A brand-new high-definition image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) reveals elaborate information of supernova residue Cassiopeia A (Cas A), and reveals the broadening shell of product slamming into the gas shed by the star before it took off. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze (UGent), Tea Temim (Princeton University)
< period class ="glossaryLink" aria-describedby ="tt" data-cmtooltip ="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. Its vision is "To discover and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity." Its core values are "safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion." NASA conducts research, develops technology and launches missions to explore and study Earth, the solar system, and the universe beyond. It also works to advance the state of knowledge in a wide range of scientific fields, including Earth and space science, planetary science, astrophysics, and heliophysics, and it collaborates with private companies and international partners to achieve its goals.</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]" tabindex ="0" function ="link" > NASA‘sWebb(********************************************************************************************************************************************* )Telescope’s makeover at a took off star …
Teams prepare to set up someMoon rocket hardware …
And finishing NASA’s very first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system …
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Webb’sNewHigh-DefinitionLook at anExplodedStar
NASA’sJamesWebbSpaceTelescope just recently recorded this brand-new picture of supernova residueCassiopeia A.The image, recorded byWebb’sNear-InfraredCamera, shows the excellent surge at a resolution formerly inaccessible at these wavelengths, and is providing astronomers mean the vibrant procedures happening within the supernova residue.
NASA’sArtemis II objective is advancing with the last preparations of the SLS rocket atKennedySpaceCenterTheOrion phase adapter, an essential part linkingOrion to the SLS, just recently went through a vital setup of its diaphragm atMarshallSpaceFlightCenterThis adapter plays an essential function in guaranteeing security throughout launch by avoiding hydrogen gas build-up. Credit: NASA/Sam Lott
Teams Prepare Moon Rocket to Spacecraft Connector for Assembly
Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center just recently turned the Orion phase adapter to prepare the adapter for the setup of its diaphragm.
The phase adapter links the Orion spacecraft to the Space Launch System rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion phase, or ICPS. The diaphragm assists avoid extremely combustible hydrogen gas, that might leave the rocket’s propellant tanks, from developing below Orion and its team before and throughout launch.
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload interacting with LCRD over laser signals. Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan
Space Station Laser Communications Terminal Achieves First Link
NASA’s LCRD and the brand-new spaceport station innovation experiment, ILLUMA-T, effectively exchanged information for the very first time– marking ILLUMA-T’s very first laser relate to an in-orbit laser relay system. Together, LCRD and ILLUMA-T finished NASA’s very first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system.
Laser interactions utilizes infrared light instead of standard radio waves to send out and get signals, which enables spacecraft to load more information into each transmission.
The “Message in a Bottle” project uses everybody the chance to have their name stenciled onto a microchip bearing U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Lim ón’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” The chip will ride aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter and its moonEuropa Credit: NASA
Add Your Name To Fly on Europa Clipper Mission
The due date to sign up with NASA’s Europa Clipper objective’s “Message in a Bottle” project is 11: 59 p.m. < period class ="glossaryLink" aria-describedby ="tt" data-cmtooltip ="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>EST</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>EST is an abbreviation for Eastern Standard Time, the time zone for the eastern coast of the United States and Canada when observing standard time (autumn/winter). It is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, and the Kennedy Space Center are in the Eastern Time Zone (ET).</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]" tabindex ="0" function ="link" > EST,December 31,2023You can sign up with the objective and have your name inscribed on ourEuropaClipper spacecraft, which will take a trip 1.8 billion miles to check out < period class ="glossaryLink" aria-describedby ="tt" data-cmtooltip ="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Jupiter</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. It is a gas giant with a mass greater then all of the other planets combined. Its name comes from the Roman god Jupiter.</div>" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]" tabindex ="0" function ="link" >Jupiter‘s icy moon,Europa
Learn more at go.nasa.gov/MessageIn ABottle
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