NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket WDR Rollout Part 2 | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket WDR Rollout Part 2 | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher are in view in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on June 3, 2022. All of the work platforms have been retracted. The crawler-transporter, driven by engineers, is under the Artemis I stack atop the mobile launcher. It will carry it to Launch Complex 39B for another wet dress rehearsal (WDR) test this week ahead of the Artemis I launch. Artemis I will be the first integrated test of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft. 

Artemis I launch is currently scheduled for launch in 2022.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.  It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

NASA's Artemis Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

NASA's Orion Spacecraft

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html

Image Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Image Date: June 3, 2022

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Hubble Investigates Enigmatic Globular Cluster Ruprecht 106

Hubble Investigates Enigmatic Globular Cluster Ruprecht 106

Like Sherlock Holmes’s magnifying glass writ large, the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has been used to peer into an astronomical mystery in search of clues. The enigma in question concerns the globular cluster Ruprecht 106, which is pictured in this image. While the constituent stars of globular clusters all formed at approximately the same location and time, it turns out that almost all globular clusters contain groups of stars with distinct chemical compositions. These distinct chemical fingerprints are left by groups of stars with very slightly different ages or compositions from the rest of the cluster. A tiny handful of globular clusters do not possess these multiple populations of stars, and Ruprecht 106 is a member of this enigmatic group.

Hubble captured this star-studded image using one of its most versatile instruments; the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Much like the stars in globular clusters, Hubble’s instruments also have distinct generations: ACS is a third generation instrument which replaced the original Faint Object Camera in 2002. Some of Hubble’s other instruments have also gone through three iterations: the Wide Field Camera 3 replaced the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) during the final servicing mission to Hubble. WFPC2 itself replaced the original Wide Field and Planetary Camera, which was installed on Hubble at launch. 

Astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle serviced Hubble in orbit a total of five times, and were able to either upgrade aging equipment or replace instruments with newer, more capable versions. This high-tech tinkering in low Earth orbit has helped keep Hubble at the cutting edge of astronomy for more than three decades.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter

Release Date: June 6, 2022

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NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Captures A Rock's "Balancing Act"

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Captures A Rock's "Balancing Act"

Can you spot the small Mars rock sitting atop a larger one in this raw unprocessed image?

This is another interesting curiosity on the surface of Mars in Jezero Crater.

Image Date: Sol 459: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, imaged at 10:09:11.660 (local mean solar time)

Perseverance Rover Update:

Perseverance has continued into Hawksbill Gap, making remote sensing observations of small portions of outcropping rock layers in search of a good place to collect a sample. Since Perseverance is in the Shenandoah quadrangle, we are using target names from Shenandoah National Park. Some of the names this past week included “Bald_Face_Mountain,” “Little_Devil_Stairs,” “Sunset_Hill,” “Luck_Hollow,” and “Moody_Creek.” Perseverance logged nearly 400 meters of driving progress for the week of May 15-21, accumulating a total distance since landing of over 11.8 km as of Sol 446.

Caption Credit: Eleni Ravanis, Student Collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Release Date: June 2, 2022

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech/Arizona State University

Special Thanks to Perseverance Image Bot and Niraj Sanghvi

Image Date: Sol 459: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, imaged at 10:09:11.660 (local mean solar time)

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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NASA Lunar Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up | Artemis

NASA Lunar Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up | Artemis

The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA's planned orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for the Artemis Program, is in the midst of several electric propulsion system tests.

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), being manufactured by Maxar Technologies, provides Gateway with power, high-rate communications, and propulsion for maneuvers around the Moon and to transit between different orbits. The PPE will be combined with the Habitation and Logistic Outpost (HALO) before the integrated spacecraft's launch, targeted for late 2024 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Together, these elements will serve as the hub for early Gateway crewed operations and various science and technology demonstrations as the full Gateway station is assembled around it in the coming years.

In this image from April 2022, PPE engineers successfully tested the integration of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s thruster with Maxar’s power procession unit and Xenon Flow Controller.

Learn more about NASA's Gateway:

https://www.nasa.gov/gateway

Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

Image Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Rocket Launch | Full HD Video

China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Rocket Launch | Full HD Video

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: CNSpace/China Central Television (CCTV)

Duration: 46 seconds

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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Liftoff of China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Y14 Rocket

Liftoff of China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Y14 Rocket

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 35 seconds

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)/Xinhua

Duration: 3 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Cai Xuzhe, Chen Dong, and Liu Yang

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts: Foreground: Commander Chen Dong and in the background Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Cai Xuzhe, Chen Dong, and Liu Yang

Astronaut motorcade to Long March-2F Y14 rocket launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Liu Yang, Commander Chen Dong (middle), and Cai Xuzhe as they enter the Shenzhou-14 crew spacecraft atop the Long March-2F Y14 rocket

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station. 

