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    Webb Reveals Shells of Dust Surrounding Brilliant Binary Star System

    A bright white point of light is surrounded by ten to fifteen regularly spaced, hazy rings at its bottom, right, and upper right. The central point, where the stars are located, has a rough hexagon shape. The innermost ring is highlighted blueish white and is much brighter to the right. The outer rings fade from view to the upper left, with only a few close rings visible there. The central light seems to highlight the misshapen rings like a spotlight, with rays coming out diagonally from the upper left to lower right. One ray illuminates even more rings as it travels to the upper right.

    The latest image from NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope is a new perspective on the binary star Wolf-Rayet 140, revealing details and structure in a new light. Astronomer Ryan Lau of NSF's NOIRLab, principal investigator of the Webb Early Release Science program that observed the star, shares his thoughts on the observations. "On the night …

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    NASA Sets Date for Next Launch Attempt for Artemis I Moon Mission 

    NASA is targeting the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission for Monday, Nov. 14 with liftoff of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft planned during a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test to launch SLS and send Orion around …

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    NASA TV to Air Crew Activities as Astronauts Prepare, Return to Earth

    NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 5:41 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13, for the splashdown and conclusion of the Crew-4 flight, wrapping up a nearly six-month science mission for NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/11/2022

    Payloads: Wireless Compose-2: On Monday, a crewmember donned the SmartTex-2 shirt and performed a Ballistocardiography experiment session. The main scientific goal of the Wireless Communication Network (Wireless Compose-2) investigation is to provide a flexible and adaptable wireless network infrastructure to conduct and execute low-power, light-weight, and wireless experiments on the ISS. For this demonstration, Wireless …

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    Station Crew Prepares to Split Up While Research Continues

    It was a busy Tuesday aboard the International Space Station as the 11 crew members split their time between advanced space research and orbital lab maintenance.  Four astronauts are also turning their attention to returning to Earth ending a mission that began in April. Two new Expedition 68 crewmates focused their science activities on growing …

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    Station Crew Prepares to Split Up While Research Continues

    It was a busy Tuesday aboard the International Space Station as the 11 crew members split their time between advanced space research and orbital lab maintenance.  Four astronauts are also turning their attention to returning to Earth ending a mission that began in April. Two new Expedition 68 crewmates focused their science activities on growing …

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    NASA InSight’s Power Level as of Oct. 8, 2022

    On October 8, 2022, InSight was generating an average of 300 watt-hours of energy per Martian day, or sol – an increase after a sharp decline last week from 430 watt-hours per sol to a low of 275 watt-hours per sol. The decline was caused by a regional dust storm which, though thousands of miles …

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    NASA Webb Image Coming This Week

    In this illustration, the multilayered sunshield on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope stretches out beneath the observatory’s honeycomb mirror

    NASA will share a new image or spectrum from the James Webb Space Telescope at least every other week on the mission's blog. This week, check the blog on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. EDT for a new image highlighting a nebula surrounding a pair of stars. In the meantime, learn more about what …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/07/2022

    Payloads: ISS Ham Radio: ISS Ham contact was made with Esperanza Base, Argentine Research Station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Since the earliest space station expeditions, ISS Ham Radio has allowed groups of students in schools, camps, museums, and planetariums to hold a conversation with the people living in space. As the ISS passes …

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