How Supernovas Act as Universe’s Largest Particle Accelerators - YouTube - PBS Space Time - astrophysics

In 1912,Victor Hess discovered cosmic rays,ascertaining their non-solar origin,and received a Nobel Prize for this a few decades later.Most cosmic rays come from supernovae.Enrico Fermi discovered how shock waves can send particles out at vastly higher speeds than the waves themselves travel at.A shock wave is a tsunami of both charged particles and magnetic field.Shock waves can accelerate particles to a large fraction of the speed of light.Cosmic rays are detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina and by the ISS Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) detector.*Dr.Matt O'Dowd is an Australian astrophysicist and presenter and writer or co-writer of PBS Space Time.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS captured in amazing time-lapse from space - YouTube - Space.com - planetary science

Like all comets,Tsuchinshan-Atlas (c2023 a3) originated as a planetesimal in the Oort Cloud in the early years of the solar system.Some planetesimals coalesced to form planets,while others are dwarf planets or comets.The Oort cloud is a theoretical construct devised by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort in 1950 as the origin of comets.It hasn't been directly observed for lack of adequate technology.It is a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 astronomical units (0.03-3.3 light years) and is in interstellar space.Planetesimals formed the four terrestrial planets:Mercury,Venus,Earth and Mars.We don't yet know if Tsuchinsan-ATLAS will be visible to the naked eye.Credit:NASA Commander Matthew Dominick photographed the comet from the ISS.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Crew Arrival at NASA Kennedy Space Center - YouTube

NASA Commander Nick Hague and Roscosmos Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center on 21 SEPT 2024 to make final preparations for their launch from the new Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no sooner than 26 SEPT 2024.They have a special responsibility in that they will rescue NASA Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Sunni" Williams from the ISS as their Boeing CST-100 Starliner space craft was deemed unsafe for their return to Earth.The rescue will be in February 2025.The new launch site will give NASA more flexibility over having just the one facility for human spaceflight at NASA Kennedy Space Center,Space Launch Complex 39a.

NASA streams 4K video from plane to space station and back via laser for 1st time - YouTube - Space.com

NASA advanced technology:For the first time,a NASA Pilatus PC-12 aircraft with a portable laser transmitter transmitted 4K video from the aircraft to the ISS and back.Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10-100 more data faster than radio frequency systems,according to NASA.This is especially important for crewed deep space missions to the Moon and Mars.*Text by Space.com and edited by Andrew Taylor

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Flight Crew News Conference

NASA Astronaut Zena Cardman is Crew-9 commander.NASA Astronaut Nick Hague,a U.S. Space Force Colonel,is Crew-9 pilot.NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson helped build the ISS and speaks fluent Russian.The SpaceX Crew-9 mission is slated for an August 2024 launch on the Falcon 9 rocket.

First crewed Boeing Starliner docks with the International Space Station - YouTube - 6 June 2024 - Space.com

Spectacular footage of the docking sequence.

Northern Lights spotted over Atlanta area, north Georgia Friday evening - 11 Alive TV Atlanta - heliopyhsics

G5 Coronal Mass Ejection results in spectacular aurora displays in Georgia USA Power grid:the power grid today is more resilient than it was during Quebec's 9 hour blackout in 1989.Mitigation meausures were put in place as soon as our grid opeators were notified of the GS.Being in Low Earth Orbit,they are somewhat protected by the Earth's magnetic field. Astronauts and Cosmonauts:NASA says the ISS crew is safe and doesn't need to hide in their designated shelters at this time. Satellites:satellites in Low Earth Orbit are slowed down by such events and could experience some problems affecting communications and navigation.

Space to Ground: Outside the Hatch: April 26, 2024 - NASA Johnson Space Center

Roscosmos Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chubb conducted a spacewalk in which they installed a panel of a synthetic radar system on the Aoka module and an experiment that tests corrosion on the Poist module.The MISSE-18-NASA experiment exposes materials to the harshness of space to test them for uses on the Gateway lunar space station or lunar surface and a coating that could help prevent salt corrosion at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before launch.A medical experiment tests magnetic nanoparticles that may kill melanoma skin cancer cells.Finally,SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts suited up to move their Crew Dragon spacecraft to another port to make way for the Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spaccraft.

