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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260722
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SUMMARY:282-Our Living Planet From Space
DESCRIPTION:Life. It’s the one thing that\, so far\, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we’ve discovered. Since the fall of 1997\, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land and ocean.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260723
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SUMMARY:283-NASA’s 4K View of April 17 Solar Flare
DESCRIPTION:An outburst from the sun captured in August 2012 by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar Dynamics Observatory NASA \n \nOn April 17\, 2016\, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare\, captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This solar flare caused moderate radio blackouts\, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Scientists study active regions – which are areas of intense magnetism – to better understand why they sometimes erupt with such flares. This video was captured in several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light\, a type of light that is typically invisible to our eyes\, but is color-coded in SDO images for easy viewing. \n\nSDO captures stunning view of April 17 solar flare.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/283/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260724
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SUMMARY:284-Tour of Asteroid Bennu
DESCRIPTION:NASA Osiris rex asteroid sample return mission. \n \nWhen NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018\, its close-up images confirmed what mission planners had predicted nearly two decades before: Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity\, and shaped like a spinning top. This major validation\, however\, was accompanied by a major surprise. Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach\, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars\, the size of houses\, the size of football fields. Now\, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx\, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain. \n\nOSIRIS-REx Successfully Returned Asteroid Samples.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/284/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260725
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SUMMARY:285-NASA - Take a "Swift" Tour of the Andromeda Galaxy
DESCRIPTION:Image of the andromeda galaxy showing swirling arms of gas and dust with a bright center.  \n \nNASA’s Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31. Also known as the Andromeda Galaxy\, M31 is the largest and closest such galaxy to our own. It’s more than 220\,000 light-years across and lies 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. Between May 25 and July 26\, 2008\, Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) acquired 330 images of M31 at wavelengths of 192.8\, 224.6\, and 260 nanometers. The images represent a total exposure time of 24 hours. Some 20\,000 ultraviolet sources are visible in the image\, including M32\, a small galaxy in orbit around M31. Dense clusters of hot\, young\, blue stars sparkle in the disk beyond the galaxy’s smooth\, redder central bulge. Star clusters are especially plentiful along a ring about 150\,000 light-years across. \n\nAn Entire Galaxy\, Seen in Ultraviolet. \n\nImage of Spiral Galaxy M31 in Andromede.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/285/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260727
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SUMMARY:286-Apollo 14 in 24fps: Landing\, Moonwalk & Liftoff
DESCRIPTION:Apollo 14 Command Module approaches touchdown in South Pacific Ocean. \n \nApollo 14 16mm taken during moon landing\, EVA\, Moonwalk and liftoff\, interpolated from 12 to 24fps for your viewing experience. Synchronized with NASA & BBC audio. \n \n\nLaunch – Apollo 14 Lunar Landing Mission – KSC\nS71-17620 (31 Jan. 1971) — The huge\, 363-feet tall Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle is launched from Pad A\, Launch Complex 39\, Kennedy Space Center\, Florida\, at 4:03:02 p.m. (EST)\, Jan. 31\, 1981\, on a lunar landing mission. This view of the liftoff was taken by a camera mounted on the mobile launch tower. Aboard the Apollo 14 spacecraft were astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr.\, commander; Stuart A. Roosa\, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell\, lunar module pilot. \n\nApollo 14 Recovery\nAstronaut Edgar D. Mitchell\, lunar module pilot\, is assisted out of the Command Module (CM) by a U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmer during the Apollo 14 recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/286/
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SUMMARY:287-ISS flyby at low altitude (insane speed)
DESCRIPTION:ISS Flyby at 10\,000ft (3\,000 meters) in Microsoft Flight Simulator \n\n @itsbiggerthanyouthinnk  \nThe International Space Station (ISS) travels at an average speed of about 28\,000 kilometers per hour (17\,500 miles per hour) in orbit around the Earth. #iss #speed #earth #facts #fy #viral  \n ♬ Kerosene Slowed – LC DE VV
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/287/
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SUMMARY:288-Action Cam Footage From October 2017 Spacewalk
