The plume, found by NASAs Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation objective, comes from a significant garbage dump, where methane is a byproduct of decay. On October 13, 2022, NASAs Lucy spacecraft caught this image of the Earth and the Moon from a range of 890,000 miles (1.4 million km). The image was taken as part of an instrument calibration sequence as the spacecraft approached Earth for its first of three Earth gravity helps. These Earth flybys offer Lucy with the speed required to reach the Trojan asteroids– little bodies that orbit the Sun at the exact same range as Jupiter.
The impact crater, formed December 24, 2021, by a meteoroid strike in the Amazonis Planitia region of Mars, has to do with 490 feet (150 meters) throughout, as seen in this annotated image taken by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE cam) aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
A strong marsquake recorded by NASAs InSight lander on December 24, 2021, was triggered by a massive meteoroid strike that excavated boulder-size chunks of ice from the Martian surface. Proof of this is seen in before-and-after images of the impact site from NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
A methane plume at least 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) long billows into the atmosphere south of Tehran, Iran. The plume, found by NASAs Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation objective, comes from a significant land fill, where methane is a by-product of decomposition. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
New Climate Study Maps Methane “Super-Emitters”.
The EMIT objective on the International Space Station that is studying the results of mineral dust on our climate has actually likewise recognized over 50 “super-emitter” sources of methane in the world. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that can trap heat in our atmosphere.
On October 13, 2022, NASAs Lucy spacecraft recorded this picture of the Earth and the Moon from a range of 890,000 miles (1.4 million km). The image was taken as part of an instrument calibration sequence as the spacecraft approached Earth for its first of 3 Earth gravity assists. These Earth flybys provide Lucy with the speed required to reach the Trojan asteroids– small bodies that orbit the Sun at the same distance as Jupiter. On its 12-year journey, Lucy will zip a record-breaking number of asteroids and survey their variety, trying to find ideas to much better comprehend the development of the planetary system. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI.
Lucy Takes Images of Earth and Moon.
NASAs Lucy spacecraft took this shot of Earth, on the right, and the Moon on the far left as the spacecraft approached Earth for a current flyby and gravity assist maneuver. Lucy is on its method to check out Jupiters Trojan asteroids.
The theme of the 2022 Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium is “Space at the Table: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Inclusion.” Credit: Michael Mercier/ The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
Von Braun Symposium 2022.
NASA took part in the 15th Wernher von Braun Symposium October 26– 28 in Huntsville, Alabama. The annual occasion is a chance for space industry leaders and coworkers to assemble, connect, and collaborate with each other.
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