ChipWitch Today for 16 October, 2024

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Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of these “gravity assists,” Europa Clipper will achieve the velocity needed to reach Jupiter in April 2030.

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ChipWitch Today for 15 October, 2024

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Ancient Comet Makes Appearance

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was about 44 million miles away from Earth in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 272 miles above the South Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand just before sunrise on Sept. 28, 2024.

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ChipWitch Today for 11 October, 2024

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Ring Around the Mountain

On New Zealand’s North Island, a conical snow-capped volcano ringed by dark green forest rises above dairy pasture. The often-snowcapped peak of Mount Taranaki is the centerpiece of Egmont National Park. A circular piece of land—with a 9.6-kilometer (6-mile) radius from the volcano’s summit—was first formally protected as a forest reserve in 1881. With some subsequent additions, it became New Zealand’s second national park in 1900.

Image Credit: NASA/Wanmei Liang, USGS

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ChipWitch Today for 10 October, 2024

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Lead Astromaterial Curation Engineer Salvador Martinez III

"It took years but it felt like all of the sudden, I was here and everything, the entire time, was preparing me for my role on the OSIRIS-REx mission. Now, I share a place in history next to a Curation team full of the most talented, intelligent and hard-working individuals in the world and all that we have accomplished is, and will be, a part of NASA forever." —Salvador Martinez III, Lead Astromaterial Curation Engineer, Jacobs Technology, NASA's Johnson Space Center

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ChipWitch Today for 9 October, 2024

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NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Sant Director, Kirk Johnson, preview the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The exhibit includes a video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected systems, information on our changing world, and an overview of how NASA and the Smithsonian study our home planet.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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ChipWitch Today for 8 October, 2024

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Instructions for Aliens

Flying aboard Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical "golden" records, carrying the story of Earth far into deep space. This gold aluminum cover was designed to protect the gold-plated records from micrometeorite bombardment, but also serves a double purpose in providing the finder a key to playing the record.

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ChipWitch Today for 7 October, 2024

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Sunglint on the Alabama River

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photo of large meanders of the Alabama River while orbiting over the southern United States. The river’s smooth water surface reflects sunlight back toward the astronaut’s camera, producing an optical phenomenon known as sunglint.

Image Credit: NASA/Woody Hoburg

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ChipWitch Today for 4 October, 2024

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Astronauts Rubio and Berrios Speak During Hispanic Heritage Month

Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, left, and NASA Astronauts Frank Rubio, center, and Marcos Berrios, right, speak at a staff engagement event that took place during a White House Hispanic Heritage month on Sept. 30, 2024.

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ChipWitch Today for 3 October, 2024

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Communications Strategist Thalia Patrinos

"This is why [Aubrey Gemignani] and I started Faces of NASA: We wanted to make that connection. It's not just rockets, astronauts, and telescopes. Hundreds of thousands of people come together to make these missions possible, and that's the part that's really interesting for me." – Thalia Patrinos, Communications Strategist, PCI Productions, NASA Headquarters

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ChipWitch Today for 1 October, 2024

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ChipWitch Today for 30 September, 2024

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The Stanley Cup Comes to Kennedy

Earlier this year, the Florida Panthers won their first NHL championship and brought victory to the state of Florida. As part of its championship tour, the Stanley Cup made a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024.

Image Credit: NASA/Cory S Huston

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ChipWitch Today for 27 September, 2024

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NASA’s Art Program is Back

The inaugural murals for the relaunched NASA Art Program appear side-by-side at 350 Hudson Street, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in New York City. The murals, titled “To the Moon, and Back,” were created by New York-based artist team Geraluz and WERC and use geometrical patterns to invite deeper reflection on the exploration, creativity, and connection with the cosmos.

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ChipWitch Today for 25 September, 2024

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Astronaut José Hernández Boards Discovery

STS-128 mission specialist José Hernández waits his turn to enter space shuttle Discovery at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background are mission specialists Patrick Forrester (left) and Christer Fuglesang (back to camera).

