NASA
Juno Spies Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on This Week @NASA – July 14, 2017
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- Juno Spies Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on This Week @NASA – July 14, 2017
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- 2:15
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- 9 years ago
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- On July 10, our Juno spacecraft completed its 7th perijove – or close flyby of Jupiter. It flew directly over the planet’s iconic Great Red Spot – about 5,600 miles above it. All of the spacecraft's science instruments, and its JunoCam imager were active – providing the first up-close look at the ten-thousand-mile-wide storm that has intrigued humans for hundreds of years. Juno's next close flyby of Jupiter will occur on Sept. 1. Also, The Path Ahead for New Horizons, Orion Egress Testing, and Langley’s Centennial Symposium.
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- International Space Station Expedition 52-53 Crew News Conference
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- 33:13
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- 9 years ago
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- Expedition 52-53 Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency conducted a news conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, July. 10. Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli are scheduled to launch on July. 28, Kazakh time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft or a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
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- Expedition 52-53 Crew Conducts Traditional Ceremonies in Star City and Moscow, Russia
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- 7:57
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- 9 years ago
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- Expedition 52-53 Soyuz Commander Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Randy Bresnik of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, and their backups, Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency visited the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia July 10 where they viewed historic space artifacts, then visited Red Square in Moscow for traditional ceremonies, including the laying of flowers at the Kremlin Wall where Russian space icons are interred. Ryazanskiy, Bresnik and Nespoli are scheduled to launch on July 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.
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- Space Station Crew Members Discusses Life in Space with the Media
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- 14:13
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- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and research aboard the orbiting laboratory during a pair of in-flight interviews July 10 with CBS Radio News and WBZ Radio in Boston. Fischer, who is in the midst of a four-and-a-half-month mission on the complex, earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- Vice President Pence Visits Kennedy on This Week @NASA – July 7, 2017
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Vice President Mike Pence spoke to employees on July 6 at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida, highlighting the public/private partnerships transforming the center into a multi-user spaceport, and changing the way we do business in low-Earth orbit. Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Kennedy Director Bob Cabana accompanied the Vice President on tours of several facilities currently being leased by private space companies. The tour showcased hardware, systems and infrastructure, that will soon facilitate U.S. based astronaut launches and eventual missions to deep space. Also, SpaceX Dragon Released from Space Station, Happy July 4th from Space, and 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge!
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Web-Based Media
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- 5:55
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- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA discussed her record-breaking mission on the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview July 7 with the internet media site, NowThis.com. Whitson, who launched to the station last November, is in the final months of her third long duration mission on the complex. She has already spent more days in space than any other American astronaut and established a record for the most spacewalks conducted by a female. She is scheduled to return to Earth Sept. 3 for a landing in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan.
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- Vice President Pence Visits NASA's Kennedy Space Center
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- 35:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today and addressed employees at the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. The vice president also toured Kennedy to learn more about the center’s work as a multi-user spaceport for commercial and government clients, and he saw the agency’s progress toward launching from U.S. soil on spacecraft built by American companies. He visited the Neil Armstrong Operation’s and Checkout Building to see NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will travel past the moon, and eventually on to Mars atop the Space Launch System rocket.
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- Vice President Pence Arrives for Visit at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
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- 6:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today and addressed employees at the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. The vice president also toured Kennedy to learn more about the center’s work as a multi-user spaceport for commercial and government clients, and he saw the agency’s progress toward launching from U.S. soil on spacecraft built by American companies. He visited the Neil Armstrong Operation’s and Checkout Building to see NASA’s Orion spacecraft that will travel past the moon, and eventually on to Mars atop the Space Launch System rocket.
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- U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship Departs Space Station for Earth
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- 3:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The unpiloted SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft departed the International Space Station July 2 bound for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. Loaded with valuable science samples and other hardware, Dragon was robotically released by Expedition 52 Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, who operated the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm from the cupola work station. The Dragon, which was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket June 3, delivered more than three tons of scientific investigations and supplies for the station’s residents.
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- President Trump Reestablishes the National Space Council on This Week @NASA - June 30, 2017
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on June 30 to reestablish the National Space Council. To mark International Asteroid Day on June 30, we aired a special television program with information about the work our Planetary Defense Coordination Office and other NASA-funded programs do to find, track and characterize Near Earth Objects. These are asteroids and comets in the vicinity of Earth’s orbit that could pose an impact threat to our planet. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office also issues alerts and helps coordinate any U.S. government response to an impact threat. The broadcast was part of a 24-hour Asteroid Day program from Broadcasting Center Europe. Also, NASA Testifies at Congressional Hearings, and Colorful Clouds in Space!
