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2022-06-10 16:43:25 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/09/2022" Payloads: Astrorad Vest: The AstroRad Vest was worn overnight, doffed, and a questionnaire filled out to give feedback on the session. Comfort and Human Factors AstroRad Radiation Garment Evaluation (CHARGE) tests a special vest designed to protect astronauts from radiation caused by unpredictable Solar Particle Events (SPEs). Astronauts provide input on the garment as they Open / Comment

2022-06-10 07:22:20 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Arp 286: Trio in Virgo" This colorful telescopic field of view features a trio of interacting galaxies almost 90 million light-years away, toward the constellation Virgo. On the right two spiky, foreground Milky Way stars echo the extragalactic hues, a reminder that stars in our own galaxy are like those in distant island universes. With sweeping spiral arms and obscuring dust lanes, the dominant member of the trio, NGC 5566, is enormous, about 150,000 light-years across. Just above it lies smaller, bluish NGC 5569. Near center a third galaxy, NGC 5560, is apparently stretched and distorted by its interaction with massive NGC 5566. The trio is also included in Halton Arp's 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 286. Of course, such cosmic interactions are now appreciated as part of the evolution of galaxies. [June 10, 2022] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2206/Arp286-202203-CDK24-FLIPL9000-LRGB_NicolasROLLAND_signature_LD1024.jpg Open / Comment

2022-06-10 02:06:46 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Offers Earth Scientist Interviews Ahead of TROPICS Mission" NASA and Astra Space are targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 12, for the first launch of NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission. [June 09, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-offers-earth-scientist-interviews-ahead-of-tropics-mission Open / Comment

2022-06-09 20:38:39 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/08/2022" Payloads: Astrobee: The JEM was prepared for the Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking (ISAAC 9) crew-minimal activity later in the week. In this activity, JPM lighting was adjusted as appropriate, the Astrobee dock was power-cycled, Astrobee free-fliers were powered on, and software was updated. Astrobee is made up of three free-flying, cube-shaped robots Open / Comment

2022-06-09 17:46:29 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Discuss New Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Today" NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT today – Thursday, June 9 – to discuss a new study team the agency is commissioning to examine unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). [June 09, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-discuss-new-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-study-today Open / Comment

2022-06-09 16:09:25 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "When Galaxy Clusters Collide" Galaxy clusters contain hundreds of galaxies and huge amounts of hot gas and dark matter. [June 09, 2022] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/a2146.jpeg Open / Comment

2022-06-09 07:31:11 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus" These cosmic clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. They're too faint to be seen with the unaided eye though, even on a clear, dark night. Image data from a camera and telephoto lens using narrowband filters was used to construct this 10 degree wide field of view. The deep mosaic reveals a region that includes star forming dust clouds seen in silhouette against the characteristic glow of atomic hydrogen and oxygen gas. NGC 6888 is the standout emission nebula near the top. Blown by winds from an massive Wolf-Rayet star it's about 25 light-years across and known as the Crescent Nebula. A faint bluish curl just below center in the frame is also the signature of a Wolf-Rayet star. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of their stellar lives, both stars will ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Toward the right, a massive, young O type star powers the glow of Sh2-101, the Tulip Nebula. [June 09, 2022] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2206/CygWideHa-OIIIBiColorImage2_crop2_1024.jpg Open / Comment

2022-06-08 23:08:40 #NewReport from #ISS : "ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/07/2022" Payloads: AstroPi: Following the completion of the European AstroPi Challenge Open / Comment

2022-06-08 23:06:42 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Administrator, STEM Partner Connect Orlando Children with Artemis" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson helped hand out food with an extra serving of STEM activities to children and families at New Beginnings Church – The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, June 3. [June 08, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-stem-partner-connect-orlando-children-with-artemis Open / Comment

2022-06-08 21:11:39 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Leadership to Advocate for Agency Missions at ESA Council Meeting" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will travel to Noordwijk, Netherlands, to participate in the ESA (European Space Agency) Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 15. [June 08, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-leadership-to-advocate-for-agency-missions-at-esa-council-meeting Open / Comment