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ChipWitch Today for 24 September, 2024

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Expedition 71 Soyuz Landing

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is seen smiling and holding a gifted matryoshka doll outside the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft after she landed with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. Dyson is returning to Earth after logging 184 days in space as a member of Expeditions 70-71 aboard the International Space Station and Chub and Kononenko return after having spent the last 374 days in space.

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ChipWitch Today for 23 September, 2024

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Honoring Hidden Figures

Joylette Hylick, left, and Katherine Moore, daughters of Katherine Johnson, accept the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of Katherine Johnson from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a ceremony recognizing NASA’s Hidden Figures, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.

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ChipWitch Today for 20 September, 2024

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Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 4709 located around 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. Hubble beautifully captures its faint halo and swirling disk filled with stars and dust bands.

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Koss, A, Barth

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ChipWitch Today for 18 September, 2024

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Engineer Zaida Hernandez

"I would say family and part of that 'first-gen experience' [shaped me]...It shaped me to be a hard worker and to aspire to large things because not only was it my goal at this point, but it was also my parents' aspiration." – Zaida Hernandez, Engineer, Lunar Architecture Team, NASA's Johnson Space Center

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ChipWitch Today for 17 September, 2024

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Ottawa’s Fall Rhapsody

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photo of peak fall colors around Ottawa, the capital of Canada. West of downtown Ottawa lies Gatineau Park, where sugar maple leaves turn orange-red and hickories turn golden-bronze during the season, known regionally as “the Fall Rhapsody.”

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ChipWitch Today for 16 September, 2024

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Waxing Gibbous Moon over Minnesota

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above the U.S. state of Minnesota on Dec. 17, 2021.
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ChipWitch Today for 13 September, 2024

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Testing Europa Clipper's Solar Arrays

NASA's Europa Clipper is seen here on Aug. 21, 2024, in a clean room at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The photo was taken as engineers and technicians deployed and tested the spacecraft's giant solar arrays, each of which measures about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high.

Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

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Chile Flowers Bloom in Space

Chile pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station bore fruit in the late summer and fall of 2021. Overcoming the challenges of growing fruit in microgravity is important to NASA for long-duration missions during which crew members will need good sources of Vitamin C to supplement their diets.

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ChipWitch Today for 11 September, 2024

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A Starry View

NGC 1333 is a nearby star-forming region in the Perseus constellation. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope surveyed a large portion of NGC 1333, identifying planetary objects using the observatory’s Near-InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph.

Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana

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ChipWitch Today for 10 September, 2024

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The dome-shaped Brandburg Massif near the Atlantic coast of central Namibia

iss071e522460 (Aug. 20, 2024) --- The dome-shaped Brandburg Massif, near the Atlantic coast of central Namibia, containing Brandberg Mountain, the African nation's highest peak and ancient rock paintings going back at least 2,000 years, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above.

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ChipWitch Today for 9 September, 2024

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CubeSats are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit

Tiny satellites, also known as CubeSats, are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module.

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ChipWitch Today for 6 September, 2024

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Ames Wind Tunnel

Construction of the world’s largest wind tunnel and its original 40- by 80-foot test section. A later expansion created an additional 80- by 120-foot test section. A Navy blimp, which would have been based at Hangars 2 and 3 at Moffett Field, patrols in the background.
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ChipWitch Today for 5 September, 2024

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Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up

In this image, PPE engineers successfully tested the integration of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s thruster with Maxar’s power procession unit and Xenon Flow Controller.
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ChipWitch Today for 4 September, 2024

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Great Aurora

A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica.
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ChipWitch Today for 3 September, 2024

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T-38 Flyover of Artemis I on Launch Pad

NASA T-38s fly in formation above the Space Launch System rocket on Launch Pad 39B.
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ChipWitch Today for 30 August, 2024

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Saharan Dust in the Wind

Dense bands of dust streamed offshore from southern Morocco in summer 2024. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024.

Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

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A SAFER Way

Backdropped against the blue and white Earth 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system on Sept. 16, 1994.
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ChipWitch Today for 28 August, 2024

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Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy

The Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI, is one of at least 13 dwarf galaxies that orbit the Andromeda galaxy.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Weisz (University of California - Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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ChipWitch Today for 27 August, 2024

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Dr. Irene Duhart Long

When this picture was taken in July 1994, Dr. Irene Duhart Long was director of the Biomedical Operations and Research Office at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She was responsible for the program management of the center's aerospace and occupational medicine, life sciences research, environmental health programs, and the operations management of the life sciences support facilities. Dr. Long also was responsible for providing the coordinating medical, environmental monitoring and environmental health support to launch and landing activities and day-to-day institutional functions.

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ChipWitch Today for 26 August, 2024

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First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft

The Dash 7 that will be modified into a hybrid electric research vehicle under NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project on display with its new livery for the first time. In front of the plane is an electric powertrain that magniX will integrate into the current aircraft to build a hybrid electric propulsion system.

Image Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman

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ChipWitch Today for 23 August, 2024

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Sunrise Begins

The International Space Station was orbiting on a northeast track 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean when this photograph captured the first rays of an orbital sunrise illuminating Earth's atmosphere.

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ChipWitch Today for 22 August, 2024

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Rare Blue Supermoon 8/19/24

The Sturgeon Moon rises behind a replica Saturn V rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, August 19, 2024. Over 99% full when it rose, the moon was a rare combination of a blue moon and a supermoon, a phenomenon that will not repeat until 2027. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

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Tortoise Takes a Leisurely Stroll

Slow and steady wins the race for this gopher tortoise, ambling along the Launch Pad 39B beach road on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Gopher tortoises are dry-land turtles that live in scrub, dry hammock, pine flatwood, coastal grassland and dune habitats.

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ChipWitch Today for 20 August, 2024

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Revisiting OSIRIS-REx

A training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.

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ChipWitch Today for 19 August, 2024

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Rings and Things

The subject of this week’s circular Hubble Picture of the Week is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of photobombing stars that are much closer to Earth than it is. MCG+07-07-072 has quite an unusual shape, for a spiral galaxy, with thin arms emerging from the ends of its barred core to draw a near-circle around its disc.

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ChipWitch Today for 16 August, 2024

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São Francisco’s Colorful Palette

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photo while in orbit over southeast Brazil. The image focuses on the Três Marias Reservoir, a human-made waterbody fed by the São Francisco River. The types of land cover vary across the image, with bold colors dominating the scene.

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ChipWitch Today for 15 August, 2024

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A Practiced Escape

Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice the Artemis mission emergency escape, or egress, procedures on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Simulated flight crew members practice getting out of the emergency egress basket and into the emergency transport vehicle to drive them to safety in the event of an unlikely emergency during launch countdown.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

This view of the Earth's crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 26, 1971. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts: David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, and Alfred M. Worden. The primary scientific objectives were to observe the lunar surface, survey and sample material and surface features in a preselected area of the Hadley-Apennine region, setup and activation of surface experiments and conduct in-flight experiments and photographic tasks from lunar orbit.

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Webb Sees Gassy Baby Stars

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping of aligned protostellar outflows within one small region (the top left corner). Serpens is a reflection nebula, which means it’s a cloud of gas and dust that does not create its own light, but instead shines by reflecting the light from stars close to or within the nebula.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI)

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The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The International Space Station's "window to the world" is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.
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Interior of Vacuum Tank at the Electric Propulsion Laboratory

Interior of the 20-foot diameter vacuum tank at the NASA Lewis Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory.
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Carving Canyons

Erosion, tectonic uplift, and a human-built dam have all helped shape the Upper Lake Powell area in Utah.
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Doomed Star Eta Carinae

Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when - it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae's mass - about 100 times greater than our Sun - makes it an excellent candidate for a full blown supernova. Historical records do show that about 170 years ago Eta Carinae underwent an unusual outburst that made it one of the brightest stars in the southern sky. Eta Carinae, in the Keyhole Nebula, is the only star currently thought to emit natural LASER light. This featured image brings out details in the unusual nebula that surrounds this rogue star. Diffraction spikes, caused by the telescope, are visible as bright multi-colored streaks emanating from Eta Carinae's center. Two distinct lobes of the Homunculus Nebula encompass the hot central region, while some strange radial streaks are visible in red extending toward the image right. The lobes are filled with lanes of gas and dust which absorb the blue and ultraviolet light emitted near the center. The streaks, however, remain unexplained.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

