NASA
Meet Thomas Pesquet, Crew-2 Mission Specialist
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- Meet Thomas Pesquet, Crew-2 Mission Specialist
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- 2:47
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- 5 years ago
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- "I like new experiences. I like to learn all the time."
Born in Rouen, France, Thomas Pesquet is a European Space Agency Astronaut and is assigned as a Crew-2 Mission Specialist.
Thomas was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. In 2016, he launched to the International Space Station for his six-month Proxima mission, as a flight engineer for Expeditions 50 and 51. His busy mission was the first to see all four cargo vehicles in operation at the time (HTV, Cygnus, Dragon and Progress). He tracked and captured two of them using the Station's robotic arm.
During his stay in space, he took part in over 50 experiments and the six crew members set a record for hours of time spent working on science. Other highlights of his mission included two spacewalks to maintain the Station: one to replace batteries on an electrical channel, and one to fix a cooling leak and service the robotic arm.
Thomas is a black belt in judo and enjoys basketba...
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- Meet Megan McArthur, Crew-2 Pilot
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- 3:12
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- 5 years ago
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- "It's all about exploration"
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur is currently assigned as Pilot of the NASA SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.
Her previous spaceflight experience includes STS-125 for the servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. McArthur worked as the flight engineer and robotic arm operator. She carefully retrieved the Hubble Space telescope and placed it in the shuttle’s cargo bay. The STS-125 mission was accomplished in 12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes and 9 seconds, traveling 5,276,000 miles in 197 Earth orbits.
Megan enjoys SCUBA diving, backpacking, and cooking. Get to know Megan McArthur, Crew-2 Pilot.
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- Meet Shane Kimbrough, Crew-2 Commander
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- 3:12
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- 5 years ago
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- "I love it, it doesn't matter what I'm flying, it's just incredible."
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was born June 4, 1967, in Killeen, Texas. He graduated from The Lovett School, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1989 and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998. He has completed 6 spacewalks and logged 189 days in space. He has flown on both the Space Shuttle and Soyuz spacecraft. He launches on April 23nd at 5:49 a.m. aboard the NASA SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International space station.
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- What Will the Crew-2 Astronauts Do on the Space Station? Science!
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- 2:16
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- 5 years ago
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- While launch day is a blast, we go to space to do science and research! After Crew-2 astronauts Megan McArthur, Shane Kimbrough, Akihiko Hoshide , and Thomas Pesquet arrive at the International Space Station, they'll spend a lot of their time conducting science experiments that are not possible on Earth, and testing technologies to help us explore beyond.
Producer/Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- NASA Science Live: Connected by Earth
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- 29:41
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- 5 years ago
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- This year at NASA, EarthDay is about connections—to our planet and to each other. Our planet is home to over 7 billion people of diverse backgrounds and experiences, but we are all #ConnectedByEarth. Join NASA climate experts to learn about the connections between human activity and climate change.
Dr. Kimberley R. Miner will host this episode and is a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). While she’s been at JPL since July 2020, she has been studying and exploring the Earth since…forever! Dr. Miner loves working outside, asking questions about nature and protecting the animals and plants all around us. She loves that being an Earth Scientist lets her do all these things.
Dr. Lesley Ott is a climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center where she's worked since getting her PhD 15 years ago. She studies the processes that control greenhouse gas concentrations and always loves seeing the ways that springtime changes i...
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- Our Planet, Our Home┃ An Earth Day Perspective
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- 2:41
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- 5 years ago
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- We are all connected to and by Earth --- whether it's the trees and plants that give us the oxygen we breathe, the snow-capped mountains that provide the water we drink, or the breathtaking geophysical forces that shape the land beneath our feet. NASA has over 20 satellites measuring the height of oceans and inland water, clouds and precipitation, carbon dioxide and much more. By understanding our changing world, we improve lives and safeguard our future.
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Video Credits:
Producer/Editor: Amy Leniart
Writer: Jim Wilson
Co-Writers: Karen Fox, Amy Leniart, Tylar Greene
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- Earth Day Q&A with Astronauts in Space | Hosted by Shawn Mendes
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- 21:40
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- 5 years ago
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- Need Earth Day plans? 😎 We’ve got you covered. On April 22 at 11 a.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mark Vandehei, and Soichi Noguchi of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will go LIVE from space for a special Earth focused Q&A with guest host Shawn Mendes!
