This Saturday: NASA Leadership Discusses Plans for Starliner’s Return

In this week’s newsletter, learn how to stream this weekend’s media event with NASA leadership, who will provide an update on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test; discover what a blue super Moon actually is; and take a trip around your cosmic neighborhood with newly released images of galaxies and cosmic objects from the Hubble Space Telescope. Plus, more stories you might have missed.

HUMANS IN SPACE

NASA Leadership to Discuss Plans for Starliner’s Return

Following an Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, NASA leadership will participate in a news conference to provide updates on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.

NASA and Boeing have gathered data, both in space and on the ground, regarding the Starliner spacecraft’s propulsion and helium systems to better understand the ongoing technical challenges. The review will include a mission status update, a review of technical data and closeout actions, and the rationale to proceed with undocking and returning from the space station.

The media event will stream live at approximately 1 p.m. EDT on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.

HOW TO WATCH

HUMANS IN SPACE

Your Questions, Answered

Why are NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams staying longer than planned aboard the International Space Station? How long could Butch and Suni stay on the space station if they don’t come home on Starliner? Could NASA send a SpaceX Dragon to bring Butch and Suni back? While engineers work to resolve technical issues before Starliner’s return to Earth, discover the answers to frequently asked questions about the mission.

EXPLORE FAQs

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

The Rare Blue Super Moon

The Aug. 19 Moon was a full Moon, a supermoon, and a blue Moon, also known as a super blue Moon! It sounds exciting, but what does it really mean?

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THE UNIVERSE

Your Cosmic Neighbors

From Aug. 19–30, take a trip around your cosmic neighborhood with the Hubble Space Telescope as your tour guide. Explore our universe with newly released images of galaxies and cosmic objects, and discover our corner of the cosmos and your place within it.

START EXPLORING

THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Juno's Radiation Detectors

Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have developed the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. Along with characterizing the intensity of the high-energy particles near the orbit of the icy moon Europa, the map shows how the radiation environment is sculpted by the smaller moons orbiting near Jupiter’s rings.

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More NASA News

Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared Telescope) to the edge of space to study the atmospheres around exoplanets.

Two NASA-funded teams of amateur astronomers have combined forces to confirm a new planetary discovery—a toasty "warm Jupiter."

NASA has awarded $1.4 million to 15 teams developing new technologies that advance and streamline the open sharing of scientific information. Projects include open-source tools, software, frameworks, data formats, or libraries that will have a significant impact to the science community.

Do You Know?

Which mission traversed Neptune’s orbit 25 years after Voyager 2’s encounter with the planet?

A. Cassini-Huygens

B. New Horizons

C. Pioneer 10

Find out the answer in next week's edition of the NASA newsletter 🤔

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