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NASA Image of the Day
Suits at the Ready for Next Spacewalk
A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk.
Published Date
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:59 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suits-at-the-ready-for-next-spacewalk
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Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631
This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern constellation Chamaeleon.
Published Date
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-spies-newly-forming-star-incubates-in-ic-2631
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Observing Earth from the Space Station
This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas.
Published Date
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:47 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/observing-earth-from-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Published Date
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Published Date
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Published Date
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth
The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure, taken near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Nov. 4, 2021.
Published Date
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:01 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/particles-from-the-sun-produce-light-show-on-earth
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Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula Ringed by Hazy Halo
The colorful planetary nebula, NGC 2438, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. It appears to lie on the outskirts of the open star cluster, M46 (NGC 2437), when in fact it is in the foreground between us and the star cluster.
Published Date
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:00 EDT
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-images-colorful-planetary-nebula-ringed-by-hazy-halo
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NASA Image of the Day
An Aurora Seen From Space
An aurora dimly intersected with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean.
Published Date
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:52 EDT
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/an-aurora-seen-from-space
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SpaceX Crew-3 Rollout
In this 90-second exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is rolled to the launch pad on Oct. 27, 2021.
Published Date
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:43 EDT
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/spacex-crew-3-rollout
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https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/learning-resources -- Resources for learners that span the Hubble Space Telescope’s mission, from its beginning to the innovative science it is enabling today.
https://www.universe-of-learning.org/universe-at-home --Activities for all ages to engage in the science of NASA astrophysics and astronomy from home.
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/outreach/activities.html : Includes coloring sheets, science projects, games and other educational materials about NASA's new rockets.
https://viewspace.org/ -- A web-based collection of digital interactives and hundreds of videos highlighting the latest developments in astronomy and Earth science.
https://www.nasa.gov/stem -- Find crafting ideas, science experiments with household items and videos to watch as a family.
https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/nasaathome -- From formal lesson plans to amazing imagery and stories about how science and exploration are lifting our world. There will also be ongoing opportunities to chat and interact with scientists directly.
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ -- videos, activities, crafts and more for kids.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learning-space/ -- activities for a variety of grade levels.
https://science.nasa.gov/toolkits/coloring-books -- Activities and coloring pages on a wide variety of NASA topics.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuu0akB6CSha8ZDvP3BkRNyD3SCjokz0 -- Behind-the-scenes videos of concepts and technologies being developed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, that will contribute to space exploration, aeronautics and Earth science.
https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html -- The NASA app offers news and multimedia from around the agency; other applications focus individual NASA projects or research areas.
https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength -- a broad collection of materials about NASA science missions and their research.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/code-a-mars-helicopter-video-game/ -- Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4768 -- Download a high-resolution image of the Moon for any day in 2020.
https://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunaractivities.html -- Models and activities that explain the science behind eclipses.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1634/download-our-exoplanet-coloring-pages-and-colorwithnasa/ -- Use your imagination to explore planets beyond our solar system.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/ -- Take a trip outside our solar system.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1636/exoquest-an-eyes-on-exoplanets-scavenger-hunt/ -- Travel into deep space in search of strange and unusual planets that lurk beyond our solar system – called exoplanets. Amaze your family and friends with the knowledge you will gain and the discoveries that you will uncover.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/eyes-on-exoplanets/#/ -- There are billions of planets in our galaxy, many in Earth's size range. Explore these strange, new worlds.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/ways-to-find-a-planet/ -- How do scientists find planets beyond our solar system?
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/galaxy-of-horrors/ -- A planet where it's raining glass? Terrifying. Explore it and other bizarre worlds.
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forEducators/informal.html -- Activities and programs to learn about NASA's next Great Observatory.
https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength -- Educational activities related to NASA's scientific research for a variety of age groups.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/life-and-death/intro/ -- How did we get here? How do stars and planets come into being? What happens during a star's life, and what fate will its planets meet when it dies? Come along on this interstellar journey through time and scientific detective work.
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Watch Live Now...!!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mtymWxZuUXk
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(52768) 1998 OR2, provisional designation 1998 OR2, is an asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Amor group with a diameter of 2 kilometers (1.2 mi). It was discovered on 24 July 1998, by astronomers of the NEAT program at the Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. There are precovery images from 1987 and 1996. It is one of the brightest and therefore largest potentially hazardous asteroids known to exist. With an observation arc of 32 years, the asteroid has a well determined orbit and the trajectory is well known through the year 2197. The asteroid's orbit is only potentially hazardous on the time scale of hundreds if not thousands of years.
On 29 April 2020 at 09:56 UTC the asteroid will safely pass 0.042 AU (6.3 million km; 16 LD) from Earth.With observations as recent as April 2020 and a 32 year observation arc, the 2020 close approach distance is known with an accuracy of roughly ± 7 km. (For comparison Venus will be 0.29 AU (43 million km; 110 LD) from Earth on 3 June 2020.)
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You can be a scientist in your own home. NASA has many opportunities for citizen scientists to contribute to ongoing research. Here are a few opportunities:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/marckuchner/backyard-worlds-planet-9 -- Search the realm beyond Neptune for new brown dwarfs and planets.
https://observer.globe.gov/do-globe-observer -- our observations help scientists track changes in clouds, water, plants, and other life in support of climate research.
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/ -- You can actively participate in NASA's Juno mission by uploading your images of Jupiter to help the team decide what JUNOCAM will photograph.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/nora-dot-eisner/planet-hunters-tess -- Join the search for undiscovered worlds.
http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft brought home particles of interstellar material. Can you find them?
More opportunities to be a scientist.
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NASA has joined forces with a task force in Antelope Valley, in northern Los Angeles County, California, to build medical devices to help patients with coronavirus (COVID-19).
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center partnered with Antelope Valley Hospital, the City of Lancaster, Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company (TSC), and Antelope Valley College to come up with innovative ideas to solve possible shortages of critical medical equipment.
“NASA is more than scientists, engineers and explorers. We are neighbors and members of communities across the country,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “In a time like this, it’s critical that we contribute the vast expertise of our workforce to do all we can to help our neighbors, our communities, and the nation.”
This task force is working closely with medical professionals at the hospital to provide alternative solutions to needed equipment that is not available for a large-scale emergency.
One of their first efforts was to build a prototype oxygen hood that has now proven to work for the doctors at the hospital. The production of 500 will begin next week at TSC’s Faith Facility in Mojave.
“I’ve been inspired by the teamwork shown by the Antelope Valley task force in response to the challenge of COVID-19. Now more than ever, it is crucial that we share knowledge, skills and collaborate,” said Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides. “By producing several innovative health solutions for regional hospitals over a few weeks, we are protecting health care workers on the front lines while improving patient care. It is truly showing the best of American public-private cooperation.”
The device, developed by NASA engineer Mike Buttigieg, is an oxygen hood for COVID-19 patients exhibiting minor symptoms and will minimize the need for these patients to use ventilators. The device functions like a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to force oxygen into a patient’s low-functioning lungs.
“We looked across our center’s expertise in innovation, engineering, design, and fabrication of unique systems, to bring NASA knowledge and people together to collaborate on solving the needs and challenges brought about by the COVID-19 situation,” said Armstrong Chief Technologist David Voracek.
NASA engineer Allen Parker and this team at Armstrong designed a canopy that protects health care workers by safely covering COVID-19 patients while still allowing health care providers access to the patients to provide care.
“The patient will be located inside this canopy where aerosol viral contaminants will be vacuumed out through a viral filter located within the canopy. In doing so, the health provider can freely work around the patient outside the canopy with minimal risk,” Parker said.
The ingenuity and teamwork displayed by NASA employees, along with their task force partners while in quarantine, may help us prepare for the future emergencies that affect the nation. Learn more about NASA’s efforts to aid in the national response to COVID-19 at https://www.nasa.gov/coronavirus.
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NASA Image of the Day
Suits at the Ready for Next Spacewalk
A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk.
Published Date
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:59 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suits-at-the-ready-for-next-spacewalk
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NASA Image of the Day
Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631
This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern constellation Chamaeleon.
