November 2, 2024

This Week @NASA: Remembering Fallen Heroes, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Ends Historic Mission

The Space Shuttle Columbia memorial is seen after a wreath laying ceremony that belonged to NASAs Day of Remembrance, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those females and guys who lost their lives in the mission for space expedition. Credit: NASA/Keegan BarberRemembering our fallen heroes … An agency city center to talk safety … And the end of a historic mission on Mars … A few of the stories to tell you about– This Week at NASA!Remembering Our Fallen HeroesNASAs annual Day of Remembrance observance at Arlington National Cemetery occurred on January 25. The event honors the astronauts of Apollo 1; area shuttle bus Challenger and Columbia; and other members of the NASA household who lost their lives enhancing the reason for expedition and discovery for the advantage all.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, responds to a question from staff during the NASA Day of Remembrance Employee Safety Town Hall as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, searches, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)NASA Leadership Hosts Employee Safety Town HallEarlier in the week, NASA hosted an employee security city center at the firms head office in Washington. During the event, NASA leadership went over how the core worth of safety welcomed around the company every day is the cornerstone to attaining objective success for NASA.After its 72nd flight on January 18, 2024, NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recorded this color image revealing the shadow of one of its rotor blades, which was damaged throughout goal. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechNASAs Ingenuity Helicopter Ends Mission on MarsNASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the very first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, has actually ended its mission after practically 3 years on the Red Planet. While landing throughout a current flight, one or more of Ingenuitys rotor blades sustained damage and the helicopter is no longer efficient in flight. Resourcefulness, which was created to only carry out as much as 5 experimental test flights over 30 days, made 72 flights and flew more than 14 times further than prepared while logging more than two hours of overall flight time.The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft bring the four-member Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew is imagined approaching the International Space Station 260 miles above China north of the Himalayas. Credit: NASAThird Private Astronaut Mission Arrives at Space StationAxiom Mission 3, the 3rd private astronaut objective to the International Space Station, docked to the orbital complex on January 20. The Axiom Space crew was invited aboard by the stations Expedition 70 team, consisting of NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara. The Axiom Space astronauts are anticipated to remain on the space station up until February 3. Thats whats up today @NASA.