Artists impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes appearing southern pole of Saturns moon Enceladus. These plumes are similar to geysers and expel a combination of water vapor, ice grains, salts, methane, and other organic particles. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Axiom Space Mission 2 Crew go back to Earth …
Discussing unknown anomalous phenomena …
And a water plume off of Saturns moon, Enceladus …
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The four-person crew, commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is the 2nd all private astronaut crew to the International Space Station. NASA held a public meeting of its independent research study group on classifying and evaluating information of unknown anomalous phenomena, or UAPs. An image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescopes NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) reveals a water vapor plume jetting from the southern pole of Saturns moon Enceladus, extending out more than 20 times the size of the moon itself. The inset, an image from the Cassini orbiter, highlights how small Enceladus appears in the Webb image compared to the water plume. The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a big water plume coming off of Saturns moon, Enceladus.
Axiom Mission 2 Crew Returns to Earth
On May 30, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth with the Axiom Mission 2 team. The four-person team, commanded by previous NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, is the 2nd all personal astronaut crew to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon returned to Earth with more than 300 pounds of freight and data from scientific experiments conducted on the spaceport station.
NASA held a public meeting on May 31, 2023, of its independent research study team on categorizing and evaluating information of unknown anomalous phenomena (UAP).
NASA Holds Public Meeting on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
NASA held a public meeting of its independent study team on categorizing and evaluating information of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs. Observations of events in the sky that can not be identified as airplane or as known natural phenomena are classified as UAPs. The independent study group will publish a public report this summer.
An image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescopes NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) reveals a water vapor plume jetting from the southern pole of Saturns moon Enceladus, extending out more than 20 times the size of the moon itself. The inset, an image from the Cassini orbiter, emphasizes how small Enceladus appears in the Webb image compared to the water plume. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Geronimo Villanueva (NASA-GSFC), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).
New Images of a Surprisingly Large Water Plume.
The James Webb Space Telescope found a large water plume coming off of Saturns moon, Enceladus. New images from Webbs Near-Infrared Spectrograph are giving scientists insights into how this emission feeds the water system for the whole system of Saturn and its rings. Enceladus is a prime candidate in the look for life in other places in our planetary system.
New solar eclipse academic resources can be found under the “Earth as a System” header on the My NASA Data site. Credit: My NASA Data.
NASA Releases New Solar Eclipse Education Materials.
To help learners of any ages comprehend how to securely observe upcoming solar eclipses, NASA has actually launched a brand-new set of resources for educators. The resources enable trainees in grades 3 through 12 and their teachers to analyze and interpret NASA mission information. The resources likewise assist teachers incorporate Earth science data into their coursework.
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