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The #Artemis II crew chats about memorable stories wearing spacesuits during training, testing, and practical applications, will be the first to sport the bright orange Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suits inside the Orion spacecraft during the mission around the Moon and back. The OCSS suits are designed for a custom fit and equipped with technology features to help protect astronauts on launch day, in emergency situations, throughout high-risk parts of missions near the Moon, and during the high-speed return to Earth.⁣⁣

In September 2023, scientists with @NASASolarSystem's OSIRIS-REx mission will gather in the Utah desert for the arrival of the largest asteroid sample ever received on Earth.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Asteroid City” actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, @maya_hawke, @rupertfriend and @jfreewright, join NASA OSIRIS-REx sample expert Dr. Danny Glavin to discuss how studying the asteroid sample will give scientists insight into how the early solar system formed and how life began on Earth.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ After a seven-year round trip journey that included mapping Bennu’s surface (a near-Earth asteroid that is no threat to our planet), identifying minerals and chemicals, and collecting a sample from the surface, OSIRIS-REx is on its way back to Earth with more than eight ounces of material.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

We have Mars appearing in the sky June 1-2, a full moon coming up on June 3, and a grouping of the crescent moon, Venus, and Mars on June 21 — the summer solstice! This the longest day of the year in the North, but the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere. Image description: A starry night sky shines behind a mountainous landscape, in shadow. The outline of trees are silhouetted against the night sky in the bottom right corner.

The planet’s thick CO2-filled atmosphere is great at trapping heat. This creates a runaway greenhouse effect that makes Venus roughly 700°F (389°C) hotter than it would be otherwise. @NASAJPL’s Dr. Amy Hofmann provides all the sizzling details.⁣

While some of us are enjoying the start of summer vacation, these astronauts have just begun their training for the NASA Artemis II mission around the Moon and back. The crew will train for about 18 months and receive detailed lessons on the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will take them to the Moon. They will also learn to operate and monitor systems for the ascent, orbit and coast, and entry phases of the mission and how to respond in emergency situations.

There sure are but we don’t call them earthquakes. Instead, “moonquakes” and “marsquakes” are shaking things up in space. @NASAGoddard’s Dr. Jacob Richardson explains more about what otherworldly quakes can teach us not only about the inside of planetary bodies, but also the inside of our own planet.⁣

Listen to a data sonification of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*. New evidence suggests the ancient sleeping giant woke recently, about 200 years ago, to feast on gas and other cosmic material within its reach.⁣ ⁣ Combined images of Sagittarius A* allowed researchers to adapt visual information data from our Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and @NASAChandraXray into sound, creating this sonification.⁣ ⁣ Sagittarius A* is far less luminous than other black holes at the centers of galaxies we can observe, which means our galaxy’s central black hole has not been actively gobbling up material around it.⁣ ⁣ Image description: An arched line ripples across the image, starting at the lower righthand corner. As it passes over the orange-tinted IXPE data, sounds like digital winds are triggered, particularly where those orange areas are brightest. When the traveling line passes over the blue-tinted Chandra data, the resulting notes resemble steel drums.⁣

No, we’re not in the business of mining asteroids but we do love to study them. This year, our #PsycheMission launches to a unique metal-rich asteroid to study what appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of our solar system. The science we gain from missions like this could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors. And in September, our OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver an asteroid sample back to Earth. Analysis from the sample may help improve future asteroid missions.

Fly by thousands of galaxies, starting with nearby ones and ending with farther, less-developed ones. There’s even one that had never been seen until the James Webb Space Telescope discovered it. Each second in this scientific visualization amounts to traveling 200 million light-years farther into the past. The data set was captured as part of the CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) Survey.⁣ ⁣ Maisie’s Galaxy, the farthest one here, was one of the first bright, extremely distant galaxies found by Webb. The telescope’s powerful instruments can capture light from early galaxies, which has been shifted to infrared wavelengths by the expansion of the universe. Infrared light is invisible to the unaided human eye. ⁣

We don’t know, but this fundamental question is a driving force behind astrobiology at NASA. Understanding how life originated on Earth could inform us about the potential for life to exist throughout our universe. ⁣ ⁣ Astrobiology expert Shawn Domagal-Goldman explains more about our search for answers.

