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2021-12-14 19:28:30 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2021" Payloads: Behavioral Core Measures (BCM): The crew prepared for a BCM session but was unable to successfully bring up the BCM application on the computer.  The BCM session will be rescheduled later.  The Standardized Behavioral Measures for Detecting Behavioral Health Risks during Exploration Missions (Behavioral Core Measures) experiment initially examined a suite of measurements to Open / Comment

2021-12-14 17:29:54 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "A Cosmic Delivery – NASA Receives Samples of Asteroid Ryugu" IIn this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu is transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA. [December 14, 2021] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2021e062389.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-14 08:11:38 #NewImage from #Nasa: "HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet " To some, it may look like a beehive. In reality, the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a cosmic pillar of dust, over two-light years long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro 666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets. The structure lies within one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions, the Carina Nebula, shining in southern skies at a distance of about 7,500 light-years. The pillar's layered outline are shaped by the winds and radiation of Carina's young, hot, massive stars, some of which are still forming inside the nebula. A dust-penetrating view in infrared light better shows the two, narrow, energetic jets blasting outward from a still hidden infant star. [December 14, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/HH666_HubbleOzsarac_960.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-14 00:11:32 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station" NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. [December 13, 2021] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-second-private-astronaut-mission-to-space-station Open / Comment

2021-12-13 17:24:46 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "The Geminids Are Here!" Each December the Geminids meteor showers appear in the night sky. [December 13, 2021] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2020_geminid_radiant_visual-cropped.png Open / Comment

2021-12-12 08:11:58 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Comet Leonard Before Star Cluster M3 " Comet Leonard is now visible to the unaided eye -- but just barely. Passing nearest to the Earth today, the comet is best seen this week soon after sunset, toward the west, low on the horizon. Currently best visible in the north, by late December the comet will best be seen from south of Earth's equator. The featured image of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) was taken a week ago from California, USA. The deep exposure shows in great detail the comet's green gas coma and developing dust tail. The comet -- across our inner Solar System and only light-minutes away -- was captured passing nearly in front of globular star cluster M3. In contrast, M3 is about 35,000 light-years away. In a week, Comet Leonard will pass unusually close to Venus, but will continue on and be at its closest to the Sun in early January. [December 12, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/M3Leonard_Bartlett_960.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-11 08:11:53 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Postcard from the South Pole" From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile from planet Earth's geographic South Pole, the December 4 eclipse of the Sun was seen as a partial eclipse. At maximum eclipse the New Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk. Of course, crews at the South Pole Telescope (left) and BICEP telescope (right) climbed to the roof of Amundsen-Scott station's Dark Sector Laboratory to watch. Centered near the local eclipse maximum, the composite timelapse view features an image of the Sun in cold antarctic skies taken every four minutes. Left to right along the roof line it also features the raised arms of Brandon Amat, Aman Chokshi, Cheng Zhang, James Bevington and Allen Forster. [December 11, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/eclipse_apod1024.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-10 17:53:49 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/09/2021" Payloads: Bio-Monitor:  The Garment Data Unit was connected to the Bio-Monitor Controller to transfer the data for downlink. The garment and headband were then doffed and hung out to dry.  Bio-Monitor is a Canadian onboard instrument that serves as a platform for scientific experiments on the ISS. The instrument performs on-orbit monitoring of crew member Open / Comment

2021-12-10 17:46:17 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Snoopy to Fly Aboard Artemis I" Snoopy, the Zero G Indicator for the Artemis I mission, was delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 2 2021. [December 09, 2021] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/snoppy.jpeg Open / Comment

2021-12-10 08:11:49 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Eclipse on a Polar Day" During polar day, in Arctic and Antarctic summer, the Sun stays above the horizon for periods of 24 hours or more. Recorded on December 4, this fisheye timelapse image tracks the Sun in multiple frames as it completes a circle in the summer sky above Union Glacier, Antarctica. Of course on that date, Union Glacier's sky did grow dark even though the Sun was above the horizon. Captured during the brief period of totality, an eclipsed Sun is at bottom center of the composite view. Near the edge of the total eclipse path across planet Earth, the Moon's shadow darkens the sky above. [December 10, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/Eclipseclock-final2_1024c.JPG Open / Comment