DESCRIPTION:NASA astronaut pictured completing an installation outside of the International Space Station. Credits: NASA\n \nNASA astronaut Randy Bresnik captured this footage with a GoPro camera on Oct. 20\, 2017 during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Bresnik reflected on this quiet moment\, “Sometimes on a #spacewalk\, you just have to take a moment to enjoy the beauty of our planet Earth. This Go-Pro footage is from our spacewalk where Joe Acaba and I refurbished the Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Dextre robotic arm extension.”   \n\nAstronauts pictured completing an installation outside of the International Space Station. Credits: NASA
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/288/
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SUMMARY:289-Caution! Earth to Capture a New Moon for 53 Days: Meet Asteroid 2024 PT5
DESCRIPTION:An artist’s concept of an asteroid. Asteroids\, sometimes called minor planets\, are rocky\, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. \nMost asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter – to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across. The total mass of all the asteroids combined is less than that of Earth’s Moon. \n*The mini-moon is officially known as asteroid 2024 PT5. After first joining up with Earth on Sept. 29\, 2024\, the mini-moon left its orbit around our planet at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) on Monday (Nov. 25\, 2024)\, not sticking around long enough to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday (Nov. 28). \n \n“Earth is getting a new mini-moon! Asteroid 2024 PT5\, a 10-meter rock\, will be captured by Earth’s gravity for about 53 days starting in late September 2024. This rare event gives scientists a unique opportunity to study a near-Earth object up close and refine our asteroid detection systems. Learn why this mini-moon is important\, what it means for our planet\, and how it fits into the bigger picture of space exploration and planetary defense.” \nhttps://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#/home\nNASA-EYES ON ASTEROIDS \n*NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass\, January 2025. Because 2024 PT5 has a similar motion to Earth’s around the Sun\, the asteroid will linger as a distant companion of our planet for a few months at a distance of about nine times farther away from Earth than the Moon. During this time\, the object will never be captured by Earth’s gravity. So while it’s not quite a “mini-moon\,” 2024 PT5 is an interesting object and NASA has plans to track it with planetary radar.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/289/
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SUMMARY:290-I Jumped From Space (World Record Supersonic Freefall)
DESCRIPTION:The Man Who Fell to Earth. U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Kittinger. \n\nOn Aug. 16\, 1960\, then Capt. Kittinger stepped from a balloon-supported gondola at the altitude of 102\,800 feet (31\,300 meters). In freefall for 4.5 minutes at speeds up to 614 mph and temperatures as low as -94 degrees Fahrenheit\, he opened his parachute at 18\,000 feet. (U.S. Air Force photo) \n \nI Jumped From Space. Felix Baumgartner.\nFelix sought after even greater heights and resolved to break Joseph Kittinger’s (USA) 52-year-old record for the highest freefall parachute jump. With that\, Red Bull and Baumgartner’s ultimate challenge was set in motion. \nWhat does it *really* feel like to jump from space? In 2012 Felix Baumgartner took a helium balloon into the stratosphere and skydived back to earth in a specially made space suit. Whilst in freefall he broke the speed of sound and entered a spin which threatened the entire Red Bull Stratos mission… Felix reflects on his achievement and shares what it really felt like to jump from the edge of space.  \n\nMost concurrent views for a live event on YouTube. Eight million people watched Felix’s journey to space and descent back to Earth. \n\nHe started 99\,000 ft higher than Mount Everest\, at the altitude of 127\,852 feet (38\,969.4 meters)\, and it took him just 9:09 minutes to get back to Earth. First human to break the sound barrier in freefall.  \nThe speed of sound is 1\,236 km/h (768 mph). During his stratospheric skydive\, Felix reached a top speed of 1\,357.6 km/h (843.6 mph). \nFootnote: On Oct. 24\, 2014\, Google executive Alan Eustace (USA) fell to Earth from 135\,898 feet (41\,422 meters)\, and broke Felix’s record for the Highest freefall parachute jump.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/290/
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SUMMARY:291-ISS Tour: Kitchen\, Bedrooms & The Latrine
DESCRIPTION:The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15\, 2012. Crewmembers for Expeditions 32 & 33 were flying to the International Space Station. \n \nExpedition 33 commander Suni Williams showcase the sleeping accomodations\, how the bathroom is utilized\, brushing teeth in microgravity and the common room with food. Harmony\, Tranquility and Unity are the nodes toured. \n\nNASA astronaut Sunita Williams completed a triathlon from space Sept. 16\, 2012\, using an orbital treadmill to complete the running portion\, a stationary bicycle for the biking leg\, and a resistance machine to simulate swimming. \n\nSoyuz TMA-05M (descent module) beginning to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere on Nov. 19 (real time\, Nov. 18\, U.S. time) leaving a plasma trail as the Expedition 33 crew streaked toward a pre-dawn landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan northeast of Arkalyk. \n\nTHE MISSION PATCH:\nThe Expedition 33 patch depicts the International Space Station orbiting Earth and heading into the future. The national flags of the United States\, Russia\, and Japan represent the crew of Expedition 33. The five white stars represent the partners participating in the International Space Station Program: NASA\, Canadian Space Agency\, European Space Agency\, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\, and Russian Federal Space Agency.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/291/
