Tag: days

  • 100 days of Cosmic Kiss

    100 days of Cosmic Kiss

    On 11 November 2021, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer was launched to the International Space Station for his first mission, Cosmic Kiss. Around 100 days later, we reflect on some highlights from space.

    Matthias flew to the Station on a @SpaceX Crew Dragon alongside @NASA astronauts and fellow first-time fliers Kayla Barron and Raja Chari, and NASA spaceflight veteran Tom Marshburn. Collectively known as Crew-3, they were welcomed as members of Expedition 66 by Commander Anton Shkaplerov, cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov and NASA’s Mark Vande Hei.

    While in orbit, Matthias is supporting over 35 European and many more international experiments. The outcomes of these experiments will advance our knowledge in areas ranging from human health to materials science, physics, Earth observation, technology development and more.

    Matthias is expected to spend approximately six months in orbit and there are many more highlights to come.

    You can watch the German version of this video here: https://youtu.be/qPV1_BkjNHo

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    Credits: ESA/NASA

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  • NASA’s 100 Days

    NASA’s 100 Days

    It’s been a busy 100 days! Since Jan. 20, we’ve landed our Perseverance rover on Mars, and flown our Ingenuity helicopter, a technology demonstration that caught a ride with the rover to the Red Planet. A ceremony marked the naming of our Mary W. Jackson Headquarters in Washington after the agency’s first Black female engineer, honoring her contributions to our mission of exploration. Vice President Harris spoke with NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. Our Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon completed a successful Green Run hot fire test for our Space Launch System rocket core stage, which arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission launched four astronauts to the space station, and we selected SpaceX as partner to build landers for Artemis missions. We made addressing climate change a priority, and celebrated Earth Day on and off the planet.

    Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/biden-harris-administration-shows-strong-support-for-nasa-in-first-100-days

    Producer: Lacey Young
    Editors: Lacey Young, Sonnet Apple
    Music: Universal Production Music

  • 300 Days in Space for Christina Koch

    300 Days in Space for Christina Koch

    January 9th, 2020 marks 300 days aboard the International Space Station for NASA Astronaut Christina Koch.

    In December, Christina Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17. Koch will have been part of three expeditions – 59, 60 and 61 – during her first spaceflight. Her mission is planned to be just shy of the longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut – 340 days, set by former NASA astronaut Scot Kelly during his one-year mission in 2015-16.

    NASA has gathered vast amounts of data on astronaut health and performance over the past 50 years and has focused recently on extended durations up to one year with the dedicated mission of Scott Kelly and extended mission of Peggy Whitson. These opportunities have also demonstrated that there is a significant degree of variability in human response to spaceflight and it’s important to determine the acceptable degree of change for both men and women.

  • Mars500 – 520 days in 15 minutes

    Mars500 – 520 days in 15 minutes

    ESA’s Mars500 crewmembers Diego Urbina and Romain Charles recorded 15 video diaries from all phases of their simulated mission to Mars, plus hundreds of photos and other video clips. Most of these are available on ESA’s Mars500 website (www.esa.int/Mars500), but here is a compilation of their YouTube videos.
    Relive this great adventure with Romain and Diego!