Eclipse, but in space: See NASA astronauts' view from the International Space Station - YouTube - New York Post

NASA Astronauts Jeanette Epps and Michael Barrat mada eclipse observations on the ISS.New

Soyuz MS-24 Space Station Farewells and Hatch Closing - Friday, April 5,2024

Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitsky will command the MS-24 spacecraft that has been docked at the ISS since September 2023.The MS-24 had transported Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko,Roscosmos Flight Engineer Nikolai Chubb,and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara to the ISS.Konenenko and Chubb will complete a one year mission in space,while O'Hara completed 204 days in space.

2024 Total Solar Eclipse News Conference

The Parker Solar Probe will get very close to the sun and gather data on the eclipse never possible before.A NASA WB-40 aircraft will also gatger unique data as it chases the eclpse,getting an extra two minutes of totality.Astronauts aboard the ISS will gather data from a unique perspective,seeing the shadow of the Moon on the Earth.A NOAA satellite will study the effect of the eclipse on the ionosphere.An eclipse was used to confirm Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity by observing gravitational lensing,the bending of starlight around the curvature of spacetime.NASA TV will provide live coverage of the eclipse from 1-4 pm EDT on 8 April 2004 and this blog intends to cover it.If you can't watch it live,you should be able to see a recorded version of it as well later on.

Boeing Crew Flight Test Training Resource Reel (1080)

The NASA Astronauts for the Crew Test Flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft are Captain Barry "Butch" Wilmore USN,commander,and Captain Sunita "Sunni" Williams USN ret.,pilot.Both are veterans of the ISS and Space Shuttle Program with two missions each,although Sunni Williams rode a Soyuz spacecraft to one of her missions as a NASA Flight Engineer.This will be their 3rd spaceflight.They are slated to launch no earlier than 1 May 2024 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.ULA Is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Dream Chaser Spaceplane CRS-2 Mission Profile animation

The CRS-2 cargo resupply mission to the ISS will be launched on the new Vulcan Centaur rocket built by United Launch Alliance.It will be grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm for docking and release to and from the ISS.The Dream Chaser will land at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Space Shuttle Landing Facility.It is slated to launch sometime in 2024,pending final checks,but no earller than the first half of 2024.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

2021 Astronaut Candidate Class Resource Reel (4K-UHD) - NASA Johnson Space Center

din The astronaut candidates,including two from the UAE,have gone through basic training for more than two years,to include:ISS Systems;spacewalk training;robotic operations;operating T-38 jets;wilderness survival;and much more,according to NASA.Most of the training takes place at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.Once assigned to a mission,the astronauts will receive more specific training for that mission,whether for the ISS,the Moon or Mars missions.

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson Training Resource Reel - NASA Johnson Space Center

NASA Astronaut/Roscosmos Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson will launch to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with Soyuz Commander Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and a spaceflight participant.During her approximately six months on the ISS,she will perform scientific research and ISS maintenance,to possibly include spacewalks.She will be aboard the ISS at roughly the same time as the SpaceX Crew-8 Mission as a member of Expedition 70/71.It will be her third spaceflight and second long duration mission on the ISS.

Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - YouTube

Astronauts Talk with NASA Leadership for Space Station’s 25th Anniversary - 6 December 2023

Progress MS-25 manual docking

Music:Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

About the Dream Chaser Spaceplane

Sierra Space has completed its first Dream Chaser Spaceplane named Tenacity,introducing it on 2 November 2023.It is to autnomously resupply the ISS pending testing by NASA.This mini-shuttle will be launched to the ISS on the new United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket.The company,a subsidiary of the privately held Sierra Nevada Corporation,is also working on a crewed version of the spaceplane.At the conclusion of its cargo missions,the Dream Chaser will land at the Space Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center.*ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Watch SpaceX's 29th Cargo Launch to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - 9 November 2023

The space laser communications to be tested on the ISS are critical for deep space missions,being 100 times faster than current technology.It's especially critical for journeys to Mars.