Saturday, March 18, 2023

Tropical Cyclone Freddy: Longest-lived on Record: 5+ Weeks! | NASA

Tropical Cyclone Freddy: Longest-lived on Record: 5+ Weeks | NASA

Tropical Cyclone Freddy lasted more than five weeks. Once a very powerful Category 5 cyclone, Freddy first made landfall along the east coast of Madagascar on February 21st, 2023, just north of the town of Mananjary as a Category 3 cyclone with average winds reported at 130 km/h (~81 mph) with gusts up to 180 km/h (~112 mph). After crossing over Madagascar, Freddy continued westward over the Mozambique Channel before making landfall again and for the first time along the east coast of Mozambique just south of Vilankulos as a moderate tropical storm with sustained winds estimated at 50 mph. 

However, despite being weaker at landfall, Freddy has resulted in widespread flooding across parts of Mozambique due to the storm stalling out near the coast after making landfall. Incredibly, Freddy then drifted back out over the Mozambique Channel, nearly making landfall again along the southwest coast of Madagascar, before changing direction, re-intensifying, weakening, re-intensifying one last time, and making landfall for the 2nd time in Mozambique as a Category 1 cyclone near Quelimane with sustained winds reported at 90 mph on the 11th of March.


The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions at ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean or Antarctica. [Wikipedia]


Video Credit: NASA Goddard

Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle):

Lead Producer

Lead Editor

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET):

Technical Support

George Huffman (NASA/GSFC):

Lead Scientist

Lead Narrator

B. Jason West (ADNET):

Lead Visualizer

Stephen Lang (SSAI):

Lead Writer

Duration: 1 minute, 22 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2023


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Hubble Women Making History: Colleen Townsley | NASA Goddard

Hubble Women Making History: Colleen Townsley | NASA Goddard

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has an impressive group of women who have worked and continue to work on the historic mission.

From astronauts and engineers to IT and ground testers, Hubble continues its important mission thanks to some truly amazing women.

One of these inspiring women is Hubble Integration and Test Team Manager Colleen Townsley. Colleen works hard every day to ensure that Hubble remains at its peak capabilities. 

In this video, Colleen quickly goes over what her job entails, lessons she learned along the way, and some of the things she’s passionate about.


Video Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Kascie Herron: Lead Producer

Paul Morris: Support

Colleen Townsley: Interviewee

Opening Montage Credit:

Photo Row Template by By Tyler via Motion Array

Duration: 2 minutes, 51 seconds

Release Date: March 8, 2023


#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #ColleenTownsley #TestTeamManager #Leaders #Pioneers #RoleModels #Women #Technology #Engineering #Stars #Galaxies #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Mission Launch: New Photos | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's SpaceX CRS-27 Mission Launch: New Photos | Kennedy Space Center









SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's uncrewed Dragon spacecraft on top, lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida right on time, at 8:30 p.m. EDT on March 14, 2023. Dragon was carrying more than 6,200 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies for the International Space Station.

On March 16, 2023, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module to at 7:31 a.m. EDT for the CRS-27 Commercial Resupply Mission. Dragon delivered over 6,200 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies. 


Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

For more information about STEM on Station:
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

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.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Capture Date: March 14, 2023



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The Moon's South Pole: Malapert Massif | NASA Artemis III Landing Site Candidate

The Moon's South Pole: Malapert Massif | NASA Artemis III Landing Site Candidate


Malapert massif (informal name) is thought to be a remnant of the South Pole—Aitken basin rim, which formed more than 4 billion years ago. The 5-kilometer tall Malapert Mountain is a peak that is perpetually visible from the Earth. It could serve as a radio relay station when suitably equipped. More recently, this magnificent peak (lower left) was selected as an Artemis 3 candidate landing region. Image is 25 kilometers wide in the center, Narrow Angle Camera M1432398306LR.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera shuttered this view on March 3, 2023, when the spacecraft was about 170 kilometers beyond Shackleton crater (sub-spacecraft point was 84.10°S, 129.1°E) looking towards the nearside. From this viewpoint, we see the back side of Malapert massif assuming an Earth-centric reference. The Artemis 3 candidate landing region is partially visible from this viewpoint.

Imagine the view from the summit; it rises more than 5000 meters  (16,400 feet) above its base. Off in the distance, you could see a 3500 meter (11,480 feet) tall cliff. One could argue that the sheer grandeur of this region makes it a prime candidate. However, then again, a landing here might be too exciting?


Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Image Date: March 3, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Moon #Mountain #Malapertmassif #LandingSiteCandidate #Artemis #ArtemisIII #HumanSpaceflight #LRO #Spacecraft #Orbiter #Geology #Lunar #Technology #Engineering #GSFC #ASU #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

Tahira Allen: Portrait of a Storyteller | NASA's Digital Lead for Planetary Science

Tahira Allen: Portrait of a Storyteller | NASA's Digital Lead for Planetary Science


“Even if the people around you don’t look like you, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a place at the table.”

Tahira Allen is a lot of things—Turkish, African American, millennial, young, professional—but shy is not one of them. As one of the Social Media Specialists for the agency, Allen uses her identity as a way to relate with the audiences she communicates with.

“My identity, being as mixed as it is, allows me to be especially open-minded and inclusive of niche communities and cultures,” says Allen. “Space is an international arena, and the science and technological feats and discoveries are not shut off to the U.S. — they are global.”

As a communicator and storyteller for the agency, Allen’s job is to bring space to the public in an approachable way. One of Allen’s main goals is to show our audiences that the people behind NASA are just that—“just everyday people who laugh and enjoy the same things they do!”

Allen’s favorite part about being the voice of NASA is being at the center of ground-breaking discoveries: “I get to take these amazing topics, merge them with everyday conversations and make them relatable.”

Everyday, Allen is inspired by the increasing amount of diversity she sees in the workforce—but she encourages young women of different heritages to “take that moonshot” and put themselves out there.  

And although Allen thrives in digital mediums, she also urges her audiences to reach out to unfamiliar faces, forge personal bonds and embrace human stories.

“Really, at the end of the day all of my identities—be it Turkish, African American, only child, Southern female millennial—have taught me the value of family, human inclusivity and being a strong, independent woman.”

“Starting to host live broadcasts [brought up] so many emotions: terrified, excited, proud.

And people have told me, ‘Oh my goodness, I feel like I would freeze up when the camera’s on,’ but that was the most natural position for me because I felt, just a little bit, like I was back on stage, cheerleading. You’re standing on the stage, the lights are off, you're in your head. And then the lights turn on, the music drops, and you’re on a world stage in front of thousands of people doing an incredibly difficult three-minute routine and who knows, you might even be injured right now, but you don't have an option. When those lights and that music comes on, it's almost like something bigger than yourself takes over and you just have to go.

And that is the exact same feeling when they're counting you down for a live broadcast: “3, 2, 1. Hello, welcome to NASA. My name is Tahira Allen!” Before something like that happens, I am terrified. I am sitting here thinking, what is about to come out of my mouth? But just like with cheer, whatever you do, you keep moving. I don't know what's going to come out my mouth. But I need to keep talking and just embrace fear. Embrace being uncomfortable.

…You cannot grow without approaching the fear, embracing the fear, and then pushing past it."

Image Description: Science Mission Directorate Digital Lead Tahira Allen poses for a portrait Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. 

Story Credit: Tahira Allen/Thalia Patrinos
Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
Release Date: February 8, 2023

#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #PlanetaryScience #DigitalCommunications #SocialMedia #TahiraAllen #Communicator #Storyteller #Professionals #Women #Leaders #Diversity #Equity #AfricanAmerican #TurkishAmerican #APAHM #UnitedStates #SolarSystem #Exploration #STEM #Education

Friday, March 17, 2023

Star Cluster Messier 55 | Hubble Space Telescope

Star Cluster Messier 55 | Hubble Space Telescope


This image shows just a portion of M55, the star cluster as a whole appears spherical because the stars’ intense gravitational attraction pulls them together. Hubble’s clear view above Earth’s atmosphere resolves individual stars in this cluster. Ground-based telescopes can also resolve individual stars in M55, but fewer stars are visible.

The smaller, ground-based image (lower left) taken by the Digital Sky Survey illustrates the area of Messier 55 that Hubble observed.

A starchart that shows the location of M55 in the constellation Sagittarius above the southern horizon in August at 10 pm.

Even the great observer Charles Messier had trouble seeing this globular cluster when building his Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters. It was originally spotted in 1752 by a French astronomer in what is now South Africa, but it took until 1778 for Messier to catalog it.

This is because, while Messier 55 is large and reasonably bright, it is lacking a dense core and many of its stars are quite faint, making it hard to observe in non-optimal conditions.

For northern observers M55 sits low in the sky, so the view is hampered by a thicker layer of atmosphere, as well as water vapor and light pollution. This hindered Messier’s view from his Paris observatory. When he cataloged it, Messier noted that “its light is even and does not appear to contain any star.”

Though this image shows just a portion of M55, the cluster as a whole appears spherical because the stars’ intense gravitational attraction pulls them together. Hubble’s clear view above Earth’s atmosphere resolves individual stars in this cluster. Ground-based telescopes can also resolve individual stars in M55, but fewer stars are visible.

Even in skies with low light pollution, viewed through binoculars, the cluster will only appear as a round hazy patch. Small telescopes can begin to resolve individual stars in M55, while larger aperture telescopes will pick out low magnitude stars easily. The star cluster is found in the southern part of the constellation Sagittarius and is easiest to spot in August.

The globular cluster is about 20,000 light-years away and has a diameter of about 100 light-years. It contains an estimated 100,000 stars with 55 variable stars whose brightness changes.

This star chart for M55 represents the view from mid-northern latitudes for the given month and time.


Image 1 Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic University), and M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, JWST); Image Processing: Gladys Kober

Image 2 Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic University), M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, JWST), and Digital Sky Survey; Image Processing: Gladys Kober

Image 3 Credits: Image courtesy of Stellarium

Release Date: March 17, 2023


#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #StarCluster #Messier55 #M55 #Sagittarius #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

U.S. Federal Budget Request for The Agency | This Week @NASA

U.S. Federal Budget Request for The Agency | This Week @NASA 

The U.S. Federal Budget Request for NASA, Crew-5 is safely back on Earth, and a look at a possible Moon mission spacesuit . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!


Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Space #ISS #SpaceXCrew5 #Earth #Moon #ArtemisProgram #ArtemisIII #Astronauts #Spacesuits #EVA #AxEMU #AxiomSpace #DeepSpace #MoonToMars #Science #Engineering #Technology #Exploration #HumanSpaceflight #NASABudget #UnitedStates #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Volcanic Activity Discovered on Venus | NASA Magellan Mission | JPL

Volcanic Activity Discovered on Venus | NASA Magellan Mission | JPL


Image Description: This annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface is assembled from data from NASA’s Magellan and Pioneer Venus Orbiter missions. Maat Mons, the volcano that has exhibited signs of a recent eruption, is within the black square near the planet’s equator.

In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate.

Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity has been observed on the surface of Venus for the first time. Scientists made the discovery after poring over archival radar images of Venus taken more than 30 years ago, in the 1990s, by NASA’s Magellan mission. The images revealed a volcanic vent changing shape and increasing significantly in size in less than a year.

Scientists study active volcanoes to understand how a planet’s interior can shape its crust, drive its evolution, and affect its habitability. One of NASA’s new missions to Venus will do just that. Led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, VERITAS—short for Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy—will launch within a decade. The orbiter will study Venus from surface to core to understand how a rocky planet about the same size as Earth took a very different path, developing into a world covered in volcanic plains and deformed terrain hidden beneath a thick, hot, toxic atmosphere.

“NASA’s selection of the VERITAS mission inspired me to look for recent volcanic activity in Magellan data,” said Robert Herrick, a research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and member of the VERITAS science team, who led the search of the archival data. “I didn’t really expect to be successful, but after about 200 hours of manually comparing the images of different Magellan orbits, I saw two images of the same region taken eight months apart exhibiting telltale geological changes caused by an eruption.”


The search and its conclusions are described in a new study published in the journal Science. Herrick also presented the findings at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in the Woodlands, Texas, on March 15.

Modeling a Volcano

The geological changes Herrick found occurred in Atla Regio, a vast highland region near Venus’ equator that hosts two of the planet’s largest volcanoes, Ozza Mons and Maat Mons. The region has long been thought to be volcanically active, but there was no direct evidence of recent activity. While scrutinizing Magellan radar images, Herrick identified a volcanic vent associated with Maat Mons that changed significantly between February and October 1991.

In the February image, the vent appeared nearly circular, covering an area of less than 1 square mile (2.2 square kilometers). It had steep interior sides and showed signs of drained lava down its exterior slopes, factors that hinted at activity. In radar images captured eight months later, the same vent had doubled in size and become misshapen. It also appeared to be filled to the rim with a lava lake.

However, because the two observations were from opposite viewing angles, they had different perspectives, which made them difficult to compare. The low resolution of the three-decade-old data only made the work more complicated.

Herrick teamed up with JPL’s Scott Hensley, the project scientist for VERITAS and a specialist in analyzing radar data like Magellan’s. The two researchers created computer models of the vent in various configurations to test different geological-event scenarios, such as landslides. From those models, they concluded that only an eruption could have caused the change.

“Only a couple of the simulations matched the imagery, and the most likely scenario is that volcanic activity occurred on Venus’ surface during Magellan’s mission,” said Hensley. “While this is just one data point for an entire planet, it confirms there is modern geological activity.”

The scientists liken the size of the lava flow generated by the Maat Mons activity to the 2018 Kilauea eruption on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Magellan’s Legacy

Herrick, Hensley, and the rest of the VERITAS team are eager to see how the mission’s suite of advanced science instruments and high-resolution data will complement Magellan’s remarkable trove of radar imagery, which transformed humanity’s knowledge of Venus.

“Venus is an enigmatic world, and Magellan teased so many possibilities,” said Jennifer Whitten, associate deputy principal investigator of VERITAS at Tulane University in New Orleans. “Now that we’re very sure the planet experienced a volcanic eruption only 30 years ago, this is a small preview for the incredible discoveries VERITAS will make.”

VERITAS will use state-of-the-art synthetic aperture radar to create 3D global maps and a near-infrared spectrometer to figure out what the surface is made of. The spacecraft will also measure the planet’s gravitational field to determine the structure of Venus’ interior. Together, the instruments will offer clues about the planet’s past and present geologic processes.

And whereas Magellan’s data was originally cumbersome to study—Herrick said that in the 1990s they relied on boxes of CDs of Venus data that were compiled by NASA and delivered in the mail—VERITAS’ data will be available online to the science community. That will enable researchers to apply cutting-edge techniques, such as machine learning, to analyze the planet and help reveal its innermost secrets.

Those studies will be complemented by EnVision, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Venus slated for launch in the early 2030s. The spacecraft will carry its own synthetic aperture radar (called VenSAR), which is being developed at JPL, as well as a spectrometer similar to the one VERITAS will carry. Both Hensley and Herrick are key members of the VenSAR science team.

More About the Mission

VERITAS and NASA’s Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission were selected in 2021 under NASA’s Discovery Program as the agency’s next missions to Venus. VERITAS partners include Lockheed Martin Space, the Italian Space Agency, the German Aerospace Center, and Centre National d’Études Spatiales in France. The Discovery Program is managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the Planetary Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.


Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Release Date: March 15, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Venus #Planet #Geology #Volcanism #Volcano #MaatMons #MagellanSpacecraft #VERITASMission #SolarSystem #Exploration #Research #Infographic #Annotated #ComputerScience #3DModel #JPL #Caltech #UnitedStates #Europe #STEM #Education

Actor Adam Driver Asks NASA About Asteroids

Actor Adam Driver Asks NASA About Asteroids

The dinosaurs went extinct by an asteroid impact many years ago. Here at NASA and around the world, there are teams of experts making sure we can actually do something about it if an asteroid were to ever threaten Earth. We’re studying these rocky, airless remnants to better understand the early formation of our solar system.

“65” actor Adam Driver and NASA Planetary Defender Kelly Fast discuss how we find, track, and monitor near-Earth asteroids, as well as test technologies that could one day be used to prevent a potential impact, should a hazardous asteroid be discovered in the future. The duo also talks about the OSIRIS-REx mission and the asteroid sample the spacecraft will bring to Earth this September. 

For more information on NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office: 

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/pdco/index.html

For more on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission: https://nasa.gov/osirisrex


Video Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde, Emily Furfaro, Josh Handal

Editor/Graphics: Matthew Schara

Movie Footage courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment 65

Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2023


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #OSIRISREx #Spacecraft #Asteroid #Bennu #ToBennuAndBack #Organics #Minerals #Mapping #SampleReturn #Technology #GSFC #CSA #JAXA #Japan #日本 #UnitedStates #SolarSystem #Exploration #STEM #Education #Art #Animation #HD #Video

Rocket Lab Launches Satellites from US Soil: "Stronger Together" Mission

Rocket Lab Launches Satellites from US Soil: "Stronger Together" Mission


The “Stronger Together” mission was Rocket Lab’s second Electron mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia.

The March 16, 2023, launch was a dedicated mission for Capella Space, a leading U.S. satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company. “Stronger Together” will deliver to orbit two more Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.


Video Credit: Rocket Lab

Acknowedgement: SciTech News

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Space #Earth #Satellites #RocketLab #PeterBeck #ElectronRocket #Launch #StrongerTogetherMission #MARS #WallopsIsland #Virginia #UnitedStates #CommercialSpace #CapellaSpace #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Planet Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers

Planet Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers


MSL - sol 3767


Mars2020 - sol 732


MSL - sol 3769


Mars2020 - sol 731


MSL - sol 3769


Mars2020 - sol 721


Mars2020 - sol 731


MSL - sol 3766

Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars! (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars


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.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

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


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


Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: March 13-15, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Mars #RedPlanet #Planet #Astrobiology #Geology #CuriosityRover #MSL #MountSharp #GaleCrater #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #IngenuityHelicopter #JezeroCrater #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #JPL #UnitedStates #MoonToMars #CitizenScience #STEM #Education

NASA's Space to Ground: Past, Present, Future | Week of March 17, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Past, Present, Future | Week of March 17, 2023


NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.  On March 16, 2023, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module to at 7:31 a.m. EDT for the CRS-27 Commercial Resupply Mission. Dragon delivered over 6,200 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies. 

Afterward, NASA Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, and Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi from the United Arab Emirates spent time unloading cargo from the spacecraft. Alneyadi and Rubio were specifically tasked with unpacking double-cold bags for transporting samples into the station’s Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer, or MELFI.

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)

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)

Distance: 3 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2023


#NASA #Space #ISS #Earth #SpaceX #DragonSpacecraft #CRS27 #CommercialResupplyServices #ElonMusk #GwynneShotwell #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Expedition68 #Technology #Engineering #UnitedStates #Russia #UAE #International #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Rocket Lab Launches Satellites from US Soil: "Stronger Together" Mission

Rocket Lab Launches Satellites from US Soil: "Stronger Together" Mission








The “Stronger Together” mission was Rocket Lab’s second Electron mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia.

The March 16, 2023, launch was a dedicated mission for Capella Space, a leading U.S. satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company. “Stronger Together” will deliver to orbit two more Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.


Image Credit: Rocket Lab

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Space #Earth #Satellites #RocketLab #PeterBeck #ElectronRocket #Launch #StrongerTogetherMission #MARS #WallopsIsland #Virginia #UnitedStates #CommercialSpace #CapellaSpace #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #STEM #Education

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Space4Women Spotlight Session: March 2023 | UN Office for Outer Space Affairs

Space4Women Spotlight Session: March 2023 UN Office for Outer Space Affairs

UNOOSA Spotlight Session

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) presented the nexus between space innovation and technology, and gender equality on March 8, 2023. The event focused on UNOOSA's program Space4Women by highlighting its different projects and their results. Speakers included participants of the Space4Women Mentorship programme that highlighted how their mentor-mentee relationship made an impact in their space journey. Participants of the Space4Women Experts meetings shared their personal insights to highlight challenges and opportunities discussed during such gatherings. The event also showcased information about the 2022 UNOOSA Space4Water Workshop for Indigenous Women.


BackgroundThe theme for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023 (IWD 2023) was, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are championing the advancement of transformative technology and digital education, and exploring the digital gender gap.


To celebrate International Women's Day 2023, Vienna-based International Organizations (VBOs) organized spotlight sessions to highlight the nexus between the mandates of their entities and innovation, technology, digital education, gender equality and the empowerment of women.


Credit: UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Duration: 1 hour, 9 minutes

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Earth #GenderEquity #UnitedNations #UNOOSA #Humanity #Women #Space4Women #Scientists #Engineers #SpaceExploration #HumanSpaceflight #Leaders #Pioneers #Educators #Students #Mentors #Technology #Engineering #InternationalWomensDay #International #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA’s X-59 Supersonic Aircraft: Quesst Mission Updates | NASA Armstrong

NASA’s X-59 Supersonic Aircraft: Quesst Mission Updates | NASA Armstrong

The X-59 research aircraft is the centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission. It is designed to fly supersonic without creating a loud sonic boom to people on the ground. In this edition of Inside the Quesst see the latest assembly update, life support system research, and recent STEM news.

For more information, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/Quesst

www.nasa.gov/quesst-supersonic-stem-toolkit

https://www.nasa.gov/flightlog


Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Aerospace #Flight #Supersonic #X59 #Sonicboom #Quiet #Aviation #QuesstMission #Science #Physics #Engineering #Research #Aeronautical #FlightTests #LockheedMartin #Armstrong #AFRC #EdwardsAFB #California #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Discusses His International Space Station Mission

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover Discusses His International Space Station Mission

Homecoming | Down to Earth - S2:E8 | In the final episode featuring astronaut Victor Glover and his daughter, Corinne, they discuss the excitement of returning to Earth from an extended mission on the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Victor Glover's Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/victor-j-glover

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/victor-j-glover/biography


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 33 seconds

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Space #ISS #Artemis #Moon #SpaceX #SpaceXCrew1 #CrewDragon #Spacecraft #Astronaut #VictorGlover #Pilot #Aviator #Engineer #Leader #USNavy #CorinneGlover #HumanSpaceflight #Expedition64 #AfricanAmerican #JSC #Houston #Texas #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video