NASA just released the best GIFs of Pluto so far.

Better images to come as New Horizons speeds toward the dwarf planet

My grandson Herman !

 

 

My grandson Herman :)

Powerful New Telescopes Are Mapping the Skies.

Russian Progress spacecraft: Roscosmos abandons Progress 59 after it spins out of control.

Russian specialists are trying to make contact with the Progress cargo vessel on its next orbit of the earth. The cargo ship is currently out of radio range, according to mission control.

Todays space chat.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 43 Flight Engineers Scott Kelly of NASA and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) discussed the early weeks of their year-long mission during a pair of interviews April 29 with the Associated Press and the Westwood One Radio Network. Kelly and Kornienko are wrapping up the first month of a planned year-long mission on the station to gather valuable data on the effect of long duration exposure to weightlessness for the future planning of human missions to Mars. Kelly and Kornienko are scheduled to return to Earth in March 2016.

SciShow time.

Earth's history with my favorite character Scrat.

Wernher von Braun: his story told. "Missile to Moon"

Missile to Moon, a new production from APT's award-winning documentary team, tells the story of Wernher von Braun and Alabama's significant contribution to the exploration of space. The program will track the evolution of Huntsville from the "Watercress Capital of the World" to "Rocket City, USA," Wernher von Braun's journey from German Rocket Engineer to American Hero, and the role this unlikely combination played in thrusting the United States into the forefront of the Space Age.

Amy Shira Teitel: Vintage Space.

      Why was the Saturn V Black and White?

Jenny On Console - Episode 5.

Huge Breakthrough at NASA.

A new invention at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is truly out of this world. It's name? The EmDrive. It's function: a self-contained, solar-powered eternal space shift.
A new invention at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is truly out of this world. It's name? The EmDrive. It's function: a self-contained, sol. A new invention at the National.
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project will be flying a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space from the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility this June.

NASA’s Orion: First Flight Test. I was there !

NASA Shuttle astronaut Dr. Nicholas Patrick and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Annie Wargetz discuss NASA's latest spacecraft, Orion, and the future of manned spaceflight.

Jenny On Console - Episode 4.

Jenny On Console - Episode 3.

Todays lecture at Mickes Space. Dr. Nicholas Patrick and Annie Wargetz.

Tell me a story astronaaut Hoot Gibson.

Tell me a story astronaaut Kathy Thornton.

My questions to Astronaut Charlie Duke.(Replay)

The Apollo Story Part 2 (Replay)

The Apollo Story Part 1. A film by Mikael Boström (Replay)

Todays lecture at Mickes Space. NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Amber Straughn.

NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Amber Straughn discusses the 25th anniversary of the Hubble telescope's launch as well as the construction and plans for the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2018.

Jenny On Console - Episode 2

Hubble25.

In its quarter-century in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has transformed the way we understand the Universe, helped us find our place among the stars, and paved the way to incredible advancements in science and technology. The Hubble story is a human story. Hubble overcame much adversity early on in its mission and demonstrated the great heights NASA is capable of achieving against all odds. Much of that is thanks to the “Hubble Heroes”, including scientists, engineers, and the brave astronauts who flew five Space Shuttle missions to service Hubble.

My next adventure. September 1, 2015.

New Horizons.

Jenny On Console - Episode 1.

Launch schedule 2015.

Amy Shira Teitel: Vintage Space.

Space Station Live.

NASA Commentator Lori Meggs at the Marshall Space Flight Center speaks with Brooke Thornton, mission operations manager for SAGE III, a facility heading for the International Space Station next year to study Earth’s ozone, a layer of the atmosphere that protects us from harmful rays from the sun. SAGE III will measure ozone, aerosols and other trace gases to enhance our understanding of the middle and lower atmosphere.

This image, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on April 8, 2015, captures the space agency’s Mars rover Curiosity cruising through a valley called "Artist's Drive" on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp.

NASA's eagle-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured a view of the space agency's Curiosity rover trundling across the Red Planet.

The new MRO photo was taken by the spacecraft's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment   camera (HiRISE) on April 8. It shows the car-size Curiosity rover cruising through a valley called Artist's Drive in the foothills of Mount Sharp.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

SciShow time

Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image Unveiled.

The official Hubble 25th anniversary image was unveiled during a program at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Remarks were made by NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld and others. April 24 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space to Ground

TMA-18M September 2015

The Toshiba Vision screen in Times Square is showing pictures taken of and by the Hubble Space Telescope every few minutes through April 26.

 

From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington: What's New in Aerospace.

Space Station Crew Talks Space and Sports.

Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Italian Officials and Students.

Star Cluster in 3D.

The nebula Gum 29 is a star-forming region about 20,00 light-years away in the constellation Carina. At the core of the nebula is a cluster of several thousand stars called Westerlund 2. These newborn stars are approximately 2 million years old, and their light illuminates, heats, and erodes the surrounding gas. The Hubble image, utilizing both visible and infrared light observations, was released in celebration of the telescope's 25th anniversary.

This visualization provides a three-dimensional perspective on the nebula and star cluster. The flight traverses the foreground stars and approaches the lower left rim of the nebula. Passing through the wispy darker clouds on the near side, the journey reveals bright gas illuminated by the intense radiation of the newly formed star cluster. Within the nebula, several pillars of dark, dense gas are being shaped by the energetic light and strong stellar winds from the brilliant cluster of thousands of stars. Note that the visualization is intended only as a scientifically reasonable interpretation and that distances within the model are significantly compressed.

Credit: Jay Anderson, Greg Bacon, Lisa Frattare, Zolt Levay, and Frank Summers (STScI)

Acknowledgment: The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), the Westerlund 2 Science Team, and ESO

Elon Musk Says Valve Glitch Caused SpaceX Rocket Landing Crash.

 SpaceX's daring reusable-rocket test last week came up just short because of an issue with a "throttle valve," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
The private spaceflight company tried to bring the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket down for a soft landing on an unmanned "drone ship" in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, during the successful launch of its robotic Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station on a cargo mission for NASA. The bold maneuver nearly worked: The rocket stage managed to hit the ship but ended up toppling over on the deck and exploding.

NASA’s new robotic car.

NASA just unveiled a new modular robotic vehicle (MRV). The MRV is battery powered and has four independent wheel modules that can rotate 180 degrees, allowing the car to be driven sideways.. The car can be driven remotely and will soon have the capability to be fully autonomous.
Video courtesy of NASA

 

Where Over the World is Astronaut Scott Kelly?

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is living and working off the Earth, for the Earth aboard the International Space Station for a yearlong mission. Traveling the world more than 220 miles above the Earth, and at 17,500 mph, he circumnavigates the globe more than a dozen times a day. During his stay on station, he will have the opportunities to see and photograph various geographical locations on Earth from space. In fact, part of his job while in space will be to capture images of Earth for scientific observations.
Through these snapshots, Kelly will share his view from space and also engage the public by way of a virtual journey around the world via a geography trivia game on Twitter.
How to play: Users follow @StationCDRKelly on Twitter, who will tweet a photo from space every Wednesday during his one-year mission. The first person to @reply to @StationCDRKelly with the correct answer wins. Use the hashtag #spacegeo after your reply and to follow the geography game on Twitter from space. Players are competing to be the first to name that location of Earth from space to win a printed photo of the image taken from space and autographed by Kelly after his return to Earth in March 2016. The winning photos will be posted to nasa.gov along with the winner’s name. Participants will be limited to receiving one prize during the duration of the contest.

https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly

Happy Earth Day from Mickes Space.

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The Overview Effect.