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first. 

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Image Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)/Xinhua

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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Launch Ready: China's Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

Launch Ready: China's Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

China will launch its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022. Blast off is scheduled for 10:44 a.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket. Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first. 

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth. 

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute, 56 seconds

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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The Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-21 Webcast Replay

The Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-21 Webcast Replay

Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight on Saturday, June 4, 2022. The astronaut crew included: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American to fly to space.

Learn more at BlueOrigin.com

Credit: Blue Origin

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin

The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin

Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Meet the New Shepard NS-21 crew: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American to fly to space.

Credit: Blue Origin

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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China Shenzhou-13 Space Station Mission Documentary Trailer (4K Ultra HD)

China Shenzhou-13 Space Station Mission Documentary Trailer (4K Ultra HD)

China's Shenzhou-13 crew used two 8K cameras to film the first ever 8K documentary on China's Space Station called Tiangong. Ahead of the Shenzhou-14 launch, an ultra-HD trailer was released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Enjoy these epic shots! Looking forward to seeing the full film soon . . .

The Shenzhou 13 long duration three-person crew mission launched October 15, 2021, on a Long March-2F launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia. It was the eighth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the thirteenth flight of the Shenzhou space program since 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on the second flight to the Tianhe core module, the first module of China's Tiangong Space Station.  

The Shenzhou 13 reentry spacecraft successfully undocked from the Tianhe core module on April 15, 2022, and performed a series of fast return de-orbit procedures enabling it to touchdown on Earth nine hours later. The reentry module returned on April 16, 2022. At 182 days, the mission set a new national human spaceflight long duration record for China surpassing Shenzhou 12's 92 days.

Shenzhou 13 Crew

1. Major General Zhai Zhigang was a veteran of Shenzhou 7. 

2. Colonel Wang Yaping became the first woman to visit the Tiangong Space Station. Yaping previously flew on Shenzhou 10 and became China's second woman in space. On November 7, 2021, Wang Yaping became China's first female spacewalker. When Shenzhou 13 completed the 180-day mission, Wang had spent about 195 days in space, setting a new flight record among all Chinese astronauts.

3. Colonel Ye Guangfu was on his first spaceflight.

Credit: CN Space/China Central Television (CCTV)

Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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Target Date for First James Webb Space Telescope Full Color Images | This Week @NASA

Target Date for First James Webb Space Telescope Full-Color Images | This Week @NASA

Week of June 3, 2022: July 12—An important target date for the James Webb Space Telescope, an update about the next generation of spacesuits, and testing our lunar-roving robot . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Learn more about spacesuits and spacewalking at: https://nasa.gov/suitup

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

Duration: 2 minutes, 48 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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Rocket Motor Test for NASA Artemis Moon Missions | Marshall Space Flight Center

Rocket Motor Test for NASA Artemis Moon Missions | Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA engineers successfully completed a subscale solid rocket motor test June 1, 2022, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The subscale motor produced 89,000 pounds of thrust during the hot fire test. This was the second test supporting development efforts for a new motor design for Artemis missions after Artemis VIII. 

NASA's Artemis program is preparing to send the first woman and person of color to the lunar surface.

As part of a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test in 2022 that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. NASA's Orion crew spacecraft will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

Video Credit: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center/Samuel Lott

Duration: 53 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Docks Successfully to International Space Station

Russian Progress 81 Cargo Ship Docks Successfully to International Space Station

[Docking occurs at 46 minute mark]

Expedition 67 Update: 

The uncrewed Russian Progress 81 spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress 81 arrived at the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. EDT, two orbits after launch. Progress is delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 67 crew. 

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 55 minutes

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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NASA's Space to Ground: JPL's Earth Mineral Dust Detector Arriving Soon

NASA's Space to Ground: JPL's Earth Mineral Dust Detector Arriving Soon

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. The uncrewed Russian Progress 81 launched on a Soyuz rocket at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, 2022, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Progress 81 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. EDT, two orbits after launch. Progress is delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 67 crew. 

While scientists know that dust affects the Earth's environment and climate, they do not have enough data to determine, in detail, what those effects are or may be in the future—at least not yet. Launching to the International Space Station on a SpaceX cargo launch June 9, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument will help fill in those knowledge gaps. EMIT’s state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer, developed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, will collect more than a billion dust-source-composition measurements around the globe over the course of a year—and in doing so, significantly advance scientists’ understanding of dust’s influence across the Earth system.

Expedition 67 Crew

Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)

Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)

NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 21 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2022

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