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SUMMARY:292-March 4 2022 Moon Crash - view from different location
DESCRIPTION:After decades of uncertainty\, the Apollo 16 S-IVB impact site on the lunar surface has been identified. S-IVBs were portions of the Saturn V rockets that brought astronauts to the moon. The site was identified in imagery from the high-resolution LROC Narrow Angle Camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. \nBeginning with Apollo 13\, the S-IVB rocket stages were deliberately impacted on the lunar surface after they were used. Seismometers placed on the moon by earlier Apollo astronauts measured the energy of these impacts to shed light on the internal lunar structure. Locations of the craters that the boosters left behind were estimated from tracking data collected just prior to the impacts.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/292-sep-1/
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SUMMARY:293-Nasa Live Stream - Earth From Space
DESCRIPTION:Nasa ISS live stream from aboard the International Space Station  as it circles the earth at 240 miles above the planet\, on the edge of space in low earth orbit.  \nhttps://youtu.be/xRPjKQtRXR8\nThis is an ISS live earth view happening right now from space at the International Space Station.  The International Space Station is 260 miles (420 km) above the planet in a low earth orbit.  It takes 90 minutes for the ISS to complete one orbit around the earth.  During that time it passes into the dark side of the earth for 1/2 the time.  During the dark period\, you’ll be able to view lightning storms and the light from towns and cities.  Regularly\, the ISS will stop transmitting due to a connection loss but will come back up automatically once it establishes the connection again.    The picture will switch to simulation of where the ISS is above earth when the connection is lost (aka OFFLINE).
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/293-aug-2/
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SUMMARY:294-What's Going On In This SpaceX Rocket Video?
DESCRIPTION:NSF’s John Galloway talks through interesting things you can see on the Falcon 9 rocket cam video released by SpaceX. The original video was found on SpaceX’s Twitter feed\, showing a single take of the booster launch and landing for the Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral SLC-40. Twitter video source quality was 720p. \nhttps://nextspaceflight.com/launches/agency/upcoming/1/\nSpaceX Manifest-Next Space Flight \nhttps://www.spacex.com/launches/\nSpaceX Launches
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/294-aug-3/
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SUMMARY:295-View of Earth during a Space Walk Outside the ISS
DESCRIPTION:Space shuttle Challenger\, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. \n \nWatch NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik “Space Walk” with a GoPro camera on Oct. 20\, 2017 during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. \nBresnik reflected on this quiet moment\, “Sometimes on a #spacewalk\, you just have to take a moment to enjoy the beauty of our planet Earth. This Go-Pro footage is from our spacewalk where Joe Acaba and I refurbished the Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Dextre robotic arm extension.” \nPutting on a spacesuit takes 45 minutes\, including the time it takes to put on the special undergarments that help keep astronauts cool. After putting on the spacesuit\, to adapt to the lower pressure maintained in the suit\, the astronaut must spend a little more than an hour breathing pure oxygen before going outside the pressurized module. \n\nAstronauts toiling away on the International Space Station NASA \n \nJun 4\, 2015 — Canadian astronaut Dave Williams wraps up his STS-118 shuttle mission repairing & constructing the International Space Station. \n \nCosmonauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Scientific Payloads and Inspect Radiator. \n \nStephen K. Robinson\, Discovery\, August 8\, 2005. \n \nMichael Gernhardt\, Endeavour robotic arm. \n\nBruce McCandless over Canadarm\, February\, 1984. \n\nAstronauts Musgrave and Peterson on the first spacewalk from the Shuttle\, 1983.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/295-aug-4/
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SUMMARY:296-Apollo 17: The Last Lunar Mission - Full Episode - Apollo Mission Documentaries
DESCRIPTION:Prelaunch – Apollo 17 (Rollout) – NASA Science \n \nBetween the years 1968 and 1972\, NASA sent 24 men to the moon. The final mission\, Apollo 17\, flew in December 1972 and closed the final chapter in NASA’s triumphant Apollo Program. This documentary gives unparalleled access to those vital mission moments\, taking us on the journey of a lifetime – for the last time. \n\nApollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan – NASA \n\nPhotograph from the lunar surface shows Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. \n\nThis view shows the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) parked by an outcrop of rocks by astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt during their visit to extravehicular activity Station 6 (Henry Crater).
