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Currently, SpaceX has passed the review and its Dragon spacecraft is ready at the Kennedy 39A launch pad.

According to reports, CRS-29 is not just a simple cargo supply mission, it is more like multiple tasks in one. It is found that in addition to providing new scientific research equipment and food and other supplies to the International Space Station astronauts, it also undertakes two scientific research tasks.

One of these is NASA’s Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE), which aims to study atmospheric gravity waves – strong waves formed by weather disturbances on Earth, such as severe thunderstorms or brewing hurricanes – to understand the forces that travel through Earth’s upper atmosphere and into space. energy flow.

Another experiment, the Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T), will test high data rate laser communications from the International Space Station to Earth.

SpaceX’s last CRS-28 cargo mission had some anomalies, but it didn’t have much impact. A valve responsible for isolating thruster leaks to prevent propellant loss is said to have become stuck.

Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, explained that the stuck valve poses no risk to the mission because it is part of a backup system.

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The official introduction as follows:

For anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered about the mysteries of the universe, witnessing the International Space Station pass overhead can be an awe-inspiring moment.

The Spot the Station mobile app is designed to notify users when the International Space Station (ISS) is visible from their location.

It aims to expand global access to and awareness of the International Space Station and NASA by providing users with the opportunity to experience the wonders of the International Space Station first-hand.

It’s breathtaking to realize that humans live and work in that tiny dot, orbiting the Earth at an incredible 17,500 miles per hour.

The application includes several useful features, including:

 2D and 3D live position views of the International Space Station

 Upcoming sightings list with visibility data

 Augmented reality (AR) view with compass and track lines embedded in camera view

 Upward - The latest NASA ISS resources and blogs

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 Push notifications when the ISS is close to your location

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Unlike other commercial streaming platforms, NASA Plus is an ad-free, subscription-free streaming service. NASA said the platform will allow users to watch the agency’s live broadcasts and learn about its missions through a series of original video shows, including some new shows launching with the launch of the streaming service.

NASA’s new streaming service is part of the agency’s overall digital transformation and comes with a revamp of its website and apps.

The agency also released a trailer showing the highlights of the NASA Plus streaming platform, including spectacular scenes of our Earth and outer space.

The launch of NASA’s streaming service comes at a critical time as the agency prepares to send four astronauts to the moon again after 52 years, with Artemis II expected to set off around November 2024 Head to the moon. This will be the first time astronauts will explore the lunar surface aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, and hopefully, the new NASA Plus streaming service will provide us with exciting footage from the mission.

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According to reports, what is on display this time is the “Blue Moon” Mark 1, a single-launch lunar cargo lander that can transport up to 3 tons of cargo anywhere on the lunar surface, and can stay on the lunar surface, providing “Safe, reliable and affordable” access to the lunar environment.

Blue Origin said that “Blue Moon” will be ready to fly to the moon in the next three years and is expected to launch a manned lunar mission by the end of this decade. The lander for this mission will be the “Blue Moon” Mark 2 type.

It was previously reported that on May 20 this year, NASA announced that Blue Origin had won a US$3.4 billion contract from the agency, which will build an on-duty lunar lander.

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Blue Origin said it plans to build a lander about 16 meters tall in partnership with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, spacecraft software company Draper and robotics company Astrobotic.

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It is noted that in a joint statement, the luxury fashion brand announced that its engineers will work with Axiom Space’s space systems team to design and develop the new Axiom extravehicular mobility unit (AxEMU) spacesuit.

The next-generation spacesuit has been described as a revolutionary “major milestone” in space exploration, opening up new frontiers for luxury fashion brands.

“Prada’s technical expertise in raw materials, manufacturing technologies and innovative design concepts will make an important contribution to the advanced technologies required to ensure astronauts’ comfort on the lunar surface and the lack of human factors considerations in traditional spacesuits,” said Axiom Space Chief said executive officer Michael Suffredini.

This next-generation spacesuit is designed to protect crew members from the “challenges unique to space and the lunar environment” while providing “greater flexibility” and “better protection” from the harsh lunar environment .

“Utilizing innovative technology and design, these spacesuits will enable exploration of the lunar surface deeper than ever before,” Axiom Space said.

The 2025 Artemis 3 lunar mission will be the first since 1971, with NASA aiming to put “the first woman and first person of color” on the lunar surface. They will stay on the moon for a week and then return to Earth.

Before Artemis 3 departs in 2025, Artemis 2 will carry four crew members on a “lunar flight” mission, including the first woman and the first person of color who will eventually land on the moon. kind.

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By studying 16 Psyche, NASA hopes to understand the structure and properties of Earth’s core and how it affects the planet’s magnetic field and adaptability to life. The Earth’s inner core is not directly observable because it is located at a depth of 1,800 miles (about 2,896.82 kilometers) below the surface.

The Psyche spacecraft will arrive at 16 Psyche in 2026 and orbit it for 26 months at four different altitudes. It will use a variety of instruments to take images of the asteroid and measure its gravity, magnetic field and electromagnetic radiation, data that will help NASA determine whether 16 Psyche is indeed a planetary core. However, NASA does not plan to mine 16 Psyche, just study it.

In addition, the spacecraft will test some new communication and propulsion systems. It will use a laser communication system to transmit data, which can transmit 100 times more data than traditional radio communication systems. It will also use a solar electric propulsion system to power four Hall thrusters, utilizing solar energy and xenon gas to accelerate flight.

