NASA肯尼迪航天中心月光下的发射准备工作

NASA肯尼迪航天中心月光下的发射准备工作

The Moon is seen rising above NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m. EST. Coverage begins with cryogenic fueling of the SLS at 3:30 p.m. EST on Nov. 15; launch coverage begins at 10:30 p.m. EST on Nov. 15. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls 2022年11月14日星期一,在佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心,月球在NASA的太空发射系统(SLS)火箭上方升起,猎户座飞船在39B发射台继续进行发射准备工作。无人飞行测试的发射时间定在不早于美国东部时间11月16日凌晨1:04。报道从美国东部时间11月15日下午3点30分SLS的低温燃料补给开始;发射报道从美国东部时间11月15日晚上10:30开始。 NASA的阿尔忒弥斯1号飞行测试是NASA深空探测系统的首次综合测试:包括猎户座飞船、SLS火箭和支持地面系统。 图片来源:NASA/Bill Ingalls

升空!JPSS-2和LOFTID成功发射

升空!JPSS-2和LOFTID成功发射

The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Nov. 10 at 4:49 a.m. EST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carried the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 and LOFTID. JPSS-2 will circle the globe 14 times a day 512 miles above Earth, providing forecasters the benefit of three polar-orbiting satellites operating simultaneously, joining its predecessors Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20. Following JPSS-2’s deployment, the LOFTID heat shield autonomously inflated and re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, splashing down about 500 miles off the coast of…

与杰瑞·C·埃利奥特一起庆祝美洲原住民遗产月

与杰瑞·C·埃利奥特一起庆祝美洲原住民遗产月

Jerry C. Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first Native Americans hired at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, speaks during Native American Heritage Month event in 2017 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. He joined NASA in April 1966, as a Flight Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Mission Control Center and held technical and managerial positions with highly successful accomplishments in many fields including spacecraft systems, mission operations, astronaut crew equipment, scientific experiments and technical management. Elliott received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, for duties as Retrofire Officer at NASA Mission Control Center during the aborted Apollo 13 space mission with the safe return of the flight crew. View the Native American Heritage Month Gallery. Image Credit: Emmett…

宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯和鲍勃·海恩斯在太空中研究农业

宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯和鲍勃·海恩斯在太空中研究农业

In this image from June 24, 2022, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines, part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4, work on the XROOTS space botany investigation, which used the International Space Station’s (ISS) Veggie facility to test soilless methods to grow plants. The space agricultural study could enable production of crops on a larger scale to sustain crews on future space explorations farther away from Earth and could enhance cultivation of plants in terrestrial settings such as greenhouses, contributing to better food security for people on Earth. Learn about the latest scientific research on the ISS. Image Credit: NASA 在这张2022年6月24日的照片中,NASA宇航员杰西卡·沃特金斯和鲍勃·海恩斯(NASA SpaceX Crew-4的一员)正在进行XROOTS空间植物学研究,该研究利用国际空间站(ISS)蔬菜设施来测试无土栽培植物的方法。太空农业研究可以使更大规模的作物生产成为可能,以支持未来在远离地球的太空探索中的工作人员,并可以加强温室等陆地环境下的植物种植,为地球上的人们提供更好的粮食保障。 了解国际空间站上的最新科学研究。 图片来源:NASA

NASA肯尼迪航天中心的血月月全食

NASA肯尼迪航天中心的血月月全食

This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Visible trailing the Moon in this composite is Mars. For North America, the partial eclipse began at 4:09 a.m. EST, with totality beginning at 5:16 a.m. One feature of a total lunar eclipse is the Moon’s red hue during totality. The red color occurs because of the refraction, filtering, and scattering of light by Earth’s atmosphere. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky 2022年11月8日,在NASA位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心,这张由十张照片合成的照片显示了月球在月全食期间的进程。在这张合成图中,可以看到尾随月球的火星。 在北美,月偏食开始于美国东部时间凌晨4点09分,月全食开始于凌晨5点16分。月全食的一个特征是全食期间月亮的红色色调。红色的出现是因为地球大气层对光的折射、过滤和散射。 影像来源:NASA/Joel Kowsky

阿尔忒弥斯1号在日落后闪闪发光

阿尔忒弥斯1号在日落后闪闪发光

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continued Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SLS and Orion arrived at the launch pad on Friday, Nov. 4, after a nearly nine-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Artemis I is the first integrated test of our deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for Nov. 14 at 12:07 a.m. EST. See the full launch coverage schedule. Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky 2022年11月6日,星期天,在佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心,NASA的太空发射系统(SLS)火箭和猎户座飞船在39B发射台的移动发射架上被聚光灯照亮,发射准备工作继续进行。11月4日星期五,SLS和猎户座在从飞行器组装大楼经过近9个小时的旅程后抵达了发射台。 阿尔忒弥斯1号是我们深空探测系统的首次综合测试:猎户座飞船、SLS火箭和支持地面系统。无人飞行测试的发射预定在美国东部时间11月14日上午12:07进行。查看完整的发布报道时间表。 影像来源:NASA/Joel Kowsky

NASA宇航员妮可·A·曼的大拇指

NASA宇航员妮可·A·曼的大拇指

Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. In 2018, she was chosen as one of the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. In her first spaceflight, she launched to the International Space Station as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 5, 2022. As mission commander, she will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. Aboard the station, she serves as an Expedition 68 flight engineer. View the Native American Heritage Month Gallery. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls 2013年6月,妮可·A·曼被选为宇航员候选人,她是NASA第一位在太空工作的美国原住民女性。018年,她被选为波音CST-100星际飞船和SpaceX载人龙飞船的首批飞行测试和任务的九名宇航员之一。在她的第一次太空飞行中,她于2022年10月5日搭乘SpaceX载人龙飞船飞船,作为NASA SpaceX Crew-5任务的指挥官发射到国际空间站。 作为任务指挥官,她将负责从发射到返回的所有飞行阶段。在空间站上,她担任第68号远征队的飞行工程师。 查看美洲原住民遗产月画廊。 图片来源:NASA/Bill Ingalls

NASA ABoVE团队研究融化的永久冻土,湖泊

NASA ABoVE团队研究融化的永久冻土,湖泊

Since 2015, scientists participating in NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) have been studying the impacts of climate change on Earth’s far northern regions and how those changes are intertwined. As our planet warms, permafrost—layers of soil that have stayed frozen for at least two years—thaws at an accelerating rate. This is changing the shape and vegetation of landscapes and, in some cases, creating new ponds and lakes that are also hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions. This thawing process is happening all over Alaska and northwestern Canada, which already has millions of lakes and ponds. Most of these lakes are hundreds or thousands of years old, meaning the microbes have run out of organic matter to decompose and the lakes are no longer releasing significant…

哈勃太空望远镜发现神秘的宇宙“钥匙孔”

哈勃太空望远镜发现神秘的宇宙“钥匙孔”

This peculiar portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. NGC 1999 is around 1,350 light-years from Earth and lies near the Orion Nebula, the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. NGC 1999 itself is a relic of recent star formation – it is composed of debris left over from the formation of a newborn star. Just like fog curling around a streetlamp, reflection nebulae like NGC 1999 shine by the light from an embedded source. In the case of NGC 1999, this source is the aforementioned newborn star V380 Orionis, which is visible at the center of this image. The most notable aspect of NGC 1999’s appearance, however, is the conspicuous hole in…

压力测试超级大黄蜂的翅膀

压力测试超级大黄蜂的翅膀

Teams at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, recently completed stress testing on the Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Maryland. The Super Hornet is seen here in a top view from March 2022 while in a wing loading test configuration at Armstrong. Understanding what stress, or strain, an aircraft can endure is critical to carrying out its intended mission. To better understand the aircraft’s capacity for strain, unique facilities can “load” the aircraft to specified stress points and document its performance. The test data resulted in the development of loads equations that calculate real-time loads experienced during flight testing, which can be compared to established design limits to ensure safety of flight and…