A full moon starts the month, Jupiter and Saturn will be early birds and night owls, and while Venus and Mars go low in the west, Saturn will go high in the southern sky. The Red Planet will also cozy up with the star Regulus. ⁣

There’s no sharp boundary that marks the end of atmosphere and beginning of space. But no matter where you draw the line in the sand — or the air — Earth’s atmosphere is full of all kinds of interesting stuff. That’s why scientists like Doug Rowland are studying its many layers.⁣

Our #Artemis II crew recently participated in recovery training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) at @NASA_Johnson in Houston led by teams from Exploration Ground Systems and the @DeptOfDefense. The Artemis II mission will send @NASAAstronauts @Astro_Reid, @AstroVicGlover, @Astro_Christina, and @CanadianSpaceAgency astronaut @AstroJeremy on a 10-day flight test around the Moon. Their journey will be the first crewed mission on NASA’s path toward establishing a long-term presence on the Moon. ⁣ ⁣ The operations seen in this video demonstrate future recovery of the crew, which includes being extracted from the Orion spacecraft after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean and being lifted via helicopter to the recovery ship where they will undergo routine medical checks before returning to shore.⁣ ⁣ Video description: The video opens with Artemis landing and recovery director Liliana Villarreal explaining the Artemis recovery training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. At 6 seconds, we see the Exploration Ground Systems team getting ready for operations in a yellow and red raft. The video cuts to the members of Artemis II crew suiting up as they prepare to step into the Orion capsule. As the crew steps into the Orion capsule and the door is shut, the video then cuts to scenes of the recovery team driving an inflatable boat to the mock splashdown site readying the capsule with a ladder and getting into position to “recover” the crew. At 25 seconds, the recovery teams are extracting the crew from the capsule safely and then hooking them to harnesses, simulating how operations would be after the mission. The video concludes with Artemis II @NASAAstronauts Reid Weisman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover saying “Where’s Jeremy?” Jeremy Hansen from the @CanadianSpaceAgency is the fourth member of the Artemis II crew.

As Metallica's “Fuel” begins to play, shots of the Artemis I launch and footage of astronauts in orange flight suits is shown. At 18 seconds, we see four astronauts walking toward the camera as text comes on the screen, “The Next Generation.” Footage of the Artemis I launch continues, as “of Space Exploration” text appears on the screen. A photo of the crew for Artemis II appears with the text “The Crew.” At 35 seconds in, we see side profile portraits of each crew member. NASA Astronaut Christina Koch appears with the text “Koch - Mission Specialist.” CSA Astronaut Jeremy Hansen appears with the text “Hansen - Mission Specialist.” NASA Astronaut Victor Glover appears with the text “Glover - Pilot.” Finally, NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman appears with the text “Wiseman - Commander.” To end the video, a black screen comes to view and an animated Artemis logo appears before a glitch effect is used to transition to the NASA logo.⁣

Thanks to a global effort to regulate ozone-depleting substances, the ozone hole is showing signs of recovery and is projected to return to a healthy level by mid-century. ⁣ ⁣ However, at NASA, scientists continue to monitor its progress.