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ChipWitch Today for 6 August, 2024

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Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment and Install

Technicians move NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to accommodate installation of its five-panel solar array at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. After moving the spacecraft, the team had to precisely align the spacecraft in preparation for the installation. The huge arrays – spanning more than 100 feet when fully deployed, or about the length of a basketball court – will collect sunlight to power the spacecraft as it flies multiple times around Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, conducting science investigations to determine its potential to support life.

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Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy

Employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida watch as teams with Exploration Ground Systems transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The 212-foot-long rocket stage completed its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge the previous day. Once inside, SLS will be prepared for integration atop the mobile launcher ahead of the Artemis II launch.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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Telfer Mine, Western Australia

In the arid outback of Western Australia, miners have excavated rust-colored soil to reach the precious minerals below. The open pits and ponds of Telfer mine can be seen in this image, captured by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9.

Image Credit: NASA/Michala Garrison, USGS

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Ranger 7 Snaps the Moon

Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the Moon by a U.S. spacecraft, on July 31, 1964, about 17 minutes before crashing into the lunar surface.
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Transportation Officer Melissa Coleman

"And don't be intimidated or influenced by an emblem or your perception of what kind of people are behind that emblem. Because now I realize, once I've made it to NASA, that it’s nothing like I thought it was. In a lot of ways, it's better, right? Because I get these opportunities to do things that are not in my primary role to serve others, and in that capacity, it's serving me. That’s my advice." — Melissa Coleman, Transportation Officer, Logistics Branch, NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Image Credit: NASA/Cory Huston

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ChipWitch Today for 30 July, 2024

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Peekaboo!

A rabbit sits in the underbrush at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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ChipWitch Today for 29 July, 2024

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ChipWitch Today for 28 July, 2024

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Pisces Report

"Pisces, prepare to swim through the cosmic seas: Your week will be weirder than a Klingon at a Star Wars convention!"

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Aquarius Report

"Brace Yourselves, Aquarians! Uranus Rings a Bell and It's Not for Takeout: A Galactic Rollercoaster Awaits!"

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Capricorn Report

"CAPRICORNS, PREPARE FOR STARRY DOMINATION! YOUR PLANETARY ALIGNMENT DEMANDS EXTERMINATION OF SELF-DOUBT!"

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Sagittarius Report

"Sagittarius, Hold Onto Your Bow! Uranus is Doing the Hokey Pokey and It's About to Shake Things Up!"

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Scorpio Report

"Scorpio, prepare to sting: this week brings more drama than a Star Wars prequel!"

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Libra Report

"Balance Find, You Must! Galactic Groove Libra, In Your Future It Is!"

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Virgo Report

"Virgo Forecast: Expect Uranus to Photobomb Your Selfie with Mercury, But Don't Worry - Every Planet Has Its (Back)side!"

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Leo Report

"Leo Forecast: Brace Yourselves, You Lions! The Universe is Lining Up to Play Chess and Your Mane is the Queen's Gambit!"

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Cancer Report

"Cancerians, Prepare for Warp Speed! Your Emotional Nebula is about to Encounter a Cosmic Twister!"

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Gemini Report

"Twins on Patrol! Gemini, Prepare for Double Trouble in the Stars - Cosmic Law and Order Edition!"

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Taurus Report

"Brace Yourselves, Taurus! Even Your Spirit Animal - The Bull is Going Vegan this Month!"

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Aries Report

"Fasten Your Star-Spangled Seatbelts, Aries: Your Cosmic Rollercoaster Ride Through Quantum Quirks & Nebula Nonsense Begins Now!"

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The Moon is moving from Aries to Taurus

"Hasta La Vista, Aries! The Moon is Bull-Dozing its Way into Taurus Territory!"

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ChipWitch Today for 27 July, 2024

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Retrograde Report for 27 July, 2024

Retrograde Report for 27 July, 2024. There are currently 3 planets in retrograde.