The International Space Station live stream will feature your questions sent in from around the world! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how NASA Earth and astronauts use space to monitor the health of our planet, what life is like on the orbiting lab, and more!
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- April 23, 2021: Astronauts to Launch on NASA and SpaceX Crew-2 Mission
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- 0:32
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- 5 years ago
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- On April 23, 2021, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide will launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission headed for the International Space Station. Once there, they will perform space station upgrades, conduct science experiments to benefit life on Earth, and continue preparing humanity for future missions to the Moon – and eventually Mars.
This is the second crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, and the first with two international partners. It's time to #LaunchAmerica!
Producer/Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Countdown Clock Update with acting NASA Administrator
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- 40:36
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- 5 years ago
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- We are counting down to #LaunchAmerica at Kennedy Space Center! At 8:30 a.m. EDT (12:30 UTC), join acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk and officials from NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) live from Kennedy Space Center, for a preview of NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission.
Crew-2 is now set for liftoff on Fri., April 23 at 5:49 a.m. EDT. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Thomas Pesquet of ESA, and Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA will launch aboard the Crew Dragon 'Endeavour' spacecraft to the International Space Station. A Thursday launch attempt was rescheduled due to unfavorable weather conditions along the flight path.
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- E.Z. Science: Studying Earth from Space
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- 4:41
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- 5 years ago
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- Earth science is an important priority for NASA. To understand our planet’s climate and how it is changing we need to study the Earth from all angles. In the latest episode of #EZScience, NASA associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen and Smithsonian Under Secretary for Science and Research Dr. Ellen Stofan discuss NASA’s Earth observation satellites, including the recently-launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite.
Learn more about the series: https://www.nasa.gov/ezscience
#S2E4
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- Mission Update: NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Launch
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- 41:31
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- 5 years ago
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- Join us live at 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a news update on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission, targeted for liftoff Thurs., April 22 at 6:11 a.m. EDT (10:11 UTC).
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft will carry astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to the International Space Station.
Experts from NASA, SpaceX, ESA, JAXA, and the U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron will discuss the launch. Participants are:
• Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy
• Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson
• Kirt Costello, chief scientist, International Space Station Program, Johnson
• Norm Knight, deputy manager, Flight Operations Directorate, Johnson
• Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Progr...
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- After NASA's Historic First Flight: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Update
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- 1:25:11
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- 5 years ago
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- Today, the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Join us for a news briefing at 2 p.m. ET (1800 UTC) for an analysis of Ingenuity’s first flight and what this means for NASA.
The participants are:
* Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
* Michael Watkins, JPL director
* MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL
* Bob Balaram, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief engineer at JPL
* Håvard Grip, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief pilot at JPL
* Justin Maki, Perseverance Mars rover imaging scientist and deputy principal investigator of Mastcam-Z instrument at JPL
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- First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Live from Mission Control
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- 47:21
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- 5 years ago
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- Up, up, and away! The Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter is set to make history. It will make the first attempt at powered flight on another planet on Monday, April 19. Don’t miss your chance to watch live with helicopter team in mission control beginning at 6:15 a.m. EDT (10:15 a.m. UTC) as they receive the data and find out if they were successful.
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- The International Space Station: A Laboratory in Space
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- 2:25
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- 5 years ago
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- We're doing science at 17,500 miles per hour! The International Space Station is a state-of-the-art microgravity laboratory that is unlocking discoveries not possible on Earth, and helping us push farther into deep space. We’re testing technologies that are critical to our return to the Moon and great leap to Mars. Station research has contributed to medical and social benefits on our home planet, allowing us to find new ways to combat disease back on Earth, and develop technologies to deliver clean water to remote communities in need. We’re inspiring future generations, from a platform that is one of the largest international collaborations of our time.
Learn more about the research being conducted on station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science
Follow Twitter updates on the science conducted aboard the space station: https://twitter.com/iss_research
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- Safe Return to Earth from the Space Station on This Week @NASA – April 17, 2021
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- 4:22
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- 5 years ago
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- A safe return to Earth from the space station, greeting the astronauts of the next Commercial Crew flight, and an update on the development of a human lunar landing system … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Safe%20Return%20to%20Earth%20from%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20April%2017,%202021
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- NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Discuss Upcoming Mission
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- 26:51
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- 5 years ago
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- Tune in at 9:45 a.m. EDT (1:45 p.m. UTC) as four NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts discuss their April 22 launch and mission in space. They’ll speak from the Crew Quarters at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida, just five days before liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft that will carry them to the International Space Station.
Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will join live.
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- Three Space Station Crew Members Return Home Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
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- 2:09:45
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- 5 years ago
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- Tune in live at 11:30 p.m. EDT, Fri., April 16 as three space travelers return home from the International Space Station. NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, aboard their Soyuz spacecraft, will make a parachute-assisted landing at 12:56 a.m., Sat., April 17, on the steppes of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan.
During her six month mission, Kate Rubins spent hundreds of hours working on space station experiments, talking with the researchers behind the studies, and serving as an ambassador for science in downlinks with the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and others. She built on experiments conducted during her first mission in 2016, working on new heart research and DNA sequencing.
Read more about Rubins' scientific journey: go.nasa.gov/3a8LReH
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- NASA Picks SpaceX for Artemis Human Lunar Lander Development
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- 4:27
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- 5 years ago
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- NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface.
The agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket will launch four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for their multi-day journey to lunar orbit. There, two crew members will transfer to the SpaceX human landing system (HLS) for the final leg of their journey to the surface of the Moon. After approximately a week exploring the surface, they will board the lander for their short trip back to orbit where they will return to Orion and their colleagues before heading back to Earth.
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- Crew Arrival at Kennedy Space Center for NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission
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- 41:36
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- 5 years ago
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- On Fri., April 16 at 12:45 p.m. EDT (16:45 UTC), four astronauts arrive by plane at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, less than one week before their scheduled April 22 launch aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour to the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts will join experts from NASA and our partner agencies to discuss the mission.
Crew-2 Astronauts:
- Shane Kimbrough (NASA)
- Megan McArthur (NASA)
- Thomas Pesquet (European Space Agency, or ESA)
- Akihiko Hoshide (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA)
Partner Agency Experts:
- Steve Jurczyk (Acting NASA Administrator)
- Bob Cabana (Kennedy Space Center Director)
- Junichi Sakai (JAXA ISS Program Manager)
- Frank de Winne (ESA ISS Program Manager)
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- Exoplanet Types: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
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- 1:43
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- 5 years ago
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- When we describe different types of exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – what do we mean by "hot Jupiters," "warm Neptunes," and "super-Earths"? Since we're still surveying and learning about the variety of worlds out there among the stars, it's sometimes helpful to refer to characteristics they share with planets we're familiar with in our own planetary system.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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- Space Shuttle’s 40th Anniversary | 'Something Just Short of a Miracle'
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- 4:19
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- 5 years ago
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- On April 12, 1981, space shuttle Columbia launched for the first time with NASA astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen aboard.
With 10 years of design and development, the shuttle was the first of its kind — a reusable vehicle for travel to low-Earth orbit.
The STS-1 Mission would demonstrate safe launch into orbit and safe return of the orbiter and crew and verify the combined performance of the entire shuttle vehicle - orbiter, solid rocket boosters and external tank. Commander John Young called the flight “something just short of a miracle.”
The success of the STS-1 Mission was the beginning of an era and over the course of three decades, the space shuttle program redefined what we know about living in a microgravity environment.
Learn more at: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/retired-astronaut-bob-crippen-on-the-40th-anniversary-of-sts-1-and-the-beginning-of/
Producer Credit: Sonnet Apple
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- The President’s Funding Request for NASA on This Week @NASA – April 9, 2021
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- 5:09
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- 5 years ago
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- The President’s funding request for NASA, preparing for first flight on another world, and a new crew heads to the space station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-The%20President%E2%80%99s%20Funding%20Request%20for%20NASA%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20April%209,%202021
Producer: Andre Valentine
Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- NASA 2022: A Year of Innovation
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- 2:44
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- 5 years ago
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- With a budget increase of more than 6% from the previous year, NASA will continue to boost its ingenuity in exploration, technology, aeronautics and science. This is a year of innovation.
This budget increases our ability to better understand Earth as a system –allowing us to tackle climate change in new ways. We will develop more climate-friendly aviation systems, like the X-57 Maxwell, and launch the James Webb Space Telescope that will enable groundbreaking research. Including a diverse and more inclusive workforce, we will continue pushing the boundaries of human exploration with Artemis, with goals of landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, as well as fostering our international and commercial partnerships that help to make it all possible.
