Space travel is hard and unforgiving,
but we have never been more ready to meet the unknown.

Team members from our #Artemis program share the risks and rewards of this next era of exploration.
Artemis will push the boundaries of human exploration and send the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024,
preparing for missions to Mars and beyond.

Showcasing:
New spacesuits for #Artemis generation astronauts!
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The red,
white and blue Exploration Extravehicular mobility Unit (xEMU)
is designed for planetary missions to the Moon and Mars and spacewalks outside the station.
With new upgrades such as advanced mobility,
enhanced communications systems and protection from extreme temperatures -
our @NASAAstronauts will be able to accomplish more complex tasks on the lunar South Pole in 2024.
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The orange Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS)
suit is designed for launch and re-entry,
high-risk situations and emergencies.
With upgrades such as enhanced mobility,
a lighter,
stronger helmet and fire resistant material -
future astronauts will be kept safe during high-intensity situations.⁣⁣
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Check out the link in bio for more!
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⁣⁣ #NASA #spacesuits #fashion #space #Artemis #SuitUp

A spiral in profile!
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@nasahubble sees galaxies of all shapes,
sizes,
luminosities and orientations in the cosmos.
Sometimes,
the telescope gazes at a galaxy oriented sideways —
as shown here.
This galaxy,
called NGC 3717,
is about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (the Sea Serpent).
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Seeing a spiral almost in profile,
as Hubble has here,
can provide a vivid sense of its three-dimensional shape.
Through most of their expanse,
spiral galaxies are shaped like a thin pancake.
At their cores,
though,
they have bright,
spherical,
star-filled bulges that extend above and below this disk,
giving these galaxies a shape somewhat like that of a flying saucer when they are seen edge-on.⁣
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NGC 3717 is not captured perfectly edge-on in this image;
the nearer part of the galaxy is tilted ever so slightly down,
and the far side tilted up.
This angle affords a view across the disk and the central bulge (of which only one side is visible).⁣
⁣ #galaxy #cosmos #universe #hubble #outerspace⁣
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Text credit:
ESA (European Space Agency)⁣
Image credit:
ESA/Hubble &
NASA,
D.
Rosario