An important target date for the James Webb Space Telescope …
An update on the next generation of space suits …
And testing our lunar traveling robot … some of the stories to tell you: this week at NASA!
Soon the first full-color images from the Webb Space Telescope
Our James Webb Space Telescope team plans to release the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the telescope on July 12th. Some early test images have already shown the unprecedented sharpness of Webb’s infrared vision. But the images and data released on July 12 will be the first to show Webb’s full scientific capabilities.
Illustration of an artist with two crew members dressed working on the lunar surface. The one in the foreground raises a rock to examine it while the other photographs the site of the collection in the background. Credit: NASA
NASA is partnering to offer new spacewalk and moonwalk services
On June 1, we announced that Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace will develop and provide next-generation space suits and spacewalk systems for astronauts to work outside the International Space Station, explore the lunar surface on Artemis missions, and prepare for to human missions to Mars. Learn more about space suits and space walks at nasa.gov/suitup.
Illustration of NASA’s polar exploration rover (VIPER) on the surface of the moon. Credit: NASA Ames / Daniel Rutter
Try NASA’s Moon Rover
Teams at our Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently conducted large-scale exit tests with the prototype of our VIPER Moon rover to verify that it will be able to exit Astrobotic Griffin lunar landing safely and effectively after landing. on the moon. The VIPER aims to deliver to the South Pole of the Moon in late 2023 to map valuable resources for future Artemis missions.
Hurricane Larry is shown in the Atlantic Ocean as the International Space Station orbits 263 miles above. Credit: NASA
NASA is preparing to monitor the 2022 hurricane season from space
The 2022 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season began on June 1 and will run until November 30. NASA plays an important role in hurricane science. Our fleet of Earth observation satellites can monitor storms from a unique point of view in space to collect data that is also useful for disaster preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. More information at nasa.gov/hurricanes.
The Apollo 1 Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery was inaugurated on Thursday, June 2, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. The monument honors and commemorates the crew of Apollo 1 of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee. Family members of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger B. Chaffee joined NASA administrator Bill Nelson as they laid flowers at the monument during his dedication. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls
Apollo 1 Monument to Arlington National Cemetery
On June 2, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and others attended the dedication of the Apollo 1 monument at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The monument honors and commemorates the crew of Apollo 1 (astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee) and others who lost their lives in support of the agency’s exploration and discovery mission.
This is what happens this week @NASA.