The next business cargo objective to the space station, celebrating the very first year of Determination on Mars, and the first science images from a recently introduced objective … a few of the stories to tell you about– This Week at NASA!
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The next commercial freight objective to the spaceport station …
Celebrating the very first year of Perseverance on Mars …
And the first science images from a recently released objective …
a few of the stories to tell you about– This Week at NASA!
Our business partner Northrop Grummans Cygnus freight spacecraft is loaded with more than 8,300 pounds of research study, team materials, and hardware for the team aboard the International Space Station.
The Cygnus, called in honor of late astronaut Piers Sellers, is targeted for launch on Feb. 19 from our Wallops Flight Facility atop the businesss Antares rocket.
This is Northrop Grummans 17th resupply mission to the area station for NASA.
[And liftoff] A Russian Progress spacecraft launched to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on February 14 at 11:25 p.m. EST, packed with nearly 3 heaps of food, fuel, and supplies.
After 34 orbits of Earth, the uncrewed Progress got to the orbital outpost on February 17 and connected up to the Poisk docking compartment on the Russian section of the station.
February 18 marked the 1 year anniversary of our Perseverance rovers landing on Mars. Ever since, the rover has racked up several firsts.
It has gathered Martian rock core samples that may one day end up being the very first from another world to be returned to Earth on a future objective.
The rover also has actually served as a base station for the first helicopter on Mars, tested the very first prototype oxygen generator on the Red Planet, and recently broken a record for the most distance driven by a Mars rover in a single day.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASAs Moon to Mars exploration method, which consists of Artemis missions to the Moon to assist prepare for human expedition of the Red Planet.
The magenta color in this image of supernova Cassiopeia A, represents some of the first X-ray data caught by NASAs Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer or IXPE considering that finishing its month-long commissioning phase.
The magenta color corresponds to the intensity of X-ray light observed by IXPE and is overlayed with high energy X-ray data, displayed in blue, from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory.
All instruments are functioning well aboard IXPE, which released in December 2021 on a mission to study a few of the most severe and mysterious objects in deep space.
According to a new report by an interagency water level increase task force that consists of NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other federal companies, seaside flooding will increase considerably by 2050 due to a projected increase in sea levelin the next 30 years that could equate to the total sea level increase seen over the past 100 years.
The report– used by government firms to help inform their plans to handle the effects of sea level increase– concludes that sea levels along U.S. coastlines will increase in between 10 to 12 inches on average above todays levels by 2050.
For more about sea level and climate modification, have a look at sealevel.nasa.gov
Thats whats up this week @NASA
