophysics , space science , news , science , astronomy , stars , galaxies , IR , invisible , Carina nebula , southern ring nebula , ring nebula , rho ophiuchi , eagle nebula , M81 galaxy , zeta ophiuchi , NGC 1097 , pleiades , WR 124 , innovation , pillars of creation Visit JPL Website

PACE Prelaunch News Conference podcast NASA ID: PACE Prelaunch News Conference A prelaunch news briefing ahead of the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Information collected throughout PACE’s mission will benefit society in the areas of water resources, disaster impacts, ecological forecasting, human health, and air quality. Participants include Jim Free, associate administrator, NASA; Karen St. Germain, director, NASA’s Earth Science Division; Tim Dunn, senior launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program; Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX; and Brian Cizek, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force. For more information about PACE, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pace/ Date Created:2024-02-05 Center:HQ Keywords: PACE , Plankton , Aerosol , Cloud , ocean Ecosystem , LSP , Launch Services Program , KSC , Kennedy Space Center , climate , algae , Earth , Goddard Space Flight Center , Astrotech Space Operations , LC 40 , Cape Canaveral Space Force Station , SpaceX , Falcon 9 Albums: SpaceX_PACE Photographer:NASA Chris Chamberland Visit HQ Website

Europa Clipper Solar Array Installation & Integration (Part 2) NASA ID: KSC-20240815-MH-GEB01-0001-Europa_Clipper_Solar_Panel_Installation_and_Integration_Part_2-M8368 Europa Clipper Solar Array Installation & Integration (Part 2) Date Created:2024-08-15 Center:KSC Keywords: NASA , National Aeronautical and Space Administration , KSC , Kennedy Space Center , Jet Propulsion Lab , JPL , Europa Clipper , Europa , Juptier , moon , icy moon , LSP , Launch Services Progaram , spacecraft , Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Albums: SpaceX_Europa_Clipper Location:PHSF Photographer:NASA/Glenn Benson Visit KSC Website