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NASA’s BioSentinel mission will go beyond the Moon to perform the first long-duration deep space biology experiment. Set to launch with the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket, Artemis I, the spacecraft will study the effects of space radiation on yeast cells. The results could inspire solutions to keep future astronauts healthy during deep space exploration. Credit: NASA

Launching a new Earth-observing satellite, things continue to line up for the James Webb Space Telescope, and imagining the future of aviation … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Credit: NASA

What are some skywatching highlights in March 2022? Look for Saturn to join Venus and Mars in the morning sky around mid-month. In the evenings, find the Y-shaped constellation Taurus, the bull, high in the southwest. The Hyades star cluster forms the bull's face. Then take a tour of four easy-to-find stars that have known planets of their own orbiting them. Credit: NASA

On Thursday, March 3 at 9:25 a.m. EST, SpaceX launched 47 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the 11th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat-5A, Transporter 2, and now eight Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX

We’re ready to GOES – are you? watch the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite. The satellite, currently known as GOES-T, will provide critical data to improve weather forecasting and to better track storms and other hazards. GOES-T Lifted off at 4:38 p.m. EST (21:38 UTC) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 451 rocket to join the fleet of spacecraft monitoring Earth from space. This launch was managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center. NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) constantly monitor weather across the Western Hemisphere, as well as weather in space caused by activity from our Sun. Credit: NASA

This video is a data visualization showing the location of the Moon’s South Pole. In the system of lunar latitude and longitude adopted by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, the Moon’s South Pole is located on the rim of Shackleton crater at a point marked by a red pin in this visualization. The definition and wide adoption of this standard coordinate system for the Moon is vital for mapping and exploring our nearest neighbor. With such a system, we can confidently pinpoint any feature on the Moon, including the exact location of its South Pole. LRO data will be a critical tool in helping NASA return humans to the lunar surface. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

An update on NASA’s Artemis I mission, test firing an Artemis rocket engine, and a resupply mission delivers to the space station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Credit: NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. The team's challenge was twofold: confirm that NIRCam was ready to collect light from celestial objects, and then identify starlight from the same star in each of the 18 primary mirror segments. The result is an image mosaic of 18 randomly organized dots of starlight, the product of Webb's unaligned mirror segments all reflecting light from the same star back at Webb's secondary mirror and into NIRCam's detectors. What looks like a simple image of blurry starlight now becomes the foundation to align and focus the telescope in order for Webb to deliver unprecedented views of the universe this summer. Over the next month or so, the team will gradually adjust the mirror segments until the 18 images become a single star. Credit: NASA

At 9:12 a.m. PST (17:12 UTC), Feb, 25. 2022. SpaceX Launched a a Falcon 9 rocket with 50 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: SpaceX

Drone fly around of Starbase launch and catch tower while destacking Startship In Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX launched on Monday February 21. 2022 at 9:44 a.m. EST, a Falcon 9 with 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and five Starlink missions. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: SpaceX

The next commercial cargo mission to the space station, celebrating the first year of Perseverance on Mars, and the first science images from a recently launched mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Credit: NASA

Watch on Feb. 19. 2021 Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft lift off atop an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. The Cygnus bears the name S.S. Piers Sellers, in honor of the late NASA astronaut and climate researcher, and will transport research, crew supplies, and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. Onboard science includes: • A study that examines the effects of a drug on breast and prostate cancer cells • A new combustion facility • An investigation on skin aging in microgravity • New hydrogen sensors that will be tested for the space station’s oxygen generation system • A system that will test hydroponic and aeroponic techniques for plant growth. Credit: NASA

A large dust storm on Mars, nearly twice the size of the United States, covered the southern hemisphere of the Red Planet in early January 2022, leading to some of NASA’s explorers on the surface hitting pause on their normal activities. NASA’s Insight lander put itself in a "safe mode" to conserve battery power after dust prevented sunlight from reaching the solar panels. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter also had to postpone flights until conditions improved. A fleet of NASA orbiters monitor Martian dust storms like this one and serve as lifelines to Earth by relaying data from the rovers and lander on the ground back to the team. This includes the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, and Odyssey. Odyssey, while facing its technical issue, was able to recover quickly enough to come to InSight's aid during the dust storm. Credit: NASA

SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX

Stacking and Destacking of Starship, The launch tower at Starbase will help stack Starship and catch the Super Heavy rocket booster, SpaceX assembled and stacked the world's biggest rocket in Boca Chica, on Feb 10. 2022. and de-stacked Starship from of the Super Heavy booster at their Boca Chica, Texas facility on Feb. 14, 2022. The massive rocket was assembled using robotic arms known as 'chopticks' Credit: SpaceX

Are there rainbows on Mars? Sadly, no. But there are a whole lot of other conditions on Mars that we have right here on Earth! NASA scientist Mark Lemmon explains why the Red Planet is a rainbowless world. Credit: NASA

(NASA Broadcast) Russia’s Progress 80 resupply ship blasted off on Feb. 14 at 11:25 p.m. ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. and has reached orbit. It will dock to the international space station on Thursday at 2:06am ET. Credit: NASA - Roscosmos

(Roscosmos Broadcast) Russia's Progress 80 resupply ship blasted off on February 14th 2022 at 11:25pm ET and has reached orbit. It will dock to the international space station on Thursday at 2:06am ET. Credit: Roscosmos

Fine-tuning the James Webb Space Telescope, a different view of Venus, and the science on an upcoming space station resupply mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Credit: NASA

On Thursday February 10 SpaceX released a new animation of Starship Credit: SpaceX

A milestone for a NASA astronaut, a plan for the future of the space station, and moving a step closer to an historic mission to the station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Credit: NASA

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the COSMO-SkyMed Earth-observation satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 31, 2022. The first stage of the rocket touched down at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) in Florida several minutes later. Credit: SpaceX

On Tuesday, January 18 at 9:02 p.m. EST, Falcon 9 launched 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the tenth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which has launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and now seven Starlink missions.