the webb telescope is closer to starting
its mission of science and historic look
at the center of our galaxy and the crew
three astronauts reflect on their
mission
a few of the stories to tell you about
this week at nasa
our james webb space telescope is in the
phase of its mission known as science
instrument commissioning this involves
about two months of extensive
calibrations and the last group of
required setup activities before the
telescope begins science observations
this summer a recent test image webb
took of a region of the large magellanic
cloud was compared to an image our
spitzer space telescope previously
captured of that same region the
comparison demonstrates the improved
clarity with which webb can see the
infrared sky this ability could yield
more detailed views of the cosmos and
unprecedented discoveries for more
information about the webb mission visit
nasa.gov
web according to the event horizon
telescope collaboration this is the
first image of the supermassive black
hole known as sagittarius a located at
the center of our milky way galaxy the
event horizon telescope uses data from a
worldwide network of telescopes
observations from nasa's chandra x-ray
observatory nustar and swift observatory
were used to help astronomers study
sagittarius a
the astronauts of nasa's spacex crew 3
mission reflected on their recent stay
aboard the international space station
during a may 11th news conference nasa's
kayla barron rashari and tom marshburn
along with matthias maurer of the
european space agency spent 175 days
aboard the station conducting
microgravity science research and
technology demonstrations
it was just this awe-inspiring
experience an incredible honor to
represent the nasa team and family in
that role and also to have our
relationships as a crew
grow
through that expeditionary living
and really supporting each other so that
we could get the most out of every
single day in terms of accomplishing our
mission
crew 3 splashed down may 6th off the
coast of florida in spacex's crew dragon
endurance spacecraft
our insight lander on mars has detected
the largest quake ever observed on
another planet the estimated magnitude 5
quake occurred earlier this month on may
4th the largest mars quake previously
recorded by insight was an estimated
magnitude 4.2 detected august 25th 2021
a magnitude 5 quake is comparable to a
medium-sized quake on earth but is close
to the upper limit of what scientists
hope to see on mars during insight's
mission
for the first time ever researchers have
grown the hearty and well-studied plant
arabidopsis thaliana and nutrient-poor
lunar regolith samples collected during
several apollo moon missions the plant
is a relative of mustard greens broccoli
cauliflower and brussels sprouts this
nasa-funded study could help pave the
way for future astronauts to someday
grow more nutrient-rich plants on the
moon and elsewhere in deep space
data from nasa's icon mission has helped
researchers determine that effects from
the volcanic eruption on the south
pacific island of hungatanga hunga
hayapay in january 2022 actually reached
beyond earth into space the data showed
that in the hours after the eruption
hurricane speed winds and unusual
electric currents formed in the
ionosphere earth's electrified upper
atmospheric layer at the edge of space
icon launched in 2019 to identify how
earth's weather interacts with weather
from space
that's what's up this week at nasa for
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