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The InSight lander carries a variety of instruments, one of which is RISE, which is used to measure the rotation rate of Mars. It consists of a radio transceiver and antenna that can receive and reflect radio signals from NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) on Earth. By analyzing the signal’s Doppler effect (the change in signal frequency with distance), scientists can determine the speed and direction of the planet’s rotation.

The researchers found that the speed of Mars’ rotation accelerated by about 4 milliarcseconds per year, equivalent to a reduction of a few tenths of a millisecond per year in the Martian day, or the length of a day on Mars. It’s a tiny acceleration, and scientists aren’t entirely sure why, but they speculate it may have something to do with the buildup of polar ice caps, where changes in the planet’s mass cause it to spin faster like an ice skater.

RISE data is also used to measure the sway of Mars due to core liquefaction (called nutation), which allows scientists to determine the size of the Martian core: According to RISE data, the radius of the Martian core is about 1140 miles (about 1835 kilometer). The researchers also compared this figure to two previous measurements taken by the InSight lander’s seismometer, and taking the three measurements together, they estimated the radius of the Martian core to be between 1,112 and 1,150 miles (1,790 and 1,850 kilometers). Mars itself has a radius of 2,106 miles (3,390 kilometers), about half that of Earth.

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At 12:29 a.m. local time, the probe reportedly began returning telemetry data, indicating that it was in normal condition and in its intended orbit.

NASA lost contact with Voyager 2 probe, which is nearly 20 billion kilometres away from Earth, on 21 July, and then the agency re-received a “heartbeat signal” from the probe, proving that it was still operational, but communication with the probe had not yet been fully restored.

Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has been travelling towards the outer edges of the solar system and into interstellar space, and is the second furthest man-made vehicle from Earth after its sister vehicle, Voyager 1, which is now nearly 24 billion kilometres away. Several of the scientific instruments on board Voyager 2, including the magnetometer and cosmic ray detector, are still functioning and sending data to Earth 46 years after launch.

But on 21 July, NASA’s control centre sent a series of commands that accidentally changed the probe’s orientation, causing its antennae to drift two degrees off the Earth. This meant that the probe’s signal couldn’t reach the satellite antenna on the ground, and the operators couldn’t send any commands to re-point it towards Earth.

Fortunately, they didn’t lose contact completely. On 31 July, NASA detected a weak “carrier signal” from Voyager 2. Normally, if the antenna had been pointed at Earth, this signal would have contained real-time data from the probe, but since the antenna was not pointed, the signal was not strong enough to extract any information.

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The purpose of the experiment was to test a way to prevent future asteroids from crashing into Earth, and NASA directed the DART probe to an asteroid called Dimorphos, which is the moon of another, larger asteroid called Didymos. After the impact, the Hubble Space Telescope observed three months later that 37 previously undiscovered objects had appeared around the pair of asteroids, orbiting the sun alongside them. The study was published in the 21 July issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Simulations show that these objects are not fragments that were crushed on impact, but rather boulders that bounced off Dimorphos intact. They may have been thrown from the surface by the energy generated by the impact or by seismic waves propagating inside Dimorphos after the impact. However, says David Jewett, a planetary astronomer at UCLA, “There’s a lot of uncertainty in this simulation.”

Based on the brightness of the objects, which are among the faintest Hubble has observed in the solar system, Jewett and colleagues estimate that the boulders could be 7 meters across and at least 15 objects over 4 meters. The researchers calculated that the boulders together weigh about 5 million kilograms, equivalent to the weight of 300 trucks loaded with gravel.

Hubble made several observations of the objects and found that they were moving away from Dimorphos and Didymos at an average speed of 1 kilometer per hour – slightly faster than the escape velocity of the pair of asteroid systems. So Jewett claims that these boulders, as well as many more small rocks that may be there but are invisible to Hubble, will eventually break out of the asteroid system’s orbit and orbit the sun on their own.

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The three CTVs are said to be in service by the end of 2024, when four astronauts will be assigned to NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the first U.S. manned mission around the moon in more than 50 years.

“I’m sure everyone who sees these new vehicles will be as proud as I am of this manned Artemis mission,” said Artemis Launch Director Charles Blackwell Thompson.

Canoo describes them as having a “versatile platform that maximizes cabin space, utility and productivity in a compact footprint”.

Officially, the three vehicles can accommodate four astronauts in Orion Crew Survival System pressure suits, as well as support personnel (including a pressure suit technician), and have enough room for specialized equipment.

The three “space vehicles” are not real space rovers, but are just transport vehicles for the journey from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Inspection Building at Kennedy Space Center to Complex 39B, where the Space Launch System (SLS) rockets and Orion spacecraft will be prepared for liftoff. .

Canoo was awarded the contract in April 2022 to build the three vehicles. “The collaboration between Canoo and our NASA representatives is focused on ensuring the safety and comfort of the astronauts on their way to the launch pad,” said NASA officeholder Blackwell Thompson.

As for Canoo Chairman and CEO Tony Aquila, he said his company is honored to be NASA’s partner in the “world’s greatest endeavor.”

“NASA has demonstrated a high level of commitment to sustainable transportation by choosing our innovative technology to send a diverse crew of astronauts to the moon. We are inspired by NASA’s pioneering spirit,” said Aquila.

In addition to these three vehicles, NASA’s transportation fleet includes a fleet of Tesla Model Xs to transport the Dragon crew and a customized Airstream to take astronauts on the Boeing Starliner to the launch pad.

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