Published Date
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-spies-newly-forming-star-incubates-in-ic-2631
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Observing Earth from the Space Station
This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas.
Published Date
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:47 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/observing-earth-from-the-space-station
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Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Published Date
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Published Date
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/crew-3-launches-to-the-space-station
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NASA Image of the Day
Mocha Swirls in Jupiter’s Turbulent Atmosphere
During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes.
Published Date
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:49 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mocha-swirls-in-jupiter-s-turbulent-atmosphere
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Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth
The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure, taken near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Nov. 4, 2021.
Published Date
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:01 EST
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/particles-from-the-sun-produce-light-show-on-earth
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Mariner 10: First Mission to Use an Interplanetary Gravity Assist
An artists' impression of the Mariner 10 mission, the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity assist.
Published Date
Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:39 EDT
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mariner-10-first-mission-to-use-an-interplanetary-gravity-assist
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NASA Armstrong's Visual Communications Manager Steven Lighthill
Steve Lighthill began to study art at the age of 16, taking courses in painting, sculpture, and jewelry during high school in northern California.
Published Date
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:39 EDT
Link
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-armstrongs-visual-communications-manager-steven-lighthill
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The rest... 👇
https://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/epo_mms_paper_model.html -- Make a paper model of NASA's mission to study how the Earth and Sun transfer energy to one another.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-paper-mars-helicopter/ -- NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, launching in July 2020, will carry the first helicopter to the surface of Mars. Make a paper model of it.
https://chandra.si.edu/corps/ -- activities to learn about the universe from the team at NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/12/moon-observation-journal/ -- a printout you can use to track the phases of the Moon.
http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Participate/index.php#Learn --At-home activities to learn about the Sun.
https://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/lithographs.html -- Posters and lithographs to download and share from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
https://lws-set.gsfc.nasa.gov/education_outreach.html -- Can you travel through space safely? Learn how radiation in space can affect mission success (ages 11 and up; requires a printer.)
https://sunearthday.nasa.gov/discoveries/educators/ -- Lesson plans and other materials on the relationship between the Sun and the Earth.
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday -- In 30 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures on every date on the calendar. Find it what it was looking at on your birthday.
https://pace.oceansciences.org/aerosol_quiz.htm -- Answer a few questions to learn about aerosols -- tiny particles suspended in our atmosphere -- and the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission.
https://www.globe.gov/news-events/globe-events/coronavirus-pandemic -- The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program allows students and the public worldwide to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the Earth system and global environment.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/ -- activities and materials from NASA's Earth Observatory, showing how NASA studies the Earth from space, from the air and on the ground.
https://gpm.nasa.gov/education -- A variety of educational activities, sortable by type and grade level, on NASA's mission to study Earth's water cycle, weather and climate.
https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/fun_zone -- Videos, activities and interactives about NASA's mission to study Earth's ice-covered regions.
https://pace.oceansciences.org/paper_model.htm -- It usually takes years to build a satellite. This paper model replica of PACE has five parts plus an optional 'Hinge'. Just like NASA, you will create the final spacecraft model by assembling the parts together...but in a tiny fraction of the time!
https://pace.oceansciences.org/phyto_quiz.htm -- Quiz -- Answer four questions to discover which of these diverse organisms is most like you!
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/imagine-youre-an-astronaut/ -- It can be a little cramped staying inside the space station all that time. Astronauts still need to do their everyday living. Imagine you and your family are astronauts on the space station right now. How would you adapt to the challenges and still keep doing important routines, like exercising, learning and making time for fun?
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/outreach/activities.html -- games, coloring sheets and activities featuring the Space Launch System, the rocket NASA is building to take the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024.
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/communications/outreach/students/txt_kidszone.html -- activities to learn about how NASA communicates with spacecraft and helps them navigate through space.
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/junior_ranger -- explore what NASA and our national parks have in common and how space technology benefits your life, parks and the planet.
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Asteroid 1998 OR2 poses no threat to our planet, but we can still learn a lot by studying it. Don't miss a special Planetary Defense episode of NASA Science Live on Monday, April 27 at 3:00 p.m. EDT to learn how we find, track and monitor asteroids and near-Earth Objects.
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