La NASA invita a los medios a conocer a astronautas de la estación espacial

Read this release in English here.

La NASA ofrecerá una rueda de prensa con cuatro astronautas a las 9:30 a.m. EDT (hora del este de EE.UU.) del martes 19 de marzo en la sede de la agencia en Washington. La tripulación, entre la que se encuentra el astronauta de la NASA de origen salvadoreño Frank Rubio, hablará de su reciente misión a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional, donde llevaron a cabo una amplia gama de experimentos científicos en beneficio de la vida en la Tierra y de la exploración con seres humanos del espacio.

Rubio, así como sus compañeros astronautas de la NASA Stephen Bowen y Woody Hoburg, y el astronauta de los EAU (Emiratos Árabes Unidos) Sultan Alneyadi, formaron parte de la Expedición 69 de la estación espacial y participarán en la conferencia de prensa.

Durante su primera misión espacial, Rubio completó aproximadamente un viaje de más de 157 millones de millas y 5.936 órbitas a la Tierra, lo que equivale a 328 viajes de ida y vuelta a la Luna. La misión extendida de Rubio brindó a los investigadores la oportunidad de observar los efectos de los vuelos espaciales de larga duración en el ser humano, ya que la agencia planea volver a la Luna a través de la campaña Artemis y prepararse para explorar Marte. Rubio regresó a la Tierra en septiembre de 2023 a bordo de la nave espacial Soyuz de Roscosmos tras pasar 371 días en el espacio, un récord para Estados Unidos.

Como parte de la misión SpaceX Crew-6 de la NASA, Bowen, Hoburg y Alneyadi regresaron a la Tierra en septiembre de 2023 a bordo de una nave espacial Dragon tras pasar 186 días a bordo del laboratorio en microgravedad. Como parte de la misión SpaceX Crew-6 de la NASA, Bowen, Hoburg y Alneyadi regresaron a la Tierra en septiembre de 2023 a bordo de una nave espacial Dragon tras pasar 186 días a bordo del laboratorio en microgravedad. Durante su misión, Bowen y Hoburg llevaron a cabo dos caminatas espaciales, y Alneyadi se convirtió en el primer astronauta de los EAU en realizar una caminata espacial. Con 10 caminatas espaciales realizadas durante sus varias misiones, Bowen está empatado con otros cuatro astronautas por el récord de mayor número de caminatas completadas por un astronauta estadounidense. Ocupa el tercer puesto en la lista de mayor número de horas acumuladas en caminatas espaciales.

Además de sus investigaciones, los miembros de la tripulación también realizaron demostraciones tecnológicas y actividades de mantenimiento de la estación espacial. Bowen, Hoburg y Alneyadi recorrieron 78.875.292 millas durante su misión y completaron 2.976 órbitas alrededor de la Tierra. La misión Crew-6 fue el primer vuelo espacial para Hoburg, Alneyadi y Fedyaev. Bowen ha pasado en total 227 días en el espacio, acumulados en cuatro misiones.

Los medios de comunicación interesados en participar deben confirmar su asistencia antes de las 5 pm EDT del lunes 18 de marzo a Joshua Finch (joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov) y María José Viñas (maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov). La política de acreditación de medios de comunicación de la NASA está disponible en línea.

El encuentro con los medios de comunicación tendrá lugar en el Auditorio Webb de la sede central de la NASA, en el edificio Mary W. Jackson, 300 E. Street SW, en Washington.

Aprende más sobre la Estación Espacial Internacional:

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/ (inglés)
https://go.nasa.gov/3wUF46G (español)

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Joshua Finch
Sede, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

María José Viñas
Sede, Washington
240-458-0248
maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov

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NASA Invites Media to Meet Space Station Astronauts at Headquarters

Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí.

NASA will host a media availability with four astronauts at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 19, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. The crew, including record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, will discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space Station where they conducted a broad range of science experiments to benefit life on Earth and human space exploration.

Rubio, as well as fellow NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, served as part of space station Expedition 69 and will participate in the media opportunity.

During his first spaceflight mission, Rubio completed approximately 5,936 orbits and a journey of more than 157 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 328 trips to the Moon and back. Rubio’s extended mission provided researchers the opportunity to observe the effects of long-duration spaceflight on humans as the agency plans to return to the Moon through the Artemis campaign and prepare for exploration of Mars. He returned to Earth in September 2023 aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz spacecraft after spending an American record-breaking 371 days in space.

As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission, Bowen, Hoburg, and Alneyadi returned to Earth in September 2023 aboard a Dragon spacecraft after spending 186 days aboard the microgravity laboratory. During the mission, Bowen and Hoburg completed two spacewalks, and Alneyadi became the first UAE astronaut to conduct a spacewalk. With 10 spacewalks throughout his missions, Bowen ties the record for most excursions by a U.S. astronaut, also held by four others. He ranks third on the all-time list for cumulative hours of spacewalking.

In addition to their research, crew members also conducted technology demonstrations, and space station maintenance activities. Bowen, Hoburg, and Alneyadi traveled 78,875,292 miles during their mission and completed 2,976 orbits around Earth. The Crew-6 mission was the first spaceflight for Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev. Bowen has logged 227 days in space over four flights.

Media interested in participating must RSVP by 5 p.m., Monday, March 18, to Joshua Finch at joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov. NASA’s media accreditation policy is online.

The media opportunity will take place in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street SW in Washington.

Learn more about the International Space Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/

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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

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Celebrating Pi Day on the International Space Station

In this image from March 13, 2023, NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day aboard the International Space Station.