We look forward to continuing our legacy of inspiring the nation and the next generation of scientists, engineers and explorers, who will help us accomplish the ambitious goals that we’ve...
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- Gravity Assist Podcast: Season 5 Trailer
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- 2:42
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- 5 years ago
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- Go behind the scenes at NASA with Chief Scientist Jim Green in the Gravity Assist podcast. We’ll talk to people who work in lots of different areas to make space missions and scientific investigations happen. How does someone become an astronaut, or an engineer working on the Ingenuity helicopter, or a science communicator? Everyone has a gravity assist – that person, place, or thing that inspired them to do what they’re doing now. New episodes will be released on Fridays. Check out the podcast at https://www.nasa.gov/gravityassist.
https://images.nasa.gov/details-Gravity%20Assist%20Podcast%20Season%205%20Trailer
Producer Credit: Sonnet Apple & Elizabeth Landau
Audio Engineer: Manny Cooper
Music: Universal Production Music/ "Blue Moons"
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- In the Midst of Segregation, She Persevered | Remembering Mary W. Jackson on her 100th Birthday
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- 2:07
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- 5 years ago
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- NASA trailblazer and “Hidden Figure”, Mary W. Jackson was born April 9, 1921 in Hampton, VA. Despite segregation and difficult odds, she became the first black female engineer at NASA.
Jackson began her career with the agency in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The mathematician and aerospace engineer went on to lead programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. In 2019, she was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Learn more at https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-w-jackson-biography
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Producer Credit: Sonnet Apple
Music: Universal Production Music/ "Yeah Oh Yeah"
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- Soyuz Crew Launch to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast)
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- 1:32:25
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- 5 years ago
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- Watch a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft lift off on a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the International Space Station! NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 3:42 a.m. EDT, Friday, April 9, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The trio will be part of Expeditions 64 and 65 on the station, where they'll continue work on hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science, and Earth science. This will be Vande Hei's second spaceflight, Novitskiy's third, and Dubrov's first.
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- Artemis I: NASA’s Plans to Travel Beyond the Moon
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- 2:52
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- 5 years ago
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- Artemis 1 will be the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.
During this flight, the spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.
With this first exploration mission, NASA is leading the n...
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- NASA Drop Test of Orion Spacecraft for Crewed Artemis Missions
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- 24:55
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- 5 years ago
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- Engineers will drop an 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA's Langley Research Center's Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia at 1:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 6.
This series of drop tests began March 23 to finalize computer models for loads and structures prior to the Artemis II flight test, NASA’s first mission with crew aboard Orion. Artemis II will carry astronauts around the Moon and back, paving the way to land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface and establish a sustainable presence at the Moon under the Artemis program.
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- What Is an Exoplanet?
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- 4:35
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- 5 years ago
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- Exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – are everywhere. But why do we study them? What makes them so interesting? At NASA, we're surveying and studying exoplanets to learn all about their weirdness, their variety, and all the fascinating things they can tell us about how planets form and develop.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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- Port Relocation of SpaceX Crew Dragon on the International Space Station
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- 1:24:41
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- 5 years ago
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- On Monday, April 5 starting at 6 a.m. EDT, watch the first-ever port relocation for a U.S. commercial spacecraft! Four astronauts will undock their SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" from the International Space Station's Harmony module forward port, and take a short ride to redock at Harmony's zenith, or space-facing port.
The autonomous relocation maneuver, taking about 45 minutes, will prepare for the arrival of NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts in late April, and the upcoming delivery of new solar arrays this summer. Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be aboard the spacecraft.
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- Preparing a Small Satellite to Conduct Some Big Science on This Week @NASA – April 2, 2021
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- 3:13
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- 5 years ago
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- Preparing a small satellite to conduct some big science, an update on our upcoming mission to a metal-rich asteroid, and a new director for the International Space Station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2021_0402_TW@N_GENERAL%20USE
Producer: Andre Valentine
Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- NASA Science Live: Modern-Day Explorers Search for Life Beyond Earth
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- 31:06
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- 5 years ago
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- Is there life beyond Earth? NASA has been sending spacecraft to the far reaches of our solar system in search of an answer. But extreme forms of life on our own planet might reveal secrets of how life could form beyond Earth. Meet two NASA women who have ventured on remote expeditions and traversed Earth’s most extreme landscapes in the name of science and astrobiology. Send in your questions using #askNASA on Wednesday, March 31 at 3:00 p.m. EST, and tune in to hear from host and science communicator Kellie Gerardi.