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/296-aug-5/
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SUMMARY:297-Shuttle Atlantis STS-132 - Amazing Shuttle Launch Experience
DESCRIPTION:Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member STS-132 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14\, 2010\, from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Onboard are NASA astronauts Ken Ham\, commander; Tony Antonelli\, pilot; Garrett Reisman\, Michael Good\, Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers\, all mission specialists. The crew will deliver the Russian-built Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1) to the International Space Station.  \n \nKennedy Space Center\, May 14th\, 2010.\nI was privileged to travel to the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of Atlantis on what was then the “final scheduled” flight of the orbiter (STS-132).  This video is my homage to the shuttle program through the in-depth experience of a single orbiter launch. I believe we should be thankful for the Atlantis orbiter\, all her astronauts\, the countless NASA staff who made her fly\, and the American people who created a space vehicle of extraordinary power and grace. \nThis footage incorporates numerous camera views from the ground\, the footage I took during launch\, and video and audio from NASA showing the orbiter stack itself during takeoff and flight. I hope you enjoy the experience of launch preparation and the resulting eight-and-a-half-minute exhilarating ride into space. \nIn places\, the timeline of the actual events has been extended to allow viewing of several different viewpoints of the same moment. This creative decision aims to bask in the experience from many angles and celebrate the amazing feat of launching a spacecraft into orbit. \nI hope you enjoy the ride! \n*After this flight\, Atlantis was processed and prepared to fly one last time…  this time as “on-call” STS-335\, which would remain flight-ready\, should either of the remaining two orbiters’ flights require a rescue mission. Thankfully\, such a rescue flight was not needed and Congress appropriated funds to extend the program to allow the “flight ready” Atlantis to launch one last time\, becoming the last shuttle mission (STS-135) of the Shuttle Program. \nAtlantis now has a permanent home on display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. \nNote: A video editing error at the end of the video states the launch was in 2012\, rather than the correct year of 2010.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/297-aug-6/
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SUMMARY:298-Titan Touchdown
DESCRIPTION:The Huygens probe successfully landed on Saturn’s largest moon Titan at about 11:30 UTC on January 14\, 2005. The descent lasted two hours and 27 minutes. The probe survived another 72 minutes on the surface of Titan. This was the first – and\, so far\, the only – landing in the outer solar system. Huygens holds the record as the most distant landing from Earth.\nImage credit: ESA – C. Carreau \n \nOn Jan. 14\, 2005\, ESA’s Huygens probe made its descent to the surface of Saturn’s hazy moon\, Titan. Carried to Saturn by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft\, Huygens made the most distant landing ever on another world\, and the only landing on a body in the outer solar system. This video uses actual images taken by the probe during its two-and-a-half hour fall under its parachutes. \n \nA 2004 artist’s impression of the landing unit ‘Huygens’ left\, separating from the ‘Cassini’ orbiter\, as the spacecraft advances on Saturn’s biggest moon Titan. European Space Agency/AAP\n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSeparation of Huygens from Cassini
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/298-aug-7/
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SUMMARY:299-"Welcome Back!" Discovery Lands Safely at Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Space shuttle Discovery lands\, ends flying career. Even after shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis make their final voyages in the coming months\, Discovery will still hold the all-time record with 39 missions\, 148 million miles\, 5\,830 orbits of Earth\, and 365 days spent in space. All that was achieved in under 27 years. Discovery now leads the way to retirement as NASA winds down the 30-year shuttle program in favor of interplanetary travel. \n \nSpace shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a two-week journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a Tuesday morning landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Returning to Earth aboard the orbiter were STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter\, Pilot Jim Dutton\, and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson\, Rick Mastracchio\, Clay Anderson\, Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The STS-131 mission to the International Space Station included three spacewalks\, the installation of equipment outside the ISS\, and the transfer of thousands of pounds of cargo and supplies from the orbiter’s payload bay to various locations on the station. \n\nThe trailblazing prototype for the space shuttle fleet\, the Enterprise\, was hauled Friday atop a modified Boeing 747 