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In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space, SpaceCasts

Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – June.15.2019

Here is this week’s episode of NASA’s Space to Ground reports on activities related to the International Space Station:

** NASA honors the women featured in the Hidden Figures book and film:

Thanks to new signage, visitors to NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. will be reminded of the contributions of the “hidden figures” essential to the success of early spaceflight. The renaming honors Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, who were featured in Margot Lee Shetterly’s book – and the movie – Hidden Figures, as well as all women who honorably serve their country, advancing equality, and contributing to the United States space program. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/HiddenFiguresWay On June 12, Administrator Jim Bridenstine joined U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and author Margot Lee Shetterly for the renaming of the street in front of NASA Headquarters in Washington – E Street SW – to “Hidden Figures Way.” Learn about NASA’s hidden and modern figures: https://www.nasa.gov/modernfigures

** The latest episode of NASA Johnson’s Spacecast Weekly program

SpaceCast Weekly is a NASA Television broadcast from the Johnson Space Center in Houston featuring stories about NASA’s work in human spaceflight, including the International Space Station and its crews and scientific research activities, and the development of Orion and the Space Launch System, the next generation American spacecraft being built to take humans farther into space than they’ve ever gone before.

** Canadian media speaks with astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA):

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Outpost in Orbit:
A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space, Space Systems

Videos: “Space to Ground” report – June.8.2019

The latest episode of NASA’s weekly Space to Ground report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Sunset Timelapse from the International Space Station

Enjoy this sped-up Earth view, captured by the Expedition 59 astronauts currently onboard the International Space Station. The station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes — meaning this sunset you see is actually one of 16 the station residents see each day!

** NASA Live: Earth Views from the Space Station

Behold, the Earth! See live views of Earth from the International Space Station coming to you by NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment.

While the experiment is operational, views will typically sequence through the different cameras. If you are seeing a black image, the Space Station is on the night side of the Earth. If you are seeing an image with text displayed, the communications are switching between satellites and camera feeds are temporarily unavailable. Between camera switches, a black & gray slate will also briefly appear.

The experiment was activated on April 30, 2014 and is mounted on the External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module. This experiment includes several commercial HD video cameras aimed at the Earth which are enclosed in a pressurized and temperature controlled housing. To learn more about the HDEV experiment, visit: https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/

Please note: The HDEV cycling of the cameras will sometimes be halted, causing the video to only show select camera feeds. This is handled by the HDEV team, and is only scheduled on a temporary basis. Nominal video will resume once the team has finished their scheduled event.

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Outpost in Orbit: A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space

Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – June.1.2019

The latest episode of NASA’s Space To Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Three commercial teams were chosen by NASA’s Artemis lunar program to send landers and rovers to the Moon:

** Time-lapse Earth Flyover from NASA astronaut on the ISS:

This time-lapse video taken by NASA astronaut Nick Hague squeezes a 30-minute International Space Station trip over a cloudy Earth into 60 seconds, covering the Pacific to the Atlantic.

** A NASA video promoting the Artemis lunar program with the help of commercial and international partners:

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Moon Rush: The New Space Race

In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space, SpaceCasts

Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – May.26.2019

The latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Use NASA’s Spot the Station to get updates on when the ISS will fly over your location:

**  Expedition 59 – CSA In-Flight Event with Astronaut David Saint-Jacques C2 – Montreal May 24, 2019 –

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 59 Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency discussed research and technological breakthroughs aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight question and answer session May 24 with innovators and technology devotees gathered at a conference in Montreal, Canada. Saint-Jacques is the final month of six-and-a-half month mission on the complex.

** NASA Administrator Speaks at Florida Institute of Technology Event:

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Outpost in Orbit:
A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station

In Space Infrastructure, Living in Space, Space Systems

Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – May.17.2019

Here is this week’s episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** NASA Rocket Ranch podcast discusses the proposed Gateway lunar orbit habitat:

** Expedition 59 Education Event with Mobius Science Center – May 15, 2019

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 59 Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, a native of Spokane, Washington, discussed life and research on the complex with students gathered at the Mobius Science Center in Spokane. McClain, who arrived at the orbital laboratory in December, is the fifth month of a planned six-and-a-half- month mission on the orbiting laboratory.

** The Big Bang Juxtaposition: A Live Q&A with JPL and Caltech Scientists and Engineers

Bazinga! Watch this panel featuring real life scientists and engineers from JPL and Caltech the same night as The Big Bang Theory series finale, live from Pasadena, California. Featuring:
• Moderator: Bobak Ferdowsi, JPL systems engineer
• Varoujan Gorjian, JPL scientist and Caltech alum
• Jessie Christiansen, Caltech/IPAC staff scientist
• Vandana Desai, Caltech/IPAC astronomer

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Outpost in Orbit: A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station