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The fourth day of Space Shuttle Atlantis's mission to the Hubble Space Telescope will bring the sunset of Hubble's longest serving, most prolific instrument NASA's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). The camera, the workhorse of Hubble imaging for over 15 years, will return to Earth aboard Atlantis this month. The camera saved the day for Hubble after the observatory's original camera had a "vision problem." On May 4, WFPC2 imaged nebula K4-55. The camera's final pretty picture shows a planetary nebula, with the outer layers of a star expelled when the star died.

From launch to landing, video B-Roll of International Space Station Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke's journey.

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A proposed mission to Titan would use a balloon, a lander and an orbiter to explore this Earth-like world. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

NASA astronauts who recently returned from a trip to the International Space Station joined representatives from across the country and the nation's armed forces in the 56th Inaugural Parade. The NASA contingent included a next-generation lunar rover that astronauts will use for future exploration of the moon. The parade traveled down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Jan. 20 following swearing-in ceremonies for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden. Many of the participating astronauts -- Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe, mission specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff -- flew on space shuttle Endeavour in November 2008 on the STS-126 mission. Astronaut Mike Gernhardt drove the rover while Astronaut Rex Walheim road beside him. The Lunar Electric Rover is a concept vehicle about the size of a pickup truck that NASA is evaluating for use when humans return to the moon. It can house two astronauts for as long as 14 days. The vehicle has many unique features, including the ability to move its six pairs of wheels in any combination of forward and sideways motions, enabling it to scramble over rough terrain. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Thursday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra united to note progress their respective agencies are making in space and on Earth toward President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative. Also participating in the event was Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell, director of the National Cancer Institute, as well as NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Frank Rubio, both of whom each recently served extended science missions 250 miles off Earth aboard the International Space Station where they conducted cancer-related research. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

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On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will move across North America, traveling through Mexico, across the United States from Texas to Maine, and out across Canada’s Atlantic coast. Pop star Lance Bass has some safety tips to share so that you don’t say "Bye, Bye, Bye" to your eye, eye, eyes. WARNING: Except during the brief totality phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. Indirect viewing methods, such as pinhole projectors, can also be used to experience an eclipse. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

Today we mourn the passing of Thomas P. Stafford at the age of 93. In December 1965, Stafford piloted Gemini VI, the first rendezvous in space, and helped develop techniques to prove the basic theory and practicality of space rendezvous. Later he commanded Gemini IX and performed a demonstration of an early rendezvous that would be used in the Apollo lunar missions, the first optical rendezvous, and a lunar orbit abort rendezvous. He served as the commander of the Apollo 10 ‘dress rehearsal’ mission preparing for the first Moon landing and as Apollo commander of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission, a joint space flight culminating in the historic first meeting in space between American Astronauts and Soviet Cosmonauts, which ended the International space race. Throughout his career, Stafford helped us push the boundaries of what's possible in air and space, flying more than 100 different types of aircraft. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

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Video of Apollo and space shuttle astronaut Thomas K. Ken Mattlingly, II, being awarded NASA's Ambassador of Exploration for his contributions to the U. S. space program. The ceremony was held Thursday, March 26 at Mattingly's alma mater, Auburn University, in Alabama. Born in Chicago and raised in Miami, Mattingly was command module pilot on Apollo 16. Hed also been designated command module pilot for the Apollo 13 mission, but was pulled from the flight 72 hours before its scheduled launch because of exposure to German measles. Mattingly is one of only several Apollo astronauts to fly aboard the space shuttle, commanding both STS-4 and STS 51-C. The Ambassador of Exploration Award honors NASAs first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs for realizing America's goal of going to the moon. Mattinglys moon rock, encased in Lucite, will remain at Auburn on public display. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

Live from the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Loral O'Hara are joined by NASA experts live at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The panel of explorers in orbit and on Earth talk about how you can get involved with space station research and technology. Find out how to fly a scientific experiment, move your business forward, or find inspiration from the explorers living and working in space, as well as how to spot the station when it flies over your part of the globe. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a professional researcher, or just plain curious, this session is for you. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

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Kepler is a critical component in NASA's broader efforts to ultimately find and study planets where Earth-like conditions may be present," said Jon Morse, the Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "The planetary census Kepler takes will be very important for understanding the frequency of Earth-size planets in our galaxy and planning future missions that directly detect and characterize such worlds around nearby stars." The mission will spend three and a half years surveying more than 100,000 sun-like stars in the Cygnus-Lyra region of our Milky Way galaxy. It is expected to find hundreds of planets the size of Earth and larger at various distances from their stars. If Earth-size planets are common in the habitable zone, Kepler could find dozens; if those planets are rare, Kepler might find none. In the end, the mission will be our first step toward answering a question posed by the ancient Greeks: are there other worlds like ours or are we alone? Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

The Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" were sent to Mars for what was planned to be a 90 day mission. 5 years later they are still roving the surface of Mars, making new discoveries almost every day. This video celebrates the extraordinary success of these "Intrepid Explorers". Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

NASA scientists have discovered methane on Mars. Scientists are not yet sure what is creating this gas, but the explanation could be biological or geological. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are in good condition following an aborted launch of their Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, October 11 (2:40 p.m. in Baikonur) carrying American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft. Search and rescue teams were deployed to the landing site. Hague and Ovchinin are out of the capsule and are reported to be in good condition. Note: This video is edited for length, but includes the launch, the initial report of the issue, and the confirmation that the crew landed safely. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer robotic probe launched Friday night atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur V rocket. The first deep space mission from Wallops Flight Facility, LADEE will orbit the moon to collect information about its atmosphere and environmental influences on lunar dust. Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand other planetary bodies in our solar system. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the “third” zone of our solar system, beyond the inner rocky planets and outer gas giants. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland, designed, built and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Year of Pluto - NASA New Horizons is a one hour documentary which takes on the hard science and gives us answers to how the mission came about and why it matters. Interviews with Dr. James Green, John Spencer, Fran Bagenal, Mark Showalter and others share how New Horizons will answer many questions. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

Three billion miles away from Earth, near the farthest reaches of our solar system, is the heavenly body with an extreme orbit known for 76 years as Pluto. Discovered by astronomers in 1930, Pluto was considered the ninth planet in our solar system until 2006 -- when, after much debate, it was reclassified by the International Astronomical Union as a "dwarf planet," officially dropping its name -- for a number. Denis Bogan, New Horizons Program Scientist: "Well, it certainly doesnt affect Pluto. Pluto is the same thing it was before it was discovered, before it was given a name, and before the name was changed." Nor does Pluto's reclassification change the importance of NASA's first mission to study it. Launch Announcer: "We have ignition and lift off of NASAs New Horizon spacecraft on a decade-long" Launched in January 2006, the thousand-pound New Horizons spacecraft will travel through space for 9-1/2 years before meeting up with Pluto in the summer of 2015. Denis Bogan: "The last time Pluto was in this position in its orbit was during the French and Indian War. It takes 248 Earth years to travel around its orbit and come back to the same place again. At the speed of light, sending a radio signal back from the spacecraft, from Pluto to Earth, will take 4-1/2 hours." Operating on less power than a pair of common 100-watt light bulbs, New Horizons will map the highest-interest areas of Pluto to a resolution of 50 meters, less than the length of a football field -- three billion miles away. Itll then move on to survey Pluto's neighborhood: the atmosphere, ancient materials and small bodies of the Kuiper Belt, a chaotic region astrophysicists believe can tell us how Earth, the planets, even our sun were made. Denis Bogan: "We have primitive material chunks of rock and ice, millions of objects of objects out there in the Kuiper Belt and we know very little about it. We didnt discover it until 1992." Traveling 3 billion miles to frozen, rocky Pluto and its environs, New Horizon is, in a way, going back in time to the chemical building blocks of the solar system, and life. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

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The 2024 astronaut graduating class gives you an insider's look at not only the who's who of their graduating class, but it allows you to get a glimpse of the accomplished astronauts’ personalities. To see them together as a group, connecting through laughter helps to illustrate how much they value team care. These classic superlatives give the scoop on which astronaut is the best dancer, the funniest, and more. Enjoy seeing a lighter side of "The Flies" in this fun and upbeat montage of the 2024 astronaut graduating class. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

In this special episode of our Curious Universe podcast, we turn the tables and put host Padi Boyd in the interview seat. Padi shares stories from her time with NASA’s groundbreaking Kepler mission, which showed us many more exoplanets—planets orbiting other stars—than we had previously discovered. She also tells us about her dream astronomical dinner companion and her go-to karaoke song. Plus, we'll wrap up another season of wild and wonderful adventures by answering questions from listeners like you and sharing behind-the-scenes tidbits from Season 6. For the first time, this episode of Curious Universe is also available as a video podcast. Play to Earn Crypto: https://rollercoin.com/?r=l07feaxy Play to Earn Crypto: https://camelbtc.com/?ref=111728

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