to New York City where it will become a new exhibit aboard the Intrepid Sea\, Air & Space Museum\, a vintage aircraft carrier turned museum anchored in the Hudson River. \n\nNow perched atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft\, Discovery emerged from the crane gantry this morning to spend the final day at the place she called home for three decades. \n\nThe very same aircraft that delivered Discovery from her California manufacturing plant in Palmdale to the Kennedy Space Center in 1983 was topped by the orbiter Sunday morning to prepare for Tuesday’s ferryflight to the orbiter’s museum display site outside Washington\, D.C. \n\nTwo space shuttle orbiters swapped places at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday as NASA prepares the retired spaceships for public display in museums. The unique morning climaxed with a nose-to-nose photo opportunity with Discovery and Endeavour. \n\nSailing in orbit on her last mission\, Discovery arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday for a week-long stay to prepare the outpost for life after the space shuttles are retired. Just hours after docking\, an outdoor pallet for stockpiling spare parts was hoisted from the shuttle payload bay and delivered to the station. \n\nThe shuttle Discovery weighed anchor from the Florida spaceport and set sail on her final voyage at 4:53 p.m. EST (2153 GMT) Thursday\, embarking with six astronauts for an 11-day journey to bring one last module to the International Space Station. \n\nSpace station officials are considering the possibility of staging what might be considered the ultimate photo op during Discovery’s mission to deliver critical supplies and a final U.S. module to the International Space Station. Meanwhile\, NASA managers and contractors met Friday for a program-level flight readiness review for the upcoming shuttle mission. \n\nLeaving the launch pad and rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building early Wednesday\, the space shuttle Discovery will spend the holidays having the external tank digitally X-rayed as engineers look to prove the hypothesis that its structural cracks resulted from pent up stresses accumulated during construction and were unleashed during the strains of cryogenic fueling. \n\nNASA shot high-definition video of the lunar eclipse in the sky over Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A where the space shuttle Discovery was uncovered from the gantry during preps for rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building. We took some frame grabs from that video to create this photo gallery. \n\nThe Expedition 25 crew working aboard the International Space Station has used the outpost’s seven-windowed cupola to take amazing nighttime pictures of planet Earth. The orbital observation deck offers panoramic views for the astronaut shutterbugs to wow the public in these photos of America\, Europe\, Africa and the Middle East. \n\nFor the last time in history\, the space shuttle Discovery journeyed from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39A Monday night. \n\nMoving a major step closer to its final spaceflight before retirement\, shuttle Discovery took a road trip Thursday morning from the hangar to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center for attachment to the external fuel tank and twin solid rockets. Engineers ran into trouble Friday morning with one of the main bolts that connect the orbiter to the tank\, but the problem was fixed Saturday.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/299-error/
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SUMMARY:300-We Persevere
DESCRIPTION: \nNASA’s next Mars rover has a name – Perseverance. Like every exploration mission before\, our rover is going to face challenges\, and it’s going to make amazing discoveries. \nThe time at hand is hard. We have already surmounted many obstacles on our way to Red Planet\, but as humans we will not give up. We will always persevere. \nTargeted for launch in July 2020\, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover will search for signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past and for signs of past microbial life itself. \n\nThe Perseverance rover hit a new milestone by taking its first test drive on the red planet\, NASA announced on Friday.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/300-aug-9/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260811
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SUMMARY:301-Expedition 63 Solar Annual Eclipse - June 21\, 2020
DESCRIPTION:Annular Solar Eclipse. \n \nOn June 21\, 2020\, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy captures a solar annual eclipse in 4K from the International Space Station as it passes approximately 260 miles over China. The video’s speed has not been altered.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/301-aug-10/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260811
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SUMMARY:302-We Are Going
DESCRIPTION: \nWe are going to the Moon\, to stay\, by 2024. And this is how. \nSpecial thanks to William Shatner for lending his voice to this project. \n\nAn artist’s impression of the SpaceX Human Landing System moon lander on the lunar surface. NASA/SpaceX
