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With a simple Google Cardboard-style virtual reality (VR) viewer, you can experience how it feels to be a spacecraft hurtling past Earth. This 360-degree VR simulation of a flyby manoeuvre performed by ESA’s Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft takes you on a trip past Earth at the distance of only 12 700 km, closer than the orbit of Europe’s navigational satellites Galileo. The simulation displays the field of view of two of BepiColombo’s science instruments (MERTIS and PHEBUS) and two of its three MCAM selfie cameras during the gravity-assist flyby at Earth on 10 April 2020. The simulation was created using the SPICE software developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and data generated by the European Space and Astronomy Centre (ESAC)in Spain. BepiColombo, a joint mission of ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is on a seven-year cruise to Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet of the Solar System. Launched in October 2018, BepiColombo follows an intricate trajectory that involves nine gravity-assist flyby manoeuvres. In addition to the flyby at Earth, BepiColombo will perform two flybys at Venus and six at Mercury, its target planet. The manoeuvres slow down the spacecraft as it needs to constantly brake against the gravitational pull of the Sun in order to be able to enter the correct orbit around Mercury in 2025, ahead of commencing science operations in early 2026. Credit: ESA SPICE Service/RHEA Group. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #BepiColombo #360º

Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video points out Hubble’s instruments, mirrors, and other major components, and explains their purpose. Credit: Animation and Video Production: Eric Anderson, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Modeling: Benjamin Gavares, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Narration: Scott Wiessinger (USRA) See more Hubble videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAHubble · Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAHubble · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NASAHubble · Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Based on recent observations of the first interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, astronomers from Poland have said that it appears to be breaking apart. Topic http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13549 https://www.space.com/interstellar-comet-borisov-outbursts.html https://www.space.com/interstellar-comet-borisov-discoverer-interview-gennady-borisov.html https://www.space.com/interstellar-comet-borisov-perihelion-telescope-viewing.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7498 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/interstellar-comet-2iborisov-swings-past-sun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2I/Borisov Software Created using #SpaceEngine - http://spaceengine.org/ Running Waters by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Cerro Pachón has an elevation of 8907 ft (2715 m), and the dome of the Rubin Observatory rises far above that! Check out the view in this video take from the top of the observatory dome. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

This short video highlights major sections of the Rubin Observatory, currently under construction. Many pieces of equipment are labeled so you'll know what you're looking at. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

This video shows an early test of the rotation of the Rubin Observatory dome. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Tour the area that will house the staff responsible for operating and maintaining the Rubin Observatory telescope during Operations. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Take a walk around the upper pier of the Rubin Observatory and notice the bogies upon which the dome rotates around the azimuth track. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

Walk through the Rubin Observatory with Project Manger Victor Krabbendam to get an overall sense of the facility and the current status of construction. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

In this video, you're looking down at the maintenance floor of the Rubin Observatory facility. Lots of activities will take place on this level, including washing and coating of the telescope mirrors. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

You only have three minutes to tour the Rubin Observatory facility? Take a walk through with Victor Krabbendam, Rubin Observatory Project Manager, in this video and see the highlights of this enormous construction project. Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

This video, taking outside the lower enclosure of the Rubin Observatory, provides a good sense of scale. The facility is huge! Use policy https://gallery.lsst.org/bp/#/brandguidelines/2206/section/17286

This condensed video includes highlights from NASA Communications Specialist Joshua Santora and NASA STEM Engagement Specialist Rachel Power as they take you on an immersive, Virtual Reality tour and overview of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program! Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

In Part 6 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA Communications Specialist Joshua Santora takes you to Launch Complex 39A and Space Launch Complex 41 at Kennedy Space Center. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

In Part 5 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA STEM Engagement Specialist Rachel Power continues our tour and overview of astronaut training facilities inside Johnson Space Center. This immersive, Virtual Reality tour gives you a closer look at NASA Spacecraft Simulation and Spacesuit Training. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

In Part 4 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA STEM Engagement Specialist Rachel Power gives you an overview of the astronaut training required for living and working on the International Space Station. This video is an immersive, Virtual Reality tour of the facilities inside Johnson Space Center including the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

In Part 3 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA STEM Engagement Specialist Rachel Power gives you a closer look at the Boeing CST-100 Starliner. This immersive, Virtual Reality tour takes you inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center where the Starliner is being built. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

In Part 2 of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour, NASA Communications Specialist Joshua Santora takes you on a tour of SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California. This immersive, Virtual Reality experience exhibits the design and manufacturing of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Get ready for an immersive, Virtual Reality tour of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program! NASA Communications Specialist Joshua Santora provides an overview of the Commercial Crew Program while relaying historical insights and reviewing CCP’s vehicles and commercial partnerships with Boeing and SpaceX. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Curiosity captured this 360-degree panorama of a location on Mars called “Teal Ridge” on June 18, 2019. This location is part of a larger region the rover has been exploring called the “clay-bearing unit” on the side of Mount Sharp, which is inside Gale Crater. The scene is presented with a color adjustment that approximates white balancing to resemble how the rocks and sand would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth. Scientists are looking for signs that Mars could have supported microbial life billions of years ago, when rivers and lakes could be found in the crater. Important note: Not all browsers support viewing 360 videos/images. YouTube supports uploading and playback of 360 degree videos/images on computers using Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera browsers. If your browser does not support 360, a static view of this same panorama image will be available on https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/new . For more information about the mission, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/msl. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS