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There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, so why is NASA going to the asteroid Psyche? Scientists think this particular asteroid, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, could be part of the metal-rich interior of a planetesimal, a building block of the rocky planets in our solar system. Visiting Psyche and studying it up close could help us understand how planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars came to be. Join us on the journey to the first metal-rich asteroid humankind has ever visited. The Psyche mission is set to launch as early as Oct. 12, 2023. Watch live launch commentary at / nasa . Learn more about this first-of-its-kind mission at: https://www.nasa.gov/psyche/. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Produced by: True Story Films

Tracking a mission’s historic return to Earth, a year of science onboard the space station, and the safe arrival of the station’s newest resident astronaut … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/Track... Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program nurtures visionary ideas from America's innovators and entrepreneurs that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of radically better or entirely new aerospace concepts. NIAC projects study innovative, technically credible, advanced concepts to turn science fiction to science fact. For more information about NIAC: https://www.nasa.gov/NIAC Apply to NIAC link: https://www.nasa.gov/content/apply-to... More NIAC videos: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stm... Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%... More information about concepts included in this video: · 0:34 Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT): https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 0:58 Super Ball Bot: https://www.nasa.gov/content/super-ba... · 1:00 Triton Hopper: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:04 Contour Crafting: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:08 Marsbee: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:10 Diffractive Solar Sailing: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:13 Solar Gravitational Lensing: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:17 Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): https://www.nasa.gov/ames/flute · 1:30 On-demand Custom Spacesuits: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:35 CubeSat Neutrino Detector: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:38 Lofted Environmental Venus Sensors (LEAVES): https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:41 Myco-Architecture: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:44 Lunar Pit exploring Robots: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:56 Bioinspired Ray (BREEZE): https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:58 Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM): https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 1:59 Light Bender: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 2:01 Atmosphere and Cloud Sample Return: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 2:03 Optical Mining: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... · 2:06 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spa... Producer, Writer, Editor: Shane Apple Narrator: Emanuel Cooper Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

A new long-duration spaceflight record, our SpaceX Crew-6 mission is back home, and our asteroid sample return mission is on target … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Link to download this video: https://images.nasa.gov/details/A%20N... Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Andre Valentine Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

Once again, astronauts on the International Space Station dissolved an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water, and captured images using a camera capable of recording four times the resolution of normal high-definition cameras. The higher resolution images and higher frame rate videos can reveal more information when used on science investigations, giving researchers a valuable new tool aboard the space station. This footage is one of the first of its kind. The cameras are being evaluated for capturing science data and vehicle operations by engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Read more on 4K in space: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sta...

This time-lapse imagery taken by NASA astronaut Jack Fischer from the International Space Station in 4K Ultra High Defintion takes us over the Pacific Ocean’s moon glint and above the night lights of San Francisco, Calif. through Denver, Colo.

Sharing the incomparable silent beauty of our planet with all our fellow travelers on this, our Spaceship Earth.” @SergeyISS @Astro_Paolo @Astrokomrade “Our thanks to Mr. Paul Simon and Disturbed.” “Our thanks to all the people within the partnership of the International Space Station who show us daily what heights we can achieve together.” “The Sound of Silence” Written by Paul Simon. SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. on behalf of PAUL SIMON MUSIC. Performed by Disturbed. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records. Captured by astronauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, Paolo Nespoli, and Commander Randy Bresnik, the video features stunning footage of Earth and outer space from the International Space Station in low-earth orbit during the months of August through October in 2017.

For Earth Day 2021, we explore the connections of Earth systems and NASA's ability to observe them in a changing world, highlighting the links between dust transport, vegetation, water quality, conservation and human health, the cryosphere, and disasters.