A preview of the Artemis I mission to the moon…
a new picture from the USA[{” attribute=””>James Webb Space Telescope …
And an anniversary for one of our explorers on Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at
NASA presents the Artemis I lunar mission
We previewed the Artemis I unmanned mission to the Moon during two briefings. On Aug. 3, agency officials presented a “Big Picture Overview” of the task at NASA Headquarters and other NASA centers.
“Artemis I shows that we can achieve great things. Things that connect people, things that benefit humanity. Things like Apollo inspire the world.” – Bill Nelson, Administrator of NASA
He followed that up two days later with a file delving deeper into the timeline and operations of the mission from the Johnson Space Center. The agency is currently aiming to launch a Space Launch System rocket to send the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth by no later than Monday, August 29. Artemis I will take place over the course of approximately six weeks to validate systems before astronauts fly the spacecraft on Artemis II.
This image of the Cartwheel and its companion galaxies was captured by a near-infrared (NIRCam) and mid-infrared (MIRI) webcam, revealing details that are difficult to see in still images alone.
This galaxy was formed by a high-speed collision about 400 million years ago. The wheel consists of two rings, a shiny inner ring and a colored outer ring. Both rings propagate from the collision center like shock waves. Image Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
Webb takes a new picture of the Cartwheel Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope produces this new detailed image of the Cartwheel Galaxy and two smaller galaxies. Located about 500 million light-years from us, the Cartwheel Galaxy is a rare type of galaxy that astronomers refer to as a “ring galaxy.” The Cartwheel Galaxy is believed to have been an ordinary spiral galaxy like ours[{” attribute=””>Milky Way before a collision with another galaxy affected the Cartwheel Galaxy’s shape and structure.
Stay curious with NASA and celebrate the agency’s Curiosity Mars rover’s 10th anniversary on the Red Planet with a two-sided poster that lists some of the intrepid explorer’s inspiring accomplishments. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After 10 years on 
A collage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 from left to right, top to bottom: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. Credit: NASA
The Next Commercial Crew Launch to the Space Station
The launch of our 
Actor Nichelle Nichols, who died July 30, 2022, didn’t just break new ground on “Star Trek” by playing one of the first leading recurring Black female characters on U.S. television. A decade after the show ended, she did the same for NASA, appearing in a promotional film aimed at recruiting women and people of color to apply to be astronauts, as she recounted in a 2012 visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The next astronaut class, appointed in 1978, included Guy Bluford, the first Black American in space, and Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Credit: NASA
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