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- Happy 4th of July, from NASA
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- From NASA to you, we wish you a safe and happy Independence Day. In this video, we simulated rocket and engine sounds to reflect the cannon booms in the music.
Here is a chronological list of the engines and rocket launches we highlighted:
RS-25 Engine Test, SLS Booster Nozzle Test, Delta ll Rocket Launch, Rocket Sled Test, SpaceX Dragon Capsule Abort Test, SLS Booster Test, Orion Abort Tower Separation Animation, Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch, Atlas V Rocket Launch
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- International Asteroid Day
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- 59:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- To mark International Asteroid Day on June 30, we aired a special television program with information about the work our Planetary Defense Coordination Office and other NASA-funded programs do to find, track and characterize Near Earth Objects. These are asteroids and comets in the vicinity of Earth’s orbit that could pose an impact threat to our planet. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office also issues alerts and helps coordinate any U.S. government response to an impact threat. The broadcast was part of a 24-hour Asteroid Day program from Broadcasting Center Europe.
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- Nighttime Rocket Launch Creates Colorful Clouds in Space
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- 3:09
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- 9 years ago
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- The early morning skies along the mid-Atlantic coast were lit up by luminescent clouds as NASA tested a new system to support science studies of the ionosphere and aurora, with a sounding rocket launch June 24 from the Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia. During the flight of a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket, 10 canisters about the size of a soft drink can were deployed in the air, 6 to 12 miles away from the 670-pound main payload. The deployed canisters formed blue-green and red artificial clouds, or vapor tracers which allow scientists on the ground to visually track particle motions in space. The development of the multi-canister ampoule ejection system is also designed to allow scientists to gather information over a much larger area than previously allowed when deploying the tracers just from the main payload. The vapor tracers were expected to be visible from New York to North Carolina and westward to Charlottesville, Virginia – with t...
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Network Outlets
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- 10:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA discussed her record-breaking mission on the orbital laboratory in a pair of in-flight interviews June 28 with Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” program and Bloomberg News. Whitson, who already holds the record for most time in space by a U.S. astronaut, and the number of spacewalks and aggregate spacewalking time by any female space traveler, is scheduled to return to Earth in early September with more than 600 days in space on three long duration missions on the station.
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- Total Solar Eclipse Primer on This Week @NASA – June 23, 2017
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- At the Newseum in Washington, we teamed with representatives from other federal agencies and science organizations to delve into the science behind the upcoming August 21 total solar eclipse, and provide details on how to safely view the once-in-a-century phenomenon. During the eclipse, 14 states across the U.S. will experience more than two minutes of darkness – while those elsewhere will have a partial eclipse. Meanwhile a new eclipse Forever stamp, unveiled by the U.S. Postal service changes between images of an eclipse and the moon – with the touch of a finger. The eclipse and moon images were taken by a retired NASA astrophysicist. Also, Kepler Catalog Includes New Planet Candidates, Lightfoot Meets with International Partners, and Roll-Out Solar Array Test!
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- NASA Spacecraft Fire and Combustion
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- 4:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- In this episode, NASA experts discuss Spacecraft Fire and Combustion Research.
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Voice of America
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- 19:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- RockOn/RockSat C payload successfully launched
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A NASA suborbital sounding rocket carrying multiple student experiments was successfully launched at 5:30 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June 22, from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission carried experiments built by undergraduate students from universities and community colleges across the country through the RockOn! and RockSat-C programs.
The experiments, launch on a 36-foot long Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket, flew to an altitude of 72 miles and landed, via parachute, in the Atlantic Ocean. The payload has been recovered and the students are expected to receive their experiments this afternoon to begin their data analysis.
RockOn! and RockSat-C are part of Rocket Week at Wallops. Nearly 130 students and instructors participated in the two programs this week conducted in partnership with the Colorado and Virginia Space Grant Consortia.
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- 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Science Briefing
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- 59:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- During a June 21 media briefing from the Newseum in Washington, representatives from NASA, other federal agencies, and science organizations discussed the opportunity for scientific study offered by the total solar eclipse that will cross the U.S. on August 21.
