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2021-12-07 21:36:26 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Laser Communications Tech, Science Experiment Safely in Space" NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7. [December 07, 2021] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-laser-communications-tech-science-experiment-safely-in-space-0 Open / Comment

2021-12-07 17:38:06 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/06/2021" Payloads: Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Ellipsoids (InSPACE-4):  A crewmember redistributed the particles in the vial assembly, activated the InSPACE equipment, configure the MSG facility for downlink, and begin InSPACE 4 operations for runs #78 and #79.  InSPACE-4 studies the assembly of tiny structures from colloids using magnetic fields. These structures change Open / Comment

2021-12-07 17:19:46 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Lifts Off!" NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. [December 07, 2021] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51731031588_c62a45b30c_o.jpeg Open / Comment

2021-12-07 08:11:14 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Ninety Gravitational Wave Spectrograms and Counting " Every time two massive black holes collide, a loud chirping sound is broadcast out into the universe in gravitational waves. Humanity has only had the technology to hear these unusual chirps for the past seven years, but since then we have heard about 90 -- during the first three observing runs. Featured above are the spectrograms -- plots of gravitational-wave frequency versus time -- of these 90 as detected by the giant detectors of LIGO (in the USA), VIRGO (in Europe), and KAGRA (in Japan). The more energy received on Earth from a collision, the brighter it appears on the graphic. Among many science firsts, these gravitational-radiation chirps are giving humanity an unprecedented inventory of black holes and neutron stars, and a new way to measure the expansion rate of our universe. A fourth gravitational wave observing run with increased sensitivity is currently planned to begin in 2022 December. [December 07, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/GWaveCatalog_LigoVirgo_1080.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-06 21:06:26 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "La NASA selecciona nuevos candidatos a astronauta" La NASA ha elegido a diez nuevos candidatos a astronautas entre más de 12.000 solicitantes, para representar a los Estados Unidos y trabajar en el espacio para el beneficio de la humanidad. [December 06, 2021] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/la-nasa-selecciona-nuevos-candidatos-a-astronauta Open / Comment

2021-12-06 21:01:24 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects New Astronaut Recruits to Train for Future Missions" NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the United States and work for humanity’s benefit in space. [December 06, 2021] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-new-astronaut-recruits-to-train-for-future-missions Open / Comment

2021-12-06 19:11:24 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting" NASA researchers and colleagues from around the world will present the latest findings on a range of Earth and space science topics at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, being held virtually and in New Orleans from Monday, Dec.13, through Friday, Dec. 17. [December 06, 2021] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-highlight-new-science-findings-missions-during-agu-meeting Open / Comment

2021-12-06 18:29:46 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Eclipse Over Antarctica" This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. [December 06, 2021] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/epic_1b_20211204075803.png Open / Comment

2021-12-06 08:11:15 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Space Station Silhouette on the Moon " What's that unusual spot on the Moon? It's the International Space Station. Using precise timing, the Earth-orbiting space platform was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last month. The featured composite, taken from Payson, Arizona, USA last month, was intricately composed by combining, in part, many 1/2000-second images from a video of the ISS crossing the Moon. A close inspection of this unusually crisp ISS silhouette will reveal the outlines of numerous solar panels and trusses. The bright crater Tycho is visible on the upper left, as well as comparatively rough, light colored terrain known as highlands, and relatively smooth, dark colored areas known as maria. On-line tools can tell you when the International Space Station will be visible from your area. [December 06, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/IssMoon_McCarthy_960.jpg Open / Comment

2021-12-05 08:11:19 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World" Yesterday there was a total solar eclipse visible only at the end of the Earth. To capture the unusual phenomenon, airplanes took flight below the clouded seascape of Southern Ocean. The featured image shows one relatively spectacular capture where the bright spot is the outer corona of the Sun and the eclipsing Moon is seen as the dark spot in the center. A wing and engine of the airplane are visible across the left and bottom of the image, while another airplane observing the eclipse is visible on the far left. The dark area of the sky surrounding the eclipsed Sun is called a shadow cone. It is dark because you are looking down a long corridor of air shadowed by the Moon. A careful inspection of the eclipsed Sun will reveal the planet Mercury just to the right. The next total solar eclipse shadow will cross parts of Australia and Indonesia in April of 2023, while the one after that will cross North America in April of 2024. [December 05, 2021] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2112/EclipseAntarctica_Horalek_1080.jpg Open / Comment