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/302-aug-11/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812
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SUMMARY:303-Curiosity’s First Five Years of Science on Mars
DESCRIPTION:Historic Martian Milestone: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Clocks 4\,000 Days on Mars. NASA’s Curiosity rover has made many discoveries about Mars over its first five years\, including:\nEvidence of liquid water: Curiosity found evidence of liquid water in the past\, including rippled rock textures that suggest lakes existed in an area that scientists thought would be drier.\nOrganic carbon: Curiosity found organic carbon in rocks on Mars.\nMethane: Curiosity found that the amount of methane in the Martian atmosphere varies with the seasons.\nNitrogen: Curiosity’s SAM instrument detected fixed nitrogen in rock samples\, indicating that biologically usable nitrogen was present on Mars 3.5 billion years ago.\nHabitability: Curiosity’s scientific tools found chemical and mineral evidence that Mars could have once supported microbial life.\nAtmosphere: Curiosity found that Mars once had a thicker atmosphere. \n \nFive years of Martian discoveries after seven minutes of terror. \n\nFive years since it landed near Mount Sharp on Mars in August 2017 and nearly three years since reaching the base of the mountain\, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is climbing toward multiple layers of Mount Sharp visible in this view from the rover’s Mast Camera. Full image and caption Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS \n\nMars in 4K: The Ultimate Edition
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/303-aug-12/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260814
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SUMMARY:304-Action Cam Footage from U.S. Spacewalk #41
DESCRIPTION: \nThis footage was taken by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Thursday\, March 30. She was joined on the spacewalk by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough. \nThe two spacewalkers reconnected cables and electrical connections on PMA-3 at its new home on top of the Harmony module. They also installed the second of the two upgraded computer relay boxes on the station’s truss and installed shields and covers on PMA-3 and the now-vacant common berthing mechanism port on Tranquility. \nDuring the spacewalk\, one of the shields was inadvertently lost. The loss posed no immediate danger to the astronauts and Kimbrough and Whitson went on to successfully install the remaining shields on the common berthing mechanism port. \nA team from the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston devised a plan for the astronauts to finish covering the port with the PMA-3 cover Whitson removed earlier in the day. The plan worked\, and the cover was successfully installed\, providing thermal protection and micrometeoroid and orbital debris cover for the port. \n\nIndian-American astronaut Sunita Williams holds the record of making seven spacewalks and now NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is all set to break her record as she gears up for her eighth spacewalk aboard the International Space Station (ISS). \n\nNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/304-aug-13/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260815
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SUMMARY:305-Action Cam Footage from U.S. Spacewalk #40
DESCRIPTION:This footage was taken by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday\, March 24. He was joined on the spacewalk by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough.  \nThe primary task was to prepare the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) for installation of the second International Docking Adapter\, which will accommodate commercial crew vehicle dockings. The PMA-3 provides the pressurized interface between the station modules and the docking adapter. The pair disconnected cables and electrical connections on PMA-3 to prepare for its robotic move\, which took place on Sunday\, March 26. PMA-3 was be moved from the port side of the Tranquility module to the space-facing side of the Harmony module\, where it will become home for the docking adapter\, which will be delivered on a future flight of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The spacewalkers also installed on the starboard zero truss a new computer relay box equipped with advanced software for the adapter. \nThe two spacewalkers lubricated the latching end effector on the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator “extension” for the Canadarm2 robotic arm\, inspected a radiator valve suspected of a small ammonia leak and replaced cameras on the Japanese segment of the outpost. Radiators are used to shed excess heat that builds up through normal space station operation. \n\nSpacewalker Thomas Pesquet of ESA – NASA
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/305-aug-14/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260816
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SUMMARY:306-Earth Day 2017 - 4K Earth Views From Space
DESCRIPTION:Our planet is beautiful. In honor of Earth Day 2017\, enjoy Ultra High Definition views of our home planet captured from 250 miles up on the International Space Station!