Over the course of 100 minutes, 14 states across the United States will experience more than two minutes of darkness in the middle of the day. Additionally, a partial eclipse will be viewable across all of North America. The eclipse will provide a unique opportunity to study the sun, Earth, moon and their interaction because of the eclipse’s long path over land coast to coast. Scientists will be able to take ground-based and airborne observations over a period of an hour and a half to complement the wealth of data and images provided by space assets.
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- 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Safety Briefing
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- 53:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- During a June 21 media briefing from the Newseum in Washington, representatives from NASA, other federal agencies, and science organizations provided important information about safely viewing the total solar eclipse that will cross the U.S. on August 21.
Over the course of 100 minutes, 14 states across the United States will experience more than two minutes of darkness in the middle of the day. Additionally, a partial eclipse will be viewable across all of North America. The eclipse will provide a unique opportunity to study the sun, Earth, moon and their interaction because of the eclipse’s long path over land coast to coast. Scientists will be able to take ground-based and airborne observations over a period of an hour and a half to complement the wealth of data and images provided by space assets.
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- 2017 Total Solar Eclipse - Ways to Watch
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- What’s Happened So Far – Mid Year @NASA – June 16, 2017
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- 2017 is shaping up to be another year of unprecedented exploration, amazing discoveries, technological advances and progress in development of future missions – and we’re just six months into the year. Here are some of our top stories of 2017, so far – Mid-Year at NASA!
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Georgia Students
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- 18:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and research aboard the orbital laboratory June 19 with students gathered at the Fayette County Public Library in Fayette, Georgia, during an educational in-flight event. Fischer is in the midst of a four-and-a-half-month mission on the station.
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- Russian Resupply Ship Arrives at the International Space Station
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- 4:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 67 cargo ship automatically docked to the rear port of the station’s Zvezda Service Module on June 16, completing a two-day journey following its launch atop a Soyuz booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 14. The new Progress is delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the residents of the station and will remain attached to the outpost through December.
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- 2017 Administrator’s Agency Honor Awards Celebrate NASA’s Best of the Best
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- 1:23:38
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- 9 years ago
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- During the 2017 Administrator’s Agency Honor Awards Ceremony on June 15 at Langley Research Center, NASA’s Acting Administrator, Robert Lightfoot, presented Distinguished Service and Distinguished Public Service Medals to individuals who have made extraordinary and indelible contributions to the agency’s mission success. These awards are NASA’s most prestigious and distinguished honors.
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- Russian Resupply Ship Launches to the International Space Station
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- 10:24
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- 9 years ago
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- The unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 67 cargo ship launched atop a Soyuz booster June 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a two-day journey to the International Space Station. The new Progress, which is carrying three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the residents of the orbital complex, is scheduled to automatically dock to the rear port of the station’s Zvezda Service Module on June 16. It will remain attached to the station through December.
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- Vice President Welcomes New Astronaut Class on This Week @NASA – June 9, 2017
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Vice President Mike Pence helped announce America’s newest class of astronaut candidates on June 7 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Vice President joined Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Johnson Center Director Ellen Ochoa in welcoming members of the 2017 class -- who were selected from more than 18,000 applicants. After completing two years of training the new candidates could one day be conducting research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil aboard American-built spacecraft, and traveling to the moon or even Mars with the help of our Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Also, Lightfoot testifies on FY 2018 NASA budget, Demo of Drone Traffic Management Technology, and Resupply Missions Launch to, Leave Space Station!
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Maryland Students
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- 19:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight educational event June 9 with students at the Leeds Elementary School in Elkton, Maryland. Fischer, who launched to the station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft April 20, is in the midst of a four and a half month mission.
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- 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class News Conference
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- 29:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On June 7, Vice President Mike Pence joined NASA’s Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa to announce the 12 men and women who were selected to the 2017 astronaut class from more than 18,300 applicants. The new astronaut candidates could one day be performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil aboard spacecraft built by American companies, and traveling to the moon or even Mars with the help of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
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- Vice President Pence Tours NASA’s Historic Mission Control in Houston
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- 12:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- As part of his visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center on June 7, to welcome America’s newest astronaut candidates, Vice President Mike Pence took a tour of the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center and was briefed on current human spaceflight operations.
