A NASA CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will sup […]
2022年6月28日，周二，在新西兰马希亚半岛的火箭实验室1号发射场，地月自主定位系统技术操作和导航实验（或称CAPSTONE）搭载火箭实验室的电子火箭发射升空。 影像来源：Rocket Lab NASA的立方体卫星（CubeSat）设计用于测试一个独特的月球轨道，目前它在太空中安全运行，并进入了月球之旅的第一段路程。该航天器正朝着未来计划用于门户（Gateway）的轨道前进，门户是该机构及其商业和国际合作伙伴建造的一个月球空间站，将支持NASA的阿尔忒弥斯项目，包括宇航员任务。 “CAPSTONE是一个例子，说明了与商业伙伴合作对NASA探索月球及其他星球的雄心计划是多么关键。”空间技术任务
2022年6月28日 Mercury from Passing BepiColombo Image Credit & License: ESA, JAXA, BepiColombo, MTM Explanation: Which part of the Moon is this? No part — because this is the planet Mercury. Mercury’s old surface is heavily cratered like that of Earth’s Moon. Mercury, while only s
“A piece of my story that I think needs to get told is that broken crayons still color. “So often we hear that there’s this cycle of hurt, and hurt people hurt people, and if you came from something, you have to be a product of your environment. “I do feel like, in a lot of w
2022年6月27日 The Gum Nebula over Snowy Mountains Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Jin Explanation: The Gum Nebula is so large and close it is actually hard to see. This interstellar expanse of glowing hydrogen gas frequently evades notice because it spans 35 degrees — over 70 full Moons ̵
CAPSTONE, the pathfinder for NASA’s lunar outpost, will test an orbit around the Moon that has never been flown before. In this image from April 2022, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, was undergoing final construction – and with
2022年6月26日 Light Echoes from V838 Mon Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H. E. Bond (STScI) Explanation: What caused this outburst of V838 Mon? For reasons unknown, star V838 Mon’s outer surface suddenly greatly expanded with the result that it became one of the brighter stars in the Milky Way Galaxy in
2022年6月25日 Planets of the Solar System Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Canaveras, Chiara Tronci, Giovanni Esposito, Giuseppe Conzo, Luciana Guariglia, (Gruppo Astrofili Palidoro) Explanation: Simultaneous images from four cameras were combined to construct this atmospheric predawn skyscape. T
2022年6月24日 Filaprom on the Western Limb Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Wise Explanation: A solar filament is an enormous stream of incandescent plasma suspended above the active surface of the Sun by looping magnetic fields. Seen against the solar disk it looks dark only because it’s a
After completing two additional mirror alignment steps in March 2022, the team confirmed the James Webb Space Telescope’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve. This “selfie” was created using a specialized pupil imaging lens inside