Dr. Darlene Lim blends her field science research with future human-robotic spaceflight concepts to the Moon and Mars. She’s gone for runs on 6 out of the 7 continents on Earth.
Dr. Jackie Goordial looks for life in extreme environments to understand its limits, and where and how we could find life beyond Earth. Despite doing research at sea for weeks, she still gets very seasick and didn’t learn how to swim until later in life.
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- Preparing for First Flight on Mars on This Week @NASA – March 26, 2021
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- 3:47
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- 5 years ago
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- Preparing for first flight on Mars, making a splash with Orion, and the space station’s next crew prepares for launch … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2021_0326_TW@N
Producer Credit: Andre Valentine
Editor: Sonnet Apple
Music: Universal Production Music/"Another Way of Winning"
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- #EZScience: Women in Astronomy
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- 4:49
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- 5 years ago
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- The history of women in astronomy is fascinating and inspiring— women like Caroline Herschel, Phoebe Waterman Haas and Vera Rubin have been making discoveries and contributions in astronomy for over 200 years. In the latest episode of #EZScience, NASA associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen and Smithsonian Under Secretary for Science and Research Dr. Ellen Stofan celebrate Women’s History Month and discuss the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
Learn more about the series: https://www.nasa.gov/ezscience
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- Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins
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- 2:34
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- 5 years ago
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- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris placed a special phone call to Shannon Walker and Kate Rubins aboard the International Space Station to find out what it's like to do science in space.
During the month of March, NASA celebrates and pays tribute to the many women who have played an essential role in shaping the history of the agency.
Learn more about Shannon Walker by visiting: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/walker-shannon
Learn more about Kate Rubins by visiting:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/kathleen-rubins
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenAtNASA
Download link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2021_0324_VPOTUS%20Women's%20History_NO%20TEXT
Producer Credit: Sonnet Apple
Music: Universal Production Music/ "The Dream Within"
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- Firing up the Rocket for the Artemis Moon Missions on This Week @NASA – March 19, 2021
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Firing up the rocket for the Artemis Moon missions, a nomination for NASA’s next administrator, and making room for the space station’s next crew … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Firing%20up%20the%20Rocket%20for%20the%20Artemis%20Moon%20Missions%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%2019,%202021
Producer credit: Andre Valentine
Editor: Sonnet Apple
Music: Universal Production Music
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- NASA Remembers Legendary Flight Director Glynn Lunney
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- 1:13
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- 5 years ago
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- Legendary NASA Flight Director Glynn Lunney, 84, died Friday, March 19.
Lunney was a flight director for the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, and was lead flight director for Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo flight, and Apollo 10, the dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing, in NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston. He led the mission control team credited with key actions that made it possible to save three Apollo 13 astronauts aboard a spacecraft disabled on the way to the Moon.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-remembers-legendary-flight-director-glynn-lunney
Video produced by David Anderson
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- Space Station Crew Relocate Soyuz Spacecraft
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- 1:08:49
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- 5 years ago
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- Watch three residents of the International Space Station fly their spacecraft to a new port on the station, making room for the future arrival of the next set of crew members. Astronaut Kate Rubins of NASA and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos will undock their Soyuz MS-17 from the Earth-facing port of the station’s Rassvet module at 12:38 p.m. EDT, and dock again at the space-facing Poisk docking port at 1:07 p.m. This will be the 15th overall Soyuz port relocation, and the first since August 2019.
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- Smoke & Fire! NASA Tests the World's Most Powerful Rocket
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- 1:42
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- 5 years ago
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- NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage fired all four of its RS-25 engines on March 18th at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
The core stage includes the liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank, four RS-25 engines, and the computers, electronics, and avionics that serve as the “brains” of the rocket.
The hot fire was the final test of the Green Run series. The term “green” refers to the new hardware that will work together to power the stage, and “run” refers to operating all the components together simultaneously for the first time. For the test, the 212-foot core stage generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust, while anchored in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hot fire test included loading 733,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen – mirroring the launch countdown procedure – and igniting the engines.
Artemis I will be the firs...
