Artists making of NASAs Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechDiscussing the strong state of NASA … A safe return from the spaceport station … And testing critical hardware for a future mission … A few of the stories to inform you about– This Week at NASA!Budget Request Supports a Strong State of NASAOn March 11, throughout the annual State of NASA address at our headquarters in Washington, agency leadership talked about how the Biden-Harris Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget demand supports NASA.The budget will fund NASAs capability to help America keep its management role in space expedition, clinical discovery, advanced innovation, environment data, next-generation aeronautics, and motivating future leaders of our Artemis Generation.Learn more at nasa.gov/ budget.Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, left, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX healing ship MEGAN quickly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov are returning after almost six months in area as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Joel KowskyNASAs SpaceX Crew-7 Returns to EarthAlso on March 11, the members of NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 objective, consisting of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, made preparations to close out their time on the International Space Station.After undocking from the orbital laboratory in their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, the four-person global crew safely splashed down the next day off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Crew-7 spent 199 days in orbit.Technicians examine the very first of two completely extended five-panel solar selections developed for NASAs Europa Clipper suspended on a support group called a gravity offload component throughout examination and cleaning as part of assembly, launch, and test operations inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the companys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Credit: NASA/Ben SmegelskyTesting Europa Clippers Solar ArraysTechnicians at NASAs Kennedy Space Center just recently fully extended the first of 2 five-panel solar selections for the companys Europa Clipper spacecraft. The 46.5-foot selections likewise will be inspected and cleaned as part of launch, test, and assembly operations.Targeted for launch in October moon Europa, which is believed to have a global ocean below its icy crust that has more water than all of Earths oceans combined.Scientists have studied our solar systems neighborhood pretty well, however much of the galaxy remains shrouded from view. NASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will peer through thick bands of dust to expose parts of our galaxy weve never ever had the ability to check out in the past, thanks to a freshly picked galactic aircraft survey. Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight CenterRoman Team Selects Survey to Map Our Galaxys Far SideNASAs Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has revealed strategies for an extraordinary study of the aircraft of our Milky Way galaxy. It will look deeper into this region than any other survey and map more of our galaxys stars than all previous observations combined.Romans combination of a big field of view, crisp resolution, and the ability to peer through dust make it the ideal instrument to study the Milky Way.The Roman Space Telescope is targeted for launch by May 2027. Thats whats up today @NASA.