The Vice President also joined Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Johnson Center Director Ellen Ochoa to announce the 12 men and women who were selected to the 2017 astronaut class from more than 18,300 applicants. The new astronaut candidates could one day be performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil aboard spacecraft built by American companies, and traveling to the moon or even Mars with the help of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
Get more information on astronaut selection and information on the candidates after their introduction at: https://www.nasa.gov/2017astronauts.
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- NASA’s New Astronauts to Conduct Research Off the Earth, For the Earth and Deep Space Missions
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- 1:01:38
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- 9 years ago
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- After receiving a record-breaking number of applications to join an exciting future of space exploration, NASA has selected its largest astronaut class since 2000. Rising to the top of more than 18,300 applicants, NASA chose 12 women and men as the agency’s new astronaut candidates. Vice President Mike Pence joined Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa, and Flight Operations Director Brian Kelly to welcome the new astronaut candidates during an event June 7 at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronaut candidates will return to Johnson in August to begin two years of training. Then they could be assigned to any of a variety of missions: performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and departing for deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
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- NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidates
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship Arrives at the Space Station
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- 12:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The SpaceX/Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day journey to deliver about 7,600 pounds of supplies and science experiments to the Expedition 52 crew. Following its launch atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket June 3 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Dragon was captured by Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA using the station’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Ground controllers then took control of the robotic arm, maneuvering Dragon to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, where it was installed and bolted into place. Dragon is scheduled to remain at the station for a month before it is unberthed and deorbited for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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- U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship Departs the Space Station
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- 3:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo ship was released from the International Space Station June 4, following a 44-day stay at the complex in which approximately 7,600 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments were delivered to the station’s residents. NASA Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson were at the controls of the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release Cygnus after it was unbolted from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. Dubbed the “SS John Glenn” after the iconic Mercury and shuttle astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio, Cygnus will remain in orbit for a week in support of the SAFFIRE experiment and the deployment of four small Nanoracks satellites before Orbital ATK flight controllers send commands June 11 to deorbit the spacecraft for its reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn up over the Pacific Ocean.
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- Post-Launch Status of Next Space Station Supply Mission
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- 20:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On June 3, a post-launch status briefing was held at Kennedy Space Center, following the launch of the eleventh SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at KSC.
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- U.S. Commercial Cargo Ship heads to the Space Station
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- 13:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on June 3 from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the uncrewed Dragon cargo ship to orbit for the start of a delivery run to the residents of the International Space Station. Loaded with about 6,000 pounds of supplies and science experiments, Dragon is scheduled to arrive at the station on June 5, where it will be captured by Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA using the station’s Canadian-built robotic arm. Dragon is scheduled to remain at the station for a month before it is unberthed and deorbited for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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- First Mission into the Sun’s Atmosphere on This Week @NASA – June 2, 2017
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The first mission designed to fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere – Solar Probe Plus has been renamed the Parker Solar Probe, in honor of University of Chicago physicist, Eugene Parker. Parker is best known for developing the concept of solar wind, which is the stream of electrically charged particles emitted by the sun. This is the first time a NASA spacecraft has been named after a living person. Targeted for launch in 2018, the mission will help answer questions about the physics of how stars work. Also, Webb Space Telescope Showcased at JSC, Space Station Crew Safely Returns to Earth, and Centennial of JFK’s Birth!
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- Expedition 51 Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan to Complete More Than Six Months in Space
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- 9:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Expedition 51 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) landed safely near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan June 2 after bidding farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station and undocking their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft from the Rassvet Module on the Russian segment of the complex. The two crew members spent 196 days in space overall and 194 days on the station conducting research and operational work.
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- Expedition 51 Crew Departs Space Station
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- 6:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On June 2, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) said farewell to the crew remaining onboard the International Space Station. The pair then climbed aboard their Soyuz spacecraft and prepared for their journey back to Earth. The two crew members spent 196 days in space overall and 194 days on the station conducting research and operational work.
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- Expedition 51 Crew Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 52
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- 7:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The reins of command of the International Space Station were passed from NASA’s Peggy Whitson to Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) during a ceremony on the orbital outpost June 1. Although Whitson is remaining on the station as an Expedition 52 crew member, Yurchikhin will serve as Expedition 52 commander until he, Whitson and NASA’s Jack Fischer return home in early September. Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency will return to Earth as a two-man crew on June 2 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, completing a six and a half month mission.