How do planets get their names? With the exception of Earth, the planets in our solar system were named after Greek or Roman gods. Today, the job of naming things in space falls to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies and their surface features. NASA scientist Dr. Henry Throop explains more.⁣ ⁣

See Saturn at dusk and dawn, the Perseid meteors return, and a “super blue moon.” This month you’ll see one of the best-known meteor showers, the Perseids. Saturn will reach opposition, which is when the planet will be the biggest and brightest for the year. August will also begin and end with a full moon. The second full moon in a month is known as a “blue moon.” But that’s not it, the blue moon will also be a supermoon as it will be at its closest point to Earth and appear about 7% larger than an average full moon.⁣⁣⁣

Is climate change the same as global warming? Not quite. The warming of Earth — or global warming — is just one factor that makes up a range of changes that are happening to our planet, which is climate change. And NASA is studying all of it: https://climate.nasa.gov/⁣⁣

July 2023 was 1.18°C above the 1951-1980 July average according to NASA’s GISTEMP record. The record dates back to 1880, when consistent global recordkeeping became possible.⁣ ⁣ This record-breaking summer is part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures caused by human activities, especially carbon dioxide emissions. Overall, annual global temperatures have risen about 1°C on average since 1880.⁣ ⁣ Our planet is already feeling the effects of record-breaking temperatures and a changing climate. 2023 brought sweltering heat waves, record high Atlantic sea surface temperatures, and fires in Canada sending smoke thousands of miles away.⁣ ⁣ Since day one, the Biden-Harris Administration has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time. The President’s Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment in history – is strengthening climate resilience in communities nationwide and positioning the U.S. to achieve President Biden’s goal of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030.

On May 16, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, and then the gas giant soon after. Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Slightly larger than Earth’s moon, Io is a world in constant torment. Not only is the biggest planet in the solar system forever pulling at it gravitationally, but so are its Galilean siblings – Europa and the biggest moon in the solar system, Ganymede. The result is that Io is continuously stretched and squeezed, actions linked to the creation of the lava seen erupting from its many volcanoes. ⁣ ⁣ This rendering provides a “starship captain” point of view of the flyby, using images from JunoCam. For both targets, Io and Jupiter, raw JunoCam images were reprojected into views similar to the perspective of a consumer camera. The Io flyby and the Jupiter approach movie were rendered separately and composed into a synchronous split-screen video.⁣ ⁣ Launched on Aug. 5, 2011, Juno embarked on a 5-year journey to Jupiter. Its mission: to probe beneath the planet’s dense clouds and answer questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, our solar system, and giant planets in general across the cosmos. Juno arrived at the gas giant on July 4, 2016, after a 1.7-billion-mile journey, and settled into a 53-day polar orbit stretching from just above Jupiter’s cloud tops to the outer reaches of the Jovian magnetosphere. Now in its extended mission, NASA’s most distant planetary orbiter continues doing flybys of Jupiter and its moons. ⁣

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Venus will return to the morning sky, plus opportunities to see the zodiacal light and a Harvest Moon. ⁣ ⁣ Venus will appear as a bright beacon in the morning sky. Look for the planet before sunrise in the eastern sky throughout this month. In the mornings before dawn, you’ll get a chance to search for zodiacal light, a cone-shaped pillar of light that extends upward from the horizon. Northern Hemisphere skywatchers should look in the east before twilight begins and in the Southern Hemisphere you can look in the west following evening twilight.⁣ ⁣ You can also see Saturn and Jupiter, with Saturn low in the southeast after sunset and Jupiter appearing a few hours later. This month’s full moon on Sept. 29 is known as a Harvest Moon because it’ll be the closest full moon to the September equinox.

The @JaneGoodallInst partners with local communities to use Landsat and other satellite data to map deforestation, monitor chimpanzee habitats, and inform restoration and conservation efforts.⁣ ⁣ Through a community-led approach, the Tacare Program, local communities are able to make more informed decisions about how to manage natural resources, improve human well-being, preserve biodiversity including chimpanzees, and protect our planet.

Where are the Moon rocks from the Apollo missions kept? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, we have specialized the Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to store and keep these otherworldly samples safe. Studying these samples helps us learn more about the origin of not only our Moon, but our planet. ⁣

Have you heard? There’s an eclipse coming! In fact, there are two—and we’ve got a filter to get you ready for both. A “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will cross the western United States on Oct. 14, 2023. A total solar eclipse will follow on April 8, 2024, turning the daytime sky dark in the eastern U.S.