March 14 marks the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi, aka the Greek letter π. Its infinite number of digits is usually rounded to 3.14, hence the date of Pi Day. For some people, the occasion marks an annual excuse to eat pizza or pie (or both), but to truly honor this wondrously useful number, a serving of mathematics is in order, too. Continuing a decade-long tradition, the Education Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has cooked up a set of illustrated math problems involving real-life NASA science and engineering.

Learn more about the NASA Pi Day Challenge.

Image Credit: NASA/Warren Hoburg

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Eclipse Photographers Will Help Study Sun During Its Disappearing Act

As the Sun temporarily disappears from midday skies over North America on April 8, 2024, hundreds of volunteers will capture photos of the total solar eclipse to help us better understand the Sun and its relationship with Earth.

These photographers will be participating in three NASA-funded citizen science projects to study the Sun’s ghostly outer atmosphere – the corona – during totality, when the Moon completely covers the bright disk of the Sun and the corona is revealed.

The corona is the birthplace of the solar wind – a constant stream of particles and material flowing from the Sun that impacts Earth and other planets. The best time to see the full range of dynamics in the corona is during a total solar eclipse.

However, in any one location along April’s eclipse path, totality will last less than four and a half minutes – not long enough to watch the corona change. By staging observers all along the eclipse path, though, these NASA projects hope to essentially extend totality for over 90 minutes – the time it takes for the Moon’s shadow to cross from Mexico to Canada. Afterward, the projects will combine their images into “movies” revealing activity in the corona that would otherwise be hard to see.

Eclipse Megamovie

Led by Laura Peticolas of Sonoma State University in California, the Eclipse Megamovie project is asking photographers to capture the corona using their own DSLR cameras on mounts that will track the Sun’s position in the sky during the eclipse.

The project has already selected and sent tracking mounts to over 70 individuals who will be stationed along the eclipse path in the U.S. and Mexico. Over 80 additional photographers who have their own DSLR cameras and tracking mounts and who plan to be in the Moon’s shadow on April 8 have also joined the project. Others are welcome to participate if they sign up by March 18.

“Citizen scientists are the perfect volunteers for this type of research,” Peticolas said. “They’re coming with their own cameras. They’re coming with the expertise on how to use those cameras. They’re coming with enthusiasm. And with this group of amazing volunteers, we’re going to get a dataset that is literally impossible to get in any other way.”

The project is also seeking volunteers with experience in databases, Python coding, and machine learning to help process the images and reveal hard-to-spot changes in the corona.

DEB Initiative

The Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast (DEB) Initiative, led by Bob Baer and Matt Penn of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, has recruited 82 volunteer teams to image the eclipse from Mexico, the U.S., and Canada.

All teams, which range in size from a few people to as many as 30, have been selected and have received identical astrophotography equipment provided by the project. Many of them will be in the path of totality to capture views of the corona, but some will be outside the path, imaging the Sun itself.

“We’re looking at the evolution of the solar corona along the entire path,” Baer said. “And we’re also looking outside of the path of totality at the solar disk to connect the changes we see in the solar corona back to the surface of the Sun.”

During the eclipse, DEB teams will upload images of the partial phases every minute to the project’s image server, while some teams will also stream live video. During totality, teams in the path will collect images more rapidly, each contributing a single detailed image of the corona.

CATE 2024

Led by Amir Caspi of the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, the Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 project will place 35 teams in the eclipse path from Texas to Maine to capture the corona in polarized light.

Light travels in waves, but those waves can be oriented in different directions, or polarization angles. Caspi explains that light we see from the corona is sunlight that gets bounced around by the corona before it reaches our eyes. “That bouncing process makes the light polarized and it makes it go in a particular direction,” he said. “By measuring that you can understand what’s going on in the corona.”

All of the CATE 2024 teams have been selected and have received identical telescopes, mounts, and cameras. Teams are currently practicing and receiving feedback in preparation for the eclipse.

To learn more about these projects or to sign up to participate, visit the websites below.
NASA Funds 3 Citizen Science Projects to Study 2024 U.S. Solar Eclipse
Eclipse Megamovie
DEB Initiative
CATE 2024

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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.

Organized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) in collaboration with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the symposium gathers leaders from across government, industry, policy, and academia to discuss the current landscape of space exploration and collectively chart a path forward amid the challenges that lie ahead.

The theme of this year’s event – “Space 2040: Pathways to the Future” – leverages NASA and Goddard’s plans for the coming decades and applies them to a broader discourse about exploration and discovery, technology, the workforce, and other elements of the space business.

“The Goddard Space Science Symposium is an annual dose of inspiration and motivation. Experts from all over the country come together to look at what is happening in space science now and what’s coming in the future,” said Goddard’s Michelle Thaller, co-chair of the symposium’s planning committee. “Goddard’s new strategic plan was rolled out last year, and this symposium is part of how we start to flesh that out.”

AAS President Ron Birk and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will deliver opening remarks on Wednesday, March 20, followed by panels on cislunar space, workforce opportunities, and space weather. Nicola Fox, associate administrator for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, will deliver a keynote address to close out the first day.

Ellen Stofan, under secretary for science and research at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, will provide the opening luncheon keynote on Thursday, March 21. Panels on the second day will focus on Earth and climate science, digital technologies, and lunar surface science.

The third and final day of the symposium on Friday, March 22, will include discussions on habitable worlds, interplanetary missions, and planetary sample returns. David Grinspoon, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, will give a brief presentation. Dante Lauretta, principal investigator of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, will serve as the closing luncheon keynote speaker.

Media interested in arranging interviews with NASA speakers should contact Robert Garner, Goddard news chief.

For more information on the Goddard Space Science Symposium and the updated program, or to register as a media representative, visit https://astronautical.org/events/goddard/.

For more information on NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, visit https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/.

Media Contact:
Robert Garner
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

rob.garner@nasa.gov

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