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Kayla Barron Joins NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station

by teganonmarsSpace May 17, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron poses for a portrait after donning her spacesuit, Friday, July 12, 2019 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls Barron was born in Pocatello, Idaho, but considers Richland, Washington, her hometown. She earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, …

Can Space Gardening Help Astronauts Cope With Isolation?

by teganonmarsSpace May 13, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

Mizuna mustard plants grow inside plant pillows in the Vegetable Production System, also known as Veggie, on the International Space Station. Credits: NASA Growing fresh vegetables in space offers benefits beyond providing a source of nutrition to crew members, explained Dr. Gioia Massa, project scientist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here on Earth, …

Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science

by teganonmarsMars May 11, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of “Santa Cruz,” a hill within Jezero Crater, on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover viewed these rocks with its Mastcam-Z imager on April 27, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Andrew Good Jet …

NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station

by teganonmarsSpace May 3, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 a.m. EST on Dec. 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo Dragon spacecraft on its journey to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) mission. Dragon will deliver more than 6,400 …

Biden-Harris Administration Shows Strong Support for NASA in First 100 Days

by teganonmarsSpace April 29, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

President Joe Biden stands with a model of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which achieved its first flight on the Red Planet April 19. Credits: White House/Adam Schultz It’s been a busy 100 days! Since Jan. 20, we’ve landed our Perseverance rover on Mars, and flown our Ingenuity helicopter, a technology demonstration that caught a ride …

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet

by teganonmarsMars April 21, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

Technicians at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance rover. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars’ atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide. MOXIE works by separating oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide molecules, which are made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. A waste …

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Crew Landing

by teganonmarsSpace April 13, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos are scheduled to depart the International Space Station Friday, April 16. The three crew members are pictured inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). Credits: NASA Rubins, along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey …

NASA’s Mars Helicopter to Make First Flight Attempt Sunday

by teganonmarsMars April 9, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This image was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on the following sol, April 8, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Mars Helicopter is a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration. …

Say Cheese on Mars: Perseverance’s Selfie With Ingenuity

by teganonmarsMars April 7, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s newest Mars rover used a …

Another First: Perseverance Captures the Sounds of Driving on Mars

by teganonmarsMars March 17, 2021May 20, 2021Comments are Disabled

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover’s mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on Mar. 7, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover has also been searching for a suitable airfield for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to attempt its …