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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Astronauts Meet Their Dragon

By |2022-09-19T13:55:00-04:00September 19th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station pose at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. From left, are NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist. Photo credit: SpaceXBy [...]

Teams Work Ongoing Recovery Efforts for CAPSTONE 

By |2022-09-15T16:15:00-04:00September 15th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

The CAPSTONE team continues work on recovery efforts. The primary ongoing focus now is to heat the spacecraft’s propulsion system, which dropped below its operational temperature limit following the initial issue that put the spacecraft into safe mode on Sept. 8. Over the past few days, CAPSTONE’s power – though limited by the orientation of [...]

Waves of the Great Lacerta Nebula

By |2022-09-14T14:09:08-04:00September 14th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day It is one of the largest nebulas on the sky -- why isn't it better known? Roughly the same angular size as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Great Lacerta Nebula can be found toward the constellation of the Lizard (Lacerta). The emission nebula is difficult to see with wide-field binoculars because [...]

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