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Hubble Images a Classic Spiral

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor.

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick

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Pisces Report

"Galactic Forecast for Pisces: Expect Some Moisture with a Chance of Sarlacc Pits!"

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Aquarius Report

"Hasta La Vista, Bad Vibes! Aquarius is Rising to Cosmic Stardom... I'll Be Back with More Stellar Puns!"

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Capricorn Report

"Earthlings, Brace Yourselves! Capricorn's Planetary Alignment Promises More Twists than a Quantum Physics Equation!"

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Sagittarius Report

"Sagittarius, Brace Yourselves! The Stars Say It's Time to Dance with the Space Cows!"

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Scorpio Report

"Scorpio, prepare for a cosmic rollercoaster ride! Or as I like to call it, 'The Big Bang Theory meets Woodstock'!"

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Libra Report

"Libra, Time to Balance Those Scales: Will It Be Pizza or Salad? The Stars Are As Confused as You!"

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Virgo Report

"Virgo Alert: Mercury Retrograde Pulls a Timey-Wimey Trick, Expect Socks to Mysteriously Disappear!"

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Leo Report

"Leo, Brace Yourself for a Roaring Good Time: Stars Say It's Time to Unleash Your Inner Nerd and Rule the Galaxy!"

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Cancer Report

"Cancerians, Prepare to Channel Your Inner Crab: It's Time to Side-Step Towards Victory...But Beware of the Butter!"

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Gemini Report

"Galactic Giggles: Gemini's Guide to Juggling Jupiter's Jokes and Saturn's Sarcasm - It's Not Rocket Science, But Might As Well Be!"

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Taurus Report

"Stargate SG-1: Taurus Edition - When the Bull Meets the Wormhole: A Rom-Com in Outer Space!"

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Aries Report

"Aries Ramming into Retrograde: Prepare for a Cosmic Headbutt of Galactic Proportions!"

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ChipWitch Today for 26 July, 2024

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Retrograde Report for 26 July, 2024

Retrograde Report for 26 July, 2024. There are currently 3 planets in retrograde.

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From Intern to Astronaut

From left to right, NASA astronaut candidates Anil Menon, Deniz Burnham, and Marcos Berrios pose for a photograph in front of NASA’s Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 2, 2022.

Image Credit: NASA/Steven Seipel

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Pisces Report

"Pisces, Ready to Swim in Cosmic Soup? The Universe is Stirring Your Starry Pot!"

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Aquarius Report

"Resistance is Futile, Aquarius! Your Love Life is About to Beam Up to Warp Speed!"

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Capricorn Report

"Resistance is Futile: Capricorn's Planetary Alignment Demands Emotional Growth, Despite their Stubborn Persistence to Stay the Same!"

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Sagittarius Report

"Sagittarius: Expect a Galactic Traffic Jam in Your Love Life Due to Retrograde! Remember, Every Red Light Eventually Turns Green!"

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Scorpio Report

"Scorpio, prepare for cosmic domination! Planetary alignments suggest 'Exterminate' is not an option this month!"

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Libra Report

"Libra Season: Time to Balance Those Scales, or Dumbledore's Beard, You're Gonna Need More Tea Leaves!"

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Virgo Report

"Galactic Forecast for Virgo: Mercury's Not in Retrograde, It's Just Social Distancing! Time to Fine-Tune Your Inner Geek and Embrace the Chaos of the Stars!"

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Leo Report

"Leo, Prepare to Roar: The Stars Predict a Tremendous, Possibly Yuge, Cosmic Windfall - It's Going to be Great, Believe Me!"

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Cancer Report

"Crab People! Brace Yourselves for Galactic Shenanigans - Your Moon is in Retrograde and Your Stars are Doing the Cha-Cha!"

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Gemini Report

"Help us, Gemini Kenobi, You're Our Only Hope: A Dual-Faced Galactic Forecast of Hilarious Misadventures and Cosmic Chaos!"

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Taurus Report

"Taurus, Prepare for a Bull Market in Cosmic Vibes: Your Moon is Rising Faster than Serenity Out of Reaver Territory!"

