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For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the cryosphere, and disasters. Music: #NASA #Space #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #SpaceMissions #Cosmos #Stargazing #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #SpaceTravel #Exoplanets #MoonLanding #MarsExploration #ISS (International Space Station) #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #SpaceTechnology #Galaxies #NASAImages #BlackHoles #AlienWorlds #NASAHistory #SpaceFacts #AstroPhotography #Meteorology #EarthObservation #StellarNebulae #OuterSpace

NASA’s Lucy mission tests the deployment of its solar arrays in the thermal vacuum chamber at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado. Each of the two circular arrays is nearly 24 feet (7.3 m) wide. These arrays will power Lucy on its 12-year odyssey through the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, breaking records for a solar powered mission by traveling 530 million miles (853 million km) from the Sun. These large arrays will capture the sunlight needed to power the spacecraft as it travels through deep space. More: nasa.gov/lucy Music: "CSI," Anthony Edward Phillips, Atmosphere Music, Ltd. Video credit: Copyright Lockheed Martin, 2021; used with permission #NASA #Space #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #SpaceMissions #Cosmos #Stargazing #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #SpaceTravel #Exoplanets #MoonLanding #MarsExploration #ISS (International Space Station) #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #SpaceTechnology #Galaxies #NASAImages #BlackHoles #AlienWorlds #NASAHistory #SpaceFacts #AstroPhotography #Meteorology #EarthObservation #StellarNebulae #OuterSpace

In this artist’s rendition, we explore a metallic world named Psyche, an asteroid that offers a unique window into the building blocks of planet formation. The NASA Psyche mission launches in 2023 and will arrive at the asteroid Psyche, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, in 2026. The spacecraft, also named Psyche, will spend 21 months orbiting the asteroid, mapping it and studying its properties. The mission is led by Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies is providing a high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis.#NASA #Space #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #SpaceMissions #Cosmos #Stargazing #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #SpaceTravel #Exoplanets #MoonLanding #MarsExploration #ISS (International Space Station) #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #SpaceTechnology #Galaxies #NASAImages #BlackHoles #AlienWorlds #NASAHistory #SpaceFacts #AstroPhotography #Meteorology #EarthObservation #StellarNebulae #OuterSpace

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2022, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight. Video credit: NASA’s #NASA #Space #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #SpaceMissions #Cosmos #Stargazing #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #SpaceTravel #Exoplanets #MoonLanding #MarsExploration #ISS (International Space Station) #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #SpaceTechnology #Galaxies #NASAImages #BlackHoles #AlienWorlds #NASAHistory #SpaceFacts #AstroPhotography #Meteorology #EarthObservation #StellarNebulae #OuterSpace

chronicles solar activity from Aug. 12 to Dec. 22, 2022, as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has steadily imaged the Sun in 4K x 4K resolution for nearly 13 years. This information has enabled countless new discoveries about the workings of our closest star and how it influences the solar system. With a triad of instruments, SDO captures an image of the Sun every 0.75 seconds. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument alone captures images every 12 seconds at 10 different wavelengths of light. This 133-day time lapse showcases photos taken at a wavelength of 17.1 nanometers, which is an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength that shows the Sun’s outermost atmospheric layer: the corona. Compiling images taken 108 seconds apart, the movie condenses 133 days, or about four months, of solar observations into 59 minutes. The video shows bright active regions passing across the face of the Sun as it rotates. The Sun rotates approximately once every 27 days. The loops extending above the bright regions are magnetic fields that have trapped hot, glowing plasma. These bright regions are also the source of solar flares, which appear as bright flashes as magnetic fields snap together in a process called magnetic reconnection. While SDO has kept an unblinking eye pointed toward the Sun, there have been a few moments it missed. Some of the dark frames in the video are caused by Earth or the Moon eclipsing SDO as they pass between the spacecraft and the Sun. Other blackouts are caused by instrumentation being down or data errors. SDO transmits 1.4 terabytes of data to the ground every day. The images where the Sun is off-center were observed when SDO was calibrating its instruments. SDO and other NASA missions will continue to watch our Sun in the years to come, providing further insights about our place in space and information to keep our astronauts and assets safe. The music is a continuous mix from Lars Leonhard’s “Geometric Shapes” album, courtesy of the artist. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scott Wiessinger (PAO): Lead Producer Tom Bridgman (SVS): Lead Visualizer Scott Wiessinger (PAO): Editor This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14263. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music 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/14263. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. Video Description: On the left side of the frame is the full circle of the Sun. It appears in a golden yellow color, but splotchy and with thin yellow wisps extending from the surface. Some areas are very bright and others almost black. The whole Sun rotates steadily, with one full rotation taking 12 minutes in this time lapse. There are usually only a few bright regions visible at a time and they shift and flash like small fires. From these regions there are wispy loops reaching up above the surface that rapidly change shape and size. On the right side of the frame are two white-outlined squares with enlargements of interesting regions of the Sun. If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA #NASA #Space #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #RocketLaunch #SpaceMissions #Cosmos #Stargazing #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #SpaceTravel #Exoplanets #MoonLanding #MarsExploration #ISS (International Space Station) #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PlanetaryScience #Astrobiology #SpaceTechnology #Galaxies #NASAImages #BlackHoles #AlienWorlds #NASAHistory #SpaceFacts #AstroPhotography #Meteorology #EarthObservation #StellarNebulae #OuterSpace