Lucy’s Solar Powered Journey Continues
Embark on an awe-inspiring odyssey as Lucy's solar-powered journey continues to unveil the secrets of our cosmic past. ☀️🚀 Lucy, the intrepid spacecraft launched by NASA, is on a mission to explore the Trojan asteroids, ancient remnants of planetary formation that hold the key to unraveling the story of our solar system's origins. 🛰️🌌
Driven by the power of the sun, Lucy elegantly glides through space, its solar panels capturing and converting sunlight into energy that fuels its remarkable expedition. 🌠✨ With each passing moment, Lucy delves deeper into the uncharted realms, beaming back invaluable data and captivating imagery that offer us unprecedented insights into the birth and evolution of our celestial neighborhood.
Join us in celebrating the marvels of space technology and human ingenuity as Lucy's solar-powered journey continues to push the boundaries of our knowledge. 🌟🔭 Together, we embark on a voyage through time and space, discovering the intricate tapestry that binds us to the cosmos. 🌏🌠 Stay tuned to witness the ongoing saga of Lucy's exploration and the revelations it holds for all of humanity. 🌌🔬✨
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Lucy Spacecraft Will Slingshot Around Earth
Discover the captivating journey of the Lucy spacecraft as it embarks on a remarkable slingshot maneuver around Earth. 🌍🚀 Lucy, NASA's groundbreaking mission, is set to utilize Earth's gravity to gain the momentum needed for its ambitious mission to study distant asteroids. 🛰️💫
In this incredible orbital dance, Lucy will harness Earth's gravitational pull to accelerate and alter its trajectory, propelling itself deeper into space on a path to explore the ancient remnants of our solar system. 🌌✨ This intricate gravitational assist not only showcases the ingenuity of space navigation but also enables Lucy to reach its destinations efficiently, all while revolutionizing our understanding of planetary formation and evolution.
Join us on this cosmic adventure as we witness the Lucy spacecraft execute its precisely calculated slingshot around Earth, a pivotal moment that paves the way for unprecedented discoveries about the origins of our celestial neighborhood. 🌠🔭 Stay tuned to witness the marvels of space exploration and the mysteries waiting to be unveiled through Lucy's extraordinary mission. 🌟🌏🔬
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SWOT Earth Science Satellite Will Help Communities Plan for a Better Future
SWOT Earth Science Satellite Will Help Communities Plan for a Better Future
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14186 Lucy Solar Array MASTER V2
NASA’s Lucy mission is heading to the Jupiter Trojans – two swarms of unexplored asteroids trapped in Jupiter’s orbit. Lucy made a picture-perfect launch on October 16, 2021, but when the spacecraft began to unfurl its solar arrays, it encountered an anomaly. One of the arrays failed to fully deploy and latch shut, putting the mission at risk. For months, Lucy’s flight operations team worked meticulously to address the issue and put Lucy back on its solar-powered journey to the Jupiter Trojans.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/...
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle): Producer
Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator
Kel Elkins (USRA): Data Visualizer
Chris Tucker (Lockheed Martin): Videographer
Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle): Narrator
Ned Barbee (Lockheed Martin): Support
Lauren Duda (Lockheed Martin): Public Affairs
Nancy Neal-Jones (NASA/GSFC): Public Affairs
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
Universal Production Music: “Hypervelocity” by Sophy Olivia Purnell
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133 Days on the Sun
This video 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
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2022 International Observe the Moon Night
This broadcast features numerous Moon-themed videos and presentations in celebration of International Observe the Moon Night 2022. International Observe the Moon Night is a time to come together with fellow Moon enthusiasts and curious people worldwide to learn about lunar science and exploration, take part in celestial observations, and honor cultural and personal connections to the Moon. This broadcast showcases videos about NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission, Apollo 17, VIPER and the Artemis missions, as well as video submissions from those celebrating this night around the world.
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