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/306-aug-15/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817
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SUMMARY:307-Orbital ATK CRS-7 Lifts off
DESCRIPTION: \nA United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 11:11 a.m. EDT. The Orbital ATK CRS-7 Cygnus spacecraft on a commercial resupply services mission to deliver 7\,600 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station. \n\nThis file photo\, taken from the International Space Station\, shows an Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays approaching the ISS in November 2017. Credit: NASA \n\nCygnus deliveries to the ISS.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/307-aug-16/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260818
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SUMMARY:308-A Rainbow View of NASA's RS-25 Engine Test
DESCRIPTION: \nNASA engineers conducted their first RS-25 test of 2017 on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis\, Mississippi\, on Feb. 22\, continuing to collect data on the performance of the rocket engine that will help power the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Shown from the viewpoint of an overhead drone\, the test of development engine No. 0528 ran the scheduled 380 seconds (six minutes and 20 seconds)\, allowing engineers to monitor various engine operating conditions. The test represents another step forward in development of the rocket that will launch humans aboard Orion deeper into space than ever before. Four RS-25 engines\, together with a pair of solid rocket boosters\, will power the SLS at launch on its deep-space missions. The engines for the first four SLS flights are former space shuttle main engines\, which were tested extensively at Stennis and are some of the most proven engines in the world. Engineers are conducting an ongoing series of tests this year for SLS on both development and flight engines for future flights to ensure the engine\, outfitted with a new controller\, can perform at the higher level under a variety of conditions and situations. Stennis is also preparing its B-2 Test Stand to test the core stage for the first SLS flight with Orion\, known as Exploration Mission-1. That testing will involve installing the flight stage on the stand and firing its four RS-25 engines simultaneously\, just as during an actual launch. The Feb. 22 test was conducted by Aerojet Rocketdyne and Syncom Space Services engineers and operators. Aerojet Rocketdyne is the prime contractor for the RS-25 engines. Syncom Space Services is the prime contractor for Stennis facilities and operations.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/308-aug-17/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260819
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SUMMARY:309-Jeff’s Earth - 4K
DESCRIPTION:The first time you see Planet Earth from space\, it’s stunning; when you’ve spent 534 days in space—more than any other American—it still is! On his most recent trip the International Space Station NASA astronaut Jeff Williams used an Ultra High Definition video camera that he pointed at the planet 250 miles below; here he shares some of those images\, and talks about the beauty of the planet\, the variety of things to see\, and the value of sharing that perspective with everyone who can’t go to orbit in person.
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/309-aug-18/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260820
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SUMMARY:310-Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD)
DESCRIPTION: \nJoin us for a fly-through of the International Space Station. Produced by Harmonic exclusively for NASA TV UHD\, the footage was shot in Ultra High Definition (4K) using a fisheye lens for extreme focus and depth of field. \n\nThe seven-windowed cupola of the space station serves as a place to gaze back at our planet as well as take photographs of Earth. These photographs provide important data for scientists monitoring how Earth is changing and for assisting with disaster relief efforts. In the top image\, Marshburn and Vande Hei peer back at our planet. In the bottom image\, Barron is seen inside the cupola. \nAfter returning to Earth\, the astronauts of Crew-3 will continue to serve as volunteer human research subjects\, providing valuable physiological data to advance space medicine and support future human spaceflight missions. \n \nThe window to the world \n \nHam radio session \n \nRoll-out solar array \n \nAdvanced Plant Habitat \n \nAstrobee robotic free-flyer for the ReSWARM experiment \n \nMaterials science \n \nCulturing cotton \nPhoto Credits: NASA
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/310-aug-19/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260821
DTSTAMP:20251005T004911Z
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SUMMARY:311-Liftoff of OSIRIS-REx
DESCRIPTION:An Atlas V rocket lifts off at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41.The mission is to send NASA’s Origins\, Spectral Interpretation\, Resource Identification\, Security-Regolith Explorer\, or OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid\, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. \n \nNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a mission to orbit\, map and collect samples from the asteroid Bennu\, and return to Earth 7 years later. \n \nNASA’s latest New Frontiers mission\, OSIRIS-REx\, will venture to a near-Earth asteroid to discover clues about the unique resources asteroids hold\, processes that affect asteroids’ orbital paths and their potential for impacting Earth\, and the origins of life in the solar system. In addition\, OSIRIS-REx will collect a sample from the surface of the asteroid and return it to Earth for generations of scientists to study and analyze\, making this the first American asteroid sample return mission and the largest sample returned from an extraterrestrial body since Apollo. \n\nNASA SVS – OSIRIS-REx Launch \n\nNASA SVS – OSIRIS-REx Launch \n\nNASA SVS – OSIRIS-REx Launch
URL:https://redearthday.com/event/311-aug-20/
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