NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (Searching for "LIFE") 8K
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is heading to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for future return to Earth and help pave the way for human exploration. The rover will carry with it several technology demonstrations including a helicopter, which will attempt humanity's first powered flight on another planet. Perseverance has a new set of science instruments and the ability to “self-drive” on the Martian surface.
The Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as early as July 30. It is set to land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
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Europa Clipper Spacecraft Assembly Media Reel 8K
B-roll for media and public use. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, scheduled to launch in October 2024, will conduct a detailed survey of Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life. This reel includes clips showing the assembly and integration of various parts of the spacecraft within a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, will perform dozens of close flybys of Europa, soaring over a different location with each pass so that it eventually scans nearly the entire moon.
Europa Clipper will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Extends its Solar Arrays 8K
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.
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OSIRIS-REx Slings Orbital Web Around Asteroid to Capture Sample | 8K
101955 Bennu is one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors – an asteroid roughly the height of a skyscraper, and since late 2018, the place that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has called home. When OSIRIS-REx arrived on Dec. 3, 2018, it began wrapping Bennu in a complex web of observations. OSIRIS-REx departs Bennu on May 10, 2021, on a return voyage to Earth, bringing with it over 60 grams of sample collected from the asteroid. This narrated video presents the mission’s complete trajectory during its time at Bennu. More: https://nasa.gov/osiris-rex Music: “Visionary” by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra; “Babel” by Max Cameron Concors, via Universal Production Music Data provided by: NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDA Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer Kel Elkins (USRA): Producer Kel Elkins (USRA): Lead Data Visualizer Dan Gallagher (USRA): Narrator Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC): Deputy Project Manager Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona): Principal Investigator Kenny Getzandanner (NASA/GSFC): Engineer This video can be shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13856 . Some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on stock footage may be found here
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NASA Explores Earth’s Connections || Why This Happens ||
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: "Ellipsis" and "Terrafirma" by Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton [PRS] via Universal Production Music
Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Jefferson Beck (USRA): Lead Producer
Ellen T. Gray (ADNET): Writer
Sofie Bates (KBR): Writer
Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR): Writer
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Space to Ground: Your Package Has Arrived 8K
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.
Got a question or comment? Use #AskNASA to talk to us.
Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science
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Moon Phases 2022 – Northern Hemisphere – 8K
This 8K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2022, as viewed from the Northern 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 Goddard Space Flight Center
Data visualization by Ernie Wright (USRA)
Producer & Editor - David Ladd (AIMM)
Music provided by Universal Production Music: “Build the Future” – Alexander Hitchens
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