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- Updates on NASA's Successful Hot Fire Test for the Artemis Moon Rocket
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- 31:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Now that the Green Run hot fire test is complete, Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk, Deputy Associate Administrator for Human Exploration Tom Whitmeyer, Space Launch System (SLS) Manager John Honeycutt, and SLS Stages Manager Julie Bassler will discuss how the SLS core stage performed and what’s next for the Artemis I mission to the Moon. Today’s hot fire test took place at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on the historic B-2 Test Stand and ignited the core stage for a full eight minutes, providing invaluable data for our engineers.
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- NASA's Second Hot Fire Test for the Artemis Moon Rocket
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- 1:14:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- We are targeting 3:45 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 18 for the second hot fire test of the core stage for the Space Launch System rocket at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Engineers will power up all the core stage systems, load more than 700,000 gallons of supercold propellant into the tanks, and fire the rocket’s four RS-25 engines at the same time to simulate the stage’s operation during the launch of our first Artemis mission to the Moon.
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- #AskNASA┃ What’s Out There?
- Runtime
- 5:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Volcanic moons, asteroids and robots on Mars — journey into the solar system.
Join NASA Planetary Science Division Director, Lori Glaze, as she answers your most popular questions about space. Lori explains the importance of studying other planets and why we send spacecraft to explore. From volcanic moons to asteroids, Lori shares amazing facts about our solar system.
Send your questions to our experts using: #AskNASA. For more information about Artemis: https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artemis
VIDEO CREDITS:
Producers: Jori Kates and Amy Leniart
Editor: Amy Leniart
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- Spacewalk to Conduct Maintenance Outside the International Space Station
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- 9:39:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Rise n’ grind – it’s spacewalk time. On March 13, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins will set their spacesuits to battery power at 7:30 a.m. EST (12:30 p.m. UTC) to mark the start of a 6.5 hour excursion outside the International Space Station.
This is not the duo’s first rodeo. They’ll be building on system upgrades from their Jan. 27 spacewalk, as well as servicing the station’s cooling system and communications gear.
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- Perseverance Sends More Sounds From Mars on This Week @NASA – March 12, 2021
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- 4:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Perseverance sends more sounds from Mars, the rocket boosters for Artemis I are all stacked up, and preview of a weekend spacewalk … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
https://images.nasa.gov/details-Perseverance%20Sends%20More%20Sounds%20From%20Mars%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%2012,%202021
Producer: Andre Valentine
Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- WE ARE RESILIENT: A Message from NASA Astronauts
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It has been one year since the United States began its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year has been tough and has changed the way all of us live. And yet despite extraordinary circumstances, NASA still accomplished extraordinary things.
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover have a message for all of us: Take care of each other and we'll get through this together.
https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2021_0312_ISS%20COVID%20MESSAGE%20_everyone
Producer Credit: Sonnet Apple
Music: "All I Need"/ Universal Production Music
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- Presidential Congratulations for Perseverance Rover Team This Week @NASA – March 5, 2021
- Runtime
- 4:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Presidential congratulations for the Mars Perseverance rover team, the rover makes its first drive on the Red Planet, and a pair of spacewalks outside the space station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Presidential%20Congratulations%20for%20Perseverance%20Rover%20Team%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%205,%202021
Producer: Andre Valentine
Editor: Lacey Young
Music: Universal Production Music
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- Spacewalk at the International Space Station
- Runtime
- 8:52:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Slip into the weekend while cheering on two astronauts working in the vacuum of space! At 7 a.m. EST on Friday, Mar. 5, Kate Rubins of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) will exit the International Space Station to vent ammonia from the Early Ammonia System and complete several other tasks outside the orbital lab.
Once their spacesuits are switched to battery power, the spacewalk is scheduled to last approximately six-and-a-half hours.
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- Artemis: We Are Focused
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Deep space exploration begins on American factory floors.
The launch of Artemis I will bring together the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System and the Orion Spacecraft, to prepare us to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface.
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- Women of NASA Drive Exploration and Discovery
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- 4:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- March is Women's History Month. Women at NASA contribute every day to the success of our current missions and pave the way for future generations to reach for the stars.
To learn more:
https://www.nasa.gov/women
Video Credits:
Producer/Editor: Amy Leniart
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- Meet the Astronauts Launching on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to the International Space Station
- Runtime
- 57:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Watch a live Q&A with the next four astronauts launching to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon! NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will serve as mission specialists.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission is currently set for liftoff no earlier than April 20, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be Kimbrough's third trip to space, McArthur's second, Pesquet's second, and the third spaceflight for Hoshide.