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- Pre-Launch Status of Next Space Station Supply Mission
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- 40:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On May 31, a prelaunch status briefing was held at Kennedy Space Center, prior to launch of the eleventh SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting launch of its Dragon spacecraft aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket for 5:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 1 from Launch Complex 39A at KSC.
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- NASA names Unique Solar Mission after University of Chicago Physicist Eugene Parker
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- 46:44
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On May 31, NASA renamed humanity’s first mission to fly a spacecraft directly into the sun’s atmosphere in honor of Professor Eugene Parker, a pioneering physicist at the University of Chicago. This is the first time in agency history a spacecraft has been named for a living individual. Parker, the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics, is best known for developing the concept of solar wind—the stream of electrically charged particles emitted by the sun.
Previously named Solar Probe Plus, the Parker Solar Probe will launch in summer 2018. Placed in orbit within four million miles of the sun’s surface, and facing heat and radiation unlike any spacecraft in history, the spacecraft will explore the sun’s outer atmosphere and make critical observations that will answer decades-old questions about the physics of how stars work. The resulting data will improve forecasts of major space weather events that impact life on Earth, as well as s...
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- What's On Board Next Space Station Supply Mission
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- 1:35:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On May 31, NASA held a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center to preview the science cargo being transported to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX resupply mission to the station. SpaceX is targeting launch of its eleventh commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for 5:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 1 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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- Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Denver Media
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- 10:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 51 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and research aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight interview May 30 with KMGH-TV, Denver. Fischer, who is a native of Louisville, Colorado, is in the midst of a four and a half month mission on the complex.
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- Lightfoot Discusses FY 2018 Budget Proposal on This Week @NASA – May 26, 2017
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot discussed our Fiscal Year 2018 budget request on May 23, during his State of NASA address. $19.1 billion is being requested for the agency, under the president’s budget proposal, a sign, Lightfoot says reflects the president’s and the administration’s confidence in NASA. Lightfoot thanked employees and attributed the confidence reflected in the budget proposal to the work of thousands of people. Also, Unscheduled Spacewalk Outside Space Station, Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up, and Kepler Data Help Confirm Orbit of Exoplanet!
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- Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Discusses NASA's FY2018 NASA Budget Request
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- 25:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot discussed the agency’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request on May 23, during an agencywide town hall State of NASA address at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The address also was broadcast on NASA Television and streamed on the agency’s homepage and mobile apps.
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- NASA: Dream. Innovate. Build. Discover.
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On May 23, the Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot gave a State of NASA address at Headquarters to rollout the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget proposal. This video highlights the future-facing vision of those plans.
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- 2017 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction
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- 1:17:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomed astronaut inductees Ellen Ochoa and Bob Cabana to its ranks during a May 19 ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, in Florida.
Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel to space and current director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Michael Foale, the only U.S. astronaut to serve on both the International Space Station and Russian space station Mir, bring the total number of space explorers honored in the hall of fame to 95.
Bob Cabana, 2008 hall of famer and current director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, presided over the ceremony at Kennedy’s visitor complex to welcome the new inductees.
Ochoa joined NASA in 1988 as a research engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California after earning a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. She joined Johnson in 1990, when she was selected as an astronaut candidate. After comp...
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- Media View Barge Pegasus and SLS Hardware on This Week @NASA – May 19, 2017
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- On May 16, NASA held a media event at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to highlight the recent arrival of the barge Pegasus with the first core stage test article for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. NASA modified Pegasus to accommodate the massive SLS core stage, increasing the barge's length and weight-carrying capacity. The core stage test article – manufactured at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility, in New Orleans – is the first of four core stage test articles scheduled to be delivered to Marshall for testing. This delivery marks a critical milestone toward Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight of SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft. It also brings the agency a step closer to sending humans to deep space destinations – including Mars. Also, Lightfoot Discusses Future Exploration Goals, Ochoa, Foale Inducted into Hall of Fame, and Virtual Tour of Meteorite Lab!
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- Space Station Crew Members Discuss Life in Space with Utah Students, Officials
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- 22:21
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer discussed life and research aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight educational event May 19 with students at the Space Dynamics Laboratory of Utah State University in North Logan, Utah. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) joined the event along with local and university officials. Whitson is the in the midst of a nine-and-a-half month mission on the complex, while Fischer is performing research during a four-and-a-half month mission. The two astronauts will return to Earth in early September for a landing in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in south central Kazakhstan.