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Aries Report

"Aries, Prepare to Ram into a Cosmic Pile of Galactic Shenanigans This Month!"

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Mercury is moving from Leo to Virgo

"Great Scorpius! Mercury's Shifting Gears from Leo's Lion Roar to Virgo's OCD Clean Sweep - Hold onto Your Cosmic Flux Capacitors!"

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The Moon is moving from Pisces to Aries

"Fasten Your Seatbelts, Space Cadets! The Moon's Swapping its Pisces PJs for Aries Armor - Expect Cosmic Fireworks!"

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ChipWitch Today for 25 July, 2024

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Retrograde Report for 25 July, 2024

Retrograde Report for 25 July, 2024. There are currently 3 planets in retrograde.

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A Saturnian Summer

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn on July 4, 2020. Two of Saturn's icy moons are clearly visible in this exposure: Mimas at right, and Enceladus at bottom. This image is taken as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project. OPAL is helping scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics and evolution of our solar system's gas giant planets. In Saturn's case, astronomers continue tracking shifting weather patterns and storms.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team

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Pisces Report

"Piscean Delight: Prepare for a Celestial Splash as Neptune Swaps its Trident for a Rubber Duck!"

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Aquarius Report

"RoboCop Out: Aquarius, Time to Upgrade Your Emotional Firewall this Month!"

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Capricorn Report

"Capricorn, Prepare for Galactic Shenanigans: Even Saturn's Rings Can't Hold You Back This Week!"

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Sagittarius Report

"Sagittarius, Brace Yourself: Your Week is About To Be as Unpredictable as a Stargate Wormhole on the Fritz!"

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Scorpio Report

"Boldly Go Where No Scorpio Has Gone Before: A Galactic Adventure into Your Love Life... Set Phasers to Stunning!"

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Libra Report

"Libra: Prepared for Scales to Tip or Just Out of Balance? Gravity Might Be the Culprit, not Venus!"

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Virgo Report

"Virgo Forecast: Mercury's in Retrograde but Don't Worry, It's Not an Alien Invasion!"

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Leo Report

"EXTERMINATE Your Doubts, Leo! Galactic Convergence Predicts SURGE in Charisma - Beware of Over-Inflated Egos!"

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Cancer Report

"Cosmic Crustaceans, Unite! Cancer's Galactic Forecast: Intergalactic Crab Walks, Moonlit Mood Swings & Nebula Netflix Binges!"

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Gemini Report

"Gemini, Prepare to Orbit into Laughter: Your Twin Stars Align for a Cosmic Comedy Show!"

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Taurus Report

"Steer Clear, Taurus! Uranus in Retrograde Has More Mood Swings Than a Quantum Particle on Caffeine!"

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Aries Report

"Fiery Ram, You Are! Aries, Navigate the Stars, You Must: An Intergalactic Journey to Your Destiny, This Is!"

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ChipWitch Today for 24 July, 2024

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Retrograde Report for 24 July, 2024

Retrograde Report for 24 July, 2024. There are currently 3 planets in retrograde.

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Astronaut Eileen Collins, NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander

Astronauts Eileen M. Collins, STS-93 mission commander, and Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, peruse checklists on Columbia's middeck.
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Pisces Report

"Pisces, Brace Yourselves! A Galactic Tsunami of Cosmic Energy is Coming Your Way or as We Call it - Just Tuesday!"

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Aquarius Report

"Jupiter's in Retrograde, Aquarius! Time to Don your Spock Ears and Channel Your Inner Vulcan – Logic Prevails, Feelings Fail!"

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Capricorn Report

"Capricorn Forecast: Saturn's Rings Aren't Just for Show, Prepare for a Cosmic Hula-Hoop Contest!"

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Sagittarius Report

"Vastly Unamused Sagittarian Nebulae Decide to Shuffle Things Up: Prepare for a Week of Cosmic Sighs and Existential Tedium"

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Scorpio Report

"Scorpio's Forecast: Expect a Slight Chance of Interstellar Meltdowns and Cosmic Misunderstandings, But Don't Worry, Universe Still Doesn't Care!"

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