The Florida Keys, The Bahamas, and Cuba | International Space Station

The Florida Keys, The Bahamas, and Cuba | International Space Station

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an island country of the Lucayan Archipelago consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence.

The Republic of Cuba is an island country consisting of the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. 
Population: 11 million

The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami and extend in an arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. 

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Release Date: Sept. 5, 2025

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Planet Venus Sample Return | NASA Space Technology

Planet Venus Sample Return | NASA Space Technology

Can we bring a rock back from Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system? Venus’ thick clouds of sulfuric acid and scorching surface temperatures make it one of the most hostile places in the solar system. So far, no spacecraft has lasted more than a few hours on its surface. And we still do not know what Venusian rocks are made of. However, a bold new idea could change everything.

This mission concept combines innovative uses of existing technology to beat the heat on Venus:

🎈 A balloon platform that creates fuel from the atmosphere 

🛩️ A solar-powered aircraft

🚀 A rocket to launch the sample into orbit

🌍 An Earth-return vehicle that brings the sample home

This could pave the way for the first-ever Venus sample return mission, revealing long-hidden secrets of the planet's geology and reshaping our understanding of Earth's "evil" twin.

NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) that may one day bring a piece of Venus back to Earth. 

Summary: At 450°C and 93 bars of atmospheric pressure, the surface of Venus is the most hostile environment to explore in the solar system. This project will pioneer a new approach to return a sample from the surface of Venus. The approach will merge an innovative carbon monoxide rocket technology to make propellant from the Venus atmosphere with innovations in high-temperature surface systems and solar aircraft.

To learn more visit: https://go.nasa.gov/3zBxgZt

To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2024 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10973241?video=1008860866#t=9824s

Video Credit: NASA Space Technology/NASA 360
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: Sept. 5, 2025

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The Milky Way above Earth's Bright Atmospheric Glow | International Space Station

The Milky Way above Earth's Bright Atmospheric Glow | International Space Station

Our Milky Way galaxy appears above Earth's bright atmospheric glow in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared 261 miles above southern Iran at approximately 12:54 a.m. local time on August 23, 2025. The camera was configured for low light and long duration settings.

You will also notice green and yellow airglow that occurs when atoms and molecules in the Earth's upper atmosphere, excited by sunlight, emit light to shed their excess energy. Or, it can happen when atoms and molecules that have been ionized by sunlight collide with and capture a free electron. In both cases, they eject a particle of light—called a photon—in order to relax again. Unlike episodic and fleeting auroras, airglow shines constantly throughout Earth’s atmosphere, and the result is a tenuous bubble of light that closely encases our entire planet.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Release Date: Sept. 5, 2025

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This is Neutron: A New Reusable Medium-lift Rocket | Rocket Lab

This is Neutron: A New Reusable Medium-lift Rocket | Rocket Lab

Meet Neutron, Rocket Lab's new reusable medium-lift rocket that will deliver "a cost-effective, reliable, and responsive launch service" for missions to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit, as well as to explore beyond Earth and on to the Moon and Mars.

Learn more about Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket: https://rocketlabcorp.com/launch/neutron/

Video Credit: Rocket Lab
Duration: 9 minutes
Release Date: Sept. 3, 2025

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Galactic Dance: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5394/5 | Gemini North Observatory

Galactic Dance: Interacting Galaxies NGC 5394/5 | Gemini North Observatory

Image of the interacting galaxy pair NGC 5394/5 in Canes Venatici obtained with the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab's Gemini North 8-meter telescope on Hawai'i's Maunakea using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph in imaging mode. This four-color composite image has a total exposure time of 42 minutes.

Learn more about the Gemini North Telescope:
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-north/

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Duration: 10 seconds
Release Date: Dec. 19, 2019

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Can We Actually SEE Exoplanets? | ESO Chasing Starlight

Can We Actually See Exoplanets? | ESO Chasing Starlight

Over the last 30 years, we have discovered around 6000 planets orbiting other stars. How do astronomers find these exoplanets? Can we take real images of them?

0:00 - The radial velocity method

2:23 - The transit method

4:41 - Direct imaging

Video Credit: ESO Chasing Starlight
Duration: 7 minutes
Release Date: Sept. 5, 2025

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Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Gemini South Telescope

Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS | Gemini South Telescope

A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro Pachón in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab. The image shows the comet’s broad coma—a cloud of gas and dust that forms around the comet’s icy nucleus as it gets closer to the Sun—and a tail spanning about 1/120th of a degree in the sky (where one degree is about the width of a pinky finger on an outstretched arm) and pointing away from the Sun. 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our Solar System.

The exposures tracked the comet as it traveled across the sky, and the final image is composed to freeze the stars in place during the observation. Two small colored trails from unrelated asteroids with motion distinct from that of the comet can also be seen.

These observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS were conducted during a Shadow the Scientists program hosted by NSF NOIRLab. A full recording of the session can be found here.

Gemini South Telescope:
https://noirlab.edu/public/programs/gemini-observatory/gemini-south/

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the Scientist
Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Science on Northrop Grumman's 23rd Cargo Mission | International Space Station

Science on Northrop Grumman's 23rd Cargo Mission | International Space Station

NASA and Northrop Grumman are preparing to launch the company’s next cargo mission to the International Space Station in mid September—sending science aimed at supporting Artemis missions to the Moon, human exploration of Mars and beyond, and improvement of life on Earth.

The research aboard Cygnus seeks to reduce harmful microbes, improve medication production, manage fuel pressure, and refine semiconductor crystals for next-generation technologies.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/4m1jktI

Learn about NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Program:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

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.

Credit: NASA
Duration: 1 minute, 14 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Three New U.S. Missions Launch to Track Space Weather | NASA Goddard

Three New U.S. Missions Launch to Track Space Weather | NASA Goddard

Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Launching September 23, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the missions include NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft.

The missions will each study effects of the solar wind—the continuous stream of particles emitted by the Sun—and space weather—the changing conditions in space driven by the Sun—from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our solar system. Research from the missions will help us better understand the Sun’s influence on Earth’s habitability, map our home in space, and protect satellites and voyaging astronauts from space weather threats.

Watch the launch with NASA from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage on September 23, 2025, from 6:40 a.m. to about 9:15 a.m. EDT (1040 to 1415 UTC). Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media: https://www.nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/imap/ 
https://imap.princeton.edu/

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory/

NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1)
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/future-programs/swfo/space-weather-follow-l1-mission

Credit: NASA/Joy Ng
Duration: 55 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Journey to Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

Journey to Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to reveal a sparkling scene of star birth that was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Final Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Video Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ESA/Hubble, CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin, D. Minniti, T.A. Rector, J. Miller, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Close-up: Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

Close-up: Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | Webb Telescope

This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)

Duration: 30 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

Star Cluster Pismis 24 in The Lobster Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.

Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery and one of the closest sites of massive star birth, Pismis 24 provides rare insight into large and massive stars. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.

Image Description: In what appears as a celestial dreamscape, a blue and black sky filled with brilliant stars covers about two thirds of the image. The stars are a variety of sizes and shades of white, beige, yellow, and light orange. Across the bottom third of the scene is a craggy, mountain-like vista with spire-like peaks and deep, seemingly misty valleys. These so-called mountains appear in varying shades of orange, yellow, and brown. Above their soaring spires is a wispy, ethereal white cloud that stretched horizontally across the scene. Steam appears to rise from the mountaintops and join with this cloud. At the top, right corner of the image, a swath of orange and brown structure cuts diagonally across the sky.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
Release Date: Sept. 4, 2025

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'Anglerfish' Galaxy Cluster in Lepus: A Cosmic Magnifying Glass | Gemini North

'Anglerfish' Galaxy Cluster in Lepus: A Cosmic Magnifying Glass | Gemini North

The galaxy cluster MACS J0060.1-2008 (MACS0060) is well known for its strong gravitational lensing effect. This means the cluster is massive enough to curve the space-time around it and bend the path of light from more distant objects. The galaxy cluster acts like a giant magnifying glass, boosting the reach of our telescopes and allowing us to see farther and fainter objects in space.

When researchers analyzed a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the MACS0600 cluster, they realized that the cluster's mass as determined from the image was too small to account for the strength of its gravitational lensing effect. The researchers observed the area just east of where the HST image was taken using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab. They found that the HST image only captured a small part of a massive, sprawling cluster. As a result, the researchers have given MACS0600 the nickname ‘Anglerfish cluster,’ in reference to the deep-sea creature that is often only partially visible while the bulk of it remains hidden. Further research will be needed to find the spatial limits of the cluster’s mass, and astronomers are already planning to use this cluster’s magnification powers to study galaxies in the early Universe.

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Acknowledgments: PI: Lukas J. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Release Date: Aug. 27, 2025

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"Sunset through a Dragon's eye." | International Space Station

"Sunset through a Dragon's eye." | International Space Station

Orbital sunset image captured by experienced NASA astronaut and former Expedition 71/72 flight engineer, Don Pettit, from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. He returned to Earth on April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit spent 220 days in space, earning him a total of 590 days in space over the course of his four spaceflights. He orbited the Earth 3,520 times, traveling 93.3 million miles in low-Earth orbit.

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Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Ryzhikov (Roscosmos)

JAXA Flight Engineer (Japan): Kimiya Yui

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Zubritskiy, Oleg Platonov

NASA Flight Engineers: Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke

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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA astronaut Don Pettit
Release Date: Sept. 1, 2025

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Stellar Nursery NGC 604 in Triangulum | NASA Hubble & Chandra [Budget Alert]

Stellar Nursery NGC 604 in Triangulum | NASA Hubble & Chandra [Budget Alert]

This is a vast nebula called NGC 604. It lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy Messier 33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. It was discovered by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel on September 11, 1784.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is being canceled in NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request, along with 18 other active science missions. NASA's science budget is being reduced by nearly 50%. NASA's total budget will become the lowest since 1961, after accounting for inflation.

Contact your representatives in the United States Congress, House and Senate, to express your concerns about severe budget cuts at NASA:

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

NASA's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request (PDF): https://www.nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-request/

Image Processor Judy Schmidt: "The brightest x-ray object in this scene is an unknown object at the upper left. The next brightest thing seems to be a distant active galaxy nucleus (AGN) coincidentally positioned just above the nebula. In third place comes NGC 604 itself. It is hard to compete with an AGN, but these young stars are doing an admirable job. X-rays are generated when things get super hot, and that's what's happening within the cavernous interior bubble of the nebula."

Image Credit: Hui Yang (University of Illinois) and NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)/Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Processing: Judy Schmidt
Release Date: Jan. 14, 2019

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The Extremely Large Telescope under Construction in Chile: An Introduction | MPIA

The Extremely Large Telescope under Construction in Chile: An Introduction | MPIA

[No sound] The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile has been under construction since 2014 by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It will be the largest telescope for visible and infrared light when it is completed in 2029. The video explains the most important features of the telescope, highlights the scientific instruments MICADO and METIS, and describes the research that it will be used for.

The video is a compilation of several video clips from ESO and other sources such as the Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy (MPIA). It was originally produced for the German Federal Government's Open Day at the Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in August 2025.

Further information on the ELT: https://elt.eso.org

MICADO
https://elt.eso.org/instrument/MICADO/

METIS
https://elt.eso.org/instrument/METIS/

Video Credit: Max-Planck-Institut for Astronomy (MPIA)/ESO
Duration: 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Release Date: Sept. 3, 2025

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