Ed Dwight was denied the opportunity to be the first Black astronaut. Now 90, Dwight is getting his due in a new National Geographic documentary “The Space Race.” Read more from the Associated Press. https://flip.it/kjAxvr
#Space #Science #NASA #NationalGeographic #Astronaut
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Kalpana Chawla in her short life span of only 40 years taught children especially girls to dream, to believe, to have faith & to toil to make one's dream come alive. She made true the adage that "Nothing is Impossible" to achieve if you strive towards it with complete sincerity, compassion & discipline. Kalpana Chawla and her fellow crew members finally became one with the stars shining brightly in the vastness up above.
#KalpanaChawla #womeninspace #astronaut #respect #love #NASA #India
A child's dream to "drive" a space shuttle propels him toward a historic NASA mission.
NPR profiles Victor Glover, a Navy captain and the first African American to have spent extended time on the International Space Station.
Earlier today, the Perseverance rover captured a high resolution image of the Ingenuity using the SuperCam RMI instrument.
One rotor blade is broken off completely, the others have damaged tips.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Simeon Schmauß
#ThanksIngenuity #MarsHelicopter #NASA #Perseverance #Mars #Solarocks
Did you know we have a remote observatory on Mars?
When NASA's Perseverance rover isn't busy studying the Martian landscape, it turns its gaze upward to do a little skygazing. This is its view of Mars's inner moon, Phobos.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/410/things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-on-mars/ #science #astronomy #astrodon #NASA
Uh, did anyone else recognize Bobak Ferdowsi, NASA/JPL's "Mohawk Guy" from the 2012 Curiosity Mars landing, in episode 8 of "3 Body Problem"? And in a familiar role too.
Bobak's a nice dude, good for him
Only three humans have ever witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the *Earth*. It happened while the Apollo 12 crew was returning home from the Moon, on November 21, 1969.
Fortunately, the astronauts filmed the moment so you can share in the experience.
https://archive.org/details/Apollo1216mmOnboardFilm [at the 4:50 mark] #space #science #nasa #eclipse
Live NASA telescope feed for today's solar eclipse [video]
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- Discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39971717
- Summary: A live telescope feed of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse traveling across North America on April 8, 2024, with NASA providing live views from several locations. The eclipse will move through Mexico, the US, and Canada. Weather permitting, viewers will see the partially eclipsed Sun in various light wavelengths. NASA will collaborate with partners to stream the event. #TotalSolarEclipse #Eclipse #NASA
I'm so excited about this upcoming space mission.
NASA has just confirmed that the Dragonfly octocopter will launch in July, 2028. When it arrives, it will spend at least two years flying over the organic-rich sands of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/news/20231128.php #space #science #nasa #life #tech
If you want to read about why the Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble and is in safe mode right now, here's your link:
https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes
#space #science #hubble #nasa
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112356385897060107
NASA’s Curiosity has recently discovered that Mars may have been habitable billions of years ago. The rover found rocks in Mars' Gale Crater that contain a surprising amount of manganese oxide — a mineral commonly found in lakes on Earth. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/7pv1_R
#Science #Mars #NASA #Curiosity
These unofficial Mastodon accounts of space agencies are bots that merely share news items the agencies publish elsewhere, yet the accounts have quite a lot of followers:
- NASA: @nasa 71K followers
- ESA: @esa 1.4K followers
There's an unfulfilled demand for public institutions to communicate on open and independent platforms.
If all goes well on Monday, two #NASA astronauts will blast off into space on #Boeing’s #Starliner spacecraft.
And it’s a big deal – this long-delayed mission will represent the vehicle’s first crewed launch. If successful, it will give NASA – and in the future, space tourists – more options for getting to low Earth orbit.
https://theconversation.com/boeings-starliner-is-about-to-launch-if-successful-the-test-represents-an-important-milestone-for-commercial-spaceflight-228862
#space #News
"The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places."
AP reports: "The good news is that Earth should be out of the line of fire this time because the flare erupted on a part of the sun rotating away from Earth."
After years of searching, astronomers have finally detected an atmosphere on a rocky planet around another star.
But what a strange planet it is! 55 Cancri e seems to be blanketed in carbon dioxide gas bubbling out of a global ocean of lava. Like an image out of Dante's Inferno.
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-102 #space #science #nasa #astronomy
"How it started/how it's going," space edition:
On March 17, 2013 a flash appeared on the Moon. It was bright enough to see with the naked eye.
Now we can see the result: a new 18-meter-wide crater, blasted out by a watermelon-size meteoroid.
https://www.lroc.asu.edu/featured_sites/40 #science #space #NASA #astronomy #Moon
55 Years Ago: Star Trek Final Episode Airs, Relationship with NASA Endures https://www.nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-star-trek-final-episode-airs-relationship-with-nasa-endures/ #NASA #NASAHistory
I'm sad to report the death of Ed Stone, the NASA scientist who was the heart & soul of the Voyager program. Spending time with him for my Discover magazine profile was a highlight of my career.
I did my best to capture the experience:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/voyager-the-man-behind-the-mission #science #space #nasa #astronomy
Welcome back, Voyager 1!
Voyager 1 is sending full science data again!
This is an amazing debugging job, of a 1970s computer, done remotely over a distance of 15 billion miles (nearly 163 AU), and a lag time of nearly a day each way.
Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments https://science.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-program/voyager-1/voyager-1-returning-science-data-from-all-four-instruments/ #NASA #Heliophysics #JetPropulsionLaboratory #Voyager1
If we ever find this squiggly line, it will be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of exploration. It's the spectral signal of a habitable, truly Earthlike planet.
Spotting it won't be easy, but the JWST observatory is looking now.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2024/06/05/reconnaissance-of-potentially-habitable-worlds-with-nasas-webb/ #space #science #nasa #astronomy #life #aliens
(1/2) Ep 27: Space Exploration, Civil Rights and Governance #WisdomWithWes
https://youtu.be/yUP-ZK3z8Y0
#Hope #future #HealOurCulture #HumanRights #ConCW #SpaceEd #nasa
Some reflections on connections between our reignited drive to explore the heavens, return to the moon and set foot on Mars, the struggle for civil rights and human rights, and our drive to improve our systems of governance to support representative democracy, the rule of law, and a just society for all.
I’m Wes Fryer of Charlotte
59 years ago, the Mariner 4 probe took humanity's first close-up images of another planet.
The results shattered the myths of Mars, revealing a wispy atmosphere, -100 degree C temperatures, and a crater-pockmarked landscape.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-4/ #